{"id":939376,"date":"2024-07-02T13:14:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/?p=939376"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:14:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:14:34","slug":"fa2-celebrating-the-power-women-igniting-inspiration-2024-winners-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/transform-en\/na\/fa2-celebrating-the-power-women-igniting-inspiration-2024-winners-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Power Women igniting inspiration. 2024 Winners announcement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Microsoft Power Women Awards are part of Microsoft\u2019s ongoing commitment to inspire a new generation and invest in female tech talent. It has been a way to shine a spotlight on some of the amazing women spearheading greater diversity and inclusion throughout our partner network.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year, we have received almost 400 applications. Thank you to everyone who put themselves forward and please, continue to bring your vibrant energy and perspectives to the conversation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019m delighted to announce the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">19 winners<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> who will be joining the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Microsoft Women\u2019s Leadership Program 2<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Edition<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, customized and developed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jpetriglieri\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Professor Jennifer Petriglieri<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, at the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">INSEAD Business School<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in Fontainebleau, France.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All of them have achieved success in their own careers and have shown strong commitment to driving inclusion for women and girls in the technology space.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258831325 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258831325 BCX8\">Please join us in congratulating our winners on this outstanding achievement<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258831325 BCX8\">!<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258831325 BCX8\">Let\u2019s celebrate them as role models for the next generation of female tech talent \u2013 to spark conversations, shape success, and ignite inspiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW258831325 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Please join us in congratulating our winners on this outstanding achievement! Let\u2019s celebrate them as role models for the next generation of female tech talent \u2013 to spark conversations, shape success, and ignite inspiration.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Africa<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Oluwabusola Komolafe, Signal Alliance<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Austria<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &#8211; Barbara Hotwagner, Z\u00fchlke<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Belgium<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Leslie Cottenje, Codit<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Central Europe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Agnieszka Kubera, Accenture<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Denmark<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Na\u2019Tosha Bard, KMD<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finland<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Janina Luoto, Islet Group<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">France<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 L\u00e9a El Samarji, Avanade<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Germany<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Alexandra Hanke, Skaylink<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ireland<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Ruth McGuinness, Kainos Group plc<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Italy <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 Francesca Moriani, Var Group<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Middle East<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Heba M Atyah, Gameit Space for Information Technology<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Netherlands<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Sophie Kuijt, IBM<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Norway<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &#8211; Lena Riis, Advania<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Portugal<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Paula Francisca Fernandes, Accenture<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Southeast Europe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Eleftheria Despoinara, Accenture<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spain<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Anna V\u00e1zquez Gonz\u00e1lez, RICOH<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Switzerland<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Savitha Chennagiri, Avanade<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sweden<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Ulrika Hedlund, Storyals<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Anna Webb, Kocho<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Power Women Awards are part of Microsoft\u2019s ongoing commitment to inspire a new generation and invest in female tech talent. It has been a way to shine a spotlight on some of the amazing women spearheading greater diversity and inclusion throughout our partner network.\u00a0\u00a0 This year, we have received almost 400 applications. Thank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":939382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-939376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specials-transform-en","stories-customer-employee-experience","stories-how-can-i-make-my-company-more-customer-focused-customer-employee-experience","businessPriorities-digital-transformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939376"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940571,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939376\/revisions\/940571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}