The winners of this year’s Rise Awards were announced last night in a special remotely hosted ceremony held as part of the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2020.
The 2020 awards programme accepted more than 100 nominations for women in a variety of roles internationally in categories such as Business, Engineer, Marketer/PR, Rising Star, Sales, Technical Operations, Product Innovation and Woman of the Year.
The marquee Woman of the Year award was presented to Sandy Nasseri, CEO and Founder of MelroseINC (pictured), who was chosen by the Rise Advisory Board for her significant contributions to the industry as well as dealing with major business incidents this year.
The full list of winners from last night, plus those shortlisted, are listed below:
Business: sponsored by Adobe
WINNER Lindsay Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder, Stringr
Paola Hobson, Managing Director, InSync Technology
Soraya Robertson, Commercial Director, TheCollectv
Engineering: sponsored by OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies
WINNER Yulia Rozmarin, R&D Project Manager, LiveU
Janet Law, Senior Production Technician, Calrec
Abigail Seager, Senior Systems Engineer, BBC News
Marketer/PR: sponsored by ANNEX PRO
WINNER Donnelle Koselka, Lead Employee & Crisis Communications, Avid
Ana Escauriaza, Senior Field Marketing Specialist, Avid
Julia Heighton, Marketing Manager, Media Production & Technology Show
Laura Light, Marketing Manager, Object Matrix
Product Innovation: sponsored by Clear-Com
WINNER Tove Bonander, Strategic Product Manager, Red Bee Media
Kate Dimbleby, Co-Founder & COO, Stornaway
Hannah Loughlin, Lead Product Designer, Avid
Lindsay Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder, Stringr
Rising Star: sponsored by EditShare
WINNER** Gabriella Luck, Trainee Technical Support Engineer (ITV News), ITV Tyne Tees & Border
Sophia Hazari, Transmission Lead, Discovery
Sarah Thorp, Project Manager (Test), Red Bee Media
Sales: sponsored by Telstra
WINNER Eunice Park, VP, Global Sales & Revenue, Zixi
Paloma Santucci, Regional Director, LATAM, Accedo
Kathleen Skinski, General Manager, Broadcast and Media, Planar Systems
Technical Operations: sponsored by Ross Video
WINNER Kerry Shreeve, VP of Technology Operations, Discovery
Fiona Burton, Head of Post Production and Engineering EMEA, A+E Networks
Fiona Simons, VP, Production Operations, Discovery
The Woman of the Year: sponsored by Zixi
Sandy Nasseri, CEO and Founder, MelroseINC
TVBEurope offers its congratulations to this year’s winners and all of those nominated for awards. More information about Rise and the Awards, can be found on the organisation’s website.
