- This year's global winners are Jennifer Samaniego from Ecuador and Jaloree Lantigua from the US,
selected from among 25 local winners in 12 regions
- In this fourth edition, the global judging panel was formed
by 8 well-known leaders from the George
Washington University School of Business, CoachHub, Women
Corporate Directors Foundation, NYSE, LA Clippers, Udemy Business,
and Globant
- The awards were supported by global partners like CoachHub,
NYSE, Salesforce, Udemy, and Women Corporate Directors Foundation,
and more than 50 other organizations and universities
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant
(NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing
businesses through innovative technology solutions, today announced
the global winners of the fourth edition of the Globant Awards -
Women That Build Edition. These awards recognize game-changing
women in the STEAM industries who inspire other women and create
positive change around the world. They aim to provide visibility,
acknowledge women's contributions, and address persistent workplace
challenges such as non-inclusive environments, unequal pay for
equal work, and gender biases in hiring and promotions.
"The Women that Build Awards were created four years ago to
motivate more women to join the technology industry by shining a
spotlight on trailblazing women who are making a positive impact.
There is still more work to do, to reduce the gender gap in our
field. This is why we take every opportunity to spur innovation and
collaboration while promoting plurality and connecting women from
different parts of the world," said Patricia Pomies, Chief Operating Officer at
Globant. "This year's nomination process received the largest
response ever. We got to meet so many women who are not afraid to
shake up the game in their communities, so we want to congratulate
not only the winners, but all who participated for sharing their
stories with us and our community."
The Women that Build Awards 2023 received more than 3,100
nominations, 1,100+ candidates, gathered 120,000+
votes, and engaged 83 international judges.
Following the final deliberation, two global winners have been
selected:
- Jennifer Samaniego, from
Ecuador, is an educational
innovation analyst at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
who was chosen as Inspiring Leader because of her work with
immersive learning. She manages the Virtopsia project, an augmented
reality application for the university's distance learning students
studying legal medicine.
- Jaloree Lantigua, from the
United States, is a game developer, technology instructor
and speech therapist who was chosen as Rising Star because
of her work with students with special needs in the STEAM fields.
She founded an educational technology center called STREAM
Technologies that focuses on providing courses in video game
development, virtual reality, and esports for both typical students
and those with special needs or exceptional abilities.
As we navigate this fourth edition of the awards, we seek to
address the reality that women only occupy 28% of leadership
positions in technology (World Economic Forum). Today, women switch
jobs at a higher rate than men in similar roles, a phenomenon
attributed not only to burnout but also to the persistent lack of
diversity, equity, and inclusion in the overall corporate goals of
many companies (McKinsey & Company). Besides, women remain
underrepresented, especially in key areas like AI, where only 22%
of jobs were occupied by women, and machine learning, where only
12% of jobs were held by women in 2017 which is expected to further
widen the gender gap in the STEAM industries (UNESCO).
"With the Women that Build Awards, we are looking to recognize
women who are revolutionizing the tech sector. As technology is the
discipline with the highest demand for future jobs, we face an even
greater need to create more inclusive, diverse, and collaborative
STEAM fields. Through our nominees' example, we are trying to
inspire more women to be leaders in our industry, which is mostly
male-dominated. It's very important for us to change the equation,
and this is one of the major initiatives we are pushing with the
Women that Build Awards," said Wanda
Weigert, Global Chief Brand
Officer at Globant.
The global judging panel was comprised of renowned figures such
as Anuj Mehrotra, Dean at the
George Washington University School of
Business; Cassandra
Seier, Head of International Capital Markets at NYSE;
Eliana Gialain, Senior Behavioral Scientist at CoachHub;
Gillian Zucker, President of
Business Operations at LA Clippers; Jennifer Reynolds, CEO at Women Corporate
Directors Foundation; Martín Migoya, Co-founder & CEO at
Globant; Patricia Pomies,
Global Chief Operating Officer at Globant; and Stephanie Stapleton Sudbury, President at
Udemy Business. This year's Women that Build Awards attracted a
significant number of global partners, including CoachHub, NYSE,
Salesforce, Udemy, Women Corporate Directors Foundation, and more
than 50 other supporting organizations and universities.
Get to know all the Women that Build Awards 2023 regional
winners at www.womenawards.globant.com.
Women That Build Awards - Media kit
About Globant
We are a digitally native company that helps organizations
reinvent themselves and unleash their potential. We are the place
where innovation, design, and engineering meet at scale.
- We have more than 27,000 employees, and are present in 25
countries and 5 continents working for companies like Google,
Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
- We were named a Worldwide Leader in AI Services (2023) and
Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services (2020) by IDC
MarketScape report.
- We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and
Stanford.
- We are active members of The Green Software Foundation (GSF)
and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.
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