About Helene Blowers: ( Expanded Profile )
Lucy Sanders is CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and also serves as Executive-in-Residence for the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The achievements of women working in and with technology were celebrated last night at the third BlackBerry® Women & Technology Awards, held at the Marriot Grovesnor Square in London. Winners were announced across seven categories and the overall winner of the BlackBerry Outstanding Woman in Technology Award was given. The awards celebrate and recognise the achievements of women using technology, both within and beyond the IT sector. These achievements are recognised in the corporate sector, public sector and academia, the multimedia industry and within small to medium sized businesses.
Margaret Gold
Gold Mobile Innovation Ltd.
Margaret Gold is an innovation & business launch specialist working with start-ups and corporate ventures in the mobile industry.
Margaret provides hands-on services in the areas of:
• Product definition, development and management
• Value proposition development
• Market analysis and business modelling
• Business development & partnership management
• Sales & new media marketing
• Technical project & programme management
• Requirements management, end-user design, and testing
• Idea Generation workshops
I'm Managing Directrix of Mohawk Media, Geek Girl for Radio NZ, write the MsBehaviour Files for The Big Idea, with a slot on Radio Wammo for Kiwi FM. I'm also producer/host of the g33k show, and have been speaking about technology & the internet for over 12 years, in the UK and New Zealand.
CIO for Lloyds Banking Group, currently based in London, UK. I'm fascinated and passionate about technology trends, innovation, the future of the web/technology and how they are changing the way that we live and function.
I enjoy networking with similarly-minded, intelligent people and love being challenged with new information and view points. You can find me all over the web, but to direct you to the "mother ship", I invite you to read my blog at http://banking-on-it.com.
Sarah Blow is a software engineer, specializing in Windows CE and mobile applications. She also founded Girl Geek Dinners and runs the London Girl Geek Dinners branch of the events.
Sarah has a depth and breadth of knowledge on Web 2.0 technologies and tools through her experience of using the tools to create and manage Girl Geek Dinners events around the world. She is at the bleeding edge of the industry and is always looking for the next interesting tool and product.