East of England Women in Tech honoured

By Brigette Currin 14 March 2019 2 minute read

07/12/2016

The winners of the 2016 DevelopHER Awards – which aim to raise the profile of women in technology in the East, creating role models to inspire the next generation – were announced at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich in front of 200 business leaders on 30 November, across 16 categories.

SyncDevelopHER founder and force behind the awards Vickie Allen, told the EDP: “Currently only around 17% of those who work in technology are female, but statistics suggest that women may even use technology more than men in their everyday lives – so why are so few women behind the creation and development of the products they use?

“With technology becoming increasingly essential in our lives, it’s really important that we do something to address the imbalance and to try and encourage the next generation of females towards technology.

“That’s why the DevelopHER awards were created.”

Ian Buxton flew the TechEast flag in support of the awards.

2016 AWARD WINNERS

Agile Angel: Kirsty Wallace, Agent3

Apprentice: Naomi Lee, BT

App Developer: Emily Cox, Selesti

Best Newcomer: Alice Middleton, Inertia Game Studios

Digital Marketer: Sam Parnell, Measured Brilliance

Emerging talent: Esperanza Suarez, Axon Vibe

Entrepreneur: Juliana Meyer, SupaPass

Eye for Design: Angela Prichard, Propeller Design

Game Developer: Catherine Woolley, The Chinese Room