July 8, 2022 5:40 AM
Women in AI Breakfast- 2019
Since 2019, VentureBeat has been honoring the women leaders, mentors, researchers and entrepreneurs who are transforming the AI industry — making it magnitudes more equitable, ethical and groundbreaking for all. The VentureBeat Women in AI Awards was founded to emphasize how vital the voices, work and experiences of these women are to AI as a field and a technology, and to shine a light on some of these leaders.
This year, over 200 women were nominated over five categories, and we’re delighted to introduce our potential winners. Each was selected based on their commitment to the industry, their work to increase inclusivity in the field and their positive influence in the community. The winners will be announced and their praises further sung during Transform 2022.
And don’t forget to register for the 4th Annual Women in AI Breakfast presented by Capital One. Panelists will delve into AI’s unconscious bias, and how the gender gap in data and AI-centric fields can make or break how applications are developed, during the live panel discussion, “How Women in Data & AI Fields Lead to Greater Diversity in Workforces and Applications.”
You’ll see industry leading experts of every gender tackle topics ranging from ethics to equality in their research, as well as in-depth knowledge and actionable insights from VP of Engineering and Head of Data at LinkedIn, Ya Xu; Chief Data Officer at Mastercard, JoAnn Stonier; and Molly Parr, VP, Product, Digital Customer Experiences, Enterprise Products & Platforms at Capital One. Register for the live breakfast now!
And now, meet our 2022 Women in AI nominees
Responsibility and Ethics of AI
This award honors a woman who demonstrates exemplary leadership and a commitment to progress in advancing responsibility and ethics in the field.
Beena Ammanath, Executive Director, Global Deloitte AI Institute, DeloitteDiya Wynn, Senior Practice Manager, Responsible AI, Emerging Technologies & Intelligent Platforms, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect of Ethical AI Practice, SalesforceMinerva Tantoco, Chief AI Officer, NYU MCSilverMirka Snyder Caron, Senior Counsel, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data and Fraud, TD BankMuthumari S., Head of Data Science, BrillioNikki Pope, Senior Director, AI and Legal Ethics, NVIDIASaiph Savage, Assistant Professor, Northeastern UniversitySusan Gonzales, CEO, AIandYou (www.aiandyou.org)Triveni Gandhi, Responsible AI Lead, DataikuAI Entrepreneur
This award honors a woman who has launched an AI company that shows great promise. Consideration was given to factors such as business traction, the technology solution and impact in the AI space.
Aleksandra Kazantseva, Head of Business Development, BizzClickAnu Shukla, Co-founder, Executive Chairman, Botco.aiAparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Arize AIDenise Leaser, President, MyInnerGeniusDevaki Raj, CEO and Co-founder, CrowdAIDr Michelle Perugini, CEO and Co-Founder, PresagenDr. Somdutta Singh, Founder & CEO, AssiduusGila Hayat, Co-founder & CTO, DarrowDr. Maya Said, Founder, CEO, Outcomes4MeDr. Rachita Navara, Co-founder and CEO, SafeBeat RxRama Chakaki, COO, aiXplainVaysh Kewada, CEO and Co-founder, Salience LabsAI Research
This award honors a woman who has made a significant impact in AI research, either by helping accelerate progress in her organization, as part of academic research, or impacting AI innovation.
Cristina Gorrostieta, Principal Data Scientist, Cogito CorpDr. Ranit Aharonov, Chief Technology Officer, Pangea BiomedMounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Head of Technology Research for Personalization, SpotifyNicole Jiang, Director of Product and Design, Abnormal SecurityVictoria Muradyan, Machine Learning, Researcher, PicsartAmy Steier, Principal Machine Learning Scientist, GretelAI Mentorship
This award honors a woman leader who mentored other women in the AI field by providing guidance and support/encouraging more women to enter the field of AI.
Angie Westbrock, COO, Standard AIAnita Weemaes, Solution Architect, NVIDIABelén Sanchez Hidalgo, Senior Data Scientist, Team Lead, DataRobot Danika Hannon, Midmarket Sales Executive, QuantinuumNancy Li, Vice President, AI & Platform, BrightAIPenny Li, Senior Vice President of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), SambaNova SystemsRebekah Leslie-Hurd, Director of Compiler Software Engineering, Cerebras SystemsSadie St. Lawrence, Founder and CEO, Women in DataDr. Tanya Mishra, CEO & Founder, SureStartSujatha Sagiraju, Chief Product Officer, AppenTina Nguyen, SVP, Director of Analytics, Truist BankZoe Hillenmeyer, Chief Commercial Officer, PeakRising Star
This award honors a woman in the early stages of her AI career who has already demonstrated exemplary leadership traits.
Alice Fridberg, Data Scientist and Team Lead, SkaiCatherine Hansen, Director of Marketing, Sway AIDaria Soboleva, Machine Learning Engineer, Cerebras SystemsDhanya Jayachandra, Chief Technology Officer, UnitekEmma Stapleton, Senior Data Scientist, Actium HealthGina Romero, CEO & Co-Founder, Connected WomenKatie Robbert, Co-Founder & CEO, Trust InsightsLipika Ramaswamy, Senior Applied Scientist, Gretel Luminita Busuricu, CEO, QuickLegalManisha Gupta, Global Head, Product Management, HCM & Cross Functional Analytics, OracleMeghan Mergui, Data Scientist, BigIDMonika Shrivastav, AI Operations & Strategy Lead – Applied AI Group, WalmartNare Tarlamazyan, Lead Product Manager, AI, PicsartPrerna Dogra, Senior Manager, AI Products, NVIDIARebecca Clyde, Co-founder and CEO, Botco.aiShrimai Prabhumoye, Research Scientist, NVidiaSupriya Gupta, General Manager, Recommendations, Credit KarmaSusan Sly, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, RadiusAIYardenne Assa, CEO and co-founder, UnboxableJigyasa Grover, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Twitter, Inc.And don’t forget to register for Transform, the leading event on applied AI for enterprise business and technology decision-makers of every stripe. This year Transform spans two full weeks, both live in San Francisco and virtually. Register now!
July 19: The Data & AI Executive Summit | LIVE at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Join over 500 data and AI executives in-person to network with peers and hear success stories from c-level thought leaders on applied data and AI strategies.
July 20-22: The Data Week | Virtual
July 26-28: The AI & Edge Week | Virtual
Cutting across the most critical topics in Data and Al, pick, choose and learn from wherever you are across the two weeks.
Get the full agenda here.
