2019 NEW PRODUCT AND SERVICE AWARDS CATEGORIES JUDGING CHAIR

Natalia Michael, Chief Executive Officer
No Nasties Kids & Roar Success, Peregian Springs, Queensland, Australia

Natalia Michael is a multi-award-winning Australian entrepreneur. She is the owner of No Nasties Kids and SLiCK KiDS natural children's brands, and the co-owner of Roar Success, a platform for women in business. No Nasties Kids and SLiCK KiDS products are sold across the globe with distribution and licensee partners in nine countries and growing.

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Jhansi Ratna Bandaru, IT SAP Security Lead
Calumet Specialty Products Inc., Houston, Texas, United States
Jhansi Bandaru is PMP certified IT SAP Security/Compliance Lead at Calumet Specialty Products since 2017. She has around more than 13 years of experience designing and implementing security controls and had managed many Governance risk and compliance projects.

Satishkumar Boguda, Software Engineer
Applexus Technologies, San Diego, California, United States
Satish Kumar Boguda is a multi-faceted IT software engineer serving different industry clients in Oil & Gas, Utilities, Production, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, Transport, and Energy. He is a technology evangelist who understands the need for continuous change in computer centers by utilizing technology to gain the upper hand in business results. Through his insight, Satish enables organizations to exploit technological advances by adjusting innovation, addressing complex issues, cautiously delegating tasks, and appropriately overseeing them. This stimulates more income, higher productivity, increased consumer loyalty and focused client advantage. Satish has been serving as a technology expert and has featured as a jury member at various international competitions across the globe. He is a SAP Technical Expert, Data Scientist, Data Science Executive, Scrum Master, Product Owner, ITIL V3, and Machine Learning expert with around 100 specializations and certificates from prestigious institutes across the globe.

Dotti Call, Program Manager
Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Dotti has implemented Project Management Offices for the U.S. Postal Service, Oklahoma Tribal Governments, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. She now manages multi-million dollar Capital Investment Programs for the aerospace medicine arm of FAA’s Aviation Safety line of business. Dotti holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oklahoma and the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Sanjay Choubey, Chief Executive Officer
SCMXpert Corp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Sanjay Choubey is a proven leader with demonstrated experience in defining (strategy, roadmap), implementing, and sustaining business and technology transformation at global scale. He is recognized for successfully developing and implementing differentiating solutions, strategic planning, and global delivery support for more than 25 years, with budgets ranging from $40-800M and teams of 150-800 in a matrix set up.

Tore Claesson, Creative Director
Tio Agency,  Chengdu, China & New York, New York, New York, United States

Shreekanta Das, Technologist, Architect
VMware INC, San Jose, California, United States
Shree Das has 17 years of experience in Cloud, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, IoT, Edge Computing, Data Center Virtualization, systems/storage solutions and design, consulting, and implementation, with a history of leading the turnaround of under-performing IT projects and strategies. He has managed infrastructure hosting services and large multi-site data center projects globally. He also has the advisory skills and expertise to shape multiple products and projects. He has authored various technical white papers related to Cloud, HCI, Multi-Tenancy, SD-WAN, Converged Infrastructure and VDI, and has presented his work at VMworld, EMC World, and Dell Technology World. He holds a Master’s Degree in Information Systems from University of San Francisco.

Cynthia Dzikiti, Technical Lead Consultant
Independent ERP Technical Consulting, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Cynthia is a Technical Lead with over 18 years professional experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of ERP Applications. She has a UK Masters degree in Software Engineering and professional experience across several industries. She is also a subject matter author for online technical journals.

Idowu Okheren Ejere, Founder & Chief Product Officer
Esteem Royale Cosmetics, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Idowu Ejere is Founder and Chief Product Officer of Esteem Royale Cosmetics (ERC). Prior to joining ERC in 2018, she was Chief Technical Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security of Sierra Leone. Idowu’s career in business and international development spans ten years in the non-profit, private and public sectors. She worked with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in Ghana between 2009 and 2014 as Communications Officer and CAADP Technical Assistant. She is an alumnus of the institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Igbinedion University and Harvard University Executive Education. Idowu is an Associate Fellow of Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI), a member of the Faculty Board of the Business Entrepreneurship Skills and Technology (BEST) Center of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a member of the Board of Trustees, Inspiring Working Women Network.

Donna Embry, Senior Vice President, Global Payments Strategy
Evolve Bank & Trust, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Donna Embry has 53-plus years in the payments industry and is SVP, Global Payments Strategy for Evolve Bank & Trust. Prior executive positions include at Payment Alliance International, Vital Processing, and PNC Bank. Committee and Board positions include the ATMIA US Regional Board (co-chair), the ATMIA Next Gen ATM Council, the NAC Credence Committee, the ETA Mobile Payments Council, and NEAA Board. Industry awards include: MWAA "Lifetime Achievement Award"; SourceMedia’s “One of the 20 Most Influential Women in Payments”; ETA’s “Distinguished Payments Professional”; ATMIA’s ATM Industry Champion; Women in Payments “Distinguished Payments Professional”; and FinTech Futures International PayTech Leadership Award.

Alison Higgins-Miller, CEO
Lightray Insights Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lisa Masiello, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer
TECHmarc Labs, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Lisa is an award winning B2B marketing strategist, advisor, and founder/CMO of TECHmarc Labs, Inc. As a marketing executive with in-depth experience building integrated marketing programs for companies in the IT services industry, she has a successful track record of developing and implementing innovative solutions which drive new sustainable revenue growth, channel development, increased ARPU, corporate repositioning, and acquisition integration.

Gracianne Moura Santos, Senior Manager Digital Transformation
Wipro, São Paulo, Brazil
Gracianne Moura Santos has over 15 years experience in R&D and New Product Development. Focused on technology-driven products, she has worked across the globe helping major companies deliver the best solutions for their clients.
 

Dee Stearman, Serial Entrepreneur and Multi-Business Owner
Nibbly Bits / The Mibblers / SiliMama / Roar Success, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Danielle Stearman - AKA Dee - is a powerhouse serial entrepreneur who runs four successful, multi-award-winning. globally distributed, product-based businesses.
 

Subash Thota, Data Architect/Project Manager
Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Subash Thota is a Data Architect specializing in Big Data, Cloud, Data Integration, and Data Analytics with significant experience in Project Management, Agile, and Data Governance. Subash has written several papers in the field of Big Data, Cloud, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Becky Wilson, Chief Visibility Officer
WDS Marketing & PR, Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Becky Wilson leads WDS Marketing & Public Relations, a Grand Stevie Award winning agency that excels in assisting its clients in building visibility and credibility through local and national media attention, award program recognition and leadership activities. Becky was honored with an Enterprising Women of the Year Champion award by Enterprising Women Magazine in 2017.