2024 TWY Awards - Tech Rochester

Technology Woman of the Year 2024

April 25th, 2024 | Casa Larga Vineyards

Registration Opens @ 7:30 AM

Award Breakfast @ 8:00 AM

About – Recognizing, celebrating and making visible the achievements of women in high technology fields. Through the Technology Woman of the Year Award and The Emerging Technology Woman of the Year, women who work in these professions are encouraged to stay in the Greater Rochester area, mentor young women, and contribute to the region.

Celebrate – 2024 celebrates 24 years of TechRochester’s Technology Woman of the Year Event. This is over two decades of incredible achievements from local women in many companies you know or may not know, from startups to major corporations in our community. We continue to amplify women’s achievements in STEM in our community with this year’s 2024 Technology Woman of the Year and Emerging Technology Woman of the Year Awards. These awards are honoring their contributions to the profession, recognizing their support of other women, and being stewards in their community.

Leading Change – Change brings excitement, anxiety, growth, but also new ways of exercising leadership. Our nominees are asserting their leadership by embracing change throughout their lives. We know you will find inspiration in how they lead change in each of their stories.

Stronger Together – Success comes from those that support us along our journey. Sharing stories together, recognizing our diverse backgrounds and experiences, forming close connections brings perspective and makes us stronger together.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

WENDI HEINZELMAN | Dean, Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester

Wendi Heinzelman is Dean of the Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Rochester, where she is also a full professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. As dean of the Hajim School, Dr. Heinzelman oversees an undergraduate student body of 1,700 students, 800 graduate students, 130 faculty members, and more than 20,000 alumni. Dr. Heinzelman received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Over the course of her research career, Dr. Heinzelman has designed and implemented cutting-edge networking, communication and signal processing techniques for a wide array of applications running over wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and heterogeneous networks. She has contributed to 12 books and has published in more than 150 journals and conferences, with over 60,000 citations to her work. She is an elected Member-at-Large of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Deans Council, co-founder and a steering committee member of Networking Networking Women (N^2 Women), a Fellow of the ACM, and a Fellow of the IEEE.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

WENDI HEINZELMAN | Dean, Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester

Wendi Heinzelman is Dean of the Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Rochester, where she is also a full professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. As dean of the Hajim School, Dr. Heinzelman oversees an undergraduate student body of 1,700 students, 800 graduate students, 130 faculty members, and more than 20,000 alumni. Dr. Heinzelman received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Over the course of her research career, Dr. Heinzelman has designed and implemented cutting-edge networking, communication and signal processing techniques for a wide array of applications running over wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and heterogeneous networks. She has contributed to 12 books and has published in more than 150 journals and conferences, with over 60,000 citations to her work. She is an elected Member-at-Large of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Deans Council, co-founder and a steering committee member of Networking Networking Women (N^2 Women), a Fellow of the ACM, and a Fellow of the IEEE.

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TWY 2024 NOMINEES

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TWY 2024 NOMINEES & FINALISTS

TECHNOLOGY WOMAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

*finalists listed in green

KRISTY GONZALEZ – FOUNDER/CEO, INTEGRATEXPRESS LLC

SUE BRUMM – OWNER, CETECH

MAGGIE ANGELINE – DIRECTOR, ENTERPRISE SERVICE MANAGEMENT, PAYCHEX INC.

ERIN LIERHEIMER – SR TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER, PAYCHEX INC.

JUDDY GOMEZ-GUTIERREZ – SR MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PAYCHEX INC.

DONNETTE A. DABYDEEN, MD – CO-FOUNDER, BIRED IMAGING; ATTENDING RADIOLOGIST, ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH

JESSICA VAN ZILE – VICE PRESIDENT, THREE+ONE

LAURA NORRIS – VICE PRESIDENT, PAYER SERVICES, THE IMA GROUP

FELICIA ZIMMERMAN – PRODUCT MANAGER AND SCRUM MASTER, ITX

ALLISON YACCI – CEO, DATACICADA, LLC

VERONICA (V) WILSON – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) MANAGER, FOODLINK, INC.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY WOMAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

*finalists listed in green

BRIANNAH WILLIAMS – FOUNDER, BRILLIANT REPAIRS

JUNIYALI NAURIYAL – CEO, PHOTONECT INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS

ELIZABETH PERKINS – DATA AND MARKETING MANAGER, FTS, INC.

ALISON BOSECK – SR MANAGER, ENTERPRISE SUPPORT, PAYCHEX INC.

SHAQUASIA CONSTANTINE – LEAD PROGRAMMER, AVANGRID

MARTHA KENYON – ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER

JESSICA PETERS – TECHNICAL PRODUCT OWNER, ITX

TIMELINE

Here is what to expect in 2023 – 2024 for TWY!

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nominations open

December 4th, 2023
2022

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nominations close

February 9th, 2024
2021

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Nominee reception

March 7th, 2024

All nominees are invited to celebrate with us at the nominee reception. This is a great opportunity to meet the other nominees, network, get connected and celebrate!
2020

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