Rise celebrates outstanding women of 2021

Annual awards celebrate the talented and inspirational women working in the media technology industry

By Jenny Priestley

Published: November 19, 2021 Updated: November 22, 2021

Annual awards celebrate the talented and inspirational women working in the media technology industry

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Rise has announced the winners of its annual awards, celebrating outstanding achievements by women in the media technology industry.

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The winners of the 2021 Rise Awards, and those shortlisted, are:

Marketer/PR | sponsored by Annex Pro

Silvia Botella, Marketing Manager, Red Bee Media WINNER

Melanie Crandall, Demand Generation Manager, Vizrt

Lauren McIntosh, Global Marketing Manager, Accedo

R&D Engineer | sponsored by Ateliere Creative Technologies

Laura Bunea, R&D Engineer, Vizrt WINNER

Michelle Griffin, Product Engineering Manager, farmerswife and Cirkus

Jennifer Zeidan, Engineering Manager, Media Systems Infrastructure, Netflix

Rising Star | sponsored by Avid

Neave Spikings, Support Engineer, ITV Studios WINNER

Sophie Lambert, Freelance

Jane Lawrance, VT Guarantee, Timeline Television

Georgia Thirtle, Sound Engineer, Gravity Media

Influencer | sponsored by Bitmovin

Louise Patel, Co-Director, The Inside Project / Share My Telly Job WINNER

Marianna Montague, Senior Director Customer Success Management, Avid

Kylee Pe a, Manager, Creative Technologies Program Management, Netflix

Production Support Engineer | Sponsored by Blackmagic Design

Carys Hughes, Engineer Emerging Technologies, Sky WINNER

Sophie Colvin, Vision Guarantee Manager, Gravity Media

Mirusha Jegatheeswaran, Content Technology Support Engineer, ITV Daytime

Product Innovation | sponsored by Clear-Com

Karen Walker, Vice President Camera Motion Systems, Ross Video WINNER

Izabella Koukorava, Head of Product, Sky

Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-Founder, Eluvio

Sales | sponsored by Deluxe

Karen Clark, Head of Australian and New Zealand Sales, Telstra WINNER

Angela Gibbons, Head of Sales, EMG UK

Laura Wignall, Business Development Manager Production, Gravity Media

Business | sponsored by Live-U

Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-Founder, Eluvio WINNER

Dr. Johanna Bj rklund, Co-founder and CTO, Codemill

Alison Pitchford, Group Managing Director, MBI

Heidi Shakespeare, Director IMES Europe

Technical Operations | sponsored by Ross Video

Rebecca Moore, Director Technical Operations, CNNI WINNER

Kate Furtas, Key Account Manager, Deluxe Media

Rebecca Smith, Audio Assistant, Platform Post Production

Student | sponsored by SMPTE

Holly van der Rest, Solent University WINNER

Katherine King, University of Pittsburgh

Sama Mirmiran, University of Surrey

Company Award For Investment in Women | sponsored by Telstra

Visual Data Media Services WINNER

Deluxe Localisation

Newsbridge

As previously announced, Inga Ruehl of Sky Sports and Borika Vucinic of Bell Media were presented with the Woman of the Year Award.

Inga Ruehl, Borika Vucinic named Rise's Women of the Year

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