#WICxALLIES 2022: Women in Cloud celebrates the first wave of Women in Tech Allies

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WICxALLIES 2022 Women in Cloud celebrates the
first wave of Women in Tech Allies
1888 Press Release - The WICxALLIES Awards
celebrates the achievements of three leaders who
are building for inclusion through their everyday
actions to bring more women into their network,
organization and leadership roles. Washington -
As part of the WICxALLIES campaign, Women in
Cloud partners with tech-industry leader
Gavriella Schuster to recognize the individuals
who demonstrate allyship by empowering women
through Advocacy, Listening, Lifting, Including,
Elevating and Sponsoring. Women make up more than
half of the US population and are getting more
college degrees than men but only hold roughly 25
per cent of leadership roles - while less than 5
per cent of leadership positions in tech
companies are held by women. The WICxALLIES
Awards celebrates the achievements of three
leaders who are building for inclusion through
their everyday actions to bring more women into
their network, organization and leadership roles.
More than 35 individuals, representing many of
technology's most influential brands and leaders,
were nominated for their overall allyship,
advocacy and sponsorship efforts. Allies play a
critical role in empowering women to lead with
their authentic voice and share their unique
perspectives - essentially to unlock diversity.
To empower somebody to speak up, to be
themselves, to bring their best self to work, to
aspire to do more and do better, and be real is
the core of building an inclusive culture. At the
root, it is allyship itself that empowers. I
applaud the award winners for practicing allyship
every day, for empowering the people around them
and building an inclusive environment. said
Gavriella Schuster, Global Business
Executive. WICxALLIES Award Winners for
2022 Overall Allyship Award John Dathan -
General Manager and Senior Vice President,
Insight Canada Sponsor Award Nathan Chung -
Senior Consultant, Azure Cloud AI, Microsoft
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Advocate Award Glynis Bryan - CFO, Insight
Canada Winners were announced in a virtual
awards ceremony on January 26, 2022 at Women in
Clouds Annual Summit, and were presented their
awards by Gavriella Schuster. Allyship is about
those of us who can, truly enabling and
empowering the women in our network to grow and
flourish. I feel very fortunate to be in that
position said John Dathan, winner of the Overall
Allyship Award. In order to further reach,
recruit and recognize the allies in the Women in
Cloud community, a corresponding social media
campaign kicked off following the awards ceremony
to share Gavriellas unique framework which sets
out the behaviors that allies can demonstrate
every day, and the actionable steps allies do to
build healthier workplace cultures, while
showcasing those who are making a
difference. The winners of the WICxALLIES
Awards understand that the roadmap to increasing
representation of women in technology is driven
by sustainable collective action. Our winners are
thought leaders, innovators, and champions of
change, and we are proud to be able to celebrate
their achievements and work through these
awards, said Chaitra Vedullapalli, CEO and
Co-Founder of Women in Cloud. The WICxALLIES
Awards will return in 2023, with nominations set
to open in December 2022. To learn more about the
inaugural award winners, please visit the
WICxALLIES page at https//womenincloud.com/wic-al
lies/. About Women in Cloud Women in Cloud, a
community-led economic development organization
taking action to generate 1B in net new global
economic access for women entrepreneurs and
professionals in the enterprise ecosystem by 2030
through partnerships with the worlds leading
fortune brands, corporations, community leaders,
and policymakers. Media contact Olivia
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Lead marketing ( _at_ ) womenincloud dot
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