ISG Women in Digital Award Winners Named for Americas

Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, today announced the winners of the second annual ISG Women in Digital Awards program for the Americas, recognizing women and their achievements in the digital world.

At a live, virtual award ceremony the evening of September 7, leaders with Johnson Controls, Kaiser Permanente, LTIMindtree, McKesson and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory were honored as winners in five categories, as selected by a panel of industry judges.

“The ISG Women in Digital Awards program received an overwhelming response in our second year, reflecting the large and growing pool of talented women in digital roles,” said Lois Coatney, ISG partner and president, and executive sponsor of the ISG Women in Digital program. “The women chosen as winners have made impressive, impactful and important contributions to the digital industry as a whole. We celebrate their accomplishments.”

An independent panel of judges, comprised of Nidhi Alexander, chief marketing officer, Hexaware; Shannon Bjerregaard, senior vice president and CIO of medical surgical at McKesson; Chris Putur, retired CIO of REI and member of the board of directors of ISG and RealTruck; Sarah Urbanowicz, senior vice president and CIO, AECOM, and Mary Rivard, partner, ISG technology modernization, evaluated the nominations and selected the following winners:

• Rising Star: for demonstrating exceptional and continuous growth, with increasing levels of leadership, responsibility and sphere of impact:
  Gold Winner: Melissa Rojo Salazar, U.S. senior director of consulting, co-lead of product services and innovation, LTIMindtree
  Silver Winner: Bernice Wong, senior design manager, Albertsons
  Bronze Winner: Devon Reilly, senior business process lead, PVH Corp.

• Women’s Advocate: for playing an active role guiding women to succeed in the digital world:
  Gold Winner: Diane Schwarz, vice president and CIO, Johnson Controls
  Silver Winner: Shatabdi Sharma, vice president, Global Application Services, PVH Corp.
  Bronze Winner: Heather Bunyard, customer success officer, Birlasoft

• Digital Innovator: for making a significant impact on an organization, business or client through creative use of digital solutions:
  Gold Winner: Bridget Karlin, senior vice president of IT, Kaiser Permanente
  Silver Winner: Richa Agarwal, senior director of digital go-to-market, PVH Corp.
  Bronze Winner: Ellen Trager, chief digital and information officer, Carrier

• Rock Star Leader: for leading a major transformation with significant business impact and demonstrating exceptional leadership skills: