Cloud Girls Rising: Women to Watch

The Cloud Girl Rising: Women to Watch Awards shine a well-deserved spotlight on the innovators, thought leaders, and changemakers who exemplify the best of women in technology. These honors celebrate remarkable women pushing boundaries in cloud computing and next-gen tech. We honor women in three different categories: Visionary, Trailblazer, and Rising Star.
2023 Award RecipientsPast Award Recipients

Meet Cloud Girls Rising Trailblazer Winner: Debbie Kestin Schildkraut

Debbie Kestin Schildkraut is the VP of Business Marketing for the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) dedicated to...
2023 Cloud Girls Rising Award winners

2023 Cloud Girls Rising Award Recipients

Cloud Girls, a not-for-profit female Next-Gen Tech Think Tank, announced today the winners of the eighth annual Cloud Girls...

Meet Cloud Girls 2023 Trailblazer Trisha Paine

Trisha Paine, Head of Global Marketing of Cloud Security at Check Point Software, was recognized by Cloud Girls, in...

Meet Cloud Girls 2023 Trailblazer Karen Jackson

Karen Jackson, President of Apogee Strategic Partners, was recognized by Cloud Girls, in collaboration with...

Meet Cloud Girls 2023 Trailblazer Rebecca Weekly

Rebecca Weekly, Vice President of Hardware Systems at Cloudflare, was recognized by Cloud Girls, in collaboration with...

Meet Cloud Girls 2023 Rising Star Shinesa Cambric

Shinesa Cambric, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, was recognized by Cloud Girls, in collaboration with...

Meet Cloud Girls 2023 Rising Star Mayka Rosales-Peterson

Mayka Rosales-Peterson, Senior Manager of Partner Marketing at Intelisys/ScanSource, was recognized by Cloud Girls, in...

Awards are given in three categories:

Visionary

A female innovator who recognizes where next-gen tech is headed and is leading the ecosystem toward that vision. A recognized groundbreaker who is willing to take risks with strategic insight into what’s possible.

Trailblazer

A seasoned female technology veteran who is paving the way for her organization, customers and industry in advancing cloud and next-generation technology solutions

Rising Star

A female up-and-comer in the cloud community who has shown initiative in advancing cloud and next-generation technology solutions for her organization, customers and the industry

Our Hall of Fame

Winners of the Cloud Girls Rising Women to Watch Awards are shining examples of women in tech who are taking the lead in driving cloud solutions at their companies, in the channel community and within the tech industry. We’re pleased to introduce you to our past winners.

 VISIONARY

TRAILBLAZER

RISING STAR

2021

Jolene Langford

Rochelle Eichner

Tamara Prazak

Rachel Turkus