--- title: Winners Announced in HCL’s Red Ladder Women in Technology Categories in the 18th Stevie® Awards for Women in Business description: Winners in three categories sponsored by HCL Technologies, to recognize the achievements of female technology leaders, were announced in the 18th Stevie® Awards for Women in Business. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/SAWIB21%20HCL%20Winners%20Announced%20-%20social.jpg --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories # Winners Announced in HCL’s Red Ladder Women in Technology Categories in the 18th Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Thu, Dec 16, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Winners in three categories sponsored by [HCL Technologies](https://www.hcltech.com/), to recognize the achievements of female technology leaders, were announced today in the 18th Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, an international competition that shines a spotlight on women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and organizations run by women. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners will be honored during a virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, January 13. Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in all other categories in the competition were announced on September 23. ![SAWIB21 HCL Winners Announced - social](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SAWIB21%20HCL%20Winners%20Announced%20-%20social.jpg?width=1200&name=SAWIB21%20HCL%20Winners%20Announced%20-%20social.jpg) More than 1,500 nominations from organizations and individuals around the world were submitted this year for consideration in categories such as COVID-19 Response, Entrepreneur of the Year, Executive of the Year, Most Innovative Company of the Year, and Startup of the Year, among others. More than 160 business professionals working in [eight specialized judging committees](https://stevieawards.com/women/2021-judging-committees) determined the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners. The winners in the categories sponsored by [HCL Technologies](https://www.hcltech.com/), a leading global technology company, are as follows: **Excellence in Redefining the Next-Gen Workplace** *GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:* BP plc, Houston, TX USA: Tracy Pyle, Head of Citizen Digital Center *SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:* Ascension Health, Milwaukee, WI USA: Meghan Hendricks, Vice President of Relationship and Demand Management *BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:* T-Mobile, Bellevue, WA USA: Elizabeth Hunter, Senior Vice President – Technology **Leading Through Uncertainty** *GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:* Rogers Communications, Toronto, ON Canada: Shannon Bell, Senior VP - IT *SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:* Stanley Black & Decker, West Hartford, CT USA: Leslie Scott, VP & CIO, IT Enterprise Services *BRONZE STEVIE® WINNERS:* SiriusXM Radio, Pompano Beach, FL USA: Christa Petros, Vice President, Product Development The Standard, Portland, OR USA: Kelli Wilson, AVP, IT Infrastructure and Operations **New-Normal Digital Transformer** *GOLD STEVIE® WINNERS:* BMO Financial Group, Toronto, ON Canada: Bindhu Alvar Thiruvenkadathan, CIO, Wealth Management InterContinental Hotels Group, Atlanta, GA USA: Michelle Griffith, VP, Security Governance, Risk & Compliance *SILVER STEVIE® WINNERS:* Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA USA: Deepika Manglani, VP, Product and Program Management Merck & Co. Inc., North Wales, PA USA: Denise Allen-Williams, Vice President Weyerhaeuser, Seattle, WA USA: Amanda McKinstry, IT Senior Director - Enterprise Systems “We heartily congratulate all of the 2021 HCL’s Red Ladder Women in Technology category winners. On year two of the COVID-19 pandemic, these organizations and leaders have shown that they are able to adapt to anything thrown their way and pivot to an enhanced virtual climate,” said Maggie Miller, Stevie Awards president.   Visit [http://www.StevieAwards.com/Women](http://www.stevieawards.com/Women) for a complete list of Stevie winners by category. Registration for the January 13 virtual awards ceremony closes on January 7. 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