Kane Fulton, March 15, 2020 3 min read
At Tech Nation, we don’t need an excuse to shine a light on the fantastic work being done by women in UK tech. However, International Women’s Day provides a welcome opportunity to highlight those who should be recognised and celebrated.
As Entrepreneur Engagement Manager for the Midlands, Naomi Watts regularly encounters new faces working in the industry – from female founders to data scientists, digital designers, and other women-in-tech.
While it’s not possible to include them all, based on their inspiring work being carried out in the North West’s tech sector, Naomi has chosen to highlight the 10 women below on Twitter. Why not give them the retweet they deserve?
After that, see who made our other regional lists on International Women’s Day:
Time for a slightly belated #InternationalWomensDay thread from me 🙂 I’m still very keen on highlighting the incredible women working in our tech ecosystem across the Midlands. Here are 10 fantastic women powering digital tech in the region. #IWD2020 pic.twitter.com/b6ABJ7OZBf
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
1. Paula Bedborough is creating technology that takes the stress out, and puts the security in, to your nights out [dancing woman]. Using fingerprint technology, Secure Socialising will be installing Sense Lockers into venues soon #OneToWatch 👀 https://t.co/1yd0yfpHE3 pic.twitter.com/sO65xSbtw8
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
2. Developer @JessPWhite is Director & Co-Founder of @DDDEastMidlands, an inclusive, non-profit technology conference for celebrating the tech & talent of the East Midlands, shortlisted for the Team Leader Award at this year’s @FDMGroup @everywomanUK Tech Awards. 🏅 pic.twitter.com/EFIJwTktzL
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
3. Winner of @WITAwards Start-up Founder of the Year 2019, winner of #RisingStars, co-founder at @shopperdotcom, @SonuBubna is a true tech powerhouse 👏 pic.twitter.com/ZUkpfArZfz
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
4. Sharonjit Clare is Co-Founder of @WMWV_, an advisor for @WIBFtweets, and most recently has co-founded @ArkHubMidlands. She is an entrepreneur, private investor and all round good egg. #Birmingham should be proud to have her 💪 pic.twitter.com/yKrxkh2wVz
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
5. Cate Rae, Managing DIrector at @Widget_Sorftware and Winner of the Tech for Good Award 2019 @WITAwards, is on a mission to make the written world accessible to all using a bank of over 18,000 images specifically designed to support written text. pic.twitter.com/VAewiVk9tK
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
6. Founder at AR&VR company @captivate_real, Silicon Canal Leadership Team member, and self-taught developer, @GeneaLynch is one of #Birmingham‘s truly inspirational women who took her career into her own hands and is now running a successful business pic.twitter.com/RCx8mb93Bz
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
7. Co-founder & COO at @NaturalHR, @SarahDowzel is leading the way in the digital HR space and has been shortlisted in the Rising Star category at the 2020 Amazon ScaleUp Awards. pic.twitter.com/TiJszA40Ma
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
8. Nicky Hoyland Founder is CCO of @WeAreDBLX. Inspirational & approachable, her tell-it-like-it-is attitude is a refreshing approach that allows her to authentically connect with people everywhere. Nicky built this 6 figure biz from scratch with a client list to be envious of! pic.twitter.com/YwYAqQAYgr
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
9. #Northampton-based Rebecca Gill founded @VRTherapiesLtd, a world-first in immersive therapeutic technology, allowing patients to virtually swim with dolphins! 🐬 pic.twitter.com/uy1U9Z9h4u
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
10. Recently chosen as one of 10 @GoogleStartupUK companies to join their Immersion Programme, @FluenceWorld co-founder @J_K_Hore is a trailblazer in AI technology and a real inspiration in the way she is growing and leading the team in #Birmingham. pic.twitter.com/PPlnn3rZ59
— Tech Nation Midlands – Naomi Watts (@tn_midlands) March 10, 2020
