Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast technology sector, is pleased to announce the winners for this year’s Rise Awards, held as part of the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2020. The judges saw over 100 nominations from women in a variety of roles and across the globe, in several categories: Business, Engineer, Marketer/PR, Rising Star, Sales, Technical Operations, Product Innovation and Woman of the Year. The ceremony saw Sandy Nasseri, CEO and Founder of MelroseINC presented with the Woman of The Year Award. Nasseri was picked for the award by the Rise Advisory Board, who credited her for her significant contributions to the industry as well as dealing with major business incidents this year. As a woman-in-business leader, working in a male dominated industry, Sandy strives to be a voice for women in her marketplace. She serves on the Apple Advisory Reseller Board; serves as the President and Chair of the AVID Customer Association for the Reseller Channel; and is active in the American Express Women’s Initiative. The winners of the 2020 Rise Awards, and those shortlisted, are as follows: Business - sponsored by Adobe **WINNER** Lindsay Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder, Stringr Paola Hobson, Managing Director, InSync Technology Soraya Robertson, Commercial Director, TheCollectv  Engineering - sponsored by OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies **WINNER** Yulia Rozmarin, R&D Project Manager, LiveU Janet Law, Senior Production Technician, Calrec Abigail Seager, Senior Systems Engineer, BBC News  Marketer/PR – sponsored by ANNEX PRO **WINNER** Donnelle Koselka,  Lead Employee & Crisis Communications, Avid Ana Escauriaza, Senior Field Marketing Specialist, Avid Julia Heighton, Marketing Manager, Media Production & Technology Show Laura Light, Marketing Manager, Object Matrix  Product Innovation - sponsored by Clear-Com **WINNER** Tove Bonander, Strategic Product Manager, Red Bee Media Kate Dimbleby, Co-Founder & COO, Stornaway Hannah Loughlin, Lead Product Designer, Avid Lindsay Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder, Stringr  Rising Star – sponsored by EditShare **WINNER** Gabriella Luck, Trainee Technical Support Engineer (ITV News), ITV Tyne Tees & Border Sophia Hazari, Transmission Lead, Discovery Sarah Thorp, Project Manager (Test), Red Bee Media  Sales - sponsored by Telstra **WINNER** Eunice Park, VP, Global Sales & Revenue, Zixi Paloma Santucci, Regional Director, LATAM, Accedo Kathleen Skinski, General Manager, Broadcast and Media, Planar Systems  Technical Operations - sponsored by Ross Video **WINNER** Kerry Shreeve, VP of Technology Operations, Discovery Fiona Burton, Head of Post Production and Engineering EMEA, A+E Networks Fiona Simons, VP, Production Operations, Discovery The Woman of the Year – sponsored by Zixi Sandy Nasseri, CEO and Founder, MelroseINC  For more information about Rise and the Awards, please visit here: https://risewib.com/rise-awards-2020-winners/