Sandy Nasseri, chief executive and founder of MelroseINC was presented with the Woman of The Year Award at last night’s Rise Awards.
The Awards, which took place during the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing 2020, are organised by Rise, the advocacy group for women in the broadcast technology sector.
This year, 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.
Sandy 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.
Nasseri is the co-founder of MelroseINC, the California-based provider of end-to-end storage, content creation, asset management and IT systems and services.
Rise said that 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 and nominees
- Business - sponsored by Adobe
Lindsay Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder, Stringr
Paola Hobson, Managing Director, InSync Technology
Soraya Robertson, Commercial Director, TheCollectv
- Engineering - sponsored by OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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