Mass High Tech honors New England’s women innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders
For the eighth year, Mass High Tech honored New England’s female technology and business leaders for its 2011 Women to Watch program. These women were recognized at a breakfast awards event for their contributions to their technology sectors and their ongoing role as leaders in their communities.
Read the profiles of the 2011 Women to Watch honorees.
The 2011 Mass High Tech Women to Watch are:
- Claritza Abreu, Assistant Commissioner and CIO, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and Human Services, Boston
- Kirk Arnold, Chief Operating Officer, Avid Technology Inc., Burlington
- Katrine Bosley, CEO, Avila Therapeutics Inc., Waltham
- Margaret Chu-Moyer, Executive Director of Research and Site Head, Amgen Inc., Cambridge
- Sharon Donald, Division Leader, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge
- Nina Dudnik, Founder and CEO, Seeding Labs, Cambridge
- Laura Fitton, CEO, oneforty inc. , Cambridge
- Wendi Goldsmith, Founder and CEO, BioEngineering Group, Salem
- Bettina Hein, Founder and CEO, Pixability Inc., Cambridge
- Jean Hoffman, Founder and CEO, Putney Inc., Portland, Maine
- Suzanne Livingston, Senior Product Manager, IBM Corp., Littleton
- Susan MacKay, CEO, Cerahelix Inc., Orono, Maine
- Nevine Nassif, Principal Engineer, Intel Corp., Hudson
- Melissa Pickering, Co-founder, iCreatetoEducate, Boston
- Elena Polyakova, Graphene Laboratories Inc., Reading
- Katie Rae, Managing Director, TechStars Boston, Cambridge
- Lori Ribeiro, Senior Project Manager, Nexamp Inc., North Andover
- Ellen Rubin, Founder and Vice President of Products, Cloudswitch Inc., Burlington
- Helen Sabzevari, Global Head of Oncology-Immunotherapy, EMD Serono Inc., Rockland
- Mikell Taylor, Systems Engineer, Bluefin Robotics Corp., Quincy
- Sue Wante, Vice President of Engineering and Technical Operations, Comcast Corp., Lawrence
- Daphne Zohar, Founder and Managing Partner, PureTech Ventures, Boston
See a list of all past Women to Watch, 2004-2011 ↓
View Past Honorees: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
- 2011 Honorees
- Claritza Abreu – Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Boston
- Kirk Arnold – Avid Technology Inc.
- Katrine Bosley – Avila Therapeutics Inc.
- Margaret Chu-Moyer – Amgen Inc.
- Sharon Donald – Draper Laboratory Inc.
- Nina Dudnik – Seeding Labs
- Laura Fitton – Oneforty Inc.
- Wendi Goldsmith – BioEngineering Group
- Bettina Hein – Pixability Inc.
- Jean Hoffman – Putney Inc.
- Suzanne Livingston – IBM Corp.
- Susan MacKay – Cerahelix Inc.
- Nevine Nassif – Intel Massachusetts
- Melissa Pickering – iCreate to Educate LLC
- Elena Polyakova – Graphene Laboratories Inc.
- Katie Rae – TechStars Boston
- Lori Ribeiro – Nexamp Inc.
- Ellen Rubin – CloudSwitch Inc.
- Helen Sabzevari – EMD Serono Inc.
- Mikell Taylor – Bluefin Robotics Corp.
- Sue Wante – Comcast Corp.
- Daphne Zohar – PureTech Ventures, Boston
- 2010 Honorees
- Marcie Black – Bandgap Engineering Inc.
- A.G. Breitenstein – Humedica Inc.
- Catherine Crawford – IBM Corp.
- Lauren Crews – Raytheon Corp.
- Elizabet de los Pinos – Aura Biosciences Inc.
- Michelle Dipp – GlaxoSmithKline PLC
- Jill Drury – The Mitre Corp.
- Candace Fleming – Crimson Hexagon Inc.
- Katie Hall – WiTricity Corp.
- Dava Newman – MIT
- Livia Racz – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
- 2009 Honorees
- Jill Becker – Cambridge NanoTech Inc.
- Sangeeta Bhatia – Hepregen Corp.
- Amy Cueva – Mad*Pow Media Solutions LLC
- Heather De Jesus – Azima DLI
- Anna Mracek Dietrich – Terrafugia Inc.
- Sandra Glucksmann – Cerulean Pharma Inc.
- Susan Leschine – Qteros Inc.
- Ronnie Maffa – IBM Corp.
- Mondira Pant – Intel Corp.
- Yvonne Spicer – National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science
- 2008 Honorees
- Afsana Akhter – Medullan Inc.
- Wendy Frey Caswell – Zink Imaging Inc.
- Sylvie Grégoir – Shire Human Genetic Therapies
- Sadiye Guler – intuVision Inc.
- Heather Healy – EMC Corp.
- Deborah Louis – Authoria Inc.
- Beth Marcus – Zeemote Inc.
- Christine Miska – BAE Systems Inc.
- Amanda Parkes – Bodega Algae LLC
- Ellen Piccioli – Massachusetts Microelectronic Design Center, Intel Corp.
- 2007 Honorees
- Deya Corzo – Genzyme Corp.
- Mary Lynne Hedley – MGI Pharma Inc.
- Asa Kalavade – Tatara Systems Inc.
- Christina Lampe-Önnerud – Boston-Power Inc.
- Paula Long – EqualLogic Inc.
- Rachel Meyers – Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Stefania Nappi – PreferredTime Inc.
- Mira Sahney – Myomo Inc.
- Karen Tegan Padir – Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Angela Zapata – The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
- 2006 Honorees
- Susan Scheer Aoki – Cisco Systems Inc.
- Janice Arcari – EMC Corp.
- Heather Blease – Broadband Solutions Inc.
- Suzette Braun – The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., Ahold USA
- Karen Donoghue – Motorola Inc.
- Ellen Ferraro – Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
- Linda Fuhrman – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
- Susie Kim Riley – Camiant Inc.
- Regina Valluzzi – Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences Inc.
- Julianne Zimmerman – GreenFuel Technologies Corp.
- 2005 Honorees
- Angela Belcher – MIT
- Margrit Betke – Boston University Computer Science department
- Anne Marie Biernacki – The Digiticians
- Vicki Ann Frawley – Target Software Inc.
- Heidi Perry – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
- Elizabeth Ricci – Authoria Inc.
- Hollie Schmidt – Boston Cure Project for MS
- Paula Soteropoulos – Genzyme Corp.
- Lorraine Wheeler – Botzam Inc.
- Lijun Wu – Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc.
- 2004 Honorees
- Susan Adams – Comcast Corp.
- Amy Duwel – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
- Jana Eggers – Intuit Inc.
- Dawn Fitzgerald – Chipwrights Inc.
- Reema Gupta – EMC Corp.
- Julie LeMoine – U C How
- Fanny Mlinarsky – Azimuth Systems
- Suja Ramnath – M/A-Com Inc. a division of Tyco International
- Weng Tao – Neurotech USA
- Mary Ellen Zurko – IBM Software Group
Advisory Committee
Mass High Tech, along with Trish Fleming, executive director of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, and James M. Connolly, associate editor of Mass High Tech – co-chairs of the Women to Watch advisory committee – and Michelle Lang, Mass High Tech associate editor – digital, would like to express their thanks to the committee members who helped in making the difficult decisions when faced with the large number of submissions for this year’s Women to Watch roster.
- Frances Grigsby, CEO, Next Level International
- Jean Hammond, founder and principal of JPH Associates
- Carrie Webb Olson, Attorney at Law, Day Pitney LLP
- June Rokoff, co-founder and vice-chair, The Commonwealth Institute
- Larisa K. Schelkin, CEO and president of the Diversity and Outreach in Math and Engineering (DOME) Foundation Inc.
- Vanita Shastri, executive director of TiE-Boston
- Alison Taunton-Rigby, CEO, RiboNovix Inc.
- Amy Fredrick, director of MassMEDIC’s MedTech Ignite program
- Julianne Zimmerman, president, Z|M|R
- Ellen Piccioli, senior engineering manager, Intel Corp.’s Massachusetts Microelectronic Design Center
- Susan J. Goldberg, president of Northeast Training Group Inc. and board member of The Boston Club
- Yvonne Spicer, vice president of advocacy and educational partnership at Museum of Science, Boston
- Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz, chief executive officer, Next Stage Solutions
