Hidden Figures Awards

Andra-Irina Vasile is a Business Information Security Officer at SIX Group and a specialist in cybersecurity, AI governance, and human-centred education. She contributes to responsible AI frameworks for more than 207 Swiss and Liechtenstein financial institutions, while also founding Netiquetteers, a Swiss initiative that teaches digital safety to children, families, teachers, and older adults. She builds the conditions for empowerment through standards, education, mentoring, and community, bringing greater inclusion to rooms where women remain underrepresented.

Chantelle is a true diversity ally whose impact extends far beyond her own achievements. She consistently champions others, creates inclusive communities, and uses her platform to ensure more people have access to opportunities in technology and AI. Her leadership is thoughtful, authentic, and deeply committed to helping others succeed. She’s absolutely brilliant!

In every rule she had, Emilie empowered the people around her to be more inclusive. She challenged the status quo many times putting women in the spotlight and advocating for more equality in the business. As an HR Manager, she made diversity and inclusion one of her main strategical goals.

Andra-Irina Vasile facilitates #IAmRemarkable workshops, mentors first-gen and refugee students via GMI, coaches Women in Cyber Switzerland, and founded Netiquetteers — for those mainstream programs leave behind.

Hila Meller is a senior cybersecurity executive and inspirational leader who has built a 25-year career in one of technology’s most gender-imbalanced fields. As co-founder of Leading Cyber Ladies, she created a global community that showcases female role models, connects and supports women, and helps them advance into leadership. She breaks glass ceilings in cybersecurity while creating opportunities for the next generation of women to grow, lead, and succeed.

Adelheid Moxon, Group Head of People Innovation & Transformation at Holcim, leads large-scale transformation at the intersection of technology, data, business, and human potential. She directs Holcim’s global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy and co-drives SheLeads, a global leadership ecosystem for women. Her work has helped generate 46 local impact projects, including Egypt’s first 24/7 female shift rotation, and is reshaping Holcim’s talent pipeline toward 30% women in management by 2030.

Jasmin Schoch is a registered nurse, applied psychology student, and co-founder and Chief Quality Officer of Via Communa, a Swiss health-tech startup supporting stroke patients and their relatives throughout the entire stroke journey. She safeguards the clinical credibility and quality of Shelly, a digital companion that provides psycho-educational guidance from hospitalisation through rehabilitation and life at home. She shows that clinical expertise is entrepreneurial expertise, and makes the quiet, careful work that keeps digital health trustworthy visible and valued.

Martina Rothenbühler is a data scientist and scientific program manager at the Diabetes Center Berne, where she works to make medical devices more inclusive and personalized. As Principal Investigator of the TIMES Study, she investigates how insulin sensitivity and insulin requirements change throughout the menstrual cycle for women with type 1 diabetes. Her pioneering research addresses the gender health data gap and brings more inclusive diabetes technology and care into focus for research and industry.

Valentina S. Velandia is an interdisciplinary entrepreneur, strategist, educator, and practitioner working across health, gender equity, human rights, education, and entrepreneurship. Through ventures including VSV Perinatal Health & Equity Consulting, Barbells & Plates, Capacity, and the Swiss Unpaid Work Calculator, she turns complex social challenges into practical tools, services, and opportunities. Her innovative, human-centred approach connects health, care, work, family, economics, and institutions, and makes meaningful transformation possible across disciplines.

Javiera Guedes is an AI leader and developer at UBS and the founder and President of Elevate Tech, a non-profit advancing women in technology and inspiring the next generation through AI and STEM education. Through events, mentoring, AI workshops, and AstroKids and coding programmes, she has helped hundreds of women and more than 300 children gain confidence, technical exposure, and access to opportunities in technology. She transforms personal adversity into lasting impact and quietly creates real pathways for women and young people to participate, grow, and lead in tech.

Preethi Padmanabhan is a deep-tech engineer and 3D vision specialist who designs advanced FMCW LiDAR sensors at Pointcloud GmbH. As founder of Tech for Equality, she channels her engineering expertise into co-creating technology with communities that need it most, including LEAP, a low-bandwidth education platform for digitally isolated rural learning centres. She proves that technical excellence, innovation, and resources can be directed toward social impact, digital inclusion, and long-term opportunity.

Carla Bünger is a technology entrepreneur focused on sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure. As President of the White Lens Foundation, she applies her technology and leadership skills to protecting children from online sexual abuse, including grooming and sextortion. She makes child safety proactive through awareness, education, partnerships, and initiatives such as Lenny Lens, a chatbot in pilot phase that helps children, young people, and parents navigate critical situations.

Katja Hailer is responsible for managing the translation and localization efforts from Fossil, ensuring the organization’s messaging is accurate and accessible across multiple languages.
In addition to this core role, she is acting als the Make-Time-For-Good Champion for Basel, leading the collaboration with non-profit organizations for the Fossil Group Europe GmbH. In this role she is coordinating sponsorships, planning events, and building partnerships that reflect the company’s values and commitment to social impact.

Dr. Marta Raus-Zaglio is a Managing Director at SIX Group with over 15 years of experience in enterprise architecture, data, and technology management. She is passionate about enabling data-driven decision-making and driving innovation through the effective alignment of business and technology.

Before joining SIX, she worked at Avaloq and Swiss Re, focusing on architecture and data management, where she gained extensive experience in complex, international environments.

At SIX, she holds the role of Head Enterprise Technology Governance & Solutions. In this capacity, she focuses on strengthening enterprise architecture, shaping the IT governance framework, advancing ITSM platform transformations, and leading corporate functions applications.

Having lived and worked across several European countries, Marta brings a strong international perspective. She is recognized for her strategic mindset, inclusive leadership style, and her ability to build trusted relationships and empower teams to deliver impactful change.

Angeles Fernandez is the Local Division Manager for Electrification Service at ABB Switzerland, where she leads service operations and business growth while driving
transformation in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. With more than 20 years of experience across Electrification, Process Automation, and Power Grids, she has built a career at the intersection of technology, leadership, and operational excellence.

An electromechanical engineer by background, Angeles is passionate about empowering people and organizations to reach their full potential through collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. Throughout her career, she has led multicultural teams, navigated complex transformations, and championed customer-centric solutions that create sustainable value.

As a leader, she believes that the future of technology depends not only on innovation, but also on diverse perspectives, inclusive cultures, and the courage to challenge the status quo. She is a strong advocate for developing talent, fostering confident leadership, and creating opportunities for the next generation of women in STEM and technology.

At #WeTechTogether 2026, she will share reflections and practical insights on retaining female talent, supporting career growth, and building workplaces where women can remain engaged, confident, and inspired to reach their full potential. 

Anita Martinecz Fehér is a Project Manager at the Business and Economic Development Office of the Canton of Zurich. She focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, and ICT, accompanying and facilitating initiatives that strengthen Zurich’s innovation ecosystem. Her work includes collaborating with regional economic development organizations across the canton and contributing to initiatives that strengthen Zurich’s position as an attractive business and innovation hub. She is also actively involved in talent development and STEM outreach through programs such as Future Lab Zurich and the Zurich Informatics Days, helping inspire the next generation of innovators and technology professionals. 

Emelie Emanuelsson is an engineer, sustainability advocate, and community builder who believes the world becomes a better place when everyone gets the opportunity to shape it. 

With a background in mechanical engineering, Emelie works at Siemens in Switzerland, where she drives circularity strategy and sustainability reporting, translating ambitious climate goals into tangible outcomes. Her work spans circular economy implementation, Scope 3 downstream emissions, and customer avoided emissions. 

 But Emelie’s impact goes far beyond her day job. She is the co-founder and former CEO of the Womengineer Foundation, a Swedish non-profit with a bold mission: 50% female engineering graduates by 2030. She also initiated Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGEday), an annual programme that brings thousands of girls and non-binary young people aged 13–19 into engineering workplaces across Sweden to experience what a career in tech can look like. 

Based in Switzerland for the past five years and originally from Sweden, Emelie is living proof that engineering careers can be both technically impactful and deeply human and that real change starts with opening the door for the next generation. 

Marianne Temerowski is a Unit Lead at Data Analytics & AI at Swisscom and in her role leads 80+ colleagues at Data Services. She has worked for about 15 years in the information and communications technology industry for companies such as SAP, Deutsche Telekom, and Swisscom. She has successfully implemented transformations of organizations, technologies, and products on several occasions. She has many years’ experience in leading people and over € 60 million in profit and loss responsibility. She has lived in 7 countries and is half Chilean, half German. Her hobbies are meditation, reading science books and meeting friends.