The six reflect on the rewards that come not just from their work, but also from serving as advocates and mentors for diversity and equality in the predominately male-dominated segment of the industry. Pictured (l-r): Anne Schelle, Suzana Brady, Hannah Barnhardt, Emily Stone and Chrystelle Le Gall. Nadia Khan was also honored. (JohnStaleyPhoto.com)
For Pearl TV’s Anne Schelle, NextGen Coalition Is Built On Belief
Anne Schelle is managing director of the Pearl TV consortium and recipient of TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Leadership Award, the publication’s highest honor. She earned it through her tenacity and faith in the ATSC 3.0 standard as broadcasting’s crucial way forward.
Cobalt’s Suzana Brady Aligns Industry To Common Objective
Suzana Brady, SVP for worldwide sales and marketing at Cobalt Digital, and one of this year’s TVNewsCheck Women in Technology Futurist Award winners, is herding the broadcast tech industry together through her pivotal role as chair of the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum.
Ateme’s Chrystelle Le Gall Charted An Early Path To The Cloud
Chrystelle Le Gall, lead cloud solutions architect at Ateme and recipient of TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Futurist Award, laid a foundation for her customers to transition to the cloud during the pandemic.
TVN’s Women To Watch Channel Listening Into Action
Hannah Barnhardt, COO of TMT Insights (l), Nadia Khan, chief marketing officer at LTN (c) and Emily Stone, VP for digital content and LiveNOW for Fox Television Stations share the distinction of being TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Women To Watch for 2023. Each has garnered admiration for asking smart questions and listening before making impactful moves.
Industry leaders who will appear at TVNewsCheck’s 13th annual Women in Technology Awards will include (clockwise from upper left): Disney’s Marcy Lefkovitz, TVB’s Abby Auerbach, Trusted Partner Network’s Terri Davies, Kibo121’s Barbara Lange, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Del Parks and Perspective Media Group’s Janet Gardner. Four of the six presenters are past recipients of the Women in Technology Awards.
Exclusives
Nadia Khan, Emily Stone, Hannah Barnhardt Named TVN’s Technology Women To Watch
LTN’s Nadia Khan (center), Fox Television Stations’ Emily Stone (r) and TMT Insights’ Hannah Barnhardt (l) are building new technology brands, leading live streaming news on FAST without a net and developing cutting-edge operational strategies. They’ll receive their awards recognizing them as TVNewsCheck’s Technology Women to Watch at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 18 at 6 p.m.
Chrystelle Le Gall (right), Ateme’s lead cloud solutions architect, and Suzana Brady, Cobalt Digital’s SVP sales and marketing and chair of the RIST Forum, have played key roles in helping broadcasters accelerate the transition from hardware to software-based infrastructure and the cloud. They’ll receive their awards at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 18 at 6 p.m.
Pearl TV’s Anne Schelle To Receive TVN’s Women In Technology Leadership Award
Anne Schelle, managing director of the Pearl TV consortium, will receive the highest honor in TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Awards for her tireless efforts to rally the broadcast industry around the ATSC 3.0 standard while convincing manufacturers to produce compatible sets. She’ll receive her award at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 18 at 6 p.m.
