Engineer Powerwoman Award
At WomenPower 2022, Deutsche Messe AG will honor for the tenth time a female pioneer in the STEM field who through her commitment, her ideas and her work promotes technical innovation within her company and thus is a motivation and inspiration for fellow women.
Engineer Powerwoman 2022
Dr. Kamila Flidr
This year, Dr. Kamila Flidr was named Engineer Powerwoman at WomenPower during HANNOVER MESSE. The award was presented by the chairwoman of the jury, Prof. Barbara Schwarze, Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit, Bielefeld. "With Dr. Flidr, we are honoring a STEM expert who demonstrates the outstanding achievements of women in technical companies," said Barbara Schwarze. "In addition, we also recognize her commitment to promoting the careers of women in the company."
The winner of the Engineer Powerwoman Award can expect a media-effective award ceremony during the opening of the WomenPower Career Congress on 2 June 2022, as well as an attractive PR package for maximum visibility worth EUR 5,000.
The nominees for the Engineer Powerwoman Award 2022:
Dr. Antigoni Chrysostomou studied physics and philosophy. Having earned her PhD in physics, she took her first career step at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt). This was followed by positions with IBM and Lenovo. Since April 2020 she has headed the EMEA Azure High Performance Computing business at Microsoft, advancing the cloud adoption for HPC workloads by offering customers end-to-end azure solutions spanning multiple industry scenarios and including technologies such as AI, WVD or IoT. Together with her team, she is passionate about furthering digital transformation. As a member of the German Association of Women Engineers (dib), Dr. Chrysostomou was actively involved in STEM mentoring projects for young women. She is a member of the European Women's Management Development Network (EWMD) and heads the Stuttgart chapter.
Dr. Kamila Flidr graduated in engineering from the Czech Technical University in Prague. She also earned her Master's degree at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon. There she received her doctorate in mechanical engineering and started her career at PSA Peugeot Citroën. In 2014, she moved to Germany and took over the technical leadership of one of Altair's key customers. She was a founding member of the new Altair Eastern Europe subsidiary and took up the position of Technical Account Manager on her return to Germany. Dr. Flidr's experience in succeeding in a male dominated industry determined her personal mission to empower other women in the tech world. Since January 2022 Dr. Flidr is President of Altair’s Women in Tech EMEA Employee Resource Group.
Angelique Mesch holds a master's degree in business and engineering. On completion of her studies at Clausthal University of Technology, Ms. Mesch took her first step on the career ladder as field engineer for offshore drilling rigs at Baker Hughes. She then moved to various global positions in technical sales, program management, engineering and now product management. She has always worked in a male-dominated environment, in which she learned to assert herself. Ms. Mesch aims to pave the way for future generations, to which end she organizes career workshops, gives lectures and regularly brings people from different professional backgrounds together. She is currently working on solutions towards increasing process efficiency, developing new products/services, improving manufacturing processes and creating the basis for the use of technologies such as ML and AI.
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