Honors & Awards
April 2023
Who’s Who in Cloud
Onalytica
January 2023
Women Leaders of Conversational AI, Class of 2023
Project Voice
June 2022
AWS Ambassador
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
February 2022
HackerRank All Star
HackerRank
December 2021
Guinness World Record for the largest code debugging / bug fixing competition
Guinness World Records
December 2021
Speaker of the Year
WomenTech Network
September 2021
AWS Partner Network (APN) Ambassador
AWS
December 2020
Community Outreach Guru of the Year
A Cloud Guru
December 2020
Mentor of the Year
WomenTech Network
July 2020
Voice of the Month
Women in Voice
June 2019
AWS Machine Learning Hero
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
May 2019
Alexa Developer Advisory Council Member
Amazon
March 2019
Top Women in Restaurant Technology: Innovator Award
Hospitality Technology
October 2018
Walker's Legacy Power Award
Walker's Legacy
September 2018
"Pursue What's Next" Innovation Award
Chick-fil-A
September 2018
Alexa Champion
Amazon
July 2018
AWS "We Power Tech" Speakers Bureau Inductee
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
October 2017
Ada Lovelace Award (Software Engineering)
LookFar
September 2017
"Speak Up" Alexa Challenge 2nd Place Winner
A Cloud Guru
July 2017
TED Spotlight Presentation Academy Winner
TED Talks & Logitech
May 2016
"Think Different" Innovation Award
Chick-fil-A
December 2013
Distinguished Instructor Award
University of California, Irvine
July 1997
Keystone Award
McKesson
April 1995
Top Secret (TS/SCI) Security Clearance
National Security Agency (NSA)