Booking.com, a travel giant, selected Seema Johnson, the Co-founder and COO of Nuggets, blockchain-based payments and ID platform, as Entrepreneur of the Year in the company’s Technology Playmaker Awards.
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It has been reported that the Playmaker Awards were launched by the global travel company in 2017 to recognize the achievements of women in the technology sector.
However, Johnson expressed pride in having received Booking.com’s award by stating that it signifies recognition for the hard work, grit, and determination she has put into her endeavors over the years.
It has been analyzed that the award’s panel of judges, which included representatives from Facebook, Microsoft, Skyscanner, and Booking.com, described Nuggets as an impressive and “innovative application of blockchain and biometrics to transform online security.”
Johnson stated:
“I’m particularly proud as these awards celebrate the exceptional contributions that women all around the world are making to the technology industry.”
Likewise, Johnson directs and manages the operational running and commercialization of the business as the COO, and also leads the firm’s fundraising initiatives.
Also, Johnson states that she is currently developing the go-to-market strategy for Nuggets’ new “Secure Document Storage” product.
She said:
“This product creates a repository of personal and payment data, storing it securely via the blockchain — and is owned and controlled by the end-user.”
She added:
“The data can be used to access financial services.”
Currently, Nuggets’ Secure Document Storage is being tested within a regulatory sandbox under the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority.
However, Johnson has built a management team featuring a female COO, CRO, and CMO by showcasing the talents of women within the distributed ledger technology industry.
On the question of female representation within the blockchain and technology sectors, Johnson stated:
“There is definite momentum, but it’s going to take some time to see a more balanced playing field in tech.”
She added:
“We need more female leaders and role models, not only in blockchain, but also in the wider tech industry. We need to raise their profile, to inspire girls and young women to pursue STEM subjects as a springboard into these industries. We need as many women interested in this industry as possible.“
Also, she stated:
“I’d love to see more VC money made accessible to women leading great projects, so more female-driven startups can succeed.”
Furthermore, Johnson said:
“The issue of underrepresentation doesn’t lie exclusively at the executive level, it begins lower down the corporate ladder. The problem isn’t about getting more women in executive-level jobs, it’s about placing more women in managerial roles — which is crucial if we’re to expand the available pool of women at each authority level.”
Thus, she concluded:
“Dubbed the ‘broken-rung effect’ – a disproportionately low number of women occupying managerial roles means that there are simply fewer women to promote when executive roles become available. Progress made toward equity at managerial levels will inevitably lead to an improvement in the number of women in C-suite positions across various industries.”
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