2021 Rising Female Stars

CRN rolls out the red carpet to honor this year’s Rising Female Stars. Their positivity, can-do attitudes and resilience exemplify the very traits that helped their companies through these unprecedented times. It’s now their turn in the spotlight.

We selected 100 of them. There are many more.

The 2021 Rising Female Stars Of The IT Channel
The very characteristics that saw us all through the pandemic are the ones exhibited by our 2021 Rising Female Stars: perseverance, a positive attitude and a whole lot of toughness. We honor their achievements as the world -- and the channel -- chart a course to what our new normal will be.

Rule-Breakers: When It’s Time To Say No To The Status Quo
We asked the honorees on our 2021 Women of the Channel list to tell us the one workplace rule they always break.

Women In Tech Need To ‘Communicate The Conviction Of Their Ambition’
Neveen Awad, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, describes how women often carve out different paths to success compared with their male counterparts and how women can overcome the challenges they face along the way.