By @SimonCocking

Over the last year it’s been a privilege and great fun to interview lots of dynamic and interesting people. Here are a selection of 42 influential  women in tech who have been making a difference both in Ireland and further afield.

Sam Kelly, Tweeting Goddess interview, tips and insights

Alison Hackett, author and publisher of The Visual Time Traveller

Jennifer Arcuri, London startup dyanamo, Innotech organiser

Leonora O’Brien, Pharmapod founder

Love and Robots,  Aoibheann O’Daly, 3 sisters and more doing it successfully

Aine Rynne Sober Sessions founder gives startup tips

Jill Holtz, Mykidstime founder

Margaret Ward, dynamic Clear Ink founder

Naomi Fein WeThinkVisual, awesome visual illustration business

Alison Atrill, Cyber Psychology expert

Aine Collins, TD, Startup advice

Siobhan Finn, Cork Innovates, Startup Ireland Gathering coordinator

Mary Moloney, Coder Dojo CEO

Caroline O’Driscoll Women in tech, conference visually illustrated

Georgina Kearney, Minttek, Ryan Academy Startup

Upasna Kakroo, Digital marketing expert

Cristina Riesen, Evernote

Roxanne Varza, top tech woman under 30

Kim Pham Frontline Ventures US playbook

Gulnaz Khusainova, founder of Easysize

Jane Zavalishina Yandex Data Factory

Catherine Duggan, Startup weekend

Colleen Dube, Uversity CEO

Mary Carty, Outbox Incubator

Jo Miller, helping women to become leaders

Breda Kenny, Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurial excellence

Fashnerd, Muchaneta Kapfunde

Margaret Molloy, Brand simplicity is essential

Kim Metcalf Kupres, top CMO story tellling insights

Andreea Wade, Opening.io

Ada Lovelace, new digital initiative

Yvonne Murphy cofounder Qmeeto

Yeoh Siew Hoons travel tech insights

Mary McKenna, top tech entrepreneur

Anne Ravanona, funding 51% of the world’s entrepreneurs

Aoife O’Donnell Vital Communications

Lisa Stanton, Inauth achieving secure transactions

Jemma Redmond, Ouro_botics founder

Runa Magnusdottir, Branding your X factor

Janneke Niessen, EY Entrepreneur of the year

Using data to hacking the fashion industry. Tanya Grimson, Maven 46

Gloria Bell, working on addressing the gender gap in tech

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