Women in Wireless and Mobile Growth Fellowship Announce New Annual Awards to Recognize Women in the Mobile Industry

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Women in Wireless, a non-profit that empowers and develops female leaders in mobile and digital media, and Mobile Growth Fellowship, the mobile industry's largest network of user acquisition and growth professionals, today unveiled three new awards to recognize the incredible women in the mobile industry who are trailblazing as experts, thought leaders, mentors and advocates for diversity and inclusion. The awards, Women in Wireless Mobile Growth Leader of the Year, Champion of Women Award, and the Rising Star Award, were announced today at the Mobile Growth Summit.

"Women in Wireless is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to championing female leaders in mobile and digital. We strive to connect, inspire and embolden women to achieve their career aspirations," said Farzana Nasser, Co-President of Women in Wireless. "Recognizing women in our industry who have not only achieved professional success, but have also contributed to the advancement of diversity and inclusion in our industry is a honor that we as an organization are extremely proud to support in partnership with the Mobile Growth Fellowship."

"The Mobile Growth Summit is the premier conference of the year for professionals in mobile app marketing, engagement, retention and monetization, and as such we have long served as champions of women in the mobile industry," said Dave Westin, President of Mobile Growth Fellowship. "We are extremely proud to support Women in Wireless in their important mission, and it is our great honor to recognize the tremendous contributions of these important women to the industry."

The three awards all fall under Women in Wireless' mission to increase the number of women in executive and C-level positions at start-up companies and established companies by raising awareness of women who are currently successful in these occupations. The categories are as follows:

Women in Wireless Mobile Growth Leader of the Year: A female expert and thought leader in the industry, who can show tangible results driving growth and/or ROI for her company.

Champion of Women Award: Someone who is a mentor for women and/or has spearheaded an initiative to drive diversity and inclusion in the industry.

Rising Star Award: A woman who has under 6 years of experience within the field and can show tangible results to drive growth and/or ROI for her company.

The application to apply to these awards will be available at the end of February. The deadline to apply for these awards is October 31, 2018.

Winners will be honored at a joint Women in Wireless & Mobile Growth Fellowship event featuring female mobile industry experts, speakers, panels and an awards ceremony that will take place in San Francisco the first week of December 2018.

About Women in Wireless
Women in Wireless is a volunteer run non-profit that champions women leaders in mobile and digital. With over 10,000 members in 12 chapters around the world our mission is to connect, inspire and embolden women. We achieve this through inspiring content and events, corporate and conference partnerships and training programs. We are dedicated to ensuring gender equality at industry conferences and have a speakers bureau featuring hundreds of qualified female speakers and offer a speaker training course. We also produce the MADWomen podcast featuring executive women sharing their career path, inspiration and lessons learned. For more information, visit http://www.womeninwireless.org and follow us on Twitter @womeninwireless.

About Mobile Growth Fellowship
The Mobile Growth Fellowship is a global mobile media company providing mobile marketing professionals with frontline content and community events to help grow their app businesses. Drawing on its roots as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to education, the MGF is committed to building the world's most helpful, friendly and knowledgeable community of mobile experts. Events prioritize community and content quality above all else, attracting a high-caliber audience of mobile marketers, developers and user acquisition managers working in games, commerce and other app categories, as well as executives representing Adtech, Martech and data companies. For more information, visit http://www.mobilegrowthfellowship.com and follow MGF on Twitter @myMobileGrowth.

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SOURCE Women in Wireless