April 9, 2021 - melbourne Melbourne, Australia – 9 April 2021 - ThoughtWorks, a global software consultancy has today announced that Melbourne-based Principal Technologist, Kiruthika Samapathy has been named a finalist in the engineering category of the 2021 Women Leading Tech Awards in Australia. The Women Leading Tech Awards, by B&T in partnership with Google, aims to recognise extraordinary female tech talent and to shine a light on the current inequalities in the Australian tech industry, where women only make up 20% of total ICT professionals. Over the last few years, Kiruthika has been responsible for helping ThoughtWorks’ major retail and airline clients undertake digital transformation projects. Leading an all non-male team of engineers and scientists, Kiruthika was able to help the business deliver increased revenue, direct traffic and returning direct customers.