Zoe Cunningham

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Zoe Cunningham
Nationality British
Occupation Business executive, Actress
Years active 2000 to present
Employer Softwire
Known for Champion backgammon player
Title Managing Director
Awards 2010 Ladies World Backgammon Championship
Website
Official website

Zoe Cunningham is a British business executive, competitive backgammon player and actress.

Business career

Cunningham is the Managing Director of Softwire. She started with the company as a coder in 2000.[1] In 2013 she was nominated for her work at Softwire as Inspiration of the Year at the FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards.[2][3] She was also named to the annual 35 Women Under 35 list published by Management Today. In 2013 she founded the Small Software Association and served as CEO of London's Tech Talkfest networking conference.[1][4]

She was also awarded the Ten Outstanding Young People Award by the Junior Chamber International London.[5] Computer Weekly named her a rising star within the British IT industry on their annual 25 most influential women in UK IT list published in 2013.[6] Cunningham has also been a contributor to the magazine[7] as well as to The Guardian newspaper[8] and the Huffington Post.[9] At the end of 2013 Cunningham was named by The Independent newspaper as one of its "Businesswoman of the Future".[10] In December 2013 she was a member of British Prime Minister David Cameron's engineering and manufacturing delegation to China.[11]

Cunninghman is an advocate for women in technology and especially those who start their own businesses or become involved with start-ups.[12]

Backgammon

Cunningham was the winner of the 35th World Backgammon Championship's ladies tournament in Monte Carlo - in addition to being named as a member of the 2010 World Championship's dream-team.[13] She was also the 2005 Mind Sports Olympiad Cambridge backgammon tournament champion, and a finalist at two World Series of Backgammon tournaments in 2008. These tournaments did not divide men and women into separate groups, and Cunningham has been an advocate for not allowing the separation of the genders in international backgammon tournaments.[14] She is also an advocate for the popularization of tournament backgammon and increased television coverage of the game.[15] On 9 February 2013 Cunningham placed second in the first season of the BBC television series Britain's Brightest.[16]

Movie career

First In Movie Go 1999 film.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Emma De Vita (July 7, 2013). "35 Women Under 35: Meet your next boss". Management Today. Retrieved July 12, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Meredith Berman (February 11, 2013). "Female IT champions in the running as FDM everywoman in Technology Awards finalists announced". Everywoman. Retrieved March 11, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Kayleigh Bateman (February 12, 2013). "2013 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards: Finalists Announced". ComputerWeekly. Retrieved March 11, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Emma de Vita (July 7, 2013). "35 Women Under 35: Coming soon to a hot seat near you". The Sunday Times. Retrieved July 12, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Meet the winners of 2013 JCI London Ten Outstanding Young People Awards". Junior Chamber International London. May 9, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Kayleigh Bateman (July 4, 2013). "The 25 most influential women in UK IT 2013". Computer Weekly. Retrieved July 12, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Zoe Cunningham (March 4, 2013). "Tech Talkfest runs Women in Technology Gaming event". ComputerWeekly. Retrieved March 11, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Zoe Cunningham (April 19, 2013). "Efficiency: Softwire". The Guardian. Retrieved July 12, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Zoe Cunningham (October 5, 2013). "Why There Ought to Be More Women in Technology". Retrieved December 9, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Sarah Morrison (September 22, 2013). "Women of the Future Awards: Full shortlist". The Independent. Retrieved December 9, 2013. 
  11. ↑ "David Cameron's China delegation in full". The Guardian. December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Kayleigh Bateman (July 18, 2013). "Why UK women are choosing startups over the corporate world". Computer Weekly. Retrieved December 9, 2013. 
  13. ↑ "International Tournament Results". Retrieved March 11, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Mike Main (July 30, 2010). "Interview of Zoe Cunningham: Ladies World Champion 2010". Backgammon in London. Retrieved March 11, 2013. 
  15. ↑ Phil Simborg (March 25, 2011). "Interview: Sean and Zoe". Backgammon in London. Retrieved March 11, 2013. 
  16. ↑ "The future’s bright for Andy after TV victory". The News (Portsmouth). February 19, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013. 

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