California’s Signature Awards Celebrates Women Champions on May 7, 2019

San Diego – May 6, 2019 – RippleNami, Inc., a global technology company offering the first blockchain data visualization platform, announces today that its chairman and chief executive officer, Jaye Connolly-LaBelle, is a finalist in Athena’s 21^st Anniversary Pinnacle Awards.  The Annual Pinnacle Awards Celebration is a staple in California’s technology and life sciences sectors, convening 600+ industry leaders to honor those advancing careers of women in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.

In developing nations, females suffer from a multitude of market and cultural disadvantages.  For example, African women farmers are locked out of land ownership, do not have childcare, no access to proper tools, fertilizer or banks, and the list goes on.  African girls spend six hours every day, gathering water and vital provisions rather than learning in school or working to support their families. RippleNami understands that by empowering these deserving women and children, the world will experience rapid transformation.  RippleNami’s mission is simple: connect the globe’s unconnected citizens with identifications, resources, and services essential to survive and thrive by leveraging their proprietary technology and the mass adoption of mobile phones. RippleNami’s proprietary technology solution has been deployed into developing countries is poised to change the global landscape in unforeseen ways.

As an Athena board member, Connolly-LaBelle shares Athena’s deeply held conviction and singular cause to drive a societal impact of this magnitude leveraging her global reach and San Diego roots. Connolly-LaBelle realizes empowering women and children will make the world a better place. Connolly-LaBelle saw something in RippleNami she knew would impact the world & wanted to be part of the sea change it had the potential to affect. Connolly-LaBelle travels the globe witnessing circumstances she never dreamed imaginable. She is quickly helping advance the adoption of RippleNami’s technology to solve problems & change lives in unconnected nations by connecting those in need with essential data.

Every year, Athena Pinnacle Awards places the national spotlight on the individuals, corporations and institutions that excel in mentoring, promoting and advancing women working in the STEM fields. Connolly-LaBelle’s 2019 nomination recognizes her as an extraordinary woman committed to helping women through her global vision and technology solution while affirming the significance of RippleNami’s bold mission.

About RippleNami

RippleNami recognizes that people empowered with real-time and easily accessible information around the world can connect and foster unimaginable change. RippleNami is redefining blockchain and mapping with the first blockchain visualization platform that consolidates big data and provides information that matters most to users and organizations. Its cost-effective, device agnostic cloud-based platform delivers millions of real-time actionable data points on an intuitive map to customers across enterprises, nonprofits and foreign government agencies that are enabling critical decision making and enhanced collaboration. With seamless integration, limitless customization and scalable architecture, RippleNami allows people to chart their own world, streamlining communication and improving operational effectiveness. For more information about RippleNami, visit www.ripplenami.com.

About Athena

Athena is a professional association dedicated to empowering progress together by advancing women in STEM. Athena’s 500+ member community accesses executive leadership forums, educational and mentoring programs, and targeted networking that empower women to accelerate their careers and perform at their highest levels. Athena members hold positions of senior executive, entrepreneur, educator and manager from across the STEM fields, as well as the associated service providers. Learn more about Athena.