{"id":60289,"date":"2023-12-11T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=60289"},"modified":"2023-12-10T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T05:13:07","slug":"converge-prexy-grace-uy-triumphs-in-stevie-awards-for-women-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/12\/11\/converge-prexy-grace-uy-triumphs-in-stevie-awards-for-women-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge prexy Grace Uy triumphs in Stevie Awards for Women in Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Solidifying her reputation as one of the country\u2019s leading women entrepreneurs and tycoons, Converge President and Co-Founder Grace Y. Uy receives recognition once again in the acclaimed Stevie Awards for Women in Business, winning the Gold Stevie for Woman of the Year &#8211; Technology category.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honors women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run for their impact on and contribution to their respective industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Converge was founded in 2007, Uy committed herself together with her husband, Converge CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy, to uplifting the unserved and underserved, pledging to leave no one behind as she works to fulfill the promise of what a digitally-connected nation can do. Her voice has been instrumental in steering the company\u2019s sustainability agenda and ensuring Converge is on solid financial footing to weather market turbulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the realm of business, where innovation, resilience, and leadership are celebrated, I am thrilled to celebrate this achievement. This award not only recognizes individual accomplishment but serves as an example of women\u2019s impact in shaping the future of business,\u201d said Uy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace Uy bested foremost women tech executives from around the world, including those from Uber, Microsoft, and GCash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of <a href=\"https:\/\/stevieawards.com\/women\/2023-judging-committees\">more than 200 business professionals<\/a> around the world, working on six juries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embodying her unique traits as a woman in business, Grace ushered a series of triumphs in her pursuit to power a digitally-connected Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-piloting the business with her husband Dennis, Converge is now the Philippines&#8217; fastest-growing fixed broadband provider with a subscriber base of&nbsp; 2.05 million as of Q32023 from approximately 530,000 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace spearheaded the company&#8217;s nationwide expansion through significant inter-island connections in Visayas and Mindanao, from major cities to the most remote communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, Converge boasts the most extensive fiber-to-the-home network in the Philippines and one of the country&#8217;s most advanced and extensive cable systems, having 7.9 million fiber ports nationwide and a remarkable 680,000 km of fiber assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honors women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run for their impact on and contribution to their respective industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":60297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[368,4837,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-60289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-award","tag-converge-ict-solutions","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}