Annie Hennelly and Joanne O'Connor of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Over the past seven years, Annie Hennelly and Joanne O'Connor of HPE have contributed to pro bono and philanthropic causes across Ireland, UK and the US. Their commitment to positive societal impact has led to a range of initiatives, many of which focus on survivors of technology facilitated domestic abuse and modern slavery.
It started when Annie and Joanne co-founded Women in Security (WIS), a group that advocates for social justice and the rights of marginalized communities. Notably developing the Cyber Squad initiative with their colleagues, a program that promotes digital literacy for the Girl Scouts Nations Capital in Boston. In parallel Joanne co-founded Cyber Awareness Ireland which curates' cybersecurity messaging for Ireland and was the foundation for the Cybersecurity Awareness Task Force that united Industry, Academia and Government in Ireland to tackle Irelands response to technology facilitated domestic abuse.
Since 2017, both have extended beyond their roles to drive initiatives including aiding domestic violence survivors and front-line workers suffering through technology facilitated abuse with resources to aid their digital freedom. The duo also formed part of a Modern Slavery Task Force in HPE that partnered with The Anti-Slavery Collective and the Sophie Hays foundation in the UK to develop cybersecurity training for survivors of modern slavery.