PLDT and Smart FVP and Group Head for Corporate Communications Cathy Yang has been named winner of a Gold Stevie Award, the highest recognition under the category Executive of the Year—Communication Technology at the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

In what is the first annual Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, considered the “Olympics for technology,” PLDT Group’s Cathy Yang has been feted Gold Stevie Winner, clinching the highest recognition under the category, Executive of the Year - Communication Technology.

The Philippines’ largest integrated telco PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. emerged as the top Philippine telco among local companies recognized at the 11th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards.