The finalists for the Excellence in IT Awards are out! We will be sponsors at this years ITX Conference and are looking forward to the awards portion of the evening on Thursday the 12th July. The awards are to recognise the people that make IT happen in New Zealand, a chance to acknowledge the unsung heros within the IT industry. Congratulations to all the finalists, we are looking forward to seeing you there.

IT PROJECT EXCELLENCE AWARD

• IR Service Now Sprint Team – Inland Revenue
• Keven Robinson & the Health Alliance Stabilisation Programme Team
• Richard Morgan – Managing Director, Cyclone Computers

EXCELLENCE IN SOFTWARE

• Darren Bruning – CIO, Velogicfit
• Vulcan Steel & Datacom Team – Led by James Well, CIO, Vulcan Steel & James David, Business Solutions Manager, Datacom
• Kristen Burne & the NZ Police Family Harm Application Team – Kirsten is Senior Project Manager for the NZ Police ICT delivery team

EXCELLENCE IN DIGITAL HEALTH

• Aliesha Staples – Managing Director, Staples VR
• Kevin Ross – GM of Precision Driven Health & Director of Research, Orion Health
• Rebecca George, Garth Munro, Holly Wang – Allied Health Informatics, Canterbury DHB

EXCELLENCE IN IT EDUCATION

• Digital Technologies Teachers Aotearoa
• Donald Joyce – Tertiary Education Consultant
• Science Learning Hub

EXCELLENCE IN GOVTECH

• Jeremy Hughes & the NZTA ONRC PMRT Team – Jeremy is a Director of Company-X
• Mike Taitoko & the Takiwā Team – Mike is CEO & Founder of Takiwā
• Education Sector Logon Upgrade Project Team – Ministry of Education

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

• Steve Moss – Director, TechWrite Services
• Emma Harding – Co-founder & writing Team Manager, Streamliners
• Grant Mackenzie – Senior Technical Communicator, RAMM Software Limited

YOUNG IT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

• Sam Jarman – Mobile Developer, BNZ
• Caitlin Duncan – PhD Student, University of Canterbury
• Miria Royal – Solution Consultant, Vodafone. FOunder FLINT. Chair Te Pū Whero

NEW ZEALAND IT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR



• Lukasz Zawilki – CIO, NZ Qualifications Authority
• Regine Deleu – All-of-Government Enterprise Architect at Department of Internal Affairs
• Simon Ferrari – General Manager, Datacom Systems Ltd.