UK IT Industry Awards finalists 2018
Congratulations and thanks for showcasing our vibrant industry.
Finalists by category
From over 250 entries our successful finalists were invited to attend the prestigious judging day at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
Personal Excellence
Business Analyst of the Year
- Margaret Battensby, HMRC
- Danielle Harley, Allianz Insurance
- Charles Jenkins, QBE
- Nicola Joy, QBE
- Arjun Kondisetti, Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Kamini Kumaran, BP
- Ranvir Rai, Deloitte MCS
- Su Taylor, University of Derby
- Jason Wood, Nationwide Building Society
CIO of the Year
- Dr Jacob Abboud, Allianz Insurance
- Steven Capper, Royal BAM Group
- Richard Corbridge, NHS Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
- Adam Gerrard, Yodel Delivery Network
- Ian Penny, Hiscox
- Chris Reynolds, Pennine Care NHS FT
- Duncan Stott Kier
- John Sullivan, Virgin Trains
IT Apprentice of the Year
- Chris Bubloz, Brighton & Hove City Council
- Michael Griffin, Lloyds Banking Group
- George Hudson, Mirus IT
- Charlie Lennon, risual
- Blake Meyrick, HMRC
- Gus Parkhouse, IBM
- Alex Pedersen, Allianz
- Robin Proudfoot, National Grid
- Thomas Sherlock, IBM UK
- Hannah Surry, Lloyds Banking Group
IT Manager of the Year
- Gaurav Bhardwaj, BP
- Paul Calvert, NHS North of England Commissioning Support
- Mark Castro, Daisy Group
- Chrissie Felthouse, University of Derby
- Laura Firth, Allianz Insurance
- Adam Hett, Picsolve International
- Tim Piper, QBE
- Andrew Sheppard, HMRC
IT Service & Support Professional of the Year
- Sam Dart, Sovereign Housing Assocation
- Ljay Doherty, Lookers
- John Fenlon, QBE
- Nick Gee, risual
- Vivek Goyadani , Mastek
- Rhys Harris, Content Guru
- Melanie Holley, Radius Payment Solutions
- Olly Hosken, HMRC
- Hari Lodhia, University of Derby
- Dumitru Reaboi, Plan-Net
Young IT Professional of the Year
- Richard Baines, HMRC
- Sebastian Gallego Jimenez, QBE
- Piotr Grzeskowiak, Automation Logic
- Anna Hackett Boyle, Automation Logic
- George Hill, HMRC
- Harry McLaren, ECS Security
- Rachel Rajkumar, Content Guru
- Alin Rohnean, Atkins
- Ekaterini Tasiopoulou, IBM
- Alex Young, ECS Security
Organisational Excellence
Best place to work in IT 2018
- Automation Logic
- Box UK
- Company85
- Datto, Inc.
- Ensono
- HMRC
- Mirus IT Solutions
- RockIT
- Royal College of Nursing
- Softcat Plc
Development Team of the Year
- EA Games and CloudBees
- Mayden
- Picsolve International
- Royal London
- Speechmatics
- The Accenture London Liquid Studio and CloudBees
TrakCel - Yodel Delivery Network
IT Project Team of the Year
- Anglian Water
- BP
- Driver and Vehicle Agency (Northern Ireland)
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise in partnership with Gatwick Airport
- Kainos
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Lookers Plc
- Parcelforce
- Post Office
- Sky
IT Team of the Year
- Centrica
- Deutsche Bank
- Heathrow / Capgemini
- HMRC, Digital Platform Group
- HMRC, Digital Relationship Management Team
- Picsolve International
- Royal London
- Surrey County Council
- Virgin Trains
- Vodafone UK
Services Company of the Year
- Company85
- DCSL Software
- Derive Logic
- MANAGED 24/7
- Mirus IT Soultions
- NetSupport
- Performant
- Retail Assist Limited
- RFA
- Sopra Steria
Small Supplier of the Year
- Accedia
- DCSL Software
- GuideSmiths
- REPL Group
- Satchel
- Vivantio
IT Vendor of the Year
- Content Guru
- Egress Software Technologies
- KnowBe4
- Mastek
- Mendix
- Sopra Steria
- SysGroup
Project Excellence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine Learning (ML) Project of the Year
- Barclays
- MMT Digital
- Kainos
- Luminance Technologies
Best IoT Project of the Year
- BT, IoT Security Platform
- BT, SeeSense Smart Cycling Manchester
- Heat Genius
- IMS Evolve
Best Not for Profit IT project
- Belfast Health & Care Trust
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Edinburgh Napier University
- Egress Software Technologies
- HMRC
- Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
- NHS NECS
- Pennine Care Foundation Trust
- Post Office
- Sovereign Housing Association
Best Use of Cloud Services
- Serco & Content Guru - storm Citizen Engagement Hub
- CTIL
- Daisy Group
- HMRC
- Royal Dutch Shell
- Welsh Revenue Authority
- Yodel Delivery Network
Cybersecurity Project of the Year
- ECS Security
- HMRC
- Radius Payment Solutions
- Royal London
Digital Project of the Year
- Anglian Water
- Box UK/RS Components
- BP
- Hermes UK
- Together
- University of Derby
Enterprise Data / Analytics Project of the Year
- BT
- Gatwick Airport
- HMRC
- Orwell Group with Hortonworks
- SIG
- Tessella and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Travelport
- University of Derby
- Zurich Insurance UK
Workplace Transformation Project of the Year
- Driver and Vehicle Agency (Northern Ireland)
- Heathrow Airport
- HMRC
- Silver Peak
Technology Excellence
Business IT Innovation of the Year
- 360Globalnet
- Centrica
- Evo-soft
- Thoughtonomy
- ServiceNow
- Speechmatics
Cloud Innovation Provider of the Year
- Atmosera
- Serco & Content Guru - storm Citizen Engagement Hub
- CTERA Networks
- Hedvig
- iland
- MuleSoft
- Natterbox
- Sesui
- UKCloud
- Version 1
Infrastructure Innovation of the Year
- Agilitas IT Solutions
- Cohesity
- Delphix
- Excelero
- Runecast
- Scality
- Silver Peak
- Travelport
Mobile App of the Year
- Autocab
- DMI
- HMRC
- NutraTech
- Totalmobile and Allianz
Security Innovation of the Year
- CensorNet
- Cofense
- CyNation
- Digital Shadows
- Egress Software Technologies
- Endace
- OneTrust
- RepKnight
- Tessian (formerly CheckRecipient
- XQ Cyber
UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
- Automation Logic
- CloudApps
- Collision Management Systems
- Droplet Computing
- Evident Proof
- Primary Goal
- Ravelin
- ScopeMaster
- Systemsync solutions
- Thoughtonomy
