UK IT Industry Awards finalists 2015
Congratulations and thanks for showcasing our vibrant industry.
Finalists by category
From over 550 entries our successful finalists were invited to attend the prestigious judging day at Madejski, Reading Football Club.
Personal Excellence
Business Analyst of the Year
- Anup Kumar Talreja, Wipro
- Ian Robinson, Royal Mail Group
- Debbie Muldoon, BT
- Daniel Arrowsmith, National Grid
- Simone Torino, UK Power Networks
- Sid Shakya, BT
- Andrew Perkins, Post Office
CIO of the Year
- Tom Clark, Leeds Building Society
- Angela Morrison, Direct Line Group
- Steven Capper, AECOM
- Dan Fiehn, Markerstudy Group
- Bob Paton, Accenture
- Damian Bowen, NTT DATA
- Gerhard Naegele, Volkswagen Group UK
- James Robbins, Northumbrian Water Group
- Alison Fitzgerald, London City Airport
- Ian Turfrey, City & Guilds
Digital Professional of the Year
- Jody Kennedy, Safetybank
- Toni Calder, UK Power Networks
- Chris Morris, The Xenon Group
IT Apprentice of the Year
- Scott Walker, Plymouth University
- Simon Coish, Amicus ITS
- Oliver Pope-Mostowicz, IBM
- Yasmin Stageman, IBM
- Anthony Scanlon, Lloyds Banking Group
- Kieran Brown, AXA PPP healthcare
- Javier Damas, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Nicole Covey, IBM
- Thomas Cope, IBM
- Ryan Allan, Accenture
IT Manager of the Year
- Beverley Wells, Virgin Media
- Ruth Allen, University of Derby
- Anthony Smith, Northumbrian Water Group
- Anna Watson, O2 Telefonica UK
- Thomas White, Accenture
- Ceri Lambdin, Landmarc Support Services
- Jenny Martin, Sparkle CS
- Rajinder Tumber, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
- Mark Sicklen, AECOM
IT Service and Support Professional
- Phil Blavins, University of Derby
- Archana Yadav, Portaltech Reply
- Kieran Brown, Lloyds Banking Group
- Alistair James, Lloyds Banking Group
- Mandeep Dhadda, University of Derby
- Sam Measures, Markerstudy Group
- Thomas Sykes, UK Power Networks
- Safina Begum, NTT DATA
- Stephen McBride, Dominos Pizza Group
- Andy Crossman, Virgin Media
Young IT Professional of the Year
- Ryan Atwell, Barclays
- Ryan Mangan, Systech IT Solutions
- Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, BT
- Kevin Condliffe, O2 Telefonica UK
- Daniel Hill, Lloyds Banking Group
- Rebecca Abrahams, Mitie - Integrated Facilities Management
- Jamie Edge, Barclays Bank
- Ahmed Mohamed, BT
- Charlotte Prior, Content Guru
- Remya Nair, AECOM
Organisational Excellence
Best Place to Work in IT 2015
- Box UK
- brightsolid
- Company85
- Kainos
- National Grid
- ramsac
- risual
- Yorkshire Building Society
- Zen Internet
- Zurich Insurance
IT Project Team of the Year
- British Gas
- Cofely Workplace (North Tyneside Council Partnership)
- Company85 & London City Airport
- Computershare
- Digital Transformation Service, Northern Ireland Civil Service
- Landmarc Support Services
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Travis Perkins Group
- UK Power Networks
- Welsh Water
IT Team of the Year
- ao.co
- Experian
- Gala Tent
- Hiscox
- Lloyds Banking Group (CITSD)
- Lloyds Banking Group (IT Operations)
- Sparkle CS
- The Danwood Group
- University of Derby
- Virgin Media
Security Team of the Year
- Northumbrian Water Group
- Portaltech Reply
- UK Power Networks
Services Company of the year
- 4sl
- Comms-care
- Experior Group
- Green Fields Technology
- PACT UK
- risual
- Softcat
- Version 1
- Zen Internet
Small Supplier or VAR of the Year
- Ardenta
- Binary Tree
- Lanware
- M&M Contractors
- Metronet UK
- Memset
- Comms365
- ramsac
- Really Simple Systems
- Solar Communications
Project Excellence
Best Not for Profit IT Project
- Welsh Water
- Creative Skillset & IndigoBlue
- The Science & Technology Facilities Council & Tessella
- Cabinet Office, Home Office & IndigoBlue
- SEND Consortium & Connect
- MSM Software
- Orbis
- YHA & IndigoBlue
- Met Office
- Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Best use of Cloud Services
- National Rail Enquiries & Content Guru
- British Gas
- Confused.com
- Home Office
- Thames Tideway Tunnel
- National Institute of Health Research
- University of Dundee & Box
- Greencore & Adapt
- Loughborough University
- Stevens and Bolton
Big Data / Analytics Project of the Year
- Network Rail & CSC
- Northumbrian Water
- Virgin Media
- Marks and Spencer
- BT
- North of England Commissioning Support
- Markerstudy Group
- Met Office
- Adstream & Pentaho
- British Gas Smart Metering
Digital Project of the Year
- CDDV
- Creative Skillset & IndigoBlue
- Camelot UK Lotteries
- John Lewis
- Thomson Reuters
- AXA PPP healthcare
- HMRC Digital & Equal Experts
- British Gas
- Experian
- Swan Housing & Safetybank
Network / Infrastructure Project of the year
- Heathrow Airport & Fujitsu
- EarthStream & Green Fields Technology
- Royal Opera House & Dell
- Marstons Telecoms & SSE Enterprise Telecoms
- Company85 and London City Airport
- Deluxe Media Acton & Avere
- Sudlows
Workplace Transformation Project of the Year
- The Clancy Group
- Network Rail & CSC
- Landmarc Support Services
- Cystic Fibrosis Trust
- Epic ELM C.I.C & Ancoris
- North Tyneside Council Partnership & Cofely Workplace
- Western Power Distribution & Good Technology
- NHS Shared Business Services
- Marston Holdings
- Kingston University & VMware UK
Technology Excellence
Business IT Innovation of the Year
- Atradius Credit Insurance N.V
- BigHand
- BT
- KCOM Group
- National Institute for Health Research - Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN)
- Specsavers
- Thomson Reuters
- UK Power Networks
- Virgin Media
- Waitrose
Cloud Provider of the Year
- Adapt
- Clear Books
- Content Guru
- Databarracks
- Fairsail
- FinancialForce.com
- Imerja
- Memset
- ServiceNow
- Six Degrees Group
Infrastructure Innovation of the Year
- BT
- Kingston University
- Kony
- Nexenta
- Pure Storage
- Quorum
- Tectrade
- Tintri
- VIRTUS Data Centres
- Zynstra
Mobile App of the Year
- babylon
- EMIS Health
- BoardPacks
- Heathrow Airport
- Interserve
- JBW Group
- Mubaloo
- National Grid
- Safetybank
- TotalMobile
Security Innovation of the Year
- AirWatch UK
- Avecto
- BT
- BT Global Services
- CSC
- Egress Software Technologies
- Fortinet
- Idappcom
- Integral Memory
- iStorage
UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
- BT
- CNS Group - Next Generation Penetration Testing
- Computershare
- Freeformers
- Funding Options
- Mercato Solutions - KnowledgeKube
- Peppermint Technology
- Ormsby Street
- VoipSec
- Zeel Solutions