2020 Winners


Best place to work in IT 2020

Winner: NWIS

Highly Commended: LogicMonitor


IT Project Team of the Year

Winner: Kainos| BJSS & DVSA

Highly Commended: Global


IT Team of the Year

Winner: Thames Water

Highly Commended: Lloyds


Services Company of the Year

Winner: GFT

Highly Commended: Torry Harris Integrations Solutions


Development Team of the Year

Winner: Sage

Highly Commended: QBE


Specialist Vendor of the Year

Winner: Xalient

Highly Commended: AddIn365


Business Analyst of the Year

Winner: Dan Clipsom - Arup

Highly Commended: Doug Murray- Roke Manor Research


IT Apprentice of the Year

Winner: Thomas Smith - IBM

Highly Commended: Jonathan Heywood (Jonny) - HMRC


Inspirational Individual of the Year

Winner: David Germain - RSA Group

Highly Commended: John Beaumont - Thames Water


DevOps Engineer of the Year

Winner: Fabio M. Diniz - Morgan Stanley

Highly Commended: Kate Marshall - IBM


IT Service and Support Professional of the Year

Winner: Cheryl Hartley- HMRC

Highly Commended: Alison Rooney -Sovereign Housing Association


Rising Star of the Year

Winner: Thomas Davidson - IBM

Highly Commended: Sarah Ng - Bank of England


Operational Leader

Winner: Sal Parker- Sovereign Housing Association

Highly Commended: Ken Bourn - Bank of England


AI / ML Project of the Year

Winner: MITIE ESME

Highly Commended: Thames Water - Leak detection


Best Public Sector IT Project

Winner: Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)| Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

Highly Commended: Catapult CX, Stance Global and The Maritime & Coastguard Agency


Best Charity (Third Sector) IT Project of the Year

Winner: RNLI

Highly Commended: Workday Adaptive and Halo


Best Use of Cloud Services

Winner: Thames Water

Highly Commended: HMRC


Best User Engagement Project of the Year

Winner: Tempcover Ltd

Highly Commended: Thames Water


Digital Transformation Project of the Year

Winner: Driver Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland

Highly Commended: NewDay


Healthcare Project of the Year

Winner: Made Tech on behalf of the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Highly Commended: UCL Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies


Police / Defence Forces Project of the Year

Winner: Field Army| British Army

Highly Commended: Defence Business Services (part of the Ministry of Defence)


Emerging Technology of the Year

Winner: FYLD

Highly Commended: BT/Ulster University


Business IT Innovation of the Year

Winner: IFS

Highly Commended: Yudu Sentinel


Cloud Innovation Provider of the Year

Winner: C365Cloud

Highly Commended: WANdisco


Infrastructure Innovation of the Year

Winner: Bridgeworks


Mobile Technology of the Year

Winner: Hermes

Highly Commended: Autocab - iGo


Security Innovation of the Year

Winner: Darktrace

Highly Commended: Netacea


UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award

Winner: Word up (Geeks)

Highly Commended: Vestemi


IT Vendor of the Year

Winner: Thoughtworks

Highly Commended: BigHand


Sustainable Organisation of the Year

Winner: BT

Highly Commended: Techbuyer


CIO of the Year

Winner: Andrew Brockway -Confused.com

Highly Commended: Charles Forte - MOD