Finalists by category

Our successful finalists were invited to attend a prestigious judging day.

Individual Excellence

NEC IT Leader of the Year
  • Angela Clements, West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Ian Campbell, British Energy Group plc
  • Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group Plc / BT Design
  • Dylan Roberts, ICT Services, Leeds City Council
  • Paul Underwood, Morgan Est
  • George Henderson, Silverjet Aviation Limited
  • Ian Cramb, Citi EMEA GCG
  • Ben Wishart, Whitbread plc
  • Alan Nottage, Ericsson Ltd
  • Stephen North, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Project Manager of the Year
  • Sue Harding, Post Office Ltd
  • Paul Ivinson, IBM United Kingdom Ltd
  • Michelle Hugkulstone, RBS
  • Rosemarie Stoakes, ReportSource LLP
  • Simon Orsborn, Esure
  • Martin Ladbrooke, Britannia Building Society
  • Wendy Williamson, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Gerry Dixon, TSKJ (M. W. Kellogg Ltd)
  • Bernie Brown, Parity Solutions Ltd (part of Parity Group plc)
  • John Webb, Xantus Consulting
Young IT Practitioner of the Year
  • James Witchell, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Alasdair MacCormick, Graham Technology plc
  • Craig Renton, Graham Technology plc
  • Tim Fernau, Norwich Union
  • Christopher Gale, Holiday Extras
  • Chris Dale, IBM United Kingdom
  • David Provan, IBM United Kingdom Ltd
  • Travers Powell, Vocalink (previously Voca)
  • Carl Bevin, Anite Secure Information Solutions Ltd
  • Kate Scott, Premier Inn - Whitbread Group PLC
Service Manager of the Year
  • Morteza Alamolhoda, Information Systems Aston (ISA), Aston University
  • Jenny Nicholson, Lincolnshire Police
  • Mark Bennett, Aviva (Norwich Union)
  • Amanda Gilbert, Ministry of Defence, dblearning
  • Sally Turbutt, Kent & Medway Health Informatics Service
  • Donald McGregor, Lloyds TSB
  • Hazel Hogfress, RM
Systems Architect of the Year
  • Evan Kettlewood, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Clive Wright, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Derek Rodwell, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Douglas Smith, Graham Technology plc
  • Kevin Dewane, Aviva plc
  • Bryan Green, Anite Secure Information Solutions Ltd
  • Mike Laversuch, CACI Limited
  • Mark Orford, Liverpool Direct Limited
  • Hitesh Acharya, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Craig Beattie, RBS Insurance
IT Trainer of the Year
  • Jill Clarke, Milton Keynes Women & Work Group
  • Rebecca Keen, City of York Council
  • Stuart Miller, Graham Technology plc
  • Stephen Leach, Xpertise Training
  • Ray Jackson, Cerco IT Training & Recruitment Ltd
  • Rupinder Dhatt, Citigroup
  • Stephen Neal, Learning Tree International
  • Nigel Armstrong, Learning Tree International
  • Helen Sussex, LogicaCMG
  • David Singh, QA-IQ
Business Analyst of the Year
  • Jonathan Hunsley, Allianz
  • Jon Rush, Allianz Insurance
  • Ruth Challis, Severn Trent Water
  • Andy Westbourne, BT
  • Michael Butterworth, Severn Trent Water
  • Rémy Schneider, BNPParibas
  • Mark Belliss, BT Global Services
  • Farhana Kuddus, Nationwide Trust Limited
  • Grant Pearce, Lloyds TSB Bank plc
  • Louise Brown, National Australia Group Ltd

Organisational Excellence

GCS Women in IT Award
  • Microsoft UK
  • Guardian News & Media
  • Accenture
  • Lincolnshire Police
  • Nominet
  • James Thornton Group
  • Google
  • Wipro Technology
  • Whitbread plc
  • Lloyds TSB
Public Sector Organisation of the Year
  • West Sussex Accessible Services Partnership
  • RAF
  • Dorset County Council
  • Leeds Corporate ICT Services
  • Leeds Learning Network
  • MOD
  • National Assembly for Wales
  • Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
  • HMRC
  • Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
The Construction & Manufacturing Organisation of the Year
  • Edmund Nuttall
  • Wall Colmonoy
  • Silvergate Plastics
  • Jestico+Whiles (J+W) partnership with Cubic Interactive
  • Morgan Est
  • The Berkeley Group
  • Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
  • Galliford Try
  • Davis Langdon LLP
Consumer Goods & Services Organisation of the Year
  • Unilever
  • ATOC
  • Thistle Hotels
  • Unilever
  • Vicinitee Ltd
  • Whitbread Group Plc
  • Assentic Limited
  • toptable.co.uk
  • Heathrow Express
Financial Sector Organisation of the Year
  • Post Office Limited
  • Barclaycard Business
  • Zopa
  • Citigroup EMEA Consumer
  • Santander
  • Equinix
  • Bradford & Bingley
  • RBS Group Technology
  • Cabot Financial Ltd
  • Allianz Insurance Plc
IT Consultancy Organisation of the Year
  • LinuxIT Europe Ltd
  • Graham Oakes Ltd
  • Deloitte
  • Imerja Ltd
  • Xantus Consulting
  • McKesson Ltd
  • Edenbrook as an IT Consultancy for Virgin Media
  • Anglia Business Solutions Ltd
  • Infrasoft Technologies
  • IT Lab Ltd
SME Organisation of the Year
  • Postcode Anywhere
  • Big Hand
  • Traditional Family Funeral Co Ltd
  • CSW Group Ltd
  • Imerja Ltd
  • Procheckup
  • Dynmark International Limited
  • Inspired Gaming Group (INGG)
  • Netviewer Gmbh
  • IT Lab Ltd
Supplier Organisation of the Year
  • iMeta Technologies Ltd
  • CSW Group Ltd
  • Graham Technology
  • Tideway Systems
  • Integralis Ltd
  • Equinix
  • System Associates
  • Telappliant Ltd
  • Teleware Plc
  • Netviewer

Project Excellence

Business-to-Business Project Award
  • Historical Maps and Data Service - GroundSure Limited
  • MOT Computerisation - Vehicle & Operator Services Agency
  • Sophia - Business Intelligence Semantic Web - BT Enterprise Information Platform
  • Intranet Mapping Service - South Yorkshire Police
  • Hull Integrity - Lloyd's Register
  • Topcat - Makella
  • HoundDog Technology; making IT Support, easy - HoundDog Technology
  • Implementation of Ni Mobile Content Manager - Netintelligence & Carphone Warehouse
  • Slashing power consumption whilst increasing reliability - Ultraspeed
  • TradElect - The London Stock Exchanges new trading system - London Stock Exchange
BT Flagship Award for Innovation
  • FHPCA - (FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance)
  • Indicative River and Coastal Flood Map (Scotland) - HR Wallingford with the Scottish
    Environment Protection Agency and Multimap
  • 'OneTouch' Contactless technology - Barclaycard Business
  • Hull Integrity - Lloyd's Register
  • Slashing power consumption whilst increasing reliability - Ultraspeed
  • Flood-line Warnings Direct - Environment Agency
  • SMART Virtual Earth - SMART
  • Picsel CUI Browser - Picsel Technologies Ltd
  • VERT - Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training - University of Hull & Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Voice-to-Screen Messaging SpinVox
Entertainment & Media Project Award
  • Digital Showcase - BBC Worldwide
  • Music4Uonline - GMS Music
  • NM2, New Millennium, New Media - A collaborative project led by BT
  • Adviva Black online contextual advertising - Adviva
  • The O2-WiFi - AEG Europe
  • Digital Escalator Panels - Esprit Digital Limited
  • 4oD - ioko and Channel 4 Television Corporation
  • TV Guide Mobile ESG Powered by Roundbox - Roundbox
  • Voice-to-Screen Messaging - SpinVox
  • MusicStation - Omnifone
Best Use of Green Technology Project Award
  • Environmentally aware governance of the distributed IT infrastructure - IBM United Kingdom Ltd
  • FHPCA - (FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance)
  • Environmental Pollutions Incidents - Scottish Water
  • 21CN Data Centre - BT
  • Asite Collaborative Building Information Model - Asite Solutions Ltd
  • Advance Peripheral Systems - Destiny Plc
  • Eacarshare.com - Environment Agency
  • Alternative Power for GSM Base Station - Motorola, MTC, GSMA
  • Mobile Working Platform - Newcastle City Council
  • Netezza Secures a Bright Future for Orange UK - Orange & Netezza
Information Security and Data Management Project Award
  • Enhanced Data Management for Improved Service Support - BT
  • Webscreen Guarantee of Service Technology - Webscreen Systems Ltd
  • TradElect - The London Stock Exchanges new trading system - London Stock Exchange
  • DriveSentry - DriveSentry Ltd
  • GIS – (Geographical Information System) - Environment Agency
  • IngeTrust - Ingenico
  • ISO27001 - Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
  • Data Expansion project - University College Falmouth
  • NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) - McKesson UK
  • MessageLabs Enterprise Instant Messenger - MessageLabs
Mobile Technology Project Award
  • LINKFresh® LABELCheck Mobile QC Application - Anglia Business Solutions Ltd
  • Innovative voice communications for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - BT
  • Remote Transmission of Fingerprints - Lincolnshire Police
  • inTOUCH - Mobile Working for Homecare - Enterprise Systems, CACI Ltd
  • E-SAFE 100 Mobile Inspection Software - Knowledge Online
  • Digital Youth Justice - Innovation Leeds
  • "Pay As You Drive"™ Insurance - Norwich Union
  • Voice-to-Screen Messaging - SpinVox
  • Core Network 5 - Ericsson Ltd in collaboration with Vodafone UK
  • MusicStation - Omnifone
Social Contribution Project Award
  • Patients Accessing their Medical Records - Records Access Collaboration
  • Remote Transmission of Fingerprints - Lincolnshire Police
  • Northumbria 101: Single Non-Emergency Number - Northumbria 101 Partnership
  • LAMA - Location Aware Messaging for Accessibility - IBM United Kingdom Limited
  • British Library Turning the Pages 2.0 - Microsoft & Armadillo Systems
  • Flood-line Warnings Direct - Environment Agency
  • VERT - Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training - University of Hull & Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Anti-Grooming Engine - Crisp Thinking Ltd
  • RoboBraille - Royal National College for the Blind
  • Lynx Search Engine - South Yorkshire Police
Web-based Technology Project Award
  • Indicative River and Coastal Flood Map (Scotland) - HR Wallingford with the Scottish
    Environment Protection Agency and Multimap
  • Northumbria 101: Single Non-Emergency Number - Northumbria 101 Partnership
  • Excellence in Web Based Technology - zanox
  • British Library Turning the Pages 2.0 - Microsoft & Armadillo Systems
  • Project Mars (Mortgage Launch Project) - ING Direct - in collaboration with Capgemini, Principal Partner
  • autobahnFI - Deutsche Bank
  • 4oD - ioko and Channel 4 Television Corporation
  • ServiceLine express - Royal Bank of Scotland, Group Technology – IT Operations
  • Voice-to-Screen Messaging - SpinVox
  • Online Journey Planner - National Rail Enquiries