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The finalists for the prestigious New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards were announced this week, recognising the people making IT happen in New Zealand.

The X's are sector-wide awards recognising the individuals and teams who have truly excelled in our industry. While other awards focus on companies and vendors, the Excellence in IT Awards exclusively celebrates the real people behind software and information technology - the people that make IT work. The unsung heroes and champions of our sector. 

The Excellence in IT Awards are coordinated by IT Professionals NZ (ITP) in partnership with a range of IT-related bodies:

Finalists

Finalists came from a diverse range of background across industry, Government and the education sector:

New Zealand IT Professional of the Year

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

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

IT Project Excellence Award

• IR ServiceNow Sprint Team, Inland Revenue
• Kevin Robinson & the healthAlliance Stabilisation Programme Team
• Richard Morgan, Managing Director, Cyclone Computers

Excellence in Software

• Darren Bruning, CIO, Velogicfit
• Vulcan Steel and Datacom Team, led by James Well, CIO, Vulcan Steel and James David, Business Solutions Manager, Datacom
• Kristen Burne and the NZ Police Family Harm Application Team, Kristen 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 and 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 and the NZTA ONRC PMRT team, Jeremy is a Director of Company-X
• Mike Taitoko and the Takiwā team, Mike is CEO and 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 and Writing Team Manager, Streamliners
• Grant Mackenzie, Senior Technical Communicator, RAMM Software Limited 

Winners will be announced at a gala dinner as part of ITx 2018 on Thursday 12th July.

See more details about the finalists on the Awards Finalists page.