Award Winners 2025

Person of the Year

Kevin O’Loughlin, Nostra

Sponsored by

David MacNeaney Chief Financial Officer, IP Telecom presents the Person of the Year award to Kevin O’Loughlin, Nostra.

Company of the Year

Auxilion

Sponsored by

Danielle Barr, Director of Training and Employment Services, Fastrack into Information Technology (FIT) presents Patrick Jordan, CEO, Auxilion with the Company of the Year award.

Multinational of the Year

Integrity360

Sponsored by

Patrick McHale, CFO, Integrity360 accepts the Multinational of the Year award from Louise Nicolls, VP, Security & IT, Boku and awards judging panel member.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Brian Honan

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Brian Honan accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award from Julian Keable, Country Manager, Exclusive Networks on behalf of sponsor Fortinet & Exclusive Networks.

CIO of the Year

Michelle Kearns, Boots Ireland

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Michelle Kearns, Boots Ireland presented with the CIO of the Year award.

Rising Star

Jade Launders, Typetec

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Billy Huggard, Operations Director, Mediateam presenting Rising Star Award to Olga Karlowicz, accepting the award on behalf of winner Jade Launders, Typetec.

IT Project of the Year (private sector)

Vodafone

Sponsored by

Edwina McDonnell, Head of Key Accounts, Vodafone accepts the IT Project of the Year Private Sector award for Vodafone Business & Sisk Contractors from Gonzalo Sebastian Morell, Channel Director, Huawei.

IT Project of the Year (public sector)

Health Service Executive for HSE Health App

Sponsored by

Gar McCríosta, Digital Advisor – Strategy & Architect, Health Service Executive for HSE Health App accepting the IT Project of the Year Public Sector award from Greg Tierney, General Manager – Ireland, Ingram Micro.

IT Project of the Year (SME)

Verodat

Sponsored by

IT Project of the Year SME award winner Thomas Russell, Founder & CEO, Verodat.

Digital Consultancy of the Year

All human

Sponsored by

Brian Leonard, MD & Niamh Cloak, Head of Client Solutions, All human accepting the Digital Consultancy of the Year award from Alan Connor, Managing Director, iplicit Ireland.

Best Place to Work

Nostra

Sponsored by

Ann McManus, Chief People Officer, Nostra with the Best Place to Work award.

Marketing Excellence

Expleo and Comit PR

Sponsored by

This year’s Marketing Excellence award winner is Expleo and Comit PR, presented to Helen Morrogh, Comit and Siobhán Smith, Expleo by Sorcha Cunnigham, Head of Publishing & Digital, The Sunday Times.

Diversity Award

Fastrack into Information Technology (FIT)

Sponsored by

Danielle Barr, Director of Training and Employment Services and Clare Stewart, Director of Innovation and Development, Fastrack into Information Technology (FIT) accepting the Diversity Award from Darren Malone, Territory Manager, Logitech.

Start-up Award

Pumpinheart

Sponsored by

Andrew Malone, Chief Scientific Officer, Pumpinheart, winner of the Start Up Award, presented by Mary Cleary, ICS Council member and Tech Excellence Awards 2025 Judge.

Sustainability Award

GreenIT

Sponsored by

Anthony O’Dea, Commercial Manager, GreenIT winner of the Sustainability Award, presented by Jayson Pandian, Head of IT Services Ireland, Wipro.

Vertical Market Specialist of the Year

RentalMatics

Vertical Market Specialist of the Year award winner Colm Brady, CEO & Co-Founder, RentalMatics.

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Distributor of the Year

Microwarehouse

Sponsored by

John Moran, CMO, Microwarehouse being presented Distributor of the Year by Marina Cabrera, Infrastructure Sales Specialist, Ireland Specialists Team Leader, Softcat.

Emerging Technology Innovation of the Year

RentalMatics

Sponsored by

Colm Brady, CEO & Co-Founder, RentalMatics presented the Emerging Technology Innovation of the Year by Joe Carlyle, Director of Consultancy & Technology, eir evo.

IT Architect of the Year

Lorcan Cunningham, CTO, Savenet Solutions

Sponsored by

Lorcan Cunningham, CTO, Savenet Solutions accepting the IT Architect of the Year award from Gar Mac Criosta, Digital Advisor – Strategy & Architect, HSE & Iasa Fellow.

IT Professional Team of the Year

Shahla Sabetnia, Head of Digital Innovation, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Sponsored by

Niall Kitson, Editor, TechCentral presents Shahla Sabetnia, Head of Digital Innovation, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences with the IT Professional of the Year Award.

Managed Service Company of the Year

Network & Infrastructure Support (NIS)

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Gerry Buckley, CEO, Network & Infrastructure Support (NIS) accepting the Managed Service Company of the Year award from James Nolan, Sales Director, CMS Distribution, presenting on behalf of DrayTek.

Managed Security Service Provider of the Year

DNA IT Solutions

Sponsored by

Adrian Kelly, Sales & Marketing Director, DNA IT Solutions presented with the Managed Security Service Provider of the Year award by Brian O’Brien, CEO, Dotnet.ie.