Award Winners 2024
Person of the Year
Carmel Owens, Sidero a GlobalLogic Company

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Carmel Owens, CEO of GlobalLogic receives the Person of the Year Award from Brian Chamberlain, Chief Technical Officer of IP Telecom.
Company of the Year
Cubic Telecom

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David Kelly, Chief Corporate Officer of Cubic Telecom receiving the Company of the Year Award (pictured holding award), presented by David Russell, Chief Executive Officer of Elio Networks (pictured on far right)
Multinational of the Year
Softcat

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Will Doran, Vendor Alliance Manager, Softcat (pictured 4th from left) and members of the team receive the Multinational of the Year Award on behalf of Softcat.
Eoin O’Driscoil, a judge for the Tech Excellence Awards 2024 (pictured on far right) presented the award.
Lifetime Achievement Award
John Purdy

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John Purdy (pictured on the left) receives the Lifetime Achievement Award
presented by Ross Murray, CEO of Digital Well
CIO of the Year
Paul Delahunty, Stryve

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Paul Delahunty, Stryve (pictured on the left) presented with the CIO of the Year Award by
Denis Neavyn, Commercial Lead Payments IV UK & Europe, Endava
Rising Star
Kateryna Pranichenko, The Project Foundry

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Paul Delahunty, Stryve (pictured on the left) presented with the CIO of the Year Award by
Denis Neavyn, Commercial Lead Payments IV UK & Europe, Endava
IT Project of the Year (private sector)
Digital Realty with Enel X

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Greg Casey, Sales Director (pictured centre) and Joe Farinella, Head of Communications & Marketing (pictured left) of Digital Reality with Enel X
presented with the IT Project of the Year (Private Sector) by Greg Tierney, General Manager, Ireland of Ingram Micro.
IT Project of the Year (public sector)
An Garda Síochána

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Fintan Brady, Head of ICT Infrastructure, An Garda Síochána (pictured right) is presented with the
IT Project of the Year Award by Niall Kitson, Editor of TechCentral.ie
IT Project of the Year (SME)
Savenet Solutions

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Lorcan Cunningham, CTO of Savenet Solutions is presented with the IT Project of the Year (SME) Award
by Morgan Browne CEO of Enterpryze (pictured second from left).
Digital Consultancy of the Year
Each&Other

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Brian Herron, Director of Each&Other (pictured left) and Oonagh O’Connor, HR Lead Each& Other (pictured centre)
presented with the Digital Consultancy of the Year Award by Alan Connor, Managing Director of iplicit Ireland.
Best Place to Work
Esri Ireland

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Joanne McLaughlin, Head of Marketing of Esri Ireland (pictured left) presented with the Best Place to Work Award by Mary O’Connor, CIO of ESB
Marketing Excellence
DNA IT Solutions

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Adrian Kelly, Sales and Marketing Director of DNA IT Solutions (pictured left) presented with the Marketing Excellence Award by Dylan Kavanagh, Vice President of VidayoPro.
Diversity Award
Salesforce

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Shane Franklin, (pictured centre) Apprenticeship Programme Manager and Vincent Nordell (pictured left) of Salesforce presented with the Diversity Award by Alan Siegert, (pictured far right) Channel Marketing Manager UK&I of Logitech.
Start-up Award
Telea

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Clare Meskill, Co-founder of Telea (pictured left) presented with the Start-Up Award by Shay Byrne, Tech Excellence Awards host.
Sustainability Award
Softcat

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Will Doran, Ireland Vendor Alliance Manager (pictured 2nd from right) and team from Softcat are presented with the Sustainability Award by Mary Cleary (pictured far right), Tech Excellence Awards 2024 judge.
Vertical Market Specialist of the Year
Intact Software

Darren Gray, Head of Enterprise Sales Ireland receives the Vertical Market Specialist of the Year Award on behalf of Justin Lawless, CEO, Intact Software (pictured 2nd from left) presented by Dr Jim Mountjoy, Tech Excellence Awards judge (pictured 3rd from left).
Distributor of the Year
DataSolutions, a Climb Company

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Francis O Haire, Group CTO of Data Solutions, a Climb Company (pictured centre) is presented with the Distributor of the Year Award by Will Doran, Ireland Vendor Alliance Manager of Softcat (pictured far right).
Emerging Technology Innovation of the Year
Adapt, SFI Research Centre for AI-driven digital content technology, and Huawei

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Professor John Kelleher, Director (pictured centre) and Filip Klubička, Postdoctoral Researcher (pictured right) of ADAPT SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology and Huawei presented with the Emerging Technology Innovation of the Year Award by Dusty Rhodes, co-host of the TechRadio podcast.
IT Architect of the Year
Gareth Grimshaw, Logicalis Solutions

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Gareth Grimshaw, (pictured left) Senior Azure Architect of Gareth Grimshaw & the team at Logicalis Solutions being present with the IT Architect of the Year Award by Leo Peyton, Commercial Director of IASA.
IT Professional Team of the Year
eHealth (a division of the HSE)

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Pauline Fitzgerald, (pictured 5th from left) Programme Manager SCS-CMS (Specialised Care Services – Clinical Management System) of eHealth (a division of the HSE), Specialised care services-Clinical Management System presented with the IT Professional Team of the Year Award by Michelle Cox (pictured 3rd from left), National Fulfilment Officer, Tech Apprenticeships of FIT [Fastrack Into Information Technology]
Managed Service Company of the Year
Auxilion

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Patrick Jordan, COO of Auxilion (pictured on left) receives the Managed Service Company of the Year Award from Greg Casey, Sales Director of Digital Realty (pictured far right).
Managed Security Service Provider of the Year
DNA IT Solutions

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Adrian Kelly, Sales and Marketing Director of DNA IT Solutions (pictured on right) is presented with the Managed Security Service Provider of the Year Award by John Fitzgerald, CIO of CMS.