Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2017 shortlist announced!
Do you have the right stuff?

The Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2017 has been announced and, as ever, it's full of the brightest stars in digital leadership.
Many congratulations to you all, from those nominated for Best Place to Work, to Best Non-Profit Project, to the mightiest CDOs in the business.
The judging process will now begin, and we hope to see as many of you on the night of 6 July 2017 to find out who will be the victor in each category.
Without further ado, here is the shortlist for the Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2017:
Digital Team of the Year
- AXA PPP Healthcare
- Clicky Media
- DWP Digital
- MetaCompliance
- New Charter Group
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Cambridge
Digital Service Company of the Year
- Clicky Media
- Connect
- DocuSign
- Inviqa
- Manifesto Digital
Best Place to Work in Digital - Large Organisations
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cancer Research UK
- Cleverbridge
- Clicky Media
- DWP Digital
- Ticketmaster
Best Place to Work in Digital - SMEs
- Breaking Blue
- dwx
- Flow Digital
- Genie Ventures
Design Team of the Year
- Larsen and toubro technology services
- University of Aberdeen
Website Project of the Year
- Clicky Media - Kielder Waterside
- Manifesto Digital - Unicef UK Website
Big Data Analytics & IoT Project of the Year
- AltexSoft - Fareboom. Analytics-Based Predictor Tool
- Centrica - Revenue Leakage Data Framework and Autofix Project
- Nexthink - Nexthink V6 for Barnado's
- Radius Payment Solutions - The Advanced Driver Safety Project
- Zyme & Dell - Global Channel Data Management Project
Best Not-for-Profit Project
- Adur and Worthing Councils - Social Prescribing Low-code Solution
- Cancer Research UK - Giving Pages
- Connect - Alliance Homes Group Website
- Manifesto Digital - Unicef UK Website
- Nexthink - Nexthink V6 for Barnado's
Best Public Sector Digital Project
- Connect - MOPAC ICV System
- Connect - Pontcystllte World Heritage website
- Content Guru Ltd - Storm ASSIST
- DWP Digital - Apply for a Budgeting Loan
- DWP Digital - Carer's Allowance Workflow Assistance Solution
- DWP Digital - Check Your State Pension
- eHospital - Technology transforming health and care at CUH
- Netpremacy - savings for Northumberland County Council
- Redcentric - Department for Work and Pensions
- Schnell Solutions Limited - Adult Homecare Notification Portal
- TFL Online - The open data project
Best Large Enterprise Digital Project
- BT Radianz integration project Information Building iWay
- Co-op Funeral
- EDM Group - PRISM
- O2 Business & McDonalds
- SDL: Datacentre to Private cloud-based infrastructure
- Symphony Communications Services - Symphony
Small To Medium Digital Project
- Schnell Solutions Limited - Adult Homecare Notification Portal
- WPA - DELOS
- Ve - SaaS Platform
- Symphony Communications Services - Symphony
Mobile Project of the Year
- AltexSoft - A Sports Startup, United States
- Hargreaves Landsdown - HL Mobile apps 2.0
- Xirrus / WIFI Metropolis - St Pancras Wi-Fi
- Zebra TC75 Touch Computer
Machine Learning / AI Project of the Year
- AltexSoft - Bruxlab
- Darktrace - The Enterprise Immune System and Antigena
- Luminance Technologies - Luminance
- PureClarity Ecommerce Personalisation for The Royal British Legion
Developer of the Year
- AXA PPP Healthcare - Lee Motley
- DWP Digital - Paul Smith
- Godel Technologies - Aliaksandr Bakunovich
Product Manager of the Year
- DWP Digital - Michala Hare
- Telefonica UK - Leanne Gethin
Young Digital Professional of the Year
- Breaking Blu - Paul Cussell
- PCA Predict - Chris Winfield
CDO of the Year
- Atkins - Richard Cross
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS - Dr Afzal Chaudhry
- DWP Digital - Mayank Prakash
- TES Global - Clifton Cunningham
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