Women in IT Excellence Awards 2018 - and the winners are…
Computing's biggest-ever Women in IT Excellence Awards were a huge success. Find out here who all the winners were!
Last night's Computing Women in IT Excellence Awards 2018 were the biggest ever, with hundreds cramming into the Marquee in Finsbury Square, London.
Compered, once again, by Holly Brockwell, the Awards recognised excellence across a total of 29 categories. Entertainment was provided by stand-up comedian Tiff Stevenson, an Edinburgh Festival favourite and regular on BBC Three's People Just Do Nothing, among many other credits.
In addition, the motivational speaker was round the world sailor Tracy Edwards MBE. She skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in 1989 and was the first women to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy.
This year, her restored Yacht, Maiden, was re-launched with a new all-women crew on a three-year world tour.
The quality of entries we saw this year was even higher than last year, making choosing winners in each category extremely difficult for our panel of judges. Making the shortlist alone was a wonderful achievement - congratulations to everyone nominated and shortlisted.
And a big congratulations to all of our winners and the highly commended. All of the winners - and the highly commended - are here:
Diversity Employer of the Year
FDM Group
Diversity Project of the Year
Empiric
CIO of the Year
Carol Johnson, IT Director, The Telegraph
Digital Leader of the Year - ENT
Jo Hutchinson, Digital Director, The Prince's Trust
Highly commended: Nickie Harding, Associate Director of Informatics, Cambridge University Hospitals
Digital Leader of the Year - SME
Agnes Boros, Director, Online Solutions, Control Risks
Entrepreneur of the Year
Suzy Dean, CEO and Founder, AddIn365
Highly commended: Rachel Jones, Founder and CEO, SnapDragon Monitoring ltd
Future CIO
Sofy Genevieve Large, Senior Digital Delivery Manager, EE
Graduate of the Year - Enterprise
Jasmine Chung, Business Analyst, Barclays
Highly commended: Oishi Deb, Software Engineer, Rolls-Royce
Graduate of the Year - SME
Melinda Fernandes, QA Engineer Consultant, Sparta Global
Hero of the Year - ENT
Belinda Green, Learning Technologist, University of Northampton
Highly commended: Cathryn Page, Deputy Director of Digital, The Prince's Trust
Hero of the Year - SME
Angela Sims, IT Programme Manager, Control Risks
Innovator of the Year - Enterprise
Louise Curtis, Product Manager - 3rd Party Platforms, The Telegraph
Innovator of the Year - SME
Rachel Jones, Founder and CEO, SnapDragon Monitoring ltd
Highly commended: Emily Foges, CEO, Luminance
Software Engineer of the Year
Emma Jenkins, Barnsley Metropolitan Council
Highly commended: Rachana Mehta, Telegraph Media Group
Role Model of the Year - Enterprise
Laura Firth, IT Business Systems Analysis Manager, Allianz Insurance
Role Model of the Year - SME
Dr. Lisa Noelle Smith, CEO, Kraydel
Security Leader of the Year
Poppy Gustafsson, co-Ceo, Darktrace
Team Leader of the Year - Enterprise
Jo Shepherd, Head of Service, Worldline IT Services UK Ltd
Highly commended: Gill Broderick, Programme Director, Post Office
Team Leader of the Year - SME
Kate Ross, Programme Director, Smart Pension
Transformation Leader - ENT
Charlotte Walters, Agile and DevOps Transformation Manager, Allianz
Transformation Leader - SME
Amanda Colpoys, Agile Coach, Moonpig
Woman of the Year - Enterprise
Nickie Harding, Associate Director of Informatics, Cambridge University Hospitals
Woman of the Year - SME
Emily Foges, CEO, Luminance
Highly commended: Martina King, Chief Executive Officer, Featurespace
Rising Star - ENT
Isabel Richards, Head of Product, Ocado Technology
Rising Star - SME
Rickaia Browne, e-Rostering Project Manager, Pennine Care Foundation Trust
Outstanding Returner Award
Sara Matthewman, Software engineer, Capgemini
Outstanding Transformation
Tripta Kershaw, Head of Programmes and Project Delivery, Hermes UK
IT Leader of the Year - ENT
Claire Hoxworth, Manager (Lead of) - Service Information and Support, BBC
IT Leader of the Year - SME
Natascha Polderman, Group CIO, Control Risks