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PAST BENCHMARK AWARDS WINNERS

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The Australian Technology Project of the Year

  • Winner: Falls Predictor / IRT Group

Best Federal Government Project

  • Winner: Project Switch / Australian Taxation Office
  • Winner: The Modern Workplace Program / Australian Electoral Commission
  • Finalist: myGov App / Services Australia
  • Finalist: my health app / Australian Digital Health Agency

Best State Government Project

  • Winner: Source 2 Pay / Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD)
  • Finalist: Marine Radio over Internet Protocol (Highly Commended) / Department of Fire and Emergency Services (WA)
  • Finalist: NSW Digital Connectivity Index / NSW Telco Authority
  • Finalist: Building Assurance Solution / Building Commission NSW
  • Finalist: IT consumption-based pricing/recharge tool / eHealth NSW
  • Finalist: Domestic Violence Management Solution – Family Safety Portal / Department of Human Services (SA)

Best Local Government Project

  • Winner: Application Whitelisting / Northern Beaches Council
  • Finalist: Project Unify / Hobsons Bay City Council
  • Finalist: New Mobile Devices Managed Service   / Northern Beaches Council

Best Education Project

  • Winner: Project Halo / Monash University
  • Finalist: Qlearn (Highly Commended) / Queensland Department of Education & Instructure Global Limited
  • Finalist: Digital Connections Program / QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
  • Finalist: The Early Years SA mobile app / Office for the Early Years, Department for Education, SA

Best Health Project

  • Winner: Falls Predictor / IRT Group
  • Finalist: Ethicon2U (Highly Commended) / Johnson & Johnson
  • Finalist: Healthcare CRM as digital front door and single client view / DPV Health
  • Finalist: Radiology Information Systems and Picture Archiving & Communications System / eHealth NSW
  • Finalist: geat2GO / Indigo Australasia
  • Finalist: My health app / Australian Digital Health Agency

Best Finance & Professional Services Project

  • Winner: DevOps Hosting Platform on Cloud / Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  • Finalist: Leading Banking App / Westpac
  • Finalist: Infrastructure Transformation Project / Queensland Country Bank
  • Finalist: Automated Claims Experience / My Plan Manager
  • Finalist: Visualising and managing technology estate / ANZ
  • Finalist: Reducing SMS scam opportunities / NAB

Best Industrial & Energy Project

  • Winner: Predictive Cathodic Protection Maintenance IoT Project / SA Water
  • Finalist: Enterprise Data Analytics Platform (Highly Commended) / Yarra Valley Water
  • Finalist: Enterprise Data Analytics Platform
  • Finalist: Parcel cage tracking with IoT asset track & trace / CouriersPlease
  • Finalist: ADCO Live - National Subcontract Procurement Platfor / ADCO Constructions
  • Finalist: Reducing risks from identity-based cyberattacks / SA Power Networks

Best Not For Profit Project

  • Winner: Uniting Disparate Shadow Systems for Success / Catholic Care Diocese of Broken Bay
  • Finalist: The Salvation Army National Contact Centre Project / The Salvation Army Australia
  • Finalist: The Epilepsy Smart Australia Program (ESAP) / Epilepsy Foundation

Best Retail Project

  • Winner: Unified platform for all BRG's brand experiences / Big Red Group
  • Finalist: Dynatrace Implementation - Sleepless Nights / Village Roadshow

Best Telecommunications & Media Project

  • Winner: Infrastructure Transformation Project / Queensland Country Bank
  • Finalist: Next Generation Digital Connectivity initiative (Highly Commended) / NSW Telco Authority
  • Finalist: Installation of SD-WAN & Satellite solution / Northern Beaches Council

Technology Leader of the Year

  • Winner: Peter O'Halloran, CDO / Australian Digital Health Agency

Federal Government Technology Leader

  • Winner: Peter O'Halloran, CDO / Australian Digital Health Agency
  • Finalist: Radi Kovacevic, CIO / Home Affairs

State Government Technology Leader

  • Finalist: Chris McLaren, Chief Customer and Digital Officer / QLD Gov (Highly Commended)
  • Finalist: Dr. Eva Balan-Vnuk, Executive Director/Government CIO / SA Gov
  • Finalist: Dr. Zoran Bolevich, Chief Executive, / NSW Health

Local Government Technology Leader

  • Winner: Naren Gangavarapu, Chief Information and Digital Officer / Northern Beaches Council
  • Finalist: Tom Gao, Chief Technology and Digital Services Officer / City of Sydney
  • Finalist: Gaya Gounder, CIO, / Camden Council
  • Finalist: Tracy Whitelaw, CDO / LGAQ

Finance & Professional Services Technology Leader

  • Winner: Dr. Andrew McMullan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer / Commonwealth Bank
  • Finalist: Tim Hogarth, CTO / ANZ
  • Finalist: Michelle Bey, Chief Innovation Officer, Transformation Lead & Head of AI Strategy / Landers & Rogers
  • Finalist: Jay Hira, Director, National Cyber Security Practice / Minter Ellison

Industrial & Energy Technology Leader

  • Winner: ominic Hatfield, General Manager Digital & CIO / Sydney Water
  • Finalist: Judith Powell, CIO / Transgrid

Education Technology Leader

  • Winner: Dr. Christine Burns, CIO / UNSW
  • Finalist: Sinan Erbay, CIO / RMIT
  • Finalist: Anthony Molinia, Chief Digital & Information Officer / University of Newcastle

Retail Technology Leader

  • Winner: John Hunt, CIO and Director of Group Enablement / Woolworths
  • Finalist: Hugh Fahy, CTO / David Jones
  • Finalist: Leigh Barnes, Chief Customer Officer / Intrepid

Telecommunications and Media Technology Leader

  • Winner: Anna Clive, CIO / Aussie Broadband
  • Finalist: Gereurd Roberts, CDO / Seven West Media

Health Technology Leader

  • Winner: Michelle Fitzgerald, Group Chief Digital Officer / St Vincent's Health
  • Finalist: John Sutherland, CIO / HammondCare

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