Many of the UK's top IT professionals gathered at the
London Hilton on Park Lane last week for the British Computer
Society IT Professional Awards.
Britannia Building Society, Hawk-Eye Innovation, Pfizer and IBM won
flagship awards at the event, which was sponsored by Computer
Weekly.
A lifetime achievement award was presented to Stephanie Shirley,
founder of Xansa. Outgoing BCS president Wendy Hall emphasised the
BCS's determination to bring more women into IT.
Introducing the awards, Marion King, chief executive of clearing
house Voca, formerly Bacs, highlighted the problems in managing the
balance between risk and innovation and called for courage in
supporting innovators.
BCS IT Professional Awards 2004
Flagship awards
Britannia Building Society
Hawk-Eye Innovation
Women in IT award
IBM (UK) and Pfizer
Lifetime achievement award
Stephanie Shirley
Technology awards
Applications
Hawk-Eye Innovation's television production system
Services
The Dorchester Hotel's in-room technology/e-butler
Systems
Plasmon's Udo-ultra optical storage
Social contribution
Lincolnshire County Council and Ramesys' Netlinc schools
network
Individual excellence awards
Young IT practitioner of the year
Karen Elizabeth Petrie, University of Huddersfield
Trainer of the year
Olga Londer, QA
IT consultant of the year
Winner: Keith Isted, Xantus Consulting.
Highly commended: Christina Busmalis, IBM business consulting
services
IT service manager of the year
Mark Jacot, Britannia
Quality manager of the year
Sarah Popple, Hot Courses
Business analyst of the year
Dianne Martini, Travelex
Developer of the year: applications
Marcus Cripps, Egg
Developer of the year: infrastructure
Raphael Dorne, BT
IT director of the year: SME
Michael Mainelli, Z/yen
IT director of the year: corporate
Janet Day, Berwin Leighton Paisners
Business achievement awards
Public sector/not for profit
Newcastle City Council's CRM
Financial and related services
Britannia Building Society's Really Big programme
Commercial and industrial
AA's mobile technology
Small business
Response Maintenance and Building Services