Last night (16/04/19) the judges met in the library at Hartham Park to decide their award winners and finalists in the Techies Swindon & Wiltshire 2019.
The judging team made up of Kate Westbrook, Technology and Contracts lawyer for Thrings, Jack Maxton, Chief of Digital at Hartham Park, Paddy Bradley, Director of the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership, James Eades, Managing Director of Systemagic, Ali Hadavizadeh, Director, Acorn Biz Solutions, Mirabelle Mack, Swindon & Wiltshire SME Growth Project and Gabriella Cox, lead of the Open Call Competition for the Defence and Security Accelerator, had a hard task reviewing over 80 entries submitted from across the county.
James Eades said, “It was really tough to choose winners from such a strong field” and Kate Westbrook added, “I’m really proud to see the amazing work going on in tech in Swindon and Wiltshire and I’m just as proud to see us shouting about it too. Roll on awards night!”
Each finalist will receive a Finalist’s Certificate on Awards Night and each winner will receive a bespoke Techies Award. The finalists in each category are as follows:
Best Tech Security
Driven by Data
Social Impact
Cutting IT Award
Cloud Innovation of the Year
Best Tech Support Service
Future Tech Superstar
- Daniel Curran, Infinity Nation
- Cameron Livingstone-Elder, Priority IT
- Olivia Acus, Promote Online
Tech Team of the Year
Best User Experience
Most Innovative Tech Solution
Using Tech to Transform Business
Flying the Flag for Swindon & Wiltshire
Special instructions are being sent to the Tech Team of the Year finalists ahead of a live vote on awards night.
The awards ceremony will take place at Hartham Park on Thursday 9th May 2019 from 7pm, to meet and celebrate with the best in Swindon & Wiltshire tech book your tickets here.
Many thanks to all of our sponsors for getting behind this award scheme and helping put the spotlight on this important sector to our local economy.
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