Announcing the 2024 iTnews Benchmark Award Finalists
For over a decade, the iTnews Benchmark Awards have given end user organisations, their IT leaders and teams an opportunity to gain recognition for their ambition, innovation and the value they have delivered to government, industry and the public. This year we will be recognising both the projects and the people behind Australia’s best IT initiatives.
The 2024 iTnews Benchmark Awards will be presented at a gala dinner and conference on the 13th March at Doltone House, Hyde Park Sydney.
This year’s awards are sponsored by NRI, CrowdStrike, Equinix, Rackspace Technology, Atlassian, Freshworks, World of Workflows and Jabra.
And the finalists are…
Best Federal Government Project
Services Australia – myGov App
Australian Electoral Commission – The Modern Workplace Program
Australian Taxation Office – Project Switch
Australian Digital Health Agency – my health app
Best State Government Project
Department of Human Services (SA) – Domestic Violence Management Solution – Family Safety Portal
eHealth NSW – IT consumption-based pricing/recharge tool
Building Commission NSW – Building Assurance Solution
NSW Telco Authority – NSW Digital Connectivity Index
Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD) – Source 2 Pay
Department of Fire and Emergency Services (WA) – Marine Radio over Internet Protocol
Best Local Government Project
Northern Beaches Council – New Mobile Devices Managed Service
Northern Beaches Council – Application Whitelisting
Hobsons Bay City Council – Project Unify
Best Finance & Professional Services Project
Westpac – Leading Banking App
Queensland Country Bank – Infrastructure Transformation Project
My Plan Manager – Automated Claims Experience
Commonwealth Bank of Australia – DevOps Hosting Platform on Cloud
ANZ – Visualising and managing technology estate
NAB – Reducing SMS scam opportunities
Best Industrial & Energy Project
ADCO Constructions – ADCO Live – National Subcontract Procurement Platform
CouriersPlease – Parcel cage tracking with IoT asset track & trace
SA Water – Predictive Cathodic Protection Maintenance IoT Project
Yarra Valley Water – Faults and Outages Map
Yarra Valley Water – Enterprise Data Analytics Platform
SA Power Networks – Reducing risks from identity-based cyberattacks
Best Education Project
G8 Education – Family Services Team Project
Queensland Department of Education & Instructure Global Limited – QLearn
QUT (Queensland University of Technology) – Digital Connections Program
Monash University – Project Halo
Office for the Early Years, Department for Education, SA – The Early Years SA mobile app
Best Retail Project
Village Roadshow – Dynatrace Implementation – Sleepless Nights
Big Red Group – Unified platform for all BRG’s brand experiences
Best Telecommunications & Media Project
Northern Beaches Council – Installation of SD-WAN & Satellite solution
Queensland Country Bank – Infrastructure Transformation Project
NSW Telco Authority – Next Generation Digital Connectivity initiative
Best Health Project
DPV Health – Healthcare CRM as digital front door and single client view
eHealth NSW – Radiology Information Systems and Picture Archiving & Communications System
Johnson & Johnson – Ethicon2U
Indigo Australasia – geat2GO
Australian Digital Health Agency – My health app
IRT Group – Falls Predictor
Best Not for Profit Project
Epilepsy Foundation – The Epilepsy Smart Australia Program (ESAP)
The Salvation Army Australia – The Salvation Army National Contact Centre Project
Catholic Care Diocese of Broken Bay – Uniting Disparate Shadow Systems for Success
Federal Government Technology Leader
Peter O’Halloran, CDO, ADHA
Radi Kovacevic, CIO, Home Affairs
State Government Technology Leader
Dr. Eva Balan-Vnuk, Executive Director/Government CIO, SA Gov
Dr. Zoran Bolevich, Chief Executive, NSW Health
Justin Thurley, CIO, Tas Gov
Chris McLaren, Chief Customer and Digital Officer, QLD Gov
Local Government Technology Leader
Naran Gangavarapu, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Northern Beaches Council
Tom Gao, Chief Technology and Digital Services Officer, City of Sydney
Gaya Gounder, CIO, Camden Council
Tracey Whitelaw, CDO, LGAQ
Finance Technology Leader
Andrew Cresp, CIO, Bendigo & Adelaide Bank
David Walker, Group CTO, Westpac
Dr. Andrew McMullan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Commonwealth Bank
Tim Hogarth, CTO, ANZ
Michelle Bey, Chief Innovation Officer, Transformation Lead & Head of AI Strategy, Landers & Rogers
Jay Hira, Director, National Cyber Security Practice, Minter Ellison
Industrial & Energy Technology Leader
Dominic Hatfield, General Manager Digital & CIO, Sydney Water
Judith Powell, CIO, Transgrid
Shane Thatcher, CIO, Origin Energy Group
Catherine Buhler, CISO, EnergyAustralia
Paul Williams, CIO and Head of Technology, Pacific National
Education Technology Leader
Sinan Erbay, CIO, RMIT
Dr. Chrissy Burns, CIO, UNSW
Anthony Molinia, Chief Digital & Information Officer, University of Newcastle
Retail Technology Leader
John Hunt, CIO and Director of Group Enablement, Woolworths
Hugh Fahy, CTO, David Jones
Leigh Barnes, Chief Customer Officer, Intrepid
Telecommunications and Media Technology Leader
Gereurd Roberts, CDO, Seven West Media
Anna Clive, CIO, Aussie Broadband
Health Technology Leader
John Sutherland, CIO, HammondCare
Michelle Fitzgerald, Group Chief Digital Officer, St Vincent’s Health Australia
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