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IGNITE Awards shortlist announced

Written by Dominic Murphy | 02-Oct-2014 09:46:00

We are pleased to announce that the shortlisting process for the inaugural Nimbus Ninety IGNITE Awards is now complete.

We received a fantastic response from our call for entries, with an exceptionally high standard of submissions. After an extremely difficult process, the IGNITE judges have now whittled those entries down to three finalists for each category. 

The judges will now meet in person for the next stage of the examining process from which the winners will be chosen. These will then be announced at our IGNITE Awards ceremony and dinner on the evening of the first day of the IGNITE summit, on November 4.

We would like to sincerely thank all those that submitted an entry and offer our congratulations to all those that made it through.

Here are the finalists:

Agile IT Award

Judge Phil Pavitt, CIO, Specsavers

  • MacMillan Cancer Support
  • reed.co.uk
  • Clearswift’s Adaptive Redaction
Cloud Innovation Award

Judge Richard Sykes, Chair of the Cloud Industry Forum and Columnist, CIO Magazine

  • Department of Health
  • Travelex
  • London Borough of Hounslow
Customer Insight and Analytics Award

Judge Steve Whittle, Head of Business Intelligence, Rolls-Royce

  • Knit
  • BBC Worldwide
  • Yoyo
Disruptive Startup Award

Judge Mitra Memarzia, Digital Consultant, IC Tomorrow, Technology Strategy Board

  • SalesGossip
  • Clear Books
  • Woodford Investment Management
  •                        
Internet of Things Award

Judge Mischa Dohler, Professor in Wireless Communication, Kings College London

  • Hive by British Gas
  • Panasonic Appliance Air-conditioning Europe
  • SwipeStation
  •                        
Security Award

Judge Paul Simmonds, CEO, Global Identity Foundation

  • Babock International Group
  • Winchester University
  • Gift Voucher Shop
  •                        
Mobile Innovation Award

Judge George Evers, Head of Channels, Corporate Banking Division, RBS

  • Mastercard
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Uber
  •                          
Social Media Innovation Award

Judge Shira Feuer, Head of Social Media EMEA, Walt Disney Company

  • Brandwatch
  • BuzzFeed
  • Knit
  •                          
Enterprise Disruptor Award

Judge Matt Warman, Technology Editor, Telegraph Media Group

  • MacMillan Cancer Support
  • MasterCard
  • SalesGossip
  •                          

We wish all of our finalists the best of luck, and once again than you to all those that entered.

If you are interested in attending the awards ceremony on November 4, directly after the first day of the IGNITE summit, please contact sophie.gill@nimbusninety.com for more information.