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Our 2023 awards were the biggest to date, with individual awards for the UK, DACH and North American regions for the first time, as well as our online global ceremony.
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Our first ever in-person event was held in London and we return to England’s capital again in 2023 to crown the very best of the United Kingdom’s cloud talent. An unforgettable event at the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane also helped raise money for St. Martin’s School in Kenya.
Our 2023 winners impressed the judges for the way they truly shone in their approach to cloud technology. From digital innovation to making the industry a better place for all, it was an outstanding year that made our judges’ task unenviable.
Highly Commended:
Chris Huntingford
Highly Commended:
Anna Brailsford
Outstanding Contribution to the Earth Joint Winners
Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Women in Dynamics
Outstanding Contribution to the Google Cloud Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Joe Birch
Outstanding Contribution to the Salesforce Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Gemma Blezard
Excellence in Learning and Development Winner
Highly Commended:
Deliveroo
Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Dan Pudwell
Best NetSuite Partner to Work For Winner
Head in the Cloud
Best AWS Partner to Work For Winner
Tech for Good Winner
Bankuet
Exceptional Cloud Employer of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Version1
Best Google Cloud Partner to Work For Winner
Highly Commended:
Ancoris
Best Microsoft Partner to Work For Winner
Highly Commended:
Kocho
Digital Transformation Project of the Year Joint Winners
Best Salesforce Partner to Work For Joint Winners
Highly Commended:
Globant
Diversity Ally of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Laura Addison
Akshata Sawant
Developer Advocate at Salesforce
Amanda Beard-Neilson
Salesforce MVP, London Admins Trailblazer Community Group Leader and London’s Calling co-organiser
Cédric Assaouloff
Lead Digital and Innovation at Roche
Charlie Phipps
Power Platform Architect and Developer at Akari Solutions Limited
Chris Huntingford
Low Code Lead & Platform Evangelist at ANS Group
Christine Marshall
Courses and Community Director at Salesforce Ben
Hugo Barona
Cloud Solutions Architect at Ergo
Simon Whiteley
Director of Engineering at Advancing Analytics
Ali King
Senior Data Engineer at Inspera
Amanda Sleight
Commercial Director, UK at AWS
Anna Brailsford
CEO of Code First Girls
Babita Kumar
Digital Innovation & SAFe Transformation at Roche Diagnostics Europe
Carolyn Brown
Chief Information Officer at British Medical Association
Charlene Hunter MBE
CEO & Founder of Coding Black Females
David Okeyode
EMEA CTO Azure Cloud at Palo Alto Networks
Elaine Forth
CEO of Hyphen8
Gatonga Theuri
Senior Program Manager at Diageo
Jonas Templestein
Co-founder and CTO at Monzo Bank
Lianne Potter
Head of SecOps at ASDA
Mark Young
Programme Director at Channel 4
Nadine Thomson
Chief Technology Officer, Media (GroupM)
Pooja Bagga
Technology Director/ Divisional CIO at Royal Mail
Sarah Rench
Director of Data, AI and Industry Solutions, Global Data & AI Centre Excellence at Avanade
Tanya Powell
Co-CTO at Coding Black Females
Code First Girls
Cloudreach
Deliveroo
Bam Boom Cloud
BlueSky Citadel
Globant
Capgemini
Dan Pudwell
Principal Cloud Architect at Cloudsoft Corporation
Westminster City Council
Phil Horn
Director at Steamhaus & Organiser of AWS ComSum
Daniel Irvine
Freelance software developer
Yan Cui
Principal Consultant at The Burning Monk, AWS Serverless Hero and Author
Gillian McCann
Co-Founder and CTO at Workgrid Software
Natalie Gray
Partner Engagement at Codurance
Gregor Suttie
Microsoft MVP and Azure Architect at Intercept
NHS
OceanMind
Chris Taylor
Senior Service Engineer at Microsoft
Pragati Jain
Manager at Avanade
Women in Dynamics
Dr Victoria Holt
Founder at Data Toboggan
Sharon Sumner
CEO at Casper365
Sray Agarwal
Principle Consultant at Fractal
Laura Morinigo
Developer Advocate / Principal Engineer at Samsung Electronics UK
Joe Birch
Senior Engineer at Buffer
Vinita Silaparasetty
Data Science Trainer at Just IT
Jason Berryman
Google Developers Expert & Event speaker at 418.dev
Susanna Wong
Senior Consultant, Front End Engineering at QuantumBlack
Francis Pindar
Salesforce Architect & Coach at AdminToArchitect.com
Akshata Sawant
Salesforce Developer Advocate at Salesforce
Keir Bowden
CTO at BrightGen
Adam Foyston
Director at Cloudforce Consultancy
Gemma Blezard
Founder at The Architech Club & Ladies Be Architects
Louise Lockie
Salesforce Consultant and Trainer at Tangara Consulting
Magway
Satellite Vu
Too Good To Go
Circulor
Carbon Clean
Greyparrot
Capgemini
Cognizant – Amref Health Africa
Cognizant – Network Rail
Gymshark
Ancoris
IBM Consulting
E-Sign
Clausematch
ClearBank
Domino’s
IBM
AND Digital
Opencast
Smart Pension
Insight Direct
Phoenix Software
Version 1
xDesign
AWS
IBM
Opencast
Capgemini
Ancoris
Experian
M&G
SAP UK
Sage
Ernst & Young
Kim Warren
Managing Consultant at Credera
Laura Addison
Senior Program Manager EMEA, AWS re/Start
Sarah Tok
Talent Acquisition Partner at Capgemini Invent
Richard Regan
Head of Cloud Partner Engineering, UK + IE at Google
Neetu Kumar
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition – Technology at Centrica
Bankuet
Beam
C The Signs
Elvie
Cognizant
Glean
Tred
IntoFilm
Infinity Group
OLIO
Credera
IBM
Forensic Analytics
Tech Mahindra
Softcat
Databricks
Infinity Works
Green Custard Ltd.
EPAM Solutions
CTS
Ancoris
Nordcloud
Liberty Global
Hitachi Solutions
HSO Enterprise Solutions
IBM
Coeo
Kocho
Incremental Group
Proventeq Limited
Six Degrees
The NAV People
Capgemini
Nebula Consulting
Dentsu – Merkle
Hyphen8
IBM
Globant
Prodapt
CGI
Atos
Slalom
Eureka Solutions
Head in The Cloud
Next Technik
NoBlue
MacroFin
Brightbridge
Nolan Business
The Digital Revolution Awards celebrate the cloud industry’s very best pioneers, innovators and glass ceiling breakers across categories that recognize sustainability, employer branding, ED&I, talent development, and L&D. We’ve put together an expert panel that represents some of tech’s leading figures, meaning they’re best placed to judge the individuals and organizations that have truly excelled in the last year.
Paddy leads the AWS team working with UK Software Companies (ISVs) to accelerate their growth using differentiated technologies for developing great software products, implementing SaaS models, and gaining access to broader market opportunities through the Amazon Partner Network. Paddy has over 30 years of experience as a Sales Leader and General Manager for technology firms globally including DXC Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Unisys and Fujitsu.
With over 20 years’ experience driving technological change, Richard is Google Cloud’s Head of Partner Engineering for the UK and Ireland. In his role he drives partners towards technical excellence and scale, supporting them in pre-sales and delivery, to benefit Google Cloud customers. He’s currently spending time building out Project Katalyst, a program specifically designed to bring underrepresented individuals into the Google Cloud ecosystem through developing their skills on Google Cloud and introducing them to partners, for early career, life-changing jobs.
Maya is a delivery and sales executive with 18 years of experience across three continents. She speaks five languages and is a highly energetic and detail oriented leader. Having started in the aviation industry, through project management consultancy, PMO and process optimisation, Maya now specialises in Salesforce, and serves as an Associate Partner at IBM’s Salesforce practice and Center of Competence.
Possessing a wealth of knowledge and experience in Data Management within the charitable sector, Munira was shortlisted for the Women in IT Summit and Awards Series in 2022. Munira is passionate about promoting equality for women and leading by example in all aspects of life, making it her mission to motivate, inspire and empower women of all backgrounds to live life free of oppression and to their full potential.
Mark Martin MBE is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Education Practice. A thought leader and hugely popular speaker, he has a passion for sharing his expertise and insights to educators around the world. He is a teacher/advisor for the major global tech brands and continues to advocate for home-grown talent, digital skills and education equity. In May 2022, Mark was recognised as one of the top 50 most influential people in UK IT by Computer Weekly. In 2019, he was awarded an MBE for services to education, technology, and diversity in UK technology.
Courtney ‘s helps to shape the way Capgemini Invent UK creates long term, sustainable value for clients, enabling them with fresh perspectives and digital solutions so that they can play a transformative role in addressing planetary, people and systems challenges. Courtney has a proven track record of implementing innovative technology solutions across sectors, helping clients with a broad range of strategic and operational sustainability challenges. She is an expert in facilitating multilateral collaboration around complex sustainable development challenges.
Joe is the AWS Digital Native business Leader across the EMEA region, supporting scale up customers who use cloud technology as a business growth enabler. Prior to leading the digital native business, Joe was Chief Operating Officer for the AWS UKI/EU business responsible for end-to-end management of sales and business expansion activities. He has over 20 years’ experience in various leading technology and finance companies in sales business development leadership roles, including HP and the Rothschild banking group.
Venturing into the world of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software development and implementation at the age of 23, Anna has always found enjoyment in getting hands-on and tackling tech sector challenges. Always eager to learn, she quickly developed her knowledge, leading to Anna stepping into roles at several multinational companies. It wasn’t long before she took the leap into entrepreneurship, building her first tech company from the ground up at the age of just 26. Selling this business on after eight successful years, Anna took up a tenure at Capita, where she gained exposure to Management Information Systems (MIS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The skills she acquired there led her to found Tisski in 2011.
A business-focused technology executive with two decades of experience, Daria’s signature is driving bottom-line value, scale, and commercial revenue growth through digital solutions, business transformation, and technology innovation. Daria has held progressive IT leadership roles at a number of global Fortune 500s in the consumer products market, where she has built a reputation as a visionary leader, strategic relationship builder, change agent, and value driver with a deep understanding of all enterprise functions.
Chris has been a member of the IBM Consulting UK&I Senior Leadership team since 2021 and was nominated to the IBM Black Executive Council in 2020. In this role as Strategic Partner Leader, his key area of focus is to increase collaboration across business development, sales and delivery with IBM’s strategic partners to support clients’ digital and cloud transformation initiatives. With 20 years’ experience, across industries, Chris has proven transactional, transformational and network leadership skills. He is a collaborator, passionate about empowering people, and driving value creation and tangible business outcomes for clients.
Vicky Critchley is the CEO of cloud software solutions company Bam Boom Cloud, and a recent Digital Revolution Award winner. An advocate for people being their authentic selves at work, Vicky places an emphasis on building cultures that value empathy and kindness.
Natalie joined Revolent in 2020 as the UK Business Development Director and is responsible for leading the business development team and ultimately winning new business, growing existing accounts and building our client relationships. Prior to maternity leave, Natalie spent 4 years working across Frank Recruitment Group in the UK, USA & Netherlands covering various sales operational roles along with a variety of projects including the salesforce implementation. Natalie has over 12 years of recruitment experience within professional services and 7 years focussing on clients within the UK Financial Services market.
Sajeel’s 20-year consulting career has been focused on the delivery of high-quality global transformation programmes. This has spanned across multiple industries including construction, life sciences, professional services, manufacturing, and public sector. Sajeel is currently Head of Consulting Services UK at Hitachi Solutions Europe, where he leads a practice of over 400 professionals specialising in developing innovative end-to-end solutions for clients, utilizing Microsoft Cloud products and solutions.
Heading up the EMEA Strategic Partner Organization at Salesforce, Alan has over 25 years’ experience working in the technology sector, at Microsoft, Cisco and Salesforce in a variety of Sales, Sales Leadership and Strategic Alliances roles. He’s energized by “what can be” building new go-to markets, partnerships and opportunities, and has a passion for technology and the impact innovation can have on all our lives.
Vice President | Goldman Sachs
Emmanuel works for Goldman Sachs within the global market division and heads the ION Workflow Engineering team, which is responsible for the pre-trade quoting workflow tools used across sales and trading for various FICC standardized flow products (Credit, Interest Rate Products, Mortgages, EM bonds, Credit Derivatives, and Interest Rate Swaps) around the world. He is a member of the company’s Firmwide Black Network steering committee and co-head of the Goldman Sachs EMEA Black Engineers Network.
Ruth is a go-to commentator on the evolving technology and business landscape. A regular speaker on the importance of diversity and inclusion in business, she was nominated for Diversity Leader of the Year 2017 by Tech Leaders UK. In 2019, she founded Limitless, a forum for women executives and leaders. Acquisitions International recognized her as Most Influential Global Business Tech Consultant 2021 and 2022, and she was also voted one of the most influential women in UK Tech 2022 by Computer Weekly.
Partner | Pomerol
Leon Gordon is a leader in data analytics, a current thought leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a thought leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and a partner at Pomerol Partners. During the last decade, he has helped organizations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data. Leon is a chair for the Microsoft Power BI – UK community group and the DataDNA data visualization community as well as an international speaker and advisor.
VP of Engineering & Technical Program Management | Onfido
Craig works with AWS’ SI partners to drive
cloud adoption at scale. A 20+ year veteran of the communications and software industry, with companies including Cable and Wireless, COLT and Oracle, Craig is a passionate believer in the power of partnerships to drive customer outcomes. A self-confessed geek, he also enjoys seeing how technology and
talent merge to create innovation.
Marius leads Credera UK’s technology function, helping clients solve their most complex strategic challenges in cloud, data, engineering, strategy, and transformation. As CTO he has overall responsibility for the company’s technical strategy and employees, both customer-facing and internal. An enthusiastic proponent of open source technologies, cloud-native architectures and DevOps, Marius has deep technical knowledge across software and infrastructure, with particular recent experience of Big Data and microservice application delivery. On top of all this, he continues to find time to keep up his hands-on skills in software and infrastructure.
With over 10 years of experience in the technology sector, Jason got his first taste of working with Technology Partners at Microsoft, supporting them to modernise in the cloud and go-to-market into Financial Services.
After joining AWS in 2018, Jason now leads the UKI ISV Partner Sales team, bringing together best-in-class ISV solutions with AWS native services to deliver joint solutions for our customers accelerating their transformation. When he’s not fostering the growth of the ISV co-sell business in UKI, Jason likes to run (daily), cook, and cheer on Arsenal FC.
COO | DCW Group
Sarah is an experienced people manager, having worked in the legal sector for 16 years. Her current role is focused on delivery and support functions, driving exceptional performance through effective development and management of resources. She has been considered a “trouble shooter” by previous employers with an excellent success rate when it comes to problem solving, and was recruited to address culture change and personnel following a business acquisition. A specialist in managing business support and operations, she prides herself on being a consistent team player who can deliver on time and meet high expectations. Sarah has also been a business mentor with the Princes Trust in her spare time and was involved with the charity for four years.
Samantha has been happily entrenched in the cybersecurity industry for over 20 years. During this time she has helped hundreds of organizations of all shapes, sizes, and geographies recover and learn from cyberattacks, defined strategy for pioneering security products and technologies, and is a regular speaker at security conferences around the world. In her current role Sam heads up EMEA marketing for Exabeam, and is also a member of the global security strategy team. She authors articles and blogs for various security publications, has a strong passion for mentoring, and often volunteers at cybersecurity community events, including BSides, The Diana Initiative, and Blue Team Village (DEFCON).
Lee has over two decades of experience in strategy, architecture and technology consulting. Prior to joining Opencast as Chief Technology Officer, he led global IT enterprise and solution architecture functions at FTSE 100 software company Sage, and has worked with a diverse range of public and private sector clients, shaping technology-enabled business solutions on major transformation programs for Capgemini, BT Global Services and Atos.
Richard is a Partner Strategy Director with over two decades of experience in the Microsoft channel. During this time, he has carried out a number of local and global roles at both Microsoft and several leading Systems Integrators. He is currently part of the leadership team at Seer 365, helping partners around the world transform their traditional Microsoft Dynamics 365 sales and implementation models. Richard is a board member of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) for UK and EMEA and he is a strong believer in the power of organizations working and learning together. He is always happy to create links between great people and great organisations.
As Global Strategic Partner Manager for Trailhead, Salesforce’s training and certification organization, Simon is responsible for the Salesforce Authorized Training Provider program. Simon has 30 years’ multi-national experience within the IT training industry, in a number of cross-functional leadership positions, for organizations such as Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Avid Technologies.
As Operations Director, Dave has overseen HSO’s organic growth in the UK over the last 10 years, having responsibility for project delivery and customer relationships. The company has grown to be one of the largest Microsoft Dynamics partners in the channel, with Dave responsible for creating hiring initiatives to underpin this, bringing new delivery capability into the team from outside of the channel and initiating a graduate recruitment program.
Prior to joining HSO, he had a career encompassing financial roles in accountancy and health, prior to managing the implementation of an ERP system within a publicly quoted distribution business. This led to a move into the IT services sector, where Dave was responsible for the creation of two Microsoft Dynamics delivery practices for different partners.
Specializing in Modern Workplace solutions, Alex has maintained a passion for technological change for more than 20 years. He began his career with Lotus Notes in the 1990s, before moving to SharePoint in 2007 and then to the wider Microsoft 365 stack. Alex works with clients across many industries and geographies to identify business pain points, realize opportunities, and bring about successful and lasting change that benefits everyone involved.
CEO | Rebura
Aaron is a cloud innovator with vast experience in driving cloud adoption and improvements across a range of companies from global corporates to start-ups. As the founder of Rebura, one of the UK’s fastest-growing AWS Advanced Consulting Partners and AWS Rising Star Partner of the Year 2020, Aaron has a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing pioneering solutions in the cloud computing environment.
Director of Change Enablement EMEA | EPAM
Working in the IT and transformation space for over 25 years, what is important to Helena is ensuring every person impacted by the change are aware and engaged every step of the transformation.—people are her passion. She is also a strong believer in linking the business case ROI to adoption of the tech and new ways of working, to promote and secure success. As a program/change director, Helena has led multi-functional teams across the globe in numerous sectors, delivering critical business, finance, operational and cloud technology solutions. For the last 10 years she has specialised in Salesforce, enabling companies to realise their CRM dreams.
RVP / Senior Director – Strategic Partner Growth, UK&I | Salesforce
Paddy leads the AWS team working with UK Software Companies (ISVs) to accelerate their growth using differentiated technologies for developing great software products, implementing SaaS models, and gaining access to broader market opportunities through the Amazon Partner Network. Paddy has over 30 years of experience as a Sales Leader and General Manager for technology firms globally including DXC Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Unisys and Fujitsu.
With over 20 years’ experience driving technological change, Richard is Google Cloud’s Head of Partner Engineering for the UK and Ireland. In his role he drives partners towards technical excellence and scale, supporting them in pre-sales and delivery, to benefit Google Cloud customers. He’s currently spending time building out Project Katalyst, a program specifically designed to bring underrepresented individuals into the Google Cloud ecosystem through developing their skills on Google Cloud and introducing them to partners, for early career, life-changing jobs.
Maya is a delivery and sales executive with 18 years of experience across three continents. She speaks five languages and is a highly energetic and detail oriented leader. Having started in the aviation industry, through project management consultancy, PMO and process optimisation, Maya now specialises in Salesforce, and serves as an Associate Partner at IBM’s Salesforce practice and Center of Competence.
Possessing a wealth of knowledge and experience in Data Management within the charitable sector, Munira was shortlisted for the Women in IT Summit and Awards Series in 2022. Munira is passionate about promoting equality for women and leading by example in all aspects of life, making it her mission to motivate, inspire and empower women of all backgrounds to live life free of oppression and to their full potential.
Mark Martin MBE is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Education Practice. A thought leader and hugely popular speaker, he has a passion for sharing his expertise and insights to educators around the world. He is a teacher/advisor for the major global tech brands and continues to advocate for home-grown talent, digital skills and education equity. In May 2022, Mark was recognised as one of the top 50 most influential people in UK IT by Computer Weekly. In 2019, he was awarded an MBE for services to education, technology, and diversity in UK technology.
Courtney ‘s helps to shape the way Capgemini Invent UK creates long term, sustainable value for clients, enabling them with fresh perspectives and digital solutions so that they can play a transformative role in addressing planetary, people and systems challenges. Courtney has a proven track record of implementing innovative technology solutions across sectors, helping clients with a broad range of strategic and operational sustainability challenges. She is an expert in facilitating multilateral collaboration around complex sustainable development challenges.
Joe is the AWS Digital Native business Leader across the EMEA region, supporting scale up customers who use cloud technology as a business growth enabler. Prior to leading the digital native business, Joe was Chief Operating Officer for the AWS UKI/EU business responsible for end-to-end management of sales and business expansion activities. He has over 20 years’ experience in various leading technology and finance companies in sales business development leadership roles, including HP and the Rothschild banking group.
Venturing into the world of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software development and implementation at the age of 23, Anna has always found enjoyment in getting hands-on and tackling tech sector challenges. Always eager to learn, she quickly developed her knowledge, leading to Anna stepping into roles at several multinational companies. It wasn’t long before she took the leap into entrepreneurship, building her first tech company from the ground up at the age of just 26. Selling this business on after eight successful years, Anna took up a tenure at Capita, where she gained exposure to Management Information Systems (MIS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The skills she acquired there led her to found Tisski in 2011.
A business-focused technology executive with two decades of experience, Daria’s signature is driving bottom-line value, scale, and commercial revenue growth through digital solutions, business transformation, and technology innovation. Daria has held progressive IT leadership roles at a number of global Fortune 500s in the consumer products market, where she has built a reputation as a visionary leader, strategic relationship builder, change agent, and value driver with a deep understanding of all enterprise functions.
Chris has been a member of the IBM Consulting UK&I Senior Leadership team since 2021 and was nominated to the IBM Black Executive Council in 2020. In this role as Strategic Partner Leader, his key area of focus is to increase collaboration across business development, sales and delivery with IBM’s strategic partners to support clients’ digital and cloud transformation initiatives. With 20 years’ experience, across industries, Chris has proven transactional, transformational and network leadership skills. He is a collaborator, passionate about empowering people, and driving value creation and tangible business outcomes for clients.
Vicky Critchley is the CEO of cloud software solutions company Bam Boom Cloud, and a recent Digital Revolution Award winner. An advocate for people being their authentic selves at work, Vicky places an emphasis on building cultures that value empathy and kindness.
Natalie joined Revolent in 2020 as the UK Business Development Director and is responsible for leading the business development team and ultimately winning new business, growing existing accounts and building our client relationships. Prior to maternity leave, Natalie spent 4 years working across Frank Recruitment Group in the UK, USA & Netherlands covering various sales operational roles along with a variety of projects including the salesforce implementation. Natalie has over 12 years of recruitment experience within professional services and 7 years focussing on clients within the UK Financial Services market.
Sajeel’s 20-year consulting career has been focused on the delivery of high-quality global transformation programmes. This has spanned across multiple industries including construction, life sciences, professional services, manufacturing, and public sector. Sajeel is currently Head of Consulting Services UK at Hitachi Solutions Europe, where he leads a practice of over 400 professionals specialising in developing innovative end-to-end solutions for clients, utilizing Microsoft Cloud products and solutions.
Heading up the EMEA Strategic Partner Organization at Salesforce, Alan has over 25 years’ experience working in the technology sector, at Microsoft, Cisco and Salesforce in a variety of Sales, Sales Leadership and Strategic Alliances roles. He’s energized by “what can be” building new go-to markets, partnerships and opportunities, and has a passion for technology and the impact innovation can have on all our lives.
Vice President | Goldman Sachs
Emmanuel works for Goldman Sachs within the global market division and heads the ION Workflow Engineering team, which is responsible for the pre-trade quoting workflow tools used across sales and trading for various FICC standardized flow products (Credit, Interest Rate Products, Mortgages, EM bonds, Credit Derivatives, and Interest Rate Swaps) around the world. He is a member of the company’s Firmwide Black Network steering committee and co-head of the Goldman Sachs EMEA Black Engineers Network.
Ruth is a go-to commentator on the evolving technology and business landscape. A regular speaker on the importance of diversity and inclusion in business, she was nominated for Diversity Leader of the Year 2017 by Tech Leaders UK. In 2019, she founded Limitless, a forum for women executives and leaders. Acquisitions International recognized her as Most Influential Global Business Tech Consultant 2021 and 2022, and she was also voted one of the most influential women in UK Tech 2022 by Computer Weekly.
Partner | Pomerol
Leon Gordon is a leader in data analytics, a current thought leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a thought leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and a partner at Pomerol Partners. During the last decade, he has helped organizations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data. Leon is a chair for the Microsoft Power BI – UK community group and the DataDNA data visualization community as well as an international speaker and advisor.
VP of Engineering & Technical Program Management | Onfido
Craig works with AWS’ SI partners to drive
cloud adoption at scale. A 20+ year veteran of the communications and software industry, with companies including Cable and Wireless, COLT and Oracle, Craig is a passionate believer in the power of partnerships to drive customer outcomes. A self-confessed geek, he also enjoys seeing how technology and
talent merge to create innovation.
Marius leads Credera UK’s technology function, helping clients solve their most complex strategic challenges in cloud, data, engineering, strategy, and transformation. As CTO he has overall responsibility for the company’s technical strategy and employees, both customer-facing and internal. An enthusiastic proponent of open source technologies, cloud-native architectures and DevOps, Marius has deep technical knowledge across software and infrastructure, with particular recent experience of Big Data and microservice application delivery. On top of all this, he continues to find time to keep up his hands-on skills in software and infrastructure.
With over 10 years of experience in the technology sector, Jason got his first taste of working with Technology Partners at Microsoft, supporting them to modernise in the cloud and go-to-market into Financial Services.
After joining AWS in 2018, Jason now leads the UKI ISV Partner Sales team, bringing together best-in-class ISV solutions with AWS native services to deliver joint solutions for our customers accelerating their transformation. When he’s not fostering the growth of the ISV co-sell business in UKI, Jason likes to run (daily), cook, and cheer on Arsenal FC.
COO | DCW Group
Sarah is an experienced people manager, having worked in the legal sector for 16 years. Her current role is focused on delivery and support functions, driving exceptional performance through effective development and management of resources. She has been considered a “trouble shooter” by previous employers with an excellent success rate when it comes to problem solving, and was recruited to address culture change and personnel following a business acquisition. A specialist in managing business support and operations, she prides herself on being a consistent team player who can deliver on time and meet high expectations. Sarah has also been a business mentor with the Princes Trust in her spare time and was involved with the charity for four years.
Samantha has been happily entrenched in the cybersecurity industry for over 20 years. During this time she has helped hundreds of organizations of all shapes, sizes, and geographies recover and learn from cyberattacks, defined strategy for pioneering security products and technologies, and is a regular speaker at security conferences around the world. In her current role Sam heads up EMEA marketing for Exabeam, and is also a member of the global security strategy team. She authors articles and blogs for various security publications, has a strong passion for mentoring, and often volunteers at cybersecurity community events, including BSides, The Diana Initiative, and Blue Team Village (DEFCON).
Lee has over two decades of experience in strategy, architecture and technology consulting. Prior to joining Opencast as Chief Technology Officer, he led global IT enterprise and solution architecture functions at FTSE 100 software company Sage, and has worked with a diverse range of public and private sector clients, shaping technology-enabled business solutions on major transformation programs for Capgemini, BT Global Services and Atos.
Richard is a Partner Strategy Director with over two decades of experience in the Microsoft channel. During this time, he has carried out a number of local and global roles at both Microsoft and several leading Systems Integrators. He is currently part of the leadership team at Seer 365, helping partners around the world transform their traditional Microsoft Dynamics 365 sales and implementation models. Richard is a board member of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) for UK and EMEA and he is a strong believer in the power of organizations working and learning together. He is always happy to create links between great people and great organisations.
As Global Strategic Partner Manager for Trailhead, Salesforce’s training and certification organization, Simon is responsible for the Salesforce Authorized Training Provider program. Simon has 30 years’ multi-national experience within the IT training industry, in a number of cross-functional leadership positions, for organizations such as Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Avid Technologies.
As Operations Director, Dave has overseen HSO’s organic growth in the UK over the last 10 years, having responsibility for project delivery and customer relationships. The company has grown to be one of the largest Microsoft Dynamics partners in the channel, with Dave responsible for creating hiring initiatives to underpin this, bringing new delivery capability into the team from outside of the channel and initiating a graduate recruitment program.
Prior to joining HSO, he had a career encompassing financial roles in accountancy and health, prior to managing the implementation of an ERP system within a publicly quoted distribution business. This led to a move into the IT services sector, where Dave was responsible for the creation of two Microsoft Dynamics delivery practices for different partners.
Specializing in Modern Workplace solutions, Alex has maintained a passion for technological change for more than 20 years. He began his career with Lotus Notes in the 1990s, before moving to SharePoint in 2007 and then to the wider Microsoft 365 stack. Alex works with clients across many industries and geographies to identify business pain points, realize opportunities, and bring about successful and lasting change that benefits everyone involved.
CEO | Rebura
Aaron is a cloud innovator with vast experience in driving cloud adoption and improvements across a range of companies from global corporates to start-ups. As the founder of Rebura, one of the UK’s fastest-growing AWS Advanced Consulting Partners and AWS Rising Star Partner of the Year 2020, Aaron has a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing pioneering solutions in the cloud computing environment.
Director of Change Enablement EMEA | EPAM
Working in the IT and transformation space for over 25 years, what is important to Helena is ensuring every person impacted by the change are aware and engaged every step of the transformation.—people are her passion. She is also a strong believer in linking the business case ROI to adoption of the tech and new ways of working, to promote and secure success. As a program/change director, Helena has led multi-functional teams across the globe in numerous sectors, delivering critical business, finance, operational and cloud technology solutions. For the last 10 years she has specialised in Salesforce, enabling companies to realise their CRM dreams.
RVP / Senior Director – Strategic Partner Growth, UK&I | Salesforce
The city of Frankfurt is home to a rich history and picturesque skyline, and in 2023 it also became home to the Digital Revolution Awards for our DACH ceremony. Hosted by co-founder of The Humanized Internet, Monique Morrow, the event helped raise funds for St. Martin’s School and Teenage Cancer Trust.
The DACH region was also home to a variety of exceptional achievements in the cloud space in 2023. Our winners were crowned in person at Frankfurt’s JW Marriott hotel.
Tech Star of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Chris Huntingford
Highly Commended:
Anna Brailsford
Highly Commended:
IBM
Outstanding Contribution to the Earth Winner
Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Benjamin Abt
Outstanding Contribution to the Google Cloud Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Ronna Steinberg
Outstanding Contribution to the Salesforce Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Alan Thomas Payne
Excellence in Learning and Development Winner
Highly Commended:
Deliveroo
Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Alexey Grigorev
Best Salesforce Partner to Work For Winner
Best AWS Partner to Work For Winner
Tech for Good Joint Winners
Exceptional Cloud Employer of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Version1
Best Microsoft Partner to Work For Winner
Highly Commended:
Ancoris
Digital Transformation Project of the Year Winner
Best Google Cloud Partner to Work For Winner
Highly Commended:
Ancoris
Digital Transformation Project of the Year Winner
Nana Janashia
Content Creator and DevOps Trainer at TechWorld with Nana
Alexey Grigorev
Principal Data Scientist at OLX Group and Founder of DataTalks.Club
Tobias Fenster
Microsoft MVP and Managing Partner at 4PS Germany
Martina Grom
IT-Consultant, Co-founder and CEO of atwor
Ragnar Heil
Microsoft MVP, Podcaster at Alex and Ragnar Show and Channel Account Manager EMEA Central at Quest Software
Adam Bien
AWS Hero, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Java Champion, JavaOne Rockstar, Podcaster, YouTuber, and Freelance Consultant
Christian Szandor Knapp
Salesforce MVP and Principal Technology Evangelist Salesforce at DIA
Gregor Reimling
Microsoft Azure MVP and Microsoft MCT, Managing Consultant at adesso SE
Angela Maragkopoulou
Chief Operating Officer at DWS Group
Felicitas Birkner
Head of Business & Head of Fujitsu Academy Expertise at Fujitsu
Kave Bulambo
Founder – Head of Talent at TalentDiverse EU
Georgie Smallwood
Chief Product Officer at TIER Mobility
Irina Schellenberg
Senior Associate Global SAP Alliance at PwC Deutschland
Sabine Bendiek
Chief People and Operating Officer, Member of the Executive Board at SAP
T-Systems
B.telligent
Unit 4
Deutsche Telekom
Persistent Systems
Nana Janashia
Content Creator and DevOps Trainer atTechWorld with Nana
Alexey Grigorev
Principal Data Scientist at OLX Group, Founder of DataTalks.Club
Renato Losio
AWS Data Hero and Principal Cloud Architect at Funambol
Sam Williams
Founder at Complete Coding
Thorsten Höger
AWS DevTools Hero and CEO, Cloud Automation Evangelist at Taimos GmbH Consulting
Benjamin Abt
Microsoft MVP and Principal Software Engineer at medialesson GmbH
Carsten Rachfahl
Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP & Azure MVP and Technical Director at Rachfahl IT-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
Thomas Maurer
Former Microsoft MVP and Senior PM and Chief Evangelist Azure Hybrid at Microsoft
Eric Berg
Microsoft MVP Azure and CDM and Vice President Consulting Expert at CGI
Sammy Deprez
Head of Technology at Arinti
Antje Lamartine
Microsoft MVP, Lead Adoption and Change Management M365 at IF-Blueprint AG
William Durkin
Co-Founder at Data Masterminds
Natalie Pistunovich
Lecturer: Cloud and Infrastructure atHochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
Ronna Steinberg
Technologist, Google Developer Expert for Go at Women Who Go Berlin, Chapter Lead
Enrique López Mañas
Freelance Software Engineer
Tomas Trajan
Managing Director at solveo GmbH
Christian Szandor Knapp
Salesforce MVP and Principal Technology Evangelist Salesforce at DIA
Sanchit Dua
Salesforce Architect at Adesso
Doina Popa
Chief Executive Officer at InnoTrue
Narender Singh
Salesforce MVP and Salesforce Developer at Salesfive Consulting GmbH
Alan Thomas Payne
Senior Project/Program Manager and Co-Lead the Frankfurt, Germany, Salesforce Trailblazer User Group
Cyril Louis
Salesforce MVP, CEO and Co-founder at Mavericx
Climeworks
Green City Solutions
CleanHub
Techem
Electric Feel
RiDERgy
Koenig & Bauer
Deutsche Bahn
Deloitte
Crayon
IN4IT
Necko Technologies
Fortinet
Mendix
IKEA
Fraunhofer Society
Roche
Inkitt
Dynatrace
Siemens
Delivery Hero
Allianz
Blinkist
Trivago
Climeworks
Ada
Amboss
Tracifier
TIER
Techem
Vera Solutions
PwC
Doctorly
Electric Feel
Dell Technologies
Rackspace
Adesso
Sycor GmbH
SVA System Vertrieb Alexander
Reply Group
Modus
Adesso
Eigenherd
Eureka Solutions
Head in The Cloud
Next Technik
NoBlue
MacroFin
Brightbridge
Nolan Business
NA
NA
The Digital Revolution Awards celebrate the cloud industry’s very best pioneers, innovators and glass ceiling breakers across categories that recognize sustainability, employer branding, ED&I, talent development, and L&D. We’ve put together an expert panel that represents some of tech’s leading figures, meaning they’re best placed to judge the individuals and organizations that have truly excelled in the last year.
Vice President Alliances & Channels | Salesforce
Markus leads Salesforce’s Global Industry Business Development and Competitive Programs team, which are part of its Industry Advisory organization. He joined Salesforce in July 2020 after six years at McKinsey & Co, where he served as their Vice President of Digital Transformation and IOT. Markus has over 22 years of tech experience working in senior leadership roles in sales, program management and strategy consulting, working for companies that include Cisco, Telefonica and Deloitte.
Small & Medium Business Sales Lead Business Applications | Microsoft
Astrid is an experienced sales and marketing leader with a track record of business strategy, sales leadership and hands-on execution excellence. With more than eight years of expertise in the IT industry, she has established herself as a successful woman in tech in an international organization. Currently leading Small and Medium Business Sales for Business Applications across 12 countries for the Microsoft Western Europe Headquarters, Astrid is also Co-Founder of #thenewITgirls – a community for women in IT that aims to empower and support women in the tech industry.
As a business consultant and IT change expert, Doris’ activities focus on the human aspects of digital transformation, such as employee acceptance or the successful integration of new technologies into modern corporate cultures and processes. In recent years, she has specialized in various Microsoft 365 services such as Microsoft Teams, Yammer, SharePoint Online and the employee experience platform Viva. Doris graduated from the College of Multimedia Design at the “Graphische” in Vienna and found her way into IT only by chance. Since then, she has put her heart and soul into it and founded the IT women’s network #thenewITgirls. She has worked at Communardo Software Gmbh since 2021 and is Location Manager in Vienna.
CEO | DIA
CEO | avameo GmbH
Andreas is a serial entrepreneur and passionate computer scientist, with more than 25 years of experience using it in business. As CEO of avameo GmbH he supports companies in developing their digitization strategy, and is currently working on an innovative personnel development software that’s based on a big data and AI research project. He supports young entrepreneurs as a coach and is a member of the jury for start-ups from the renewable energy sector at the PitchNight Spreewind in Potsdam. He also lectures at well-known universities and passes on his practical experience to young talents.
CEO & Co-Founder | Mavericx
Cyril is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mavericx, a professional services firm that helps companies ensure the very best customer experience each and every time. Mavericx deliver innovative and outstanding cutting-edge solutions using platforms such as Salesforce, Ibexa, Celonis, UiPath and complementary Cloud technologies. Prior to setting up Mavericx, Cyril obtained his MBA from ISC Paris Business School, and acquired over 20 years’ experience in the technology and marketing industries. Cyril also regularly shares his vision on topics such as digital transformation and omnichannel customer experience, whether in publications or at conferences.
Recruiting Lead and HR Business Partner | entero AG
Partner, Salesforce Consulting Leader | PwC
Sales Director | Salesforce Partner
Jacqueline is a most recent Directorial appointment at EPAM, joining to lead their DACH Salesforce Partner Business.
With over 25 years of IT experience in Senior Leadership roles across enterprise sales, alliances, partner management, and strategic consulting, Jacqueline has worked with the likes of Dell, BMC for Cisco and Salesforce, Mindtree, Vonage, and Copado.
Jacqueline is proudly ITIL V3 certified and has served the Salesforce ecosystem for almost two decades at both the ISV and GSI levels in EMEA and across the globe.
Igor has headed the Infrastructure-as-a-Service business unit at Ingram Micro since 2020, and is responsible for cloud partner recruitment, enablement and scale for Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. He currently leads a team consisting of Sales, Pre-Sales and Business Development Managers. Having first joined the company in 2015, he was previously responsible for the portfolio of Ingram Micro’s Cloud Marketplace in Germany and also running Ingram Micro’s German start-up competition Come Challenge in 2019.
Head of Customer Experience and CRM | Neo Technologies
Claude is a growth-focused leader with a track record of unlocking value for tech and multinational corporations through successful product/service digital strategies and launches, agile business transformation strategies, and marketing across varies B2B/B2C segments globally. His areas of expertise also includes marketing communications, GDPR, data security and compliance, and digital strategy development. An experienced leader, Claude has also served as a coach and mentor throughout his career.
Founder and CEO | NFQ X GmbH
Practice Manager, Enterprise Packaged Apps. EMEA | Infosys
Prateek spearheads the Enterprise Package service line for Infosys in Europe, which has a significant footprint across the central and eastern regions on the continent. His team pioneers large scale digital transformation programs in Europe by building futuristic business models, best in class business processes and harnessing the power of cloud, analytics and intelligence. Prateek is passionate about nurturing a world-class consulting practice which leaves a lasting impact for his customers.
CEO | Mainfilm
Sebastian is a true visionary in the world of digital entertainment. With livyu, he has transformed the way people experience live music, creating the first digital concert hall for A-list artists and festivals in the EU. His expertise in digital marketing and content creation also led him to found Lookin’Friday, a digital experience agency that focuses on fun and conversion-focused B2B marketing. As CEO of Mainfilm, he brings his innovative approach to the production of B2B content formats for the web 2.0 era.
Director | PwC
Oliver leads PwC‘s enterprise agility consulting practice in Germany. He has worked in professional consulting for more than 15 years, working on large IT and digital transformations across a number of industries. Oliver is a known expert in agile transformations, with a focus on bridging the silos between functions towards a client-focused and product-oriented operating model. Oliver understands technology and cloud enablement as key levers to drive this forward, and is passionate about using tech to make a difference.
Director Digital Workplace Engineering | CONET
Senior Manager | Arlanis Reply
Partner | PwC
Sebastian Paas is a cloud and digital leader in Germany and EMEA with over 20 years of professional experience in CIO and technology consulting. He specializes in the planning and management of large IT transformations, as well as IT strategic issues, and is a regular columnist at CIO Magazine Online, as well as a blogger and guest lecturer at the renowned ESCP Europe.
Group Chief Operating Officer | Expersoft Systems
Dominic’s background is in advanced technology and its application to varied business domains, with a central focus on financial services solutions. He is currently COO at Group level and is responsible for the evolution of group products, including the flagship PM1 solution for wealth and asset management. Dominic has published more than 60 peer-reviewed academic publications, holds patents, and is an occasional consultant to the European Commission ICT research programme.
Managing Director, Germany & Spain – Director, UK | EMPAUA DE
Florian is Managing Director at Salesforce consulting firm EMPAUA. With over a decade of leadership experience he is part of the team helping hyper-growth companies use digital solutions to help drive their businesses forward, whilst also empowering its own people to constantly grow alongside them.
Partner Strategic Hyperscaler Alliances DACH
Ruediger leads strategic partnerships with cloud providers within IBM Consulting Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In his role he is responsible for driving businesses together with alliance partners, shaping new joint offerings and supporting the continuous growth of the hyperscale practice within IBM Consulting. Prior to this Ruediger worked in international leadership positions at large cloud providers like Google, Microsoft and Oracle.
Partner, Digital Operations | PwC
Martin is a Partner in PwC’s technology consulting practice and leads the digital operations analytics team, with a focus on data strategy and big data. He has more than 15 years of experience in data and analytics and is an expert in data-driven transformations. He has a proven track record in medium and large scale projects and programs, with hands-on experience in implementing highly effective solutions. Furthermore, he has worked in various industries developing data lake architectures based on different technology stacks.
Managing Director, Germany & Spain – Director, UK | EMPAUA DE
Florian is Managing Director at Salesforce consulting firm EMPAUA. With over a decade of leadership experience he is part of the team helping hyper-growth companies use digital solutions to help drive their businesses forward, whilst also empowering its own people to constantly grow alongside them.
North America saw its own online ceremony and fundraiser in the 2023 Digital Revolution Awards, which helped raise funds for social non-profit initiative Climb Hire. Home to a rich pool of cloud innovators and evangelists, we celebrated the very best of the best from North America in style.
Our North American winners were decided after some of the toughest judging roundtables in the history of the Digital Revolution Awards. With joint winners and highly commended names in many categories, it showed the true depth that exists in cloud ecosystems across North America.
Tech for Good Winner
Food Rescue
Highly Commended:
Food Rescue
Excellence in Learning and Development Joint Winners
Per Scholas
The Hidden Genius Project
Highly Commended:
Code First Girls
Chambal Academy
Outstanding Contribution to the Earth Winner
Oceanworks
Outstanding Contribution to the Google Cloud Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Annyce Davis
Outstanding Leader of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Name here
Outstanding Contribution to the Salesforce Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Name here
Tech Star of the Year Joint Winners
Highly Commended:
Aly Murray
Diversity Ally of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Name here
Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Julie Yack
Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Hiroko Nishimura
Kesha Williams
Exceptional Cloud Employer of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Name here
Digital Transformation Project of the Year Winner
Best ServiceNow Partner to Work For Winner
Best AWS Partner to Work For Winner
Best Google Cloud Partner to Work For Winner
Highly Commended:
Softserve
Best Microsoft Partner to Work For Joint Winners
Highly Commended:
Name here
Best Salesforce Partner to Work For Joint Winners
Slalom
Spaulding Ridge
Highly Commended:
Name here
Best NetSuite Partner to Work For Winner
Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Name here
After a record-breaking year for nominations in the Digital Revolution Awards, the following have been recognized by our judges for using cloud technology to make the world a better place to live and work, and will be celebrated and a winner declared at our virtual awards ceremony and fundraiser in May.
Tiki
Food Rescue
Deaf Kids Code
Oceanworks
Polaris Project
Aly Murray
Founder and Executive Director at UPchieve
Charity Water
John O’Hare
Catalyst Consulting Group
Per Scholas
CareMessage
Quit Genius
Black Girls Code
Per Scholas
Black Boys Code
The Hidden Genius Project
Chick Tech
TechBridge
Atomic Object
Dynatrace
Land IQ
Oceanworks
Beyond Meat
Teak™ Smart Cube
Lani Yune
Salesforce Consultant Associate at IBM
JN Hernández
DevOps Engineer at Azavea
Sharda Kumari
Salesforce Architect at Airbnb
Aly Murray
Founder and Executive Director at UPchieve
Jessica Singh
Associate Engineer at Cloudforia
Stanley See
Salesforce Developer at Gerent
Ivana Tilca
Microsoft Azure and AI MVP, Innovation Evangelist at 3XM Group
Jake Batchelor
Principal Software Engineer at Itron
Azure McFarlane
Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Senior Consultant at Hitachi Solutions America
Zohar Zimmerman
Salesforce Administrator at Autodesk Construction Solutions
Shireen Hafeez
Founder and President at Deaf Kids Code
Eric Dreshfield
Salesforce MVP and Founder and Event Co-Chair at Midwest Dreamin’
Adnan Masood
Chief Architect – AI & Machine Learning at UST and Regional Director at Microsoft
Julie Yack
Chief Operations Officer at Colorado Technology Consultants, Inc
Diana Carolina Torres
Microsoft MVP and Business Development Manager at Withum
Bradley Wyatt
Microsoft MVP and Cloud Solutions Architect at PSM Partners
Noelle Silver Russell
Microsoft MVP and Global AI Solutions Lead at Accenture
Sandy Ussia
Microsoft MVP and Co-Founder at NLightning LLC
Steve Mordue
Microsoft MVP and CEO at Forceworks
Jennifer Bland
Google Developers Expert and Senior Software Engineer at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Annyce Davis
Vice President Of Engineering at Meetup
Justin Schwartzenberger
Google Developer Expert and Product Manager and Educator at Narwhal Technologies Inc
Aaron Frost
CEO, Founder, Architect at HeroDevs
Ingram Micro Cloud
Pearl Latteier
Engineering Manager at Vercel
Ursula Burns
Senior advisor, Teneo
Laura Ipsen
President & CEO at Ellucian
Elizabeth Tobey
Head of Marketing Digital Solutions at NICE’s Digital Solutions Group
Derrick Reyes
CEO & Co-Founder at Queerly Health
Kathryn Finney
Author and Managing General Partner at Genius Guild
Aly Murray
Founder and Executive Director at UPchieve
Mitra Best
Partner and Technology Impact Leader at PwC
Tiffany Spencer
Salesforce MVP and Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Tech Forward Solutions
Ashley Allen and ITequality
Founder & Salesforce Architect at ITequality
Charise Van Liew
Salesforce MVP and Principal Associate, External Affairs at The Pew Charitable Trusts
Jocelyn Fennewald
Salesforce MVP and Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder at OpMentors
Marisa Hambleton
Salesforce MVP and Founder and CEO at MH2X
Cassie Supilowski
Salesforce MVP and Senior Director of Data Solutions at OneGoal
Krithika Dharmarajan
Salesforce MVP and Principal at Slalom
Beyond
Expensify
Rockset (US)
Afresh
American Express
CrowdStrike
KnowBe4
Noom
The Lifetime Value Co
Wells Fargo
Catalyst Consulting Group
American Airlines
NICE
UCM Digital Health
SeaWorld
The American National Bank of Texas (ANBTX)
Endiem
Bravium
GlideFast Consulting
InSource
Pathways Consulting Group
Evora IT Solutions
Stefanini
Mission Cloud
NetApp Inc
Prime TSR
Innovative Solutions
Zensar Technologies
Softserve
Searce
PA Consulting Group
66degrees
3Cloud
Enavate
Flexware Innovations
Forvis
McKinsey and Co
Unify Consulting
Ingram Micro Cloud
GraVoc Associates, Inc
Slalom
Catalyst Consulting Group
Skedulo
West Monroe Partners
Endiem
Innovate
Bolt Data
Spaulding Ridge
Crowe
Bridgepoint
Bryant Park Consulting
Connor Group
Beyond Cloud
Meroxa
Deloitte
Booz Allen
Everbridge
Cariloop
Red Hat
Brand XR
Workit Health
Blink
Branch
Zoom
Beyond
Expensify
Rockset (US)
Afresh
American Express
CrowdStrike
KnowBe4
Noom
The Lifetime Value Co
Wells Fargo
Catalyst Consulting Group
American Airlines
NICE
UCM Digital Health
SeaWorld
The American National Bank of Texas (ANBTX)
Endiem
The Digital Revolution Awards celebrate the cloud industry’s very best pioneers, innovators and glass ceiling breakers across categories that recognize sustainability, employer branding, ED&I, talent development, and L&D. We’ve put together an expert panel that represents some of tech’s leading figures, meaning they’re best placed to judge the individuals and organizations that have truly excelled in the last year.
Ashley leads the Salesforce Talent Alliance, working with Salesforce partners and customers to build the next generation of talent—one that reflects the communities where we live and work. Prior to this role, she spent 10+ years at the intersection of education and recruiting across roles in non-profit, education, and startup sectors. She is a born and bred New Yorker, and can tell you the best pizza spot within a 10 block radius of nearly any location in NYC.
Senior Cloud Solution Architect | Microsoft
Mike has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry and has done many roles throughout his career including, programming, product management, partner technology strategist and partner marketing to name a few. He currently works with some of Microsoft’s top partners to build solutions on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. He also loves following the latest technologies and holds 16 active Microsoft certifications.
Manager, TechSpark Metro | Microsoft Philanthropies
Erika is a social innovator focused on creating economic opportunities for communities of color. She leads Microsoft’s philanthropic portfolio for the TechSpark Metro Team (ATL, LA, and CHI), focused on advancing digital equity and inclusion and creating wealth-building pathways for communities of color. Before joining Microsoft, Erika focused on movement-building strategies and deepening organizational investment in creating economic pathways for BIPOC communities. As the Senior Program Manager for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, she increased investment in Black-led incubators and accelerators and developed platforms for youth engagement in the local economy. In addition, she served as the Assistant Director of Southside Community & Economic Development. During her tenure, she raised capital to develop and pilot new products to increase access to wealth-building systems and test a commercial down payment assistance program as an antidisplacement strategy.
Eric, a Partner within West Monroe’s Customer Solutions Practice, has over 25 years of consulting experience with a focus on leading large technology transformation initiatives within the customer relationship management space. Eric’s design and implementation depth spans key business processes including customer service, field service, and sales across multiple technology platforms. At West Monroe, Eric leads the Midwest Salesforce team focused on serving our most important Financial Services/Banking clients.
As the Chief Growth Officer of the largest global supplier of water to consumers and businesses, Cate is responsible for driving organic growth and delivering a differentiated Customer Experience. Prior to her role as CGO, she was Chief Operating Officer, with additional responsibility for Operations, Manufacturing, Production, Distribution, Supply Chain, Process Excellence and Quality. Prior to Primo Water, Cate worked in the technology industry at Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she led the Worldwide Sales Enablement, Training, and Communications functions. She utilized her go-to-market and product management expertise to design, build, and deliver AI and Machine Learning based technologies to push just-in-time training to sales and technical Amazonians across 132 countries. During her tenure, AWS grew their customer-facing teams from 10,000 in to 41,000, and grew revenue from $17B to a $59B.
Nitzan founded Climb Hire in 2019 as a way to create economic opportunity and mobility for people earning below liveable wage. Climb Hire marries social capital and non-coding tech skills together through a 4-5 month intensive training program. Climb Hire is Nitzan’s third social impact venture—she also founded ReUp Education, an Entangled Ventures company in 2015 and served as its founding CEO. She also founded the New York region of Citizen Schools, and is currently an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow. Early in her career she worked at the Department of Education in New York City, KIPP, and Teach for America. Nitzan holds a Masters in Public Administration from New York University and a BA from Stern College for Women.
Andrew helps his clients with an approachable attitude, and he emotionally invests in his teams. His work style has been described as action oriented and “get it done”, yet he maintains a lighthearted and fun persona. Andrew strongly believes in a servant leadership mindset. Andrew joined West Monroe in 2015 when Etherios, a division of Digi International, was acquired. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo and a master’s degree from Benedictine University.
Erin is currently establishing a Cloud Center of Excellence at Orion Advisor Solutions, focusing on cementing Orion’s partnership with AWS, facilitating the creation of v next business solutions, and establishing a user focused culture of observability. She relies heavily on her 20 years of varied leadership experience, both in deed and in title, which have instilled deep empathy for the client and end user, a sharp eye for right sized solutions, and the value of an hour – both for the organization and her teammates.
Gene Bornac is a well-respected thought leader with more than 35 years’ experience in the retail and consumer products industries. His leadership experience includes executive responsibility at several national and global consulting and software organizations. Gene has led design and delivery of numerous projects. Gene has led retail organizations at the local and field level as well as businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Gene’s expertise in many facets of commerce, especially Retail and CPG has provided insights and direction for companies he has worked with in the strategic consulting industry. He works with enterprises to help deliver real results for organizations and their customers. As a member of enVista’s executive leadership team, Gene runs several key solution groups, including the Microsoft Sales and Delivery team as well as enVista’s IT Managed Services and Retail consulting organizations.
Michael has over 20 years of experience in web application and mobile app development, consulting and management. He also authored Superpowered: 7 Leadership Superpowers Technology Executives Can Use to Grow a More Engaged, Tech-driven and Profitable Organization, a book that addresses key problem areas for technology executives trying to evolve into better leaders. Michael and Caxy serve clients in growing businesses who want to achieve enterprise value but are blocked when they realize nearly every initiative runs through technologyCaxy’s specialty is in creating customized web applications for business customers with a focus on performance, security, application modernization, and software innovation projects.
General Manager, Cloud FinOps | Spot by NetApp
Patrick is the General Manager of FinOps at Spot by NetApp, a company providing cloud optimization technology that allows customers to maximize their cloud savings. Patrick is a seasoned entrepreneur with his latest company acquired by Spot and now known as Spot Eco, where he continues to lead the Spot FinOps practice, setting strategic roadmap, product and sales strategies.
Karthik is an accomplished IT leader with over 25 years of experience in various aspects of IT including architecture, consulting, delivery, strategy, governance, project, and people management. Working as IT Solutions Director with Applied Materials, he is responsible for for creating solutions to critical problems in global supply chain & logistics.
VP | Spot by NetApp
As Global CIO, Eric leads technology strategy and execution for People2.0, supporting the world’s most comprehensive workforce deployment and management capabilities and delivering on People2.0’s ethos: the Human Spirit is the greatest Human Resource. With twenty-five years of business technology experience, Eric leads technology operations, strategic planning, infrastructure, security and privacy, and data assets across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC operating regions. Prior to People2.0, Eric held multiple regional and global leadership roles with Adecco Group. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and completed executive programs at IMD and the Wharton School.
Director of Delivery Excellence | 3Cloud
Director, Talent & Employability – Worldwide Learning | Microsoft
Ronnie Bryant is in his 19th year with Hornets Sports & Entertainment and his fourth as Chief Information Officer. In this role, he is responsible for all IT infrastructure for the organization, including the Charlotte Hornets, Greensboro Swarm, Hornets Venom GT and Spectrum Center. He oversees the implementation, management and support of the organization’s computer hardware and software, networking, internet, telephones and more.
Digital Cloud Solution Architect | Microsoft
As a Digital Cloud Solution Architect, Ronald relies on 29+ years of professional and technical experience to drive Microsoft’s most dynamic customers to adopt leading Azure cloud products and services. He spent many years honing his technical skills in multiple consulting roles performing Web Development, DB Administration, and Network Architecture for major Fortune 500 companies. His professional experience spans into the finance, telecommunications, and IT industries. In his role as Director of Forum Nokia for LATAM, he not only travelled extensively to South America, but also learned Portuguese as his third language to interact with Brazilian customers. He is passionate about technology and working out of his comfort zone for growing to the next level.
Senior Vice President, Global Alliances and Channels | Boomi
Heather has worked in the Microsoft channel for over 25 years and is currently the Dynamics 365 ERP Leader at Thinkmax, a professional services firm that specialize in the strategic application of technology to solve business challenges. Prior to joining Thinkmax, Heather was the Vice President of Business Technology for Castrol – Wakefield Canada. With prior leadership roles at both PwC and Deloitte, Heather blends traditional business consulting with hands-on implementation experience across a variety of technologies and industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, financial services and public sector. Having been both a vendor, an advisor and a customer during her career, she brings a unique perspective to driving value out of investments in technology.
Solutions Architect | Caf2Code LLC
Brittany is an end-user turned Solutions Architect for D365 F&O who uses her Master’s degree in accounting to bridge the gap between finance and technical teams. She holds two Microsoft Certifications and is a certified Microsoft D365 F&O Apps Solutions Architect Expert.
Brittany strives to ensure client needs are always heard, addressed, and resolved. When out-of-the-box solutions don’t meet requirements, she designs comprehensive solutions that take business processes and end goals into account.
Brittany has worked with numerous companies to create Segregation of Duties compliant security roles within Dynamics AX 2012 and D365 F&O systems. In her current role at Caf2Code LLC, she focuses primarily on the financial modules of D365, delivering strong subject matter expertise in inventory costing, inventory transaction analysis, and inventory impact to financial statements.
Talent Acquisition Lead | USAC
Erin Hirtle has been in talent acquisition for over 16 years. She started her career recruiting medical professionals and expanded into technical recruitment ten years ago when she joined 3M. She has helped build technical teams throughout the USA and Dublin, Ireland, focusing on but not limited to Software Engineers, Cloud Engineers, DevOps, Machine Learning, AI, and Speech Scientists. Erin enjoys partnering closely with candidates, managers and industry organizations to stay focused on bringing diverse candidates of all levels to support building exceptional teams.
Managing Director | Business Solutions Technologies
Kellen is a leader in FORVIS’ Business Technology Solutions division, specifically managing the Enterprise Solutions Group. He has more than 15 years of experience in the technology, operations, and process improvement areas of enterprises across multiple industries, including deep, international experience with private equity, wealth management, and retail businesses.
Prior to moving into technologies, Kellen spent time as a Controller and CFO growing small start-ups into leading organizations. He helps clients achieve their goals by leveraging technology to improve processes and information visibility.
Guided by his extensive strategic, operations, and technology experience, Kellen helps companies assess their technology needs, develop strategic plans, and implement business transformation objectives. Kellen brings to bear FORVIS’ digital transformation capabilities across the ecosystem – Dynamics 365, Power Automate, Power BI, Azure Cloud Transformation/Enablement and Industry Solutions, Infrastructure, Data and Analytics, Intelligent Automation, Blockchain, Internet of Things, and Modern Workplace.
Before joining FORVIS, Kellen worked for several other leading Microsoft Partners and held global leadership positions in operations, technology, and executive management. He holds multiple Microsoft Dynamics certifications including in Finance, Trade and Logistics, Supply Chain, Solution Architect, and Catalyst.
CRM Director | Ascensus
Dan Madden is a seasoned CRM professional with over seventeen years’ experience who drives business results through CRM technology. His entire career has been within the financial services industry, and he is an avid conference attendee, volunteer, and speaker—who shares experiences with the technology community on a variety of topics relating to CRM best practices.
Managing Director, Global Head of IT | Morrow Sodali
Yogi leads technology for Morrow Sodali and is responsible for setting and executing the IT strategic roadmap for the organization. He has extensive experience in designing, delivering and managing strategic and transformational business and technology strategies that improve operational efficiencies, adhere to compliance and regulatory standards and create new revenue models. Having delivered a number of large strategic business and digital transformational programs within procurement, supply chain, environmental consulting and financial services, he is adept at understanding business complexities and leveraging IT, business management and program management expertise to move organizations forward.
VP Digital Experience and Innovation | Capgemini
Mike has been with the Capgemini group for over 18 years, helping clients create impactful experiences for their customers. He has a diverse background in technology, innovation and strategy which has allowed him to play a critical role helping organizations with their transformation and innovation initiatives.
Senior Director of Product GTM and Customer Transformation for Business Applications | Microsoft
Nelson is responsible for driving Microsoft’s BizApps product go-to-market strategy in the US, covering both Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. His career spans sales leadership, BtoC marketing and, for the last decade, a focus on BtoB technology product marketing. Through it all, he’s mostly been obsessed with customers and how to ignite their imaginations.
Managing Director | Protiviti
Corey Harrison is a Managing Director and Practice Lead for Protiviti’s MSFT Cloud Applications arm, a global team of Microsoft technologists, strategically built with a balance of recognized technical leadership, creative user experience, process automation and dedicated technical project governance. His team is primarily focused on the modern workplace, security and compliance, Dynamics CE, the Power Platform and modernization of custom applications to Azure. With over 25 years of experience, Corey has provided expertise on strategy, deployment and adoption of cloud technologies across local and global organizations in financial services, legal, public sector, manufacturing and the insurance industries.
Vice President Consulting Services | CGI
Domenic has over 30 years of experience as a results and quality oriented transformation executive, with a proven track record of operations management, portfolio management, and selling and delivering solutions for consulting and industry companies. As a VP of Consulting Services for CGI, he works with C-level executives to lead high priority and high visibility initiatives in the healthcare and insurance industries. Domenic understands people, both how to connect with them and how to inspire them. His strong leadership and a demonstrated ability to motivate teams has helped solve the most complex business problems and demanding timelines during his career.
Principal | Enterprise Systems Practice Leader
John guides transformations for operations and IT environments. With over 30 years of experience, he leverages his strong technical and analytical background to offer solutions to complex business problems by maximizing operational value, driving down costs, and enhancing technology innovation. Focused on Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management, John brings the ability to recognize patterns, identify opportunities, build efficiencies, capitalize on market trends, and build high-performance teams. He has an extensive background with Microsoft platforms.
Head of Alliances North America | NetSuite
With over 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry, Erin has served as a key opinion leader throughout her career, with a specific interest in sales, solution marketing, program marketing, and most notably, partner ecosystems. Currently leading NetSuite’s alliance organization for North America, Erin implements partner strategies to increase market share and improve win-rate percentage. Passionate about creating and promoting a winning culture by aligning sales and marketing organizations tightly with the broader ecosystem, she is fiercely dedicated to investing in people and is a proud, co-founding member of NetSuite’s Women who Mean Business group in Los Angeles.
Vice President | Digital Solutions
Dan looks after digital innovation efforts and oversees three organizational units at MAXIMUS—Digital Solutions, the Emerging Technologies Center of Excellence, and the Transformation Office. He is passionate about helping organizations create game-changing digital strategies, understanding users, creating delightful user experiences, and providing flawless solution delivery execution. He joined MAXIMUS as a Vice President of Digital Delivery in January 2019, bringing years of experience in business-driven digital transformation, complex systems integration, technology delivery, product development, and service and user experience design.
Chief Financial Officer | Howard Fertilizer and Chemical
Bobbi oversees the IT, HR and accounting departments at Howard Fertilizer and Chemical, as well as being responsible for all financial, treasury and accounting functions. She holds a Batchelor of Science degree in accounting from Truman State University (formally known as Northeast Missouri State University) and became a licensed CPA in Illinois in 1990. Bobbi has served in several financial and systems capacities through her career both as a Senior Systems Project Consultant and in controller/finance and accounting functions for several companies.
Ashley leads the Salesforce Talent Alliance, working with Salesforce partners and customers to build the next generation of talent—one that reflects the communities where we live and work. Prior to this role, she spent 10+ years at the intersection of education and recruiting across roles in non-profit, education, and startup sectors. She is a born and bred New Yorker, and can tell you the best pizza spot within a 10 block radius of nearly any location in NYC.
Senior Cloud Solution Architect | Microsoft
Mike has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry and has done many roles throughout his career including, programming, product management, partner technology strategist and partner marketing to name a few. He currently works with some of Microsoft’s top partners to build solutions on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. He also loves following the latest technologies and holds 16 active Microsoft certifications.
Manager, TechSpark Metro | Microsoft Philanthropies
Erika is a social innovator focused on creating economic opportunities for communities of color. She leads Microsoft’s philanthropic portfolio for the TechSpark Metro Team (ATL, LA, and CHI), focused on advancing digital equity and inclusion and creating wealth-building pathways for communities of color. Before joining Microsoft, Erika focused on movement-building strategies and deepening organizational investment in creating economic pathways for BIPOC communities. As the Senior Program Manager for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, she increased investment in Black-led incubators and accelerators and developed platforms for youth engagement in the local economy. In addition, she served as the Assistant Director of Southside Community & Economic Development. During her tenure, she raised capital to develop and pilot new products to increase access to wealth-building systems and test a commercial down payment assistance program as an antidisplacement strategy.
Eric, a Partner within West Monroe’s Customer Solutions Practice, has over 25 years of consulting experience with a focus on leading large technology transformation initiatives within the customer relationship management space. Eric’s design and implementation depth spans key business processes including customer service, field service, and sales across multiple technology platforms. At West Monroe, Eric leads the Midwest Salesforce team focused on serving our most important Financial Services/Banking clients.
As the Chief Growth Officer of the largest global supplier of water to consumers and businesses, Cate is responsible for driving organic growth and delivering a differentiated Customer Experience. Prior to her role as CGO, she was Chief Operating Officer, with additional responsibility for Operations, Manufacturing, Production, Distribution, Supply Chain, Process Excellence and Quality. Prior to Primo Water, Cate worked in the technology industry at Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she led the Worldwide Sales Enablement, Training, and Communications functions. She utilized her go-to-market and product management expertise to design, build, and deliver AI and Machine Learning based technologies to push just-in-time training to sales and technical Amazonians across 132 countries. During her tenure, AWS grew their customer-facing teams from 10,000 in to 41,000, and grew revenue from $17B to a $59B.
Nitzan founded Climb Hire in 2019 as a way to create economic opportunity and mobility for people earning below liveable wage. Climb Hire marries social capital and non-coding tech skills together through a 4-5 month intensive training program. Climb Hire is Nitzan’s third social impact venture—she also founded ReUp Education, an Entangled Ventures company in 2015 and served as its founding CEO. She also founded the New York region of Citizen Schools, and is currently an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow. Early in her career she worked at the Department of Education in New York City, KIPP, and Teach for America. Nitzan holds a Masters in Public Administration from New York University and a BA from Stern College for Women.
Andrew helps his clients with an approachable attitude, and he emotionally invests in his teams. His work style has been described as action oriented and “get it done”, yet he maintains a lighthearted and fun persona. Andrew strongly believes in a servant leadership mindset. Andrew joined West Monroe in 2015 when Etherios, a division of Digi International, was acquired. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo and a master’s degree from Benedictine University.
Erin is currently establishing a Cloud Center of Excellence at Orion Advisor Solutions, focusing on cementing Orion’s partnership with AWS, facilitating the creation of v next business solutions, and establishing a user focused culture of observability. She relies heavily on her 20 years of varied leadership experience, both in deed and in title, which have instilled deep empathy for the client and end user, a sharp eye for right sized solutions, and the value of an hour – both for the organization and her teammates.
Gene Bornac is a well-respected thought leader with more than 35 years’ experience in the retail and consumer products industries. His leadership experience includes executive responsibility at several national and global consulting and software organizations. Gene has led design and delivery of numerous projects. Gene has led retail organizations at the local and field level as well as businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Gene’s expertise in many facets of commerce, especially Retail and CPG has provided insights and direction for companies he has worked with in the strategic consulting industry. He works with enterprises to help deliver real results for organizations and their customers. As a member of enVista’s executive leadership team, Gene runs several key solution groups, including the Microsoft Sales and Delivery team as well as enVista’s IT Managed Services and Retail consulting organizations.
Michael has over 20 years of experience in web application and mobile app development, consulting and management. He also authored Superpowered: 7 Leadership Superpowers Technology Executives Can Use to Grow a More Engaged, Tech-driven and Profitable Organization, a book that addresses key problem areas for technology executives trying to evolve into better leaders. Michael and Caxy serve clients in growing businesses who want to achieve enterprise value but are blocked when they realize nearly every initiative runs through technologyCaxy’s specialty is in creating customized web applications for business customers with a focus on performance, security, application modernization, and software innovation projects.
General Manager, Cloud FinOps | Spot by NetApp
Patrick is the General Manager of FinOps at Spot by NetApp, a company providing cloud optimization technology that allows customers to maximize their cloud savings. Patrick is a seasoned entrepreneur with his latest company acquired by Spot and now known as Spot Eco, where he continues to lead the Spot FinOps practice, setting strategic roadmap, product and sales strategies.
Karthik is an accomplished IT leader with over 25 years of experience in various aspects of IT including architecture, consulting, delivery, strategy, governance, project, and people management. Working as IT Solutions Director with Applied Materials, he is responsible for for creating solutions to critical problems in global supply chain & logistics.
VP | Spot by NetApp
As Global CIO, Eric leads technology strategy and execution for People2.0, supporting the world’s most comprehensive workforce deployment and management capabilities and delivering on People2.0’s ethos: the Human Spirit is the greatest Human Resource. With twenty-five years of business technology experience, Eric leads technology operations, strategic planning, infrastructure, security and privacy, and data assets across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC operating regions. Prior to People2.0, Eric held multiple regional and global leadership roles with Adecco Group. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and completed executive programs at IMD and the Wharton School.
Director of Delivery Excellence | 3Cloud
Director, Talent & Employability – Worldwide Learning | Microsoft
Ronnie Bryant is in his 19th year with Hornets Sports & Entertainment and his fourth as Chief Information Officer. In this role, he is responsible for all IT infrastructure for the organization, including the Charlotte Hornets, Greensboro Swarm, Hornets Venom GT and Spectrum Center. He oversees the implementation, management and support of the organization’s computer hardware and software, networking, internet, telephones and more.
Digital Cloud Solution Architect | Microsoft
As a Digital Cloud Solution Architect, Ronald relies on 29+ years of professional and technical experience to drive Microsoft’s most dynamic customers to adopt leading Azure cloud products and services. He spent many years honing his technical skills in multiple consulting roles performing Web Development, DB Administration, and Network Architecture for major Fortune 500 companies. His professional experience spans into the finance, telecommunications, and IT industries. In his role as Director of Forum Nokia for LATAM, he not only travelled extensively to South America, but also learned Portuguese as his third language to interact with Brazilian customers. He is passionate about technology and working out of his comfort zone for growing to the next level.
Senior Vice President, Global Alliances and Channels | Boomi
Heather has worked in the Microsoft channel for over 25 years and is currently the Dynamics 365 ERP Leader at Thinkmax, a professional services firm that specialize in the strategic application of technology to solve business challenges. Prior to joining Thinkmax, Heather was the Vice President of Business Technology for Castrol – Wakefield Canada. With prior leadership roles at both PwC and Deloitte, Heather blends traditional business consulting with hands-on implementation experience across a variety of technologies and industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, financial services and public sector. Having been both a vendor, an advisor and a customer during her career, she brings a unique perspective to driving value out of investments in technology.
Solutions Architect | Caf2Code LLC
Brittany is an end-user turned Solutions Architect for D365 F&O who uses her Master’s degree in accounting to bridge the gap between finance and technical teams. She holds two Microsoft Certifications and is a certified Microsoft D365 F&O Apps Solutions Architect Expert.
Brittany strives to ensure client needs are always heard, addressed, and resolved. When out-of-the-box solutions don’t meet requirements, she designs comprehensive solutions that take business processes and end goals into account.
Brittany has worked with numerous companies to create Segregation of Duties compliant security roles within Dynamics AX 2012 and D365 F&O systems. In her current role at Caf2Code LLC, she focuses primarily on the financial modules of D365, delivering strong subject matter expertise in inventory costing, inventory transaction analysis, and inventory impact to financial statements.
Talent Acquisition Lead | USAC
Erin Hirtle has been in talent acquisition for over 16 years. She started her career recruiting medical professionals and expanded into technical recruitment ten years ago when she joined 3M. She has helped build technical teams throughout the USA and Dublin, Ireland, focusing on but not limited to Software Engineers, Cloud Engineers, DevOps, Machine Learning, AI, and Speech Scientists. Erin enjoys partnering closely with candidates, managers and industry organizations to stay focused on bringing diverse candidates of all levels to support building exceptional teams.
Managing Director | Business Solutions Technologies
Kellen is a leader in FORVIS’ Business Technology Solutions division, specifically managing the Enterprise Solutions Group. He has more than 15 years of experience in the technology, operations, and process improvement areas of enterprises across multiple industries, including deep, international experience with private equity, wealth management, and retail businesses.
Prior to moving into technologies, Kellen spent time as a Controller and CFO growing small start-ups into leading organizations. He helps clients achieve their goals by leveraging technology to improve processes and information visibility.
Guided by his extensive strategic, operations, and technology experience, Kellen helps companies assess their technology needs, develop strategic plans, and implement business transformation objectives. Kellen brings to bear FORVIS’ digital transformation capabilities across the ecosystem – Dynamics 365, Power Automate, Power BI, Azure Cloud Transformation/Enablement and Industry Solutions, Infrastructure, Data and Analytics, Intelligent Automation, Blockchain, Internet of Things, and Modern Workplace.
Before joining FORVIS, Kellen worked for several other leading Microsoft Partners and held global leadership positions in operations, technology, and executive management. He holds multiple Microsoft Dynamics certifications including in Finance, Trade and Logistics, Supply Chain, Solution Architect, and Catalyst.
CRM Director | Ascensus
Dan Madden is a seasoned CRM professional with over seventeen years’ experience who drives business results through CRM technology. His entire career has been within the financial services industry, and he is an avid conference attendee, volunteer, and speaker—who shares experiences with the technology community on a variety of topics relating to CRM best practices.
Managing Director, Global Head of IT | Morrow Sodali
Yogi leads technology for Morrow Sodali and is responsible for setting and executing the IT strategic roadmap for the organization. He has extensive experience in designing, delivering and managing strategic and transformational business and technology strategies that improve operational efficiencies, adhere to compliance and regulatory standards and create new revenue models. Having delivered a number of large strategic business and digital transformational programs within procurement, supply chain, environmental consulting and financial services, he is adept at understanding business complexities and leveraging IT, business management and program management expertise to move organizations forward.
VP Digital Experience and Innovation | Capgemini
Mike has been with the Capgemini group for over 18 years, helping clients create impactful experiences for their customers. He has a diverse background in technology, innovation and strategy which has allowed him to play a critical role helping organizations with their transformation and innovation initiatives.
Senior Director of Product GTM and Customer Transformation for Business Applications | Microsoft
Nelson is responsible for driving Microsoft’s BizApps product go-to-market strategy in the US, covering both Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. His career spans sales leadership, BtoC marketing and, for the last decade, a focus on BtoB technology product marketing. Through it all, he’s mostly been obsessed with customers and how to ignite their imaginations.
Managing Director | Protiviti
Corey Harrison is a Managing Director and Practice Lead for Protiviti’s MSFT Cloud Applications arm, a global team of Microsoft technologists, strategically built with a balance of recognized technical leadership, creative user experience, process automation and dedicated technical project governance. His team is primarily focused on the modern workplace, security and compliance, Dynamics CE, the Power Platform and modernization of custom applications to Azure. With over 25 years of experience, Corey has provided expertise on strategy, deployment and adoption of cloud technologies across local and global organizations in financial services, legal, public sector, manufacturing and the insurance industries.
Vice President Consulting Services | CGI
Domenic has over 30 years of experience as a results and quality oriented transformation executive, with a proven track record of operations management, portfolio management, and selling and delivering solutions for consulting and industry companies. As a VP of Consulting Services for CGI, he works with C-level executives to lead high priority and high visibility initiatives in the healthcare and insurance industries. Domenic understands people, both how to connect with them and how to inspire them. His strong leadership and a demonstrated ability to motivate teams has helped solve the most complex business problems and demanding timelines during his career.
Principal | Enterprise Systems Practice Leader
John guides transformations for operations and IT environments. With over 30 years of experience, he leverages his strong technical and analytical background to offer solutions to complex business problems by maximizing operational value, driving down costs, and enhancing technology innovation. Focused on Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management, John brings the ability to recognize patterns, identify opportunities, build efficiencies, capitalize on market trends, and build high-performance teams. He has an extensive background with Microsoft platforms.
Head of Alliances North America | NetSuite
With over 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry, Erin has served as a key opinion leader throughout her career, with a specific interest in sales, solution marketing, program marketing, and most notably, partner ecosystems. Currently leading NetSuite’s alliance organization for North America, Erin implements partner strategies to increase market share and improve win-rate percentage. Passionate about creating and promoting a winning culture by aligning sales and marketing organizations tightly with the broader ecosystem, she is fiercely dedicated to investing in people and is a proud, co-founding member of NetSuite’s Women who Mean Business group in Los Angeles.
Vice President | Digital Solutions
Dan looks after digital innovation efforts and oversees three organizational units at MAXIMUS—Digital Solutions, the Emerging Technologies Center of Excellence, and the Transformation Office. He is passionate about helping organizations create game-changing digital strategies, understanding users, creating delightful user experiences, and providing flawless solution delivery execution. He joined MAXIMUS as a Vice President of Digital Delivery in January 2019, bringing years of experience in business-driven digital transformation, complex systems integration, technology delivery, product development, and service and user experience design.
Chief Financial Officer | Howard Fertilizer and Chemical
Bobbi oversees the IT, HR and accounting departments at Howard Fertilizer and Chemical, as well as being responsible for all financial, treasury and accounting functions. She holds a Batchelor of Science degree in accounting from Truman State University (formally known as Northeast Missouri State University) and became a licensed CPA in Illinois in 1990. Bobbi has served in several financial and systems capacities through her career both as a Senior Systems Project Consultant and in controller/finance and accounting functions for several companies.
The Digital Revolution Awards were born online as a way to shine a light on tech individuals and organizations who had kept the wheels turning during the pandemic. However, even when we were able to host in-person events, many people still wanted to continue to celebrate online. To make our awards as inclusive as possible, we listened—and the awards continued online in 2023!
Our global winners came from the winners from our regional events in the UK, North America and DACH, as well as nominations from the rest of the world, to decide the very best of the best from around the world.
Tech for Good Winner
Climeworks
Highly Commended:
Food Rescue
Excellence in Learning and Development Winner
Highly Commended:
Code First Girls
Chambal Academy
Outstanding Contribution to the Earth Winner
Tech Star of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Aly Murray
Diversity Ally of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Eric Dreshfield
Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Stefano Demiliani
Outstanding Contribution to the Google Cloud Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Natalie Pistunovich
Outstanding Leader of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Charlene Hunter
Outstanding Contribution to the Salesforce Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Khyati Mehta
Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Community Winner
Highly Commended:
Nana Janashia
Exceptional Cloud Employer of the Year Winner
Digital Transformation Project of the Year Winner
Highly Commended:
Riayati
Best ServiceNow Partner to Work For Winner
Best AWS Partner to Work For Winner
Highly Commended:
NetApp Inc
Best Google Cloud Partner to Work For Winner
Best Microsoft Partner to Work For Winner
Best Salesforce Partner to Work For Winner
Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year Winner
After a record-breaking year for nominations in the Digital Revolution Awards, the following have been recognized by our judges for using cloud technology to make the world a better place to live and work, and will be celebrated and a winner declared at our virtual ceremony and fundraiser.
Capgemini
Comforth
Deloitte
Eigenherd
Hyphen8
Slalom
Spaulding Ridge
Cariloop
Crayon
Delivery Hero
Opencast Software
Doina Popa
Chief Executive Officer at InnoTrue
Keir Bowden
CTO at BrightGen
Khyati Mehta
Salesforce Developer at Speridian Technologies and Salesforce Women In Tech Group Kolkata Leader
Tiffany Spencer
Salesforce MVP and Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Tech Forward Solutions
Adam Bien
AWS Hero, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Java Champion, JavaOne Rockstar, Podcaster, YouTuber, and Freelance Consultant
Aly Murray
Founder and Executive Director at UPchieve
Charlie Phipps
Power Platform Architect and Developer at Akari Solutions
JN Hernández
DevOps Engineer at Azavea
Stefano Demiliani
Microsoft MVP, Author and CTO at NAV-lab
Credera
NetApp Inc
Onepoint
Rackspace Technology
AMBOSS
Bankuet
Climeworks
Code Club
Food Rescue
Anteja
Carbon Clean
Circulor
Climeworks
Oceanworks
Vinted
Chambal Academy
Code First Girls
Per Scholas
The Hidden Genius Project
T-Systems
Charlene Hunter
CEO and Co-founder at Coding Black Females
Kave Bulambo
Founder – Head of Talent at TalentDiverse EU
Laura Ipsen
President & CEO at Ellucian
Melissa Mulholland
Chief Executive Officer at Crayon
Deloitte
InSource
FORVIS
Hitachi Solutions
McKinsey & Company
Reply Group
Eric Dreshfield
Salesforce MVP and Founder and Event Co-Chair at Midwest Dreamin’
Kim Warren
Managing Consultant at Credera
Bradley Wyatt
Microsoft MVP and Cloud Solutions Architect at PSM Partners
Gregor Suttie
Microsoft MVP and Azure Architect at Intercept
Stefano Demiliani
Microsoft MVP, Author and CTO at NAV-lab
Thomas Maurer
Former Microsoft MVP and Senior PM and Chief Evangelist Azure Hybrid at Microsoft
Cognizant
Deutsche Bahn
E-Sign
NICE
Riayati
CTS
PA Consulting Group
AND Digital
Canva
IKEA
KnowBe4
Jennifer Bland
Google Developers Expert and Senior Software Engineer at Stanley Black & Decker
Khabar Lahariya
Laura Morinigo
Developer Advocate / Principal Engineer at Samsung Electronics UK
Natalie Pistunovich
Lecturer – Cloud and Infrastructure at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
Andrew Brown
CEO at ExamPro
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Nana Janashia
Content Creator and DevOps Trainer at TechWorld with Nana
Phil Horn
Director at Steamhaus & Organiser of AWS ComSum
The Digital Revolution Awards celebrate the cloud industry’s very best pioneers, innovators and glass-ceiling breakers across categories that recognize sustainability, employer branding, ED&I, talent development, and L&D. We’ve put together an expert panel that represents some of tech’s leading figures, meaning they’re best placed to judge the individuals and organizations that have truly excelled in the last year.
Global Leader, AWS re/Start Program | AWS
EMEA Director of Talent Acquisition and Global TA Partner for Digital Infrastructure | Hitachi Vantara
Lynda has more than 20 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, having dedicated her career to executive search and talent acquisition leadership in the high tech space. She currently leads EMEA Talent Acquisition function at Hitachi Vantara, a global subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd that delivers intelligent data solutions and services, where her team has navigated significant change, growth and maturation, including the company expansion from a headcount of 3,500 to over 10,000 employees, numerous acquisitions, a merger with a sister company and a complete corporate rebrand. She is especially passionate about the Company’s “Powering Good” mission to help organizations innovate, create and deliver better value for society.
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Cloud Solution Alliances | Salesforce
An almost eight-year veteran of Salesforce, Don spent his first five years leading the buildout of Salesforce’s Global Partner Management teams and Partner Practice Development efforts. The last two plus years he has led the Global CSA teams and recently added the Global Partner Enablement team, where he has been overseeing the development of new curricula for Partner Learning Camp. He brings over 20 years of experience in managing Global Strategic Partner relationships and in monetizing strategic alliances across a variety of technology and platform solutions.
Stuart is working to build a movement for workforce development that puts diversity and equity at its heart. He loves solving the most complex of problems and building the greatest of teams. Imagine… if we could activate the potential of everyone. Stuart holds a MA in Aeronautical Engineering from Cambridge University and a MBA from London Business School.
Forbes Technology Council
Managing Director | Slalom
Annie Gardner is a Managing Director of UK consulting firm Slalom. She has vast leadership experience in the technology and services industry—with a uniquely purpose-driven approach. Her specialisms include senior executive coaching, business transformation, and governance.
Warren leads PwC’s Cloud & Digital Transformation Practice in the UK. His client work focuses on devising and executing strategies that: exploit digital and cloud technologies to build new business, accelerate speed to market, transform experiences, reduce cost and change how organizations work. Over the last few years he’s also helped businesses, including PwC, reposition and elevate the role of technology as a strategic source of new growth and competitive advantage. Prior to PwC, Warren spent 16 years working with many of the world’s leading telecoms, media, software and technology firms as a strategic advisor and technology partner.
Global Complete Care Category Lead | Hewlett Packard Enterprise
As well as her interest in inclusion and diversity as part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s DEI global team, Fiona leads category management for the best of breed service in the firm’s portfolio. Her role involves making sure that global sales across ten different regions are successful, having worked in many roles in her 20 years with the company previously. Prior responsibilities have been within services and consulting, including launching then leading her local business unit during critical datacentre building. A certified auditor for Six-Sigma and a continuous process improvement and process reengineering expert, Fiona has also served as Senior Consultant at PwC, and Process Improvement Manager at Lucent Technologies.
Vice President Global Talent Acquisition | Johnson Controls
Global EDI Strategy Lead | Tenth Revolution Group
Caroline Fox is the Global Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy Lead at Tenth Revolution Group. Caroline joined the cloud talent solutions firm in 2013 as part of the Talent Acquisition team and now leads the company’s EDI program, bolstering an inclusive workspace and promoting best practice within the wider tech industry.
Senior Director; Global Head of Public Cloud Security Delivery | Rackspace Technology
Rob has a security, risk management and internal audit background and has held senior level and global head roles, notably at Bank of America and Citibank. At Rackspace, he has built a multi-million dollar EMEA security business from the ground up, covering security assurance and advisory, security solutioning and security operations. He has recently transitioned to a Global Head of Security Delivery role, supporting customers of all sizes, across all industry sectors, with their security needs.
Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition | Uber
Roopesh is a veteran of the Talent Acquisition industry with over 20 years of experience, who currently leads the Global Executive Talent Acquisition teams for all Uber businesses worldwide.
Roopesh has worked with incredible leaders who have pushed and challenged him over his career working for amazing brands such as SAP, Workday, Expedia, and VMware. A magnified lens on inclusivity, fun, and data-driven strategies have been the common thread across all the impressive accomplishments that Roopesh has achieved throughout his career.
As Chief Technical Officer for Private Cloud at Rackspace, Simon’s goal is to deliver end value to customers through world-class hybrid cloud solutions and services.
He is focused on inspiring and supporting technical leaders to find best-fit solutions, combining a perfect blend of services and capabilities from the Rackspace Technology and partner portfolio. Simon enjoys working with customers at all levels to understand their challenges and identify opportunities to help them to succeed.
Simon’s extensive experience has been gained from working across a broad spectrum of customers in different industries. Before joining Rackspace Technology, he worked at IBM for over 20 years in leadership roles including Chief Architect for several global accounts and establishing a technical business development function for strategic deals in the UK.
Charity Trustee | Back Up
Jo spent most of her career at IBM, joining as a trainee salesperson. When she left she was an experienced corporate executive specializing in complex stakeholder management and relationships, and new business big-ticket-growth concept evaluation, from strategy to execution.
Jo acquired a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) that left her a paraplegic and reliant on a wheelchair. For the last 7 years, she has been a trustee of the Back Up Trust which supports people affected by SCI by giving them the skills and confidence to lead a full life. She served as Chair of Trustees until last year, and in this time developed a particular interest in the application of technology across the public sector and using tech to make a difference.
Head of EMEA Professional Services Delivery | Rackspace Technology
Simon is responsible for Rackspace Technologies’ Professional Services Team in Europe, Middle East and Africa, where he has the privilege of leading a team of expert architects, engineers and consultants supporting the company’s customers on their journey to the public cloud. Simon has worked in IT for over 20 years, starting in interactive television and leading professional services and consulting teams for Accenture, EMC and Dell.
Technology Transformation Leader and ServiceNow Practice Leader | EY
Hernán Gabrieli is a management consultant with more than 28 years of worldwide experience in business transformation. Driven by a passion in technology and innovation, he takes pride in providing the best professional advice to his clients across different geographies. These include Italy, Argentina, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, USA and UK. As a Technology Transformation Leader he has delivered success stories to large corporations within the energy, banking, media, private equity and consumer products industries.
Director, Corporate Technology
Company | Barclays
Faith has worked in a variety of banking technology roles for the past 28 years, including 16 at NatWest/Royal Bank of Scotland and 12 at Barclays, where she is today. She started her career as a mainframe COBOL/DB2 developer and worked her way around a multitude of technology delivery roles within retail, transaction banking, risk, finance, digital channels, and corporate. Currently working as a Programme Director for a critical payments related programme, she’s also a London Co-Chair of Barclays Women in Technology, which aims to increase recruitment and retention of women in technology roles, and is a keen ally for all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion pillars.
Matt is a Managing Director in Accenture’s Salesforce Business Group and has been focused on Salesforce and the Salesforce ecosystem since 2008. During this time he has led multiple strategic initiatives and programs across functional capabilities, industries, and geographies. His current role sees him leading the Salesforce healthcare, life sciences and public sector industry segments globally, which includes responsibility for originating and delivering the firm’s most strategic offerings, accounts and programs.
Director | Digital Customer and New Business
Robert co-leads the Customer Transformation practice group within PwC’s Financial Services Transformation Team, and has around 10 years of consulting experience focusing on projects related to digitization of customer-centric products. Besides his in-depth knowledge in professional services for the retail banking and insurance segment, Robert also has a strong footprint in developing cross-industry business models.
Technology Impact Leader | PwC
Rob leads market activation for PwC’s cloud and digital transformation business in the UK. He is a leading voice in the field of AI and an evangelist for the responsible and ethical adoption of technology and its impact upon society. He’s a Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School, and a founding board member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI. HR Magazine ranks him as an ‘HR Most Influential Thinker’, Onalytica cites him as a ‘Who’s Who in AI’, and he was voted ‘Tech Community Leader of the Year’ at CogX. He won Editor’s Choice at the TechWomen100 Awards and is a Male Agent of Change finalist at the Everywoman in Tech Awards in recognition of his championing of the women in tech agenda.
UK Division President | Maximus
Prior to his current position, Dr Paul Williams served as Managing Director and Programme Director for Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), a division of Maximus. He graduated from Leeds Medical School in 1987 before becoming a full-time GP in 1992. In 2001, his interest in the impact of health on work, and of work upon health, led him to retrain as a specialist in Occupational Medicine. His extensive track record in high-profile clinical leadership roles includes the NHS, Forensic Medicine, Jaguar Land Rover, Local Government, the Police Force and JCB. Dr Williams recently stepped down from teaching postgraduate students in occupational medicine for Manchester University but continues to mentor future clinical service leaders within Maximus and the wider occupational medicine community.
Partner and Cloud Strategy Lead Consulting Practice | EY Canada
Imran is a veteran of the technology industry, with over 20 years’ experience in leadership positions in digital innovation and strategy. A specialist in identifying business expansion opportunities, he helps develop profit-generating strategies for key clients and stakeholders in industries that include financial services, health care and US government agencies, as well as transformation that leverages human-centered design principles. Imran has a storied commitment to fostering digital innovation, and is passionate about making technology easier for people to use.
Global Leader, AWS re/Start Program | AWS
EMEA Director of Talent Acquisition and Global TA Partner for Digital Infrastructure | Hitachi Vantara
Lynda has more than 20 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, having dedicated her career to executive search and talent acquisition leadership in the high tech space. She currently leads EMEA Talent Acquisition function at Hitachi Vantara, a global subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd that delivers intelligent data solutions and services, where her team has navigated significant change, growth and maturation, including the company expansion from a headcount of 3,500 to over 10,000 employees, numerous acquisitions, a merger with a sister company and a complete corporate rebrand. She is especially passionate about the Company’s “Powering Good” mission to help organizations innovate, create and deliver better value for society.
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Cloud Solution Alliances | Salesforce
An almost eight-year veteran of Salesforce, Don spent his first five years leading the buildout of Salesforce’s Global Partner Management teams and Partner Practice Development efforts. The last two plus years he has led the Global CSA teams and recently added the Global Partner Enablement team, where he has been overseeing the development of new curricula for Partner Learning Camp. He brings over 20 years of experience in managing Global Strategic Partner relationships and in monetizing strategic alliances across a variety of technology and platform solutions.
Stuart is working to build a movement for workforce development that puts diversity and equity at its heart. He loves solving the most complex of problems and building the greatest of teams. Imagine… if we could activate the potential of everyone. Stuart holds a MA in Aeronautical Engineering from Cambridge University and a MBA from London Business School.
Forbes Technology Council
Managing Director | Slalom
Annie Gardner is a Managing Director of UK consulting firm Slalom. She has vast leadership experience in the technology and services industry—with a uniquely purpose-driven approach. Her specialisms include senior executive coaching, business transformation, and governance.
Warren leads PwC’s Cloud & Digital Transformation Practice in the UK. His client work focuses on devising and executing strategies that: exploit digital and cloud technologies to build new business, accelerate speed to market, transform experiences, reduce cost and change how organizations work. Over the last few years he’s also helped businesses, including PwC, reposition and elevate the role of technology as a strategic source of new growth and competitive advantage. Prior to PwC, Warren spent 16 years working with many of the world’s leading telecoms, media, software and technology firms as a strategic advisor and technology partner.
Global Complete Care Category Lead | Hewlett Packard Enterprise
As well as her interest in inclusion and diversity as part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s DEI global team, Fiona leads category management for the best of breed service in the firm’s portfolio. Her role involves making sure that global sales across ten different regions are successful, having worked in many roles in her 20 years with the company previously. Prior responsibilities have been within services and consulting, including launching then leading her local business unit during critical datacentre building. A certified auditor for Six-Sigma and a continuous process improvement and process reengineering expert, Fiona has also served as Senior Consultant at PwC, and Process Improvement Manager at Lucent Technologies.
Vice President Global Talent Acquisition | Johnson Controls
Global EDI Strategy Lead | Tenth Revolution Group
Caroline Fox is the Global Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy Lead at Tenth Revolution Group. Caroline joined the cloud talent solutions firm in 2013 as part of the Talent Acquisition team and now leads the company’s EDI program, bolstering an inclusive workspace and promoting best practice within the wider tech industry.
Senior Director; Global Head of Public Cloud Security Delivery | Rackspace Technology
Rob has a security, risk management and internal audit background and has held senior level and global head roles, notably at Bank of America and Citibank. At Rackspace, he has built a multi-million dollar EMEA security business from the ground up, covering security assurance and advisory, security solutioning and security operations. He has recently transitioned to a Global Head of Security Delivery role, supporting customers of all sizes, across all industry sectors, with their security needs.
Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition | Uber
Roopesh is a veteran of the Talent Acquisition industry with over 20 years of experience, who currently leads the Global Executive Talent Acquisition teams for all Uber businesses worldwide.
Roopesh has worked with incredible leaders who have pushed and challenged him over his career working for amazing brands such as SAP, Workday, Expedia, and VMware. A magnified lens on inclusivity, fun, and data-driven strategies have been the common thread across all the impressive accomplishments that Roopesh has achieved throughout his career.
As Chief Technical Officer for Private Cloud at Rackspace, Simon’s goal is to deliver end value to customers through world-class hybrid cloud solutions and services.
He is focused on inspiring and supporting technical leaders to find best-fit solutions, combining a perfect blend of services and capabilities from the Rackspace Technology and partner portfolio. Simon enjoys working with customers at all levels to understand their challenges and identify opportunities to help them to succeed.
Simon’s extensive experience has been gained from working across a broad spectrum of customers in different industries. Before joining Rackspace Technology, he worked at IBM for over 20 years in leadership roles including Chief Architect for several global accounts and establishing a technical business development function for strategic deals in the UK.
Charity Trustee | Back Up
Jo spent most of her career at IBM, joining as a trainee salesperson. When she left she was an experienced corporate executive specializing in complex stakeholder management and relationships, and new business big-ticket-growth concept evaluation, from strategy to execution.
Jo acquired a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) that left her a paraplegic and reliant on a wheelchair. For the last 7 years, she has been a trustee of the Back Up Trust which supports people affected by SCI by giving them the skills and confidence to lead a full life. She served as Chair of Trustees until last year, and in this time developed a particular interest in the application of technology across the public sector and using tech to make a difference.
Head of EMEA Professional Services Delivery | Rackspace Technology
Simon is responsible for Rackspace Technologies’ Professional Services Team in Europe, Middle East and Africa, where he has the privilege of leading a team of expert architects, engineers and consultants supporting the company’s customers on their journey to the public cloud. Simon has worked in IT for over 20 years, starting in interactive television and leading professional services and consulting teams for Accenture, EMC and Dell.
Technology Transformation Leader and ServiceNow Practice Leader | EY
Hernán Gabrieli is a management consultant with more than 28 years of worldwide experience in business transformation. Driven by a passion in technology and innovation, he takes pride in providing the best professional advice to his clients across different geographies. These include Italy, Argentina, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, USA and UK. As a Technology Transformation Leader he has delivered success stories to large corporations within the energy, banking, media, private equity and consumer products industries.
Director, Corporate Technology
Company | Barclays
Faith has worked in a variety of banking technology roles for the past 28 years, including 16 at NatWest/Royal Bank of Scotland and 12 at Barclays, where she is today. She started her career as a mainframe COBOL/DB2 developer and worked her way around a multitude of technology delivery roles within retail, transaction banking, risk, finance, digital channels, and corporate. Currently working as a Programme Director for a critical payments related programme, she’s also a London Co-Chair of Barclays Women in Technology, which aims to increase recruitment and retention of women in technology roles, and is a keen ally for all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion pillars.
Matt is a Managing Director in Accenture’s Salesforce Business Group and has been focused on Salesforce and the Salesforce ecosystem since 2008. During this time he has led multiple strategic initiatives and programs across functional capabilities, industries, and geographies. His current role sees him leading the Salesforce healthcare, life sciences and public sector industry segments globally, which includes responsibility for originating and delivering the firm’s most strategic offerings, accounts and programs.
Director | Digital Customer and New Business
Robert co-leads the Customer Transformation practice group within PwC’s Financial Services Transformation Team, and has around 10 years of consulting experience focusing on projects related to digitization of customer-centric products. Besides his in-depth knowledge in professional services for the retail banking and insurance segment, Robert also has a strong footprint in developing cross-industry business models.
Technology Impact Leader | PwC
Rob leads market activation for PwC’s cloud and digital transformation business in the UK. He is a leading voice in the field of AI and an evangelist for the responsible and ethical adoption of technology and its impact upon society. He’s a Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School, and a founding board member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI. HR Magazine ranks him as an ‘HR Most Influential Thinker’, Onalytica cites him as a ‘Who’s Who in AI’, and he was voted ‘Tech Community Leader of the Year’ at CogX. He won Editor’s Choice at the TechWomen100 Awards and is a Male Agent of Change finalist at the Everywoman in Tech Awards in recognition of his championing of the women in tech agenda.
UK Division President | Maximus
Prior to his current position, Dr Paul Williams served as Managing Director and Programme Director for Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), a division of Maximus. He graduated from Leeds Medical School in 1987 before becoming a full-time GP in 1992. In 2001, his interest in the impact of health on work, and of work upon health, led him to retrain as a specialist in Occupational Medicine. His extensive track record in high-profile clinical leadership roles includes the NHS, Forensic Medicine, Jaguar Land Rover, Local Government, the Police Force and JCB. Dr Williams recently stepped down from teaching postgraduate students in occupational medicine for Manchester University but continues to mentor future clinical service leaders within Maximus and the wider occupational medicine community.
Partner and Cloud Strategy Lead Consulting Practice | EY Canada
Imran is a veteran of the technology industry, with over 20 years’ experience in leadership positions in digital innovation and strategy. A specialist in identifying business expansion opportunities, he helps develop profit-generating strategies for key clients and stakeholders in industries that include financial services, health care and US government agencies, as well as transformation that leverages human-centered design principles. Imran has a storied commitment to fostering digital innovation, and is passionate about making technology easier for people to use.
