IT industry's top achievers, visionaries to be awarded
Vinny Lingham, executive vice-chairman at Yola.com and co-founder of the Silicon Cape Initiative, will deliver the keynote address, focusing on the key trends that are shaping the global technology sector, and the challenges and opportunities they present for SA's IT enterprises.
The four awards being presented are:
- IT Personality of the Year - now in its 33rd year, presented by the CSSA in association with ITWeb, GIBS and Gartner Africa
- Visionary CIO of the Year - presented by the CSSA in association with ITWeb , GIBS and Gartner Africa
- Distinguished Service in ICT - presented by the CSSA in association with EngineerIT
- IT Leading Employer - presented by the CSSA in association with TalentAlign IT
Finalists
This year's finalists for the IT Personality award are:
- Asher Bohbot, CEO of EOH
- Darlene Menzies, Managing owner, The Development House
- Greg Reis, CEO, Business Systems Group
- Mteto Nyati, MD, Microsoft
- Sean O'Connell, CEO, Airborne
The top five finalists for the Visionary CIO award are:
- Andrew Brauer, CIO/CTO, Business Connexion
- Bradley Coward, Group CIO, Sappi
- Mayan Mathen, CTO, Dimension Data MEA
- Rubens da Silva, CIO, Johannesburg Water
- Sandi Macfie, CIO, Southern Sun Hotels
The 2011 winners of the IT industry's awards will be announced at The CSSA President's Awards event, a business breakfast organised in association with ITWeb.
For more, go to www.itweb.co.za/CSSAAwards.