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Photos: The 2012 iTnews Benchmark Awards

Searching for Australia's CIO of the Year.

on Feb 27 2013 6:59AM

The iTnews Benchmark Awards were held at the opening Gala Dinner of the CIO Strategy Summit.

Delegates arrive.

Panel sessions: (L-R) Defence CTO Matt Yannopoulos, Greg Farr, former CIO of Defence and Susan Monkley from DEEWR.

Panel sessions: Defence CTO Matt Yannopoulos talks about the agency's complex data centre migration project.

Fortescue Metals CIO Vito Forte offers some advice on how tech staff can be motivated without being obsessive with controls and governance.

Matthew Campbell, project manager for Pacific Aluminium, talks about the incredibly tight deadlines on his service desk project.

Henry Shiner, CIO of McDonalds Australia, talks about managing staff attrition using online systems.

Clinton in’t Veld, representing DDLS, moderates a panel of Retail CIOs.

Utilities CIO panel (L-R) Leigh Berrell, CIO, Yarra Valley Water, Cameron Dorse, CIO, Jemena, John Lindsay, CTO, iiNet.

Cameron Dorse, CIO, Jemena.

Networking drinks.

ING Direct Bank in a Boxer, Ben Issa.

Networking drinks.

Jim Berry, convenor of the CIO Strategy Summit, declares official proceedings open.

Brett Winterford explains the Benchmark Awards judging process for delegates of the CIO Strategy Summit.

Brett Winterford with globetrotting IBM Rational exec, Mike O'Rourke.

The Commonwealth Bank took out the banking and finance category early in the night for its core banking modernisation program. (L-R Mike O'Rourke, VP of Strategy for IBM, Richard Porter, regional manager CommBank).

Brett Winterford introduces the finalists in the Government category.

Brett Winterford, Liz Tay and ACS President Dr Nick Tate give a hand.

Former Defence CIO Greg Farr (right) won Government CIO of the Year for his last year with Australia's largest user of technology. He was congratulated on stage by Australian Computer Society president Dr Nick Tate (left).

Greg Farr, former Defence CIO, shares a joke after winning Government CIO of the Year.

iTnews' Brett Winterford introduces finalists in the Industrial category.

Andre Obradovic, director of enterprise and SMB at Samsung, gave all the winners a Samsung Galaxy Note II.

Jason Cowie, CIO of Calibre Global, accepts his award as Industrial CIO of the Year.

iTnews' newly crowned editor Charis Palmer addresses the audience.

iTnews' Charis Palmer congratulates Wayne McMahon, CIO of Domino's Pizza and Retail CIO of the Year.

Wayne McMahon, CIO of Domino's Pizza, accepts his award.

Brett Winterford and Mal Shaw (Dimension Data Learning Solutions).

Yarra Valley Water CIO Leigh Berrell (right) is presented his trophy by Mal Shaw, general manager of Dimension Data Learning Solutions (left).

Leigh Berrell (Yarra Valley Water) accepts his award for Utilities CIO of the Year.

The winners - (L-R) - Commonwealth Bank regional manager Richard Porter, Former Defence CIO Greg Farr, Calibre Global CIO Jason Cowie, Domino's Pizza Enterprise CIO Wayne McMahon, Yarra Valley Water CIO Leigh Berrell.

ACS President Nick Tate entertains over dinner.

Dinner.

Brett Winterford in discussion with Vito Forte (CIO, Fortescue Metals) and Jason Cowie (CIO, Calibre Global).

Dinner.

Cameron Dorse, CIO, Jemena.

Greg Farr (former Defence CIO).

Leigh Berrell (Yarra Valley Water).

iTnews Senior Journalist Liz Tay announces the winner of the CIO of the Year.

Commonwealth Bank regional manager Richard Porter (right) delivered the audience of CIOs some feedback on what the core modernisation project means to him and his fellow users on a day-to-day basis.

iTnews congratulates the winners - (L-R) - iTnews Editor Charis Palmer, Commonwealth Bank regional manager Richard Porter, Former Defence CIO Greg Farr, Calibre Global CIO Jason Cowie, iTnews Group Editor Brett Winterford, Domino's Pizza Enterprise CIO Wayne McMahon, Yarra Valley Water CIO Leigh Berrell, iTnews senior journalist Liz Tay.

Haymarket's Darren McNally rallies the troops.

The iTnews Benchmark Awards were held at the opening Gala Dinner of the CIO Strategy Summit.

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