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The top 10 finalists for the IT Personality and Visionary CIO of the Year 2016 have been chosen from a
large number of nominations received from the IT community, ITWeb readers and the public.
The prestigious annual awards are presented by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals
South Africa (IITPSA), in association with ITWeb, the Gordon Institute of Business Science and Gartner
Africa.
IT Personality 2016
This year marks the 38th IT Personality of the Year Award, which recognises an individual who has made a
positive impact on the South African IT industry and a significant contribution to the IT profession in the
past year.
The top 10 IT Personality finalists for 2016 are:
* Brandon Bekker, MD, Mimecast
* Carel Du Toit, MD, Mint Management Technologies
* Damian Michael, CEO, Innovo Networks
* Edward Lawrence, director, Workonline Communications
* Elizabeth Gould, co-founder and CEO, codex
* Lee Naik, MD, Accenture Digital SA
* Luvuyo Ran, MD, Silulo Ulutho Technologies
* Marius Coetzee, CEO, Ideco
* Sbu Shabalala, CEO, Adapt IT
* Zoaib Hoosen, MD, Microsoft SA
Past winners include IT industry notables Alan Knott-Craig Sr,
Andile Ngcaba, Aleta Ling, Mark Shuttleworth, Ivan Epstein,
Asher Bohbot, professor Barry Dwolatzky and Mteto Nyati. 2015
saw Niel Schoeman, CEO of Vumatel, scoop the coveted title.
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2016 is the ninth year the Visionary CIO Award is being presented. It recognises an executive who has
demonstrated exceptional leadership in using technology to support and grow business.
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Peter du Plooy, CIO of Engen Petroleum, walked away with the award in 2015, joining previous winners
including Rabelani Dagada, Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga, Sandi Macfie, Sello Mmakau, Patrick Monyeki and Sal
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The winners will be announced at the IITPSA President's Awards breakfast event on 24 November at the
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