Now in its 19th year, the IT Leaders Awards 2015 will recognise winners across five categories instead of four:
IT Leader of the Year
Entrepreneur of the Year
Professional of the Year
IT Youth and
Hall of Fame.
Entrepreneur of the Year is one of the new categories. "The Entrepreneur of the Year is being introduced to recognise the growing pool of entrepreneurs who are starting new ventures and we hope to encourage more individuals to come forward to share and inspire with their successful stories," the SCS said in a statement.
Professional of the Year, the other new category, replaces the Young Professional of the Year. This award recognises successful individuals for their achievements in their chosen fields. The Professional of the Year could be a mentor, educator, inventor, trainer, researcher or developer who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in any of the following ICM fields:
Entrepreneur of the Year is one of the new categories. "The Entrepreneur of the Year is being introduced to recognise the growing pool of entrepreneurs who are starting new ventures and we hope to encourage more individuals to come forward to share and inspire with their successful stories," the SCS said in a statement.
Professional of the Year, the other new category, replaces the Young Professional of the Year. This award recognises successful individuals for their achievements in their chosen fields. The Professional of the Year could be a mentor, educator, inventor, trainer, researcher or developer who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in any of the following ICM fields:
• Research & innovation
• Development
• Applications
• Education & training
• Implementation & management
• Administration & support
Nominations end 31 October 2014. An award ceremony will be held during the SCS Gala Dinner & IT Leader Awards on 6 March 2015. The evening will see the gathering of close to 1,000 ICM leaders and professionals from the government and private sectors.
Winners of the IT Leader Awards 2014 are:
Rosina Howe, Group Director of Innovation and Infocomm Technology, Land Transport Authority, named IT Leader of the Year. Howe developed Singapore’s land transport service strategy through the innovative use of ICT. Under her leadership, the use of ICT permeates through all key business functions including strategic units such as policy formulation and transport planning which helped the country and organisation to win numerous international awards and accolades.
Yong Ying-I, Chairman, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame this February. She spearheaded the formation of the IT national agency and under her leadership, significant milestones were achieved such as the full liberalisation of Singapore’s telecommunications market. She also led the development of the national blueprint to transform Singapore into an advanced and intelligent nation powered by infocomm.
The Young Professional of the Year 2014 is Nicholas Chan, Founder of Azione Capital and Managing Director of Fredrik Marine IT Services. He has co-founded at least ten companies, seven of which were technology companies ranging from IT services for trading, HR to the marine industry. He is now the CEO of a successful business providing IT Services for the requirements of the global maritime industry. He hosts the monthly Singapore Entrepreneurs Network, the largest entrepreneur/technopreneur group in Singapore on MeetUp.com since 2005.
The IT Youth award went to Tay Wei Kiat, Co-Founder of Oompr!. Tay created The Wicked, a collaborative online puzzle. He is also the brains behind the used textbook marketplace, BookINBookOUT. Oompr! is another social marketplace.
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