Finalists Announced for First Ever Digital Revolution Awards

Nominees have been revealed ahead of the inaugural Digital Revolution Awards ceremony on February 25^th 2021

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shortlists for Tenth Revolution Group’s first ever Digital Revolution Awards have been announced, with organizations and professionals from across the cloud ecosystem being recognized and celebrated for their outstanding performances.

Finalists represent the most innovative, boundary-pushing organizations from around the world.

Nominee shortlists across the awards' 18 categories were scored and compiled by a panel of more than 25 independent experts from leading cloud organizations such as AWS, Salesforce, IBM, Barclays Investment Bank, Aviva, KPMG UK, Belle Fleur, entero AG, DWP Digital, The Equity Foundation, ISG, Project F, Natterbox, and Fortinet.

Winners will be decided during a series of judging panel roundtables over the coming weeks, and announced in a virtual awards ceremony on February 25^th 2021, hosted by entrepreneur, executive coach, and author Maxine Nwaneri.

The awards categories are supported by a wide range of organizations from across the digital technology space, including IBM, Barclays Women in Technology Europe, and SumUp.

These industry giants join award sponsors such as leading Salesforce DevOps solution developer Copado, prominent Microsoft Dynamics marketing platform ClickDimensions, Salesforce Platinum Partner PolSource, Salesforce platform developer Elements.cloud, global consulting firm and Microsoft Gold Partner Arbela Technologies, and AWS Partner Network Rising Star Partner of the Year for the UK and Ireland, Rebura.

The awards are also supported by innovative organizations working to change the face of the cloud ecosystem, like talent creation firm Revolent, non-profit advocacy organizations Brown Girl, Tech World and Migrant Leaders, and multi-award winning social enterprise Code First Girls.

"These nominees represent some truly outstanding organizations and professionals, and the innovative and impactful work they're doing in the cloud space," said Zoë Morris, President at Frank Recruitment Group and judging panel member.

"It was an absolute pleasure to be part of these discussions and get to dissect and discuss these nominations with such an esteemed panel of industry experts. We're lucky to work in an exciting, fast-moving space and reading these nominations was a fantastic reminder of what a massive impact organizations in the cloud industry can make to our world, in so many exciting, humbling, and unexpected ways."

Awards ceremony host Maxine Nwaneri added: "There are some absolutely exceptional nominees in these shortlists. It's going to be really challenging to narrow them down to a single winner, but I can't wait to unveil the victors on February 25^th, and hopefully give these remarkable cloud heroes a little bit of the recognition they deserve."

Digital Revolution Awards 2021 Finalists

SumUp Business Pioneer of the Year Award	Brown Girl, Tech World Tech Star of the Year Award	Barclays Women in Technology Europe Outstanding Leadership Award, CEO
Capgemini VRP Consulting Ladorian Trianz	Tiffany Spencer Amanda Beard-Neilson Chaitra Vedullapalli	Will Saville Neha Sampat Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
Rebura Outstanding Leadership Award, CTO	Elements.cloud Outstanding Leadership Award, CIO	Migrant Leaders Tech for Good Award
Hannah Wolfe Debra Danielson Abby Kearns	Gertrude Van Horn Teena Piccione Shaun Le Geyt	Chaitra Vedullapalli / Meylah Corporation - Women in Cloud Polaris Project TechMums
Revolent Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year, Business Award	ClickDimensions Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year, Partner Award	IBM Cloud Technology Deal of the Year Award
PwC American Express Palo Alto Networks Amazon	Vertex Mathematica Policy Research Deloitte	Salesforce acquires Slack Adobe acquires Workfront mimik Technology Inc
Copado Cloud Technology Product of the Year Award	Fast Growth Cloud Business of the Year	Digital Transformation Project of the Year Award
IBM – Watson AIOps ThreatModeler Meylah	GuidePoint Security eCloud Valley	Countdown Meylah Corporation
Rapid Business Innovation Champion Award	Code First Girls Most Diverse and Inclusive Board of the Year Award	Revolent Excellence in Learning and Development Award
Ink Smith and The Canadian Shield RedBit Microsoft	Slack Stitch Fix Verizon Drift	Microsoft Learn Salesforce Trailhead AWS Tech U
Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Ecosystem Award	PolSource Outstanding Contribution to the Salesforce Ecosystem Award	Arbela Technologies Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Ecosystem Award
Lynn Langit Corey Quinn Vicky Seno	Enrico Murru Gemma Blezard and The Architect Club Cloud For Good	Akari Solutions Barhead Bower House Digital

ABOUT THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION AWARDS
The Digital Revolution Awards was founded by Tenth Revolution Group in an effort to showcase the exceptional work being done by both individuals and businesses in the global cloud space. The awards will commend those making a difference to the way we work, the way we live, and the way we build our future through cloud technology.

The inaugural Digital Revolution Awards will take place in 2021 and will see both cloud professionals and organizations of all types acknowledged for their work across categories including Tech Star of the Year, Business Pioneer of the Year, and Cloud Technology Product of the Year.

The awards also have a keen focus on promoting and commending contributions to the betterment of the cloud ecosystem, with awards for Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year, Most Diverse and Inclusive Board of the Year, and the Excellence in Learning and Development Award.

Shortlists were generated via peer nominations, and winners will be selected by a panel of independent judges made up of cloud experts.

For more information, visit: www.digitalrevolutionawards.com.