[VIDEO]Amid thunderous applause, Dali Mpofu, executive director of Altron and chairman of the ICT BEE charter working group, was named IT Personality of the Year last night.
The award, which seeks to recognise individuals that have made a noteworthy contribution to the IT industry and community in the past year, was presented by the Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA), ITWeb and Meta Group at the CSSA president`s annual awards dinner at the Sandton Convention Centre.
Mpofu was heralded for his championing of the ICT BEE charter, and he feels the recognition of this process, even though it is not yet complete, shows it has the backing of the industry.
"I am humbled and honoured," says Mpofu. "This is meaningful for the industry because of my role in the ICT charter. This is recognition to the working group for work that we have done and work that we are doing. That we are receiving recognition before it is complete, bodes well for the charter process."
Runners-up for the award were:
- Dr Alewyn Burger, director of direct banking at Standard Bank
- Phil Duff, Syspro CEO
- Ken Jarvis, SARS CIO
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- Cecil Machi, Imvo Technologies CIO
- Christo Davel, Standard Chartered Bank`s head of retail
Burger received the ITC Leader of the Year award for bridging the business and technology divide in the financial services industry and for his sustainable IT leadership spanning more than a decade.
[VIDEO]Other awards were presented by the CSSA in conjunction with ComputerWeek Strategist and the Meta Group. Hassen Ebrahim won the Public Sector CIO of the Year, for his work in transforming and integrating the government`s Justice, Crime Prevention and Security departments. He accepted the award, saying he was honoured to be receiving it on behalf of a department that has received negative publicity of late.
[VIDEO]First to congratulate Ebrahim was SARS` Ken Jarvis, a runner-up in this category, who joined him on the stage.
[VIDEO]The Private Sector CIO of the Year award went to John Lee, director of e-business and technology, Sun International, for his dedication to the IT overhaul of his organisation in the past year.
[VIDEO]The Project Master of the Year award went to Marietjie Lancaster, project leader and GM of the South African Post Office`s New Business Ventures unit, for her piloting of the Paymaster to the Nation project, which focuses on cutting through the red tape of getting pensions and other welfare grants to their rightful beneficiaries.
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