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ARN WIICTA 2025: Meet the Winners

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21 May 202515 mins

Highlights from ARN WIICTA 2025.

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More than 500 attendees gathered at Doltone House on Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney on 15 May, placing a spotlight on female achievement and accomplishment across the IT industry.

Mirroring the entire local ecosystem, 186 finalists made the shortlist from a pool of over 102 organisations and more than 300 nominations submitted, spanning partner, vendor and distributor businesses.

Following an intensive judging process — selected by an executive panel of more than 170 industry judges — 26 winners were selected across eight categories, in addition to 18 highly commended acknowledgements.

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Editorial director Cathy O’Sullivan

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NTT Data vice president of strategy and transformation Kristy Simpkin presenting sponsor of DE&I Champion category

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Nicole Holmes, Kristy Simpkin and Julia Talevski

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DE&I Champion Partner winner: Nicole Holmes First Focus

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Julie Canepa, Kristy Simpkin and Julia Talevski

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DE&I Champion Vendor winner: Julie Canepa – Cisco

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DE&I Champion vendor winner: Ash Tyszkiewicz – Okta   accepted by Hollis Scoggin

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Editorial director Cathy O’Sullivan and ARN Editor Julia Talevski presenting the Graduate category

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Stephanie Lloyd and Julia Talevski

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Graduate Partner winner: Stephanie Lloyd – Datacom

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Graduate vendor winner: Winnie Soemargo – HPE

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Winnie Soemargo and Julia Talevski

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Natasha Lambert presents Innovation Category sponsored by Palo Alto Networks

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Innovation Partner winner: Renata Di Stefano, blueAPACHE

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Natasha Lambert, Renata Di Stefano and Julia Talevski

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Innovation Distributor winner: Rachana Shah – Ingram Micro

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Rachana Shah, Natasha Lambert and Julia Talevski

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Dave Stevens presents Technical Category sponsored by Brennan

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Technical Multinational Partner winner: Reinal Shetty – NTT DATA 

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Reinal Shetty, Dave Stevens and Julia Talevski

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Technical Partner winner: Hanieh Madad – Patient Zero

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Technical Vendor winner: Natalie Mead – Snowflake (accepted by Kate Power).

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Cathy O’Sullivan, Kate Power, Dave Stevens and Julia Talevski

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Yvette McEnearney presents Entrepreneur category sponsored by GoTo

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Entrepreneur Partner winner: Maryanne Demery

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Julia Talevski, Yvette McEnearney, Maryanne Demery and Cathy O’Sullivan

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Entrepreneur Vendor Winner: Nicole Nixon – Five Faces

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Julia Talevski, Nicole Nixon, Yvette McEnearney and Cathy O’Sullivan

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Astrid Groves presents Rising Star category sponsored by Schneider Electric

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Rising Star Multinational Partner winner Alicia Stark accepted by Kylie Blair – Cognizant

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Rising Star Partner Winner: Kate Rawinski – Blackbird IT

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Rising Star Distributor winner: Sunny McPhillips – NEXTGEN

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Rising Star Vendor winner: Lily Fay – NetSkope

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Shining Star presenter John Walters sponsored by NEXTGEN

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Shining Star Mulitnational Partner winner: Kellie Nuttall – Deloitte

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Julia Talevski, John Walters, Kellie Nuttall and Cathy O’Sullivan

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Shining Star Partner winner: Cecilia Huang – ASI Solutions

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Shining Star Distributor Winner: Julie Armstrong – NEXTGEN

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Shining Star Vendor Winner: Emma O’Sullivan – Lenovo

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Shining Star Vendor winner accepted by Aarti Magpal on behalf of Cassie Wallace – Kiandra

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Laura Malcolm presents Achievement category sponsored by Datacom

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Achievement Multinational Partner winner: Lisa Fortey – Logicalis

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Achievement Partner winner: Angela Logan-Bell – Interactive

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Julia Talevski, Angela Logan-Bell, Laura Malcolm and Cathy O’Sullivan

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Achievement Distributor winner: Roshantha Pillay – Dicker Data

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Achievement Vendor winner: Astrid Groves – Schneider Electric

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Julia Talevski

With years of experience covering the latest technology trends and business news across the IT channel, Julia Talevski has been keeping the IT industry connected in Australia and New Zealand. She is currently the editor for ARN and Reseller News, responsible for keeping the community engaged at every touch point through our newsletters, websites and main events such as EDGE, WIICTA and Innovation Awards.

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