We are pleased to announce the 2026 techpartner.news Impact Awards finalists – technology partners, vendors, distributors and people that made a real impact for Australian organisations.

They will gather on August 13 in Sydney for the inaugural techpartner.news Winter Ball, featuring the Impact Awards, a black-tie celebration recognising the projects, people, and partnerships shaping the Australian technology industry.

This will be the first time the Impact Awards will take place as stand-alone event, after a decade of spotlighting excellence by technology firms.

This year’s finalists helped secure critical national infrastructure, migrate systems underpinning millions of customer accounts in a heavily regulated industry, improve how Australians engage with workplace dispute services, and modernise one of the world’s largest neurological research registries.

They also worked with clients that specialise in robotics and spatial data, that provide psychosocial services to many thousands of people, and that provide mental health support and assist parents and carers raising children and young people with disabilities.

The finalists also include business founders and CEOs, heads of sales, marketing and technology, and technical specialists.

At the Winter Ball on August 13, we will reveal the award winners, including the Data Partner of the Year, AI Partner of the Year, Security Partner of the Year, and Managed Services Partner of the Year, among others.

The event will also crown the Business Leader of the Year, Sales Leader of the Year, Marketing Leader of the Year, Technology Leader of the Year, Community Leader of the Year and Technical Specialist of the Year, among other awards.

The spotlight at the event will also be on Vendor and Distributor award winners.

Tickets & save the date for the Winter Ball on August 13

Finalists will receive an email early next week with details about tickets and next steps. In the meantime, please save the date August 13 for the Winter Ball, featuring the Impact Awards, in Sydney.

Partner Finalists

Partner Project Finalists

Customer Experience Partner of the Year

• Cevo
• Falco
• PConnect

Employee Experience Partner of the Year

• CG TECH
• Engage Squared
• Exco Partners
• Interactive
• nexwave
• PConnect
• SixPivot
• Sognos
• Switch Connect

Social Impact Partner of the Year

• Arinco
• Focus Dynamics
• Gadali
• ONGC Systems
• Smile IT
• Solentive
• Thomas Peer Solutions

Infrastructure Partner of the Year

• Arinco
• C4X Technology Architects
• Cevo
• Cloud Context
• Digital61
• Ericom
• Kinetic IT
• MegaMed
• Platinum Technology

Networking Partner of the Year

• Macquarie Telecom
• Outcomex
• Precision IT
• Vectec

Data Partner of the Year

• Deloitte
• MicrotechDPS
• Syntacks Consulting

AI Partner of the Year

• 365 Mechanix
• HSO
• IOTAI
• Renew IT

Enterprise Applications Partner of the Year

• 365 Mechanix
• Atturra
• Avocado Consulting
• Delta Insights
• Dynamic Aspect
• Dynamics Square
• Engage Squared
• Exco Partners
• iCatalyst
• Switch Connect

Managed Services Partner of the Year

• blueAPACHE
• Fuse Technology
• Platinum Technology
• Precision IT
• PrintFleet
• RES. Business IT
• Thomas Peer Solutions

Security Partner of the Year

• Blue Crystal Solutions
• CyberCX
• CyberPulse
• Emerging IT
• Kinetic IT
• Lanrex
• Oreta
• Platinum Technology
• Precision IT
• RES. Business IT
• Tikabu

Partner Leader Finalists

Marketing Leader of the Year

• Pattigrace Lupari, Group Head of Marketing, Infotrust
• Lauren Attana, Senior Marketing Executive, Blue Crystal Solutions
• Michael Crump, Head of Marketing , The Missing Link
• Adelina Cubelic, Head of Communications, Interactive

Sales Leader of the Year

• Mark Michael, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Arxis Group
• Paul Whiteoak, Chief Revenue Officer, Otto IT
• Liam Flannigan, Sales Leader, PrintFleet
• Anita Sheridan-Roddick, Chief Revenue Officer, Baidam
• Marc Tricksey, National Sales Director, Arinco
• Lincoln Smith, Commercial Director, Avocado Consulting
• Vab Mittal, Country Head ANZ, Adactin
• Udara Dharmadasa, CEO, Thomas Peer Solutions
• Angela Logan-Bell, Head of Sales – Cloud, Interactive
• Con Megremis, Chief Relationship Officer, C4X Technology Architects

Community Leader of the Year

• Chris Greatrex, Director, Dynamic Aspect
• Sean Dendle, Managing Director, CYMAX
• Andrew Pegg, Team Leader - Service Desk Engineer, Platinum Technology
• Wayne Small, Technology Evangelist, SMBiT Professionals

Emerging Leader of the Year

• Josh Blunden, Operations Manager, PConnect
• Janis Bilston, Head of Project Management Office, Baidam
• Lorelle Tonna, Operations Manager , IT Leaders
• Miloni Mehta, Microsoft AI & Business Applications Practice Lead, Sognos
• Matthew Waldron, Service Delivery Manager, Digital61

Technical Specialist of the Year

• Will Gaildraud, Implementation Engineer, Precision IT
• Anirban Ghose, Managing Director, Surfacemine
• Martin Scheppel, Solution Architect, iCatalyst
• Alessi Torres, Senior Technical Architect, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Delta Insights
• Deniz Uysal, Solution Architect, ONGC Systems
• James Armstrong, Lead Engineer, Digital61
• Fred Thiele, Chief Information Security Officer, Interactive

Technology Leader of the Year

• Megan Visser, Chief Customer and Marketing Officer, Otto IT
• Sunny Bhatia, Chief Information Digital Officer (CIDO), Digital61
• Justin Maskey, CTO, Entag
• Devaraj Guganesan, Head of Cloud and Security / Principal Architect, Oreta
• Anatoly Murashov, Director of Program & Project Management, Delta Insights
• Adam Page, Head of Technical Services, Ericom
• Leo Raikhman, Managing Director, C4X Technology Architects

Business Leader of the Year

• Milan Rajkovic, Founder and CEO, Otto IT"
• Rebecca Swinfield, CEO, Solentive
• Payal Shah, Director, Collaboration and Growth, Cyber Forte
• Geoff Boyce, Co-Founder and Director, Precision IT
• Chris Padgett, CEO, Arinco
• Leah Stenhouse, Head of Business Engagement, Ericom
• Navneesh Garg, CEO, Adactin
• Chris Greatrex, Founder and Director, Artis Group and Dynamic Aspect
• Anna Furlong, Executive Director, The Virtual IT Department
• Ben Hopper, Managing Director, RES. Business IT
• Chuong Mai-Viet, Managing Director, Fuse Technology
• Rangi Gunasekera, Head of Business Operations, Thomas Peer Solutions
• Lisa Fortey, General Manager, Logicalis Australia

Vendor Finalists   

Voters’ Choice Award          

• HP
• Lenovo
• Microsoft

Partner Program Award      

• ConnectWise
• Ericsson
• Wasabi Technologies

Vendor Impact Award          

• AvePoint
• ConnectWise
• GoTo

Collaboration Award            

• AvePoint
• Microsoft

Leadership Award   

• Yvette McEnearney, Senior Director, Channel APAC & ANZ Country Leader - GoTo
• Shaun Witherden, Senior Vice President of MSP Enablement APAC - Kaseya
• Victor Guerrero, Vice President of Channel and Alliances, APAC - NinjaOne

Distributor/Marketplace Finalists     

Voters’ Choice Award          

• Dicker Data
• Ingram Micro
• Leader

Partner Enablement Award             

• Dicker Data
• Ingram Micro
• Westcon-Comstor

Partner Success Award      

• Crayon
• Dicker Data
• Ingram Micro

Collaboration Award            

• Dicker Data
• Ingram Micro

Leadership Award   

• Mathew Howard, General Manager, Australia & New Zealand - Crayon, a SoftwareOne Company
• Caleb Leung, General Manager, Sales - Ingram Micro
• Shannon Handley, Cloud Program Manager, Tech Data

Finalists will receive an email early next week with details about tickets and next steps. In the meantime, please save the date August 13 for the inaugural techpartner.news Winter Ball, featuring the Impact Awards, in Sydney.

For enquiries, please contact impactawards@techpartner.news.