DRI International is proud to announce the finalists for the 2018 DRI International Awards of Excellence. These coveted awards recognize individuals and organizations who have achieved a level of excellence in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis management.
Winners in the following awards categories will be announced at the DRI2018 Gala Ceremony on February 13, 2018 Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
- Pauline Williams-Banta, The Energy Authority
- John Liuzzi, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Keith Cantando, Cisco Systems
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
- Michael Mastrangelo, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Ryan Miller, Howard County Government
- Kamroonbanu Mohideenbasha, City and County of San Francisco
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
- Rich Leonardo, OhioHealth
- Nicolette Louissaint, Healthcare Ready
- Rania Al-Maghraby, The EAITSM Inc.
Consultant of the Year
- Dean Gallup, Advantaged Solutions, Inc.
- Philip Bigge, Ripcord Solutions
- Carlo Kelejian, Continuity Innovations, LLC
Newcomer of the Year
- Robert Summerson, Continuity Logic
- Alexandria Brennan, State Street Bank
- Christopher Hucke, Barclays
Team of the Year
- Cognizant Technology Solutions
- ADP
- TCF Bank
Response and Recovery of the Year
- Gallagher
- Cisco Services Business Continuity
- First Data
Product/Service Provider of the Year
- BC in the Cloud
- Continuity Logic
- Fusion Risk Management
- GlobalSUITE – Business Continuity
- Northrop Grumman
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia
- Rentsys Recovery Services
- Strategic BCP ResilienceOne
- Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS)
- The Social Simulator
Product/Service Provider of the Year
- BC in the Cloud
- Continuity Logic
- Fusion Risk Management
- GlobalSUITE – Business Continuity
- Northrop Grumman
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia
- Rentsys Recovery Services
- Strategic BCP ResilienceOne
- Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS)
- The Social Simulator
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Greg Holdburg
- Tejas Katwala
- Fred “Freddie” H. Sebren
- Frank Perlmutter
- R Vaidhyanath