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DRI International Announces Winners of the 2024 DRI Awards of Excellence
DRI International is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 DRI Awards of Excellence for their achievements in the business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management fields. The awards were revealed at a special gala event held during DRI2024 in New Orleans, LA.
“We have the privilege of hosting the hardest working and most dedicated professionals in the resilience community,” said Chloe Demrovsky, DRI President and CEO. "The DRI Awards are a great opportunity to give them the spotlight they deserve.”
Here is the complete list of finalists and winners:
PRODUCT/SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
BDO
Continuity Innovations
Fusion Risk Management
Infinite Blue – WINNER
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Malaysia
Riskonnect
Veoci
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Arab National Bank – Business Continuity Management – WINNER
Dell Technologies – Enterprise Resiliency
Mobily – Risk & Business Continuity Management
RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF THE YEAR
HCLTech – Crisis & Resilience Team
TELUS – Emergency Response & Business Continuity (ERBC)
TURKCELL GLOBAL BILGI – Enterprise Risk Management and BCM – WINNER
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Shanelle Barton – Halton Region
Tyler Mitchell, CBCP – AHEAD LLC
Alexa Saffelle, ABCP – BDO – WINNER
CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR
Ilker Cankara – Saudi Aramco Safaniya Onshore Producing Department – WINNER
Richard Colesante, CBCP – Protiviti
Lisa Jones, MBCP – Control Risks
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Abdulrahman Alonaizan, CBCP
David Halford
Venkata Ramana Krothapalli, ABCP
Greg Pinchbeck, CBCP
Daman Sood
Idamie Vincent
Nina Wyatt – WINNER
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC SECTOR
Khaled Abouzeid – Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
Dr. Humaid Alkindi – Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) – WINNER
Doniella Mckoy, CBCP – Rabdan Academy
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – NON PROFIT SECTOR
Mark Martin Bras – Vieques Love - WINNER
Efraim Wielgus – Columbia University Information Technology
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – PRIVATE SECTOR
James Lodge, CBCP – Linklaters - WINNER
John Liuzzi, CBCP – Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits