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THE TECHIES AWARDS 2019
The Winners
CUTTING IT AWARD WINNER
Render of Swindon
Render’s entry showcased its innovative and
amazing work for Airbus. The company has
delivered multi-user virtual reality experiences
which, in turn, showcase what Airbus does and
evidence its place at the cutting edge of the
aerospace industry.
These VR assets allow Airbus to help trade show
visitors and potential clients to immerse themselves
in the products on offer, experiencing virtually the
world of Airbus and aerospace.
Mark Miles, Managing Director, said, “It’s brilliant
to win this award and to be part of this celebratory
event of all things tech in our community. We
were lucky enough to pick up some awards last
year so were thrilled to be recognised again. To be
seen among our peers as a brand which provides
innovative visual solutions for our clients to allow
their own customers to be immersed totally in what
they can offer, is very humbling.”
The Render team of 16 continues to work with
Airbus and is now involved in what is known as
‘virtual twins’ providing VR and AR experiences
which allows companies to simulate activities in an
immersive virtual environment mirroring a place or
building. An example might be creating a virtual twin
of a real oil rig to train people in health and safety
around the construction or to virtually practice a
real-world evacuation prior to visiting the actual rig.
The other finalist in this category was Appsbroker.
USING TECH TO TRANSFORM BUSINESS AWARD WINNER FUTURE TECH SUPERSTAR AWARD WINNER
Evo-Soft of Swindon Daniel Curran from Infinity Nation of Brinkworth
This winning entry focused on the Evo-
auction product which is now used by many
auction houses across the UK.
It allows auction houses to give their
online users what they need with a
straightforward, enjoyable and intuitive
buyer/seller experience. In turn, this
provides auction houses with the tools to
interact effectively with buyers and sellers
and therefore drive an increase in profits.
Evo-Soft is a company based in Badbury,
near Swindon and they are a Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Specialist and as Microsoft
Gold Partner. The company was created 17
years ago by partners Ashley McIntyre and
Derek Fisher. Today they have 50 staff with
offices also in Manchester and Ireland.
Lucy Mead, Marketing Director, said,
“It is a great honour to win this award and
inspiring to meet many other exciting tech Daniel’s winning entry was incredibly strong.
He joined Infinity Nation as an apprentice
three years ago and since then has gone
on to become an SEO Executive. His most
recent accomplishment is in helping to
achieve an increase in Creed Fragrance’s
Christmas revenue by 34% which equated to
£58,690 in extra online sales.
Daniel, 23, is passionate about digital
marketing particularly around SEO, PPC,
UX and CRO. A former student from
Lydiard Park Academy he joined the digital
marketing agency from college and has
excelled ever since.
Darren said, “I’m thrilled to have won this
award it means a lot to me. I’ve really valued
my journey as an apprentice and I’m excited
about learning more in the future. I’m like a
sponge, I just soak up all the learning I can!”
businesses from across Swindon
and Wiltshire.”
Other finalists in this category were OJO
Solutions and Resolution Design.
CLOUD INNOVATION OF THE YEAR & FLYING THE FLAG FOR
SWINDON & WILTSHIRE AWARD WINNER
Appsbroker of Swindon
Appsbroker is a company with a team of 100 based
in Swindon’s Old Town and another 50 based in
Romania. They are the UK’s biggest Google Cloud
partner and in 2018 they were named as the number
one seller of G-Suite licences in the UK. They work in
an agile manner with businesses large and small.
Their customers have included well-known
brands such as Santander, Quantexa and Jaguar
Land Rover.
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New team member Cameron Turnbull, who’s
24 and from Bath, said,“I’m thrilled to be part of
something like this. I’ve been with the company less
than a year and to see us win an award really makes
me feel like I’ve made a good decision to be part of
this company.”
Other finalist in the Cloud Innovation of the Year
category was OJO Solutions.
The other finalists in Flying the Flag for Swindon &
Wiltshire Tech were Cardwave and Foregenix.
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Other finalists in this category were
Cameron Livingstone-Elder of Priority IT
and Olivia Acus of Promote Online.