EC News DeskThe Future IT Summit and Catalysts Awards were successfully held at Conrad Hotel in Dubai on 17th March 2022. Brought by Global CIO Forum, the 8th edition of the FITS 2022 was embellished with various segments and awards such as The Catalyst Marketing, Catalyst CIO, and Top Ten Best IT Companies to Work with and Titans Badge of Honour.
The Future IT Summit 2022 event partners include Dell Technologies and Mindware; Zero & One and AWS; Epicor; HPE and Emitac; Logitech and Ingram Micro; FreshWorks and VAD; Ingram Micro and NetApp; Pure Storage and Teksalah; AMD, Automation Anywhere, SecureNet, HTP Global Technologies, Nakivo, Scality, Virsec, Finesse, Infoblox, Raqmiyat, and Sherpa Communications.
The Titans Badge of Honor Award Ceremony
The Vision of Titans states, ‘Not everybody makes it to The Titans…. But the Best’. The Titans ‘Badge of Honor’ is not an award that determines the capability, it is an Honor that echoes the supremacy of the CIOs. The Badge was bestowed to the Top 25 CIOs who made it to the Top Story of Titans in the year 2021-22 and the winners include:
| Name | Organisation |
| Nagesh Ashwartha | AlHamra |
| Ashraf Salah | Hilton Worldwide |
| Saif AlSiskek | SEHA |
| Roger Tabbal | Accor |
| Shrenik Jain | Siemens |
| Abdul Rahman Jaroudi | Mawarid Holding |
| Sunando Chaudhuri | ADNEC |
| MN Chaturvedi | Oasis Investment |
| Manish Bindra | Galadari |
| Samit Jha | Laticrete |
| Umesh Moolchandani | Bin Dasmal |
| Krishan Kant | Landmark |
| Paul Robert | Serco |
| Mustansir Aziz | GDC |
| Eoin Daly | CBD |
| Antonio Campos | MIG Holding |
| Qusai AlMaqdadi | EnY |
| Jayesh Maganlal | DAMAC |
| Sreejith Chakraborthy | GEMS |
| Akash Lall | Global Village |
| Gigi Mathews | Itihad Investments |
| Vibhin Vijayakumar | Marine Dredging |
| Vijay Jain | Dulsco |
| Kashif Rana | HSA Group |
| Eyad Kashkash | AlRamz |
| Shinoj Sebastian | Royal Group |
| Mohammed Qattash | Fairmont Palm |
The Catalyst Awards
The Catalyst awards puts forth the industry’s most coveted title and favourite awards ceremony of recognizing the trailblazers in the industry who have been uplifting the brand and reputation of their respective organisations in these difficult times with various cutting-edge initiatives, platforms and market-penetration and truly acting as ‘Catalysts’ in the ever-changing market landscape. This award ceremony included Catalyst CIO, Catalyst Vendor and Catalyst Channel categories.
The Catalyst CIO Awards Ceremony
Government
| Name | Organisation |
| Arul Jose Vigin | DIFC Courts |
| hamad khalifa alnuaimi | Abu Dhabi Police GHQ |
| Abdulla Ali Ahli | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID SPACE CENTER |
| Abdalla Al Ali | Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) |
Banking and Finance
| Name | Organisation |
| SREEDHAR SURAGOUNI | Oman Insurance Company |
| Soheyl Kadjani | FIrst Abu Dhabi bank (FAB) |
| Hakam Abu-Zarour | Emirates Development Bank |
Capital Markets and Investments
| Name | Organisation |
| Gogem Artug | Mubadala Capital |
Investment Management
| Name | Organisation |
| Eyad Kashkash | Al Ramz Corporation PJSC |
Education
| Name | Organisation |
| Sreejit Chakrabarty | GEMS Dubai American Academy |
| Sunil Kumar Nair | Al Falah University |
| Dr Abdulla Nasser Alnoaimi | Shk Nasser Centre- Bahrain |
Facility Management
| Name | Organisation |
| Hussain Saifuddin | Emrill Services |
FMCG
| Name | Organisation |
| Taha Tkito | AMERICANA FOODS |
Healthcare
Presented by Ben McDonald, Dell Technologies
| Name | Organisation |
| Nawaf Mohamed Abdulrahman | Mohammed bin Kalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Centre |
| Jaleel Rahiman | Prime Healthcare Group |
| Bader Al Qubaisi | SEHA Abu Dhabi Health Services Co |
| Pradeepkumar Nair | Oaiss Dental Clinics |
| Manal Allam | Merck Group |
| Aliasgar Bohari | Zulekha Hospital |
Hospitality
| Name | Organisation |
| Muhamed Noufel | Royal continental hotels & suites |
| SABIN SUBRAMANNIAN | CLASS HOTEL APARTMENTS |
| Najwa Hamzeh | The Red Sea Group |
| Anish T Varughese | Skelmore Group |
Manufacturing
| Name | Organisation |
| Samit Jha | Laticrete International, Inc. |
| Kashif R. Rana | HSA Group |
| Umesh Moolchandani | Bin Dasmal Group |
| MOHANNAD HENNAWI | NAFFCO FZCO |
| Mustansir Aziz | Automech Group |
| Arnab Debroy | Metito Overseas Limited |
Oil and Gas
| Name | Organisation |
| Aditya Kaushik | Adyard Abudhabi LLC. |
Real Estate
| Name | Organisation |
| Mubarik Hussain | Bloom Holding |
| Ahmed Al Ahmad | Nakheel |
| Fahad Deshmukh | Sobha Realty |
| Damir Jaksic | KEO International Consultants |
| Jayesh Maganlal | Damac Properties |
| Dinesh Kumar | Driven Properties LLC. |
| Ayman Medakka | Al Masaood National General Contracting LLC |
Retail
| Name | Organisation |
| Fayaz Ahamed Badubhai | AL Yousuf Group |
| Hemanth Kumar Shetty | Tips and Toes (Ben Suhail Group) |
| Karthikeyan GURUSAMY ( G K ) | Truebell Group of companies |
Services
| Name | Organisation |
| Vijay Jain | Dulsco |
| Gregory Naidoo | Majid Al Futtaim Global Solutions |
| Vimal Rama Chandran | HLB HAMT |
Conglomerates
| Name | Organisation |
| Madhukar Chaturvedi | Alshirawi Group of Companies |
| Shrikant A. Kabboor | Arada |
| Manish Bindra | Galadari Brothers |
Telecom
| Name | Organisation |
| Ken Maas | Axiom Telecom |
The FITS 2022 also witnessed two special awards in the CIO Category:
| Category | Name | Organisation |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Mario Foster | Al Naboodah Group Enterprise |
| IT PERSON OF THE YEAR | Venkatesh Mahadevan | Dubai Investments PJSC |
The Catalyst Marketing Awards Ceremony
Channel
| Name | Organisation |
| Faraz Ali Khan | ASBIS Middle East |
| Tarannum Saqib | Ingram Micro |
| Maha Kibrit | Mindware |
| Varsha Krishnamurthy | emt Distribution |
| Rasha Islim | Emitac Enterprise Solution |
| Mohan Babu Murugesan | Bits Secure IT Infrastructure LLC |
| Avinash Gujje | CloudBox Technologies |
| Francea Lobo | Finesse FZ LLC |
| Aditya Puri | Redington Gulf |
Vendor
| Name | Organisation |
| Kamlesh Lal | Dell Technologies |
| Ranim Atour | Infoblox |
| Neeraj Kumar | Automation Anywhere |
| Suresh Venkataraman | Paessler AG |
| Charline Fahed | SentinelOne |
| Dev Mehta | VIRSEC SYSTEMS |
| Hassan Hamadani | Pure Storage |
| Sandy Issa | Intelligent Security Systems |
| Neethu Paul | Epicor |
| Vishal Dogra | Automation Anywhere |
| Rajeev Dutt | Infinite Blue |
| Nikhil Sangvi | Arcon TechSolutions |
| Loubna Imenchal | Logitech |
| Lena Halbourian | Commvault |
| Ben McDonald | Dell Technologies |
The Top 10 IT Companies to Work for in 2022 Awards
The Top Ten Best IT Companies to Work for in 2022 is a one of its kind recognitions in the region for the IT Fraternity that would celebrate the ‘Exuberance’ of the people working in an organization. This special recognition felicitates and recognizes both fast-growing and established companies in UAE that offers tremendous career advancement opportunities together with leading-edge employee perks and benefits and most importantly valuable employee engagement.
TP-Link MEA, Infoblox, Infinite Blue, Aptec- an Ingram Micro Company, Raqmiyat, AMD, Dell Technologies, ASBIS, NetApp felicitated as the ‘The Top 10 IT Companies to Work for in 2022’ by Tushar Sahoo, MD, GEC Media Group.
Also, Techneplus has been awarded as ‘Emerging Company’ of the year at FITS 2022.
