DRI International Announces Winners of the 2024 DRI Awards of Excellence

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Mar 13, 2024, 11:02 ET

NEW YORK, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, 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, the annual conference, in New Orleans, LA, on Mar. 5, 2024.

"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

About DRI International:

Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI) is the oldest and largest nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters by providing education, accreditation, and thought leadership in business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience and related fields. Founded in 1988, DRI has certified 20,000+ resilience professionals in 110+ countries and at 95 percent of Fortune 100 companies.

SOURCE DRI International