Ostendio Advances as Best Tech Workplace for Diversity Finalist in Washington DC's 2018 Timmy Awards

Tech in Motion announces top five local companies for tech and opens public voting to determine winners

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Sep 18, 2018, 08:37 ET

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech in Motion Washington DC has chosen Ostendio as a finalist for this year's Best Tech Workplace for Diversity category in the fourth Annual Timmy Awards, which recognizes the top workplaces for tech professionals in the Washington DC area. Ostendio joins an elite list of this year's finalists, including Cofense, Dataprise, GRIMM and Research Innovations, which the public can vote for here.

In 2013, Ostendio was founded by Grant Elliott, Jermaine Jones and Rohit Johri to make it easier for companies to build, manage and demonstrate their information security framework. Today, companies ranging in size from high-growth start-ups to large enterprise customers are staying secure and compliant using Ostendio's MyVCM cybersecurity and information management platform.

"We are very pleased to be a Finalist in the Best Tech Workplace for Diversity. I am from Scotland originally, one of my co-founders is from India and the other is a veteran. We see this as one of our key strengths as it allows us to bring our unique and different perspectives to the table as we face any challenge or obstacle. Being a diverse organization, we are better able to serve the various environments we operate in," said Ostendio's President and CEO, Grant Elliott.

"As the event series grows each year, we are excited to celebrate the diversity, innovation and growth in the community – which we recognize is represented by these finalists whether or not they walk home with an award," says Mandy Walker, Director of Marketing at Motion Recruitment, creator of Tech in Motion.

The complete list of Washington DC's 2018 Timmy Awards finalists can be found here.

About Ostendio

Ostendio's MyVCM™ streamlines the way companies build, manage and demonstrate their information security framework. The MyVCM platform provides an enterprise view of an organization's cybersecurity program. MyVCM's unique bottom-up security approach provides a workflow solution which engages every employee and manages all aspects of security and compliance which allows organizations to easily report their security posture to internal and external stake-holders. With MyVCM, customers can ensure they are secure and compliant.

For more information about Ostendio's MyVCM, please visit www.ostendio.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

About Tech in Motion Events
Tech in Motion is an international events series that brings local tech community professionals together to connect, learn, and innovate. What started as a collaborative project in 2011 between IT recruiting firms Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates, part of the Motion Recruitment network, grew into an organization of over 100,000 members across 12 chapters in North America including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, LA, Orange County and Toronto. Please visit techinmotionevents.com for more information about notable speakers, sponsors and events.