Data and AI Leader of the year (Solution Provider) – Rob Fuller, Blend
Rob Fuller has been selected as Data and AI Leader of the Year because of what he has built for Blend, but also for the scale, sophistication, and sustained business value his leadership has delivered. At the heart of his impact is BlendX, a strategic middle layer innovation that has redefined how AI solutions […]
DataIQ Lifetime Achievement Award – Randy Bean
In a world where the data and AI landscape is in constant flux, few figures have stood as steadfast and influential as Randy Bean. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Randy has carved a singular path as a pioneering voice on the strategic role of data and artificial intelligence within modern enterprise. His […]
Best Responsible AI Program or Initiative – TD: Trustworthy AI
In an era where AI capabilities are accelerating faster than governance frameworks can keep pace, TD has taken a grounded, pragmatic approach to building trust into its AI initiatives, setting an industry benchmark. TD’s initiative stands out for its substance, ambition, and execution. At the heart of its efforts is TD’s Layer 6, the Bank’s […]
Data and AI For Good Champion – Monica Kedzierski, formerly at Herbalife
Monica Kedzierski’s career has deployed AI and data in a way that redefines how a global business can embed these resources in service of broader human and societal outcomes. Her work demonstrates that AI for good is a leadership principle with tangible results, sustained vision, and ethical backbone. With a career that has included roles […]
Transformation with Data & AI (Solution Provider) – NTT DATA
NTT DATA’s Digital Twin of Customer (DToC) initiative is a sharp reimagining of how businesses interact with, understand, and serve their customers. In a landscape saturated with claims about customer-centricity, DToC demonstrates what it takes to deliver on that promise using real-time data, AI, and machine learning to create actionable, individualized insight that drives business […]
Transformation with Data & AI (Client Side) Destination Canada
Destination Canada’s Canadian Tourism Data Collective is an impressive example of data infrastructure and a national transformation effort that redefines how an entire industry operates. In a sector dominated by SMEs and historically fragmented access to insight, this initiative has introduced data and AI as shared, strategic assets. Shifting from reactive recovery to proactive, intelligent […]
Most Innovative Use of AI (Solution Provider) Cotality
Cotality’s use of AI stands out not just for its technological sophistication, but for its direct and measurable impact on one of the most pressing challenges facing American homeowners today: the crisis in property insurance affordability. Since 2021, insurance premiums across the US have risen by an average of 33%, far outpacing increases in mortgage […]
Most Innovative Use of AI (Client Side) – Carrie Rath, Lowes Food
Carrie Rath’s work at Lowes Foods exemplifies what innovation in AI looks like when rooted in frontline expertise and business-critical impact. She applied Zebra’s Workcloud Actionable Intelligence software and transformed how it is used, building a new standard for loss prevention that is proactive, precise, and profit-protecting. Loss prevention is often reactive, investigating only after […]
Grand Prix – International Air Transport Association (IATA)
International Air Transport Association (IATA) has been awarded the Grand Prix for 2025. The Grand Prix is presented to the submission that scored highest across all the judges, which this year has been won by IATA for its submission to the Data and AI for Good Hero Organization Award category. The Incident Data Exchange […]
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Data and AI award – University Health Network – Dunn House
In a landscape where healthcare outcomes are increasingly shaped by social determinants, University Health Network’s (UHN) Dunn House initiative stands out as a pioneering model of what is possible when data, healthcare, and social action are seamlessly integrated. Dunn House is a systemic intervention that redefines how data-driven collaboration can achieve deep, lasting social and […]
Data and AI Leader of the Year (Client Side) – Meaghan Ferrigno, Destination Canada
Meaghan Ferrigno exemplifies what it means to be a data and AI leader that can reshape industries through insight, influence, and execution. At Destination Canada, her leadership has turned data from a back-office function into a strategic lever for national competitiveness in tourism. At the heart of Meaghan’s impact is the Canadian Tourism Data Collective, […]
Data and AI For Good Hero Organization Award – International Air Transport Association (IATA)
The Incident Data Exchange (IDX), part of IATA’s Global Aviation Data Management (GADM) platform, is a textbook example of how data and AI can serve a higher purpose. It is a technological ambition safeguarding lives, enhancing trust, and enabling informed decisions across one of the most safety-critical industries in the world: aviation. The scale and […]
Data & AI Leader of the Year (Influencer): Ari Kaplan
Ari Kaplan’s career is not defined by a single breakthrough or a fleeting moment of success, but by sustained, industry-shaping impact across multiple paradigms in data and AI. What makes his candidacy for Data and AI Leader of the Year stand out include his current achievements at Databricks and the depth and breadth of his […]
Best Use of Data and AI for Healthcare Award – Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ application of LLMs to automate the development of Informed Consent Forms (ICFs) stands out not as a speculative proof-of-concept, but as a rigorously executed, business-driven innovation with clear, measurable outcomes. In a year when AI experimentation has proliferated, Vertex demonstrates what operational maturity in AI looks like in healthcare: targeted, grounded, and transformative […]
Best Place to Work in Data and AI (Solution Provider): Blend
Blend demonstrated its worthiness as Best Place to Work, not through slogans or surface-level perks, but through a deep, systemic commitment to culture, capability, and impact. Operating at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation, Blend has shown itself to be a strategic environment where people grow, collaborate, and lead real change across the […]
Best Place to Work in Data and AI (Client Side): Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive has made a deliberate and sustained investment in cultivating a technically capable data organization and a company-wide culture where data and AI are embedded into the rhythm of daily decision-making. This is not about box-ticking or trend-chasing but instead is about a deep transformation grounded in leadership, learning, and long-term impact. At the heart […]
Best Data and AI Team – National Grid
The Data Science team at National Grid stands out for the technical sophistication of its work and the depth of its integration across the organization, its culture of collaboration, and the measurable value it delivers at scale. In a sector under mounting pressure to modernize, decarbonize, and deliver, this team is demonstrating what it truly […]
AI-enabling Solution of the Year (Solution Provider) – Snorkel AI
Snorkel has tackled one of the most persistent bottlenecks in AI development: the creation of high-quality labelled data. While the broader industry continues to chase model performance and novel architectures, Snorkel focused on the less visible but critically foundational layer that makes those models work in the real world. Through its flagship product, Snorkel Flow, […]
AI-enabling Solution of the Year (Client Side) – Mars Inc.
Mars’ V2C (Volume to Customer) platform stands out as a textbook case of what happens when AI is applied as the engine of enterprise transformation rather than just a bolt-on. This is not just another AI pilot or analytics dashboard; V2C is a fully operational, cross-functional decision intelligence platform that has redefined how Sales, Customer […]
2024 DataIQ Awards – Transformation with Data and AI (Enabler): Jungle Creations
Jungle Creations has been awarded Transformation with Data and AI (Enabler) for its work developing and launching an AI platform that has demonstrated incredible gains and efficiencies.