A small Tasmanian business is riding high after winning multiple Export Awards. In this episode of INTERFACE, TasICT Chief Executive Officer Steve  Adermann talks to Annette Kaitinis, Director and Co-Founder of Scoot Boot a business which sells its horse boots worldwide. Since the company was established in 2015, revenue has increased impressively year on year, with over 500 stockists selling Scoot Boots worldwide.

Pivot Maritime won two trophies at the 2021 TasICT Excellence Awards, and Managing Director Jeffrey Hawkins joins TasICT CEO Steve Adermann in this episode of INTERFACE to talk about the nominations which won the Best Initiative from Regional Tasmania sponsored by ISW and the Best ICT Partnership sponsored by Telstra.

Move ID is Zero Trust Authentication Software which won the 2021 TasICT Excellence Award for Best Cyber Security Initiative, sponsored by MyState Bank. The software was developed by FortifyEdge, and in this episode CEO & Co-Founder Peter Padd explains how the technology removes the need for passwords, instead utilising networks to continually authenticate users and connected IoT devices without the need for the cloud. 

Award Winner. ISW won the 2020 TasICT Excellence Award for IT Exporter of the Year, sponsored by the Tasmanian Government's Department of State Growth - Trade & International Relations. Managing Director of ISW Ian Warner explains  the recent export success has been a long time in the making. He explains that any business that is looking to follow suite and trade internationally, needs to develop partnerships and relationships with overseas technology companies. In his discussion with TasICT CEO Steve Adermann, Ian talks about exporting software, coping with the language barrier, target markets, UTAS graduates and intellectual property.

Award Winner. Forest Management Services Manager from Sustainable Timber Tasmania Dean Williams explains the the 'Eagle Eye' project to TasICT Chief Executive Officer Steve Adermann. The innovation earned the 2020 TasICT Excellence Award for Best Contribution to Sustainability or Protection of the Environment sponsored by AQ Advisory. In addition to providing a non-disruptive means of monitoring the endangered Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle, the 'Eagle Eye' project provides advantages for other forest management practices in remote wilderness.

Award Winner. Lisa Clapham won the 2020 TasICT Excellence Award for 'Outstanding Contribution by a Tasmanian Woman in Technology'. From her humble beginnings as a clerk in a UK bank to her current position as Manager Data Quality & Systems Configuration with MyState, Lisa talks about her time with NYNEX, IBM and her role as a mentor for young women through the TasTAFE/ACS mentorship programme.

Award Winner. Chief Executive Officer of Bitwise Agronomy Fiona Turner discusses Greenview, the project which won the 2020 TasICT Excellence Award for 'Best Innovation from Regional Tasmania'. The product combines computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify, count and measure parameters in horticultural crops. Efficiencies and reduction of costs are achieved by producers because Greenview is able to return accurate yield estimates.

The honours were shared in the TasICT Excellence Award for 'Best Project or Project Management' sponsored by ISW, and a joint winner was the MyState Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Project. MyState Systems Technical Manager Sudhir Iyer talks to TasICT CEO Steve Adermann about the Award nomination and the impact of the RPA project.