The Queensland Pearcey Award recognises an outstanding mid‑career ICT entrepreneur who has taken
a risk,
made a difference, and is
an inspiration within Queensland’s technology community.
The Pearcey Foundation embraces all aspects of the ICT industry from traditional Information Science to the
latest technological advances in social networking, multimedia, games, Internet technologies and artificial intelligence - the very
broadest spectrum of the Australian innovative sector.
Nominations are now closed for the 2026 award, but nominations can be submitted at any time for 2027.
At the annual Pearcey Foundation Awards event held this year in Brisbane on the 1st of November 2007, Ms Tammy Halter was awarded the 2007 Pearcey State Award from fellow finalists Kirsty Garrett and Joanne Jacobs. The award was presented by Mr Peter Grant, CIO, Queensland State Government.
The 2006 Queensland Pearcey Award has been won by Mr Brett Hooker, CEO of Sauce Software. The presentation was made on Thursday 2nd November 2006 at the Carlton Crest Hotel in Brisbane.
The co-founder of Brisbane company Sundata and chairman of Software Queensland, Kon Kakanis, has been named recipient of the 2005 Queensland Pearcey State Award.
Adrian Di Marco, founder and executive chairman of Technology One, one of Australia's largest publicly listed software companies, is this year's winner of the prestigious Queensland Pearcey Award.
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