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ON POINT: Company-X director Jeremy Hughes, gesticulating, with the One Network Road Classification Performance Measures Reporting Tool team.

Hamilton software specialist Company-X is a finalist in the New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards.

Company-X director Jeremy Hughes and his team of business analysts, support analysts and software developers are finalists in the Excellence in Govtech category in the national awards held every two years.

This award is for a team or individual who has achieved outstanding results through technology innovation in any aspect of central or local government IT. This could include anything related to Government, including open data and open government projects.

The One Network Road Classification Performance Measures Reporting Tool, built by Company-X for New Zealand roading authorities, has caught the attention of the IT Excellence Awards judges.

It’s the second time Hughes, who founded Company-X in 2012 with David Hallett, has been up for a New Zealand Excellence in IT Award. Hughes was nominated in the Excellence in Public Sector IT category in the 2016 New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards.

The winner will be announced at a gala dinner at ITx, New Zealand’s Conference of IT, on July 12.

Company-X has also been named a finalist in the 2018 Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Awards, the winners of which will be announced on June 28.