ANIS Gala 2025: Excellence in technology awarded at national level

The 11th edition of the ANIS Excellence Awards Gala brought together the leaders of the Romanian IT industry to celebrate the exceptional performances of companies, teams and professionals in the field.

The Gala marked the end of the ANIS International Summit 2025, a landmark event that brought together over 300 guests from top tech companies, authorities, academia and civil society.

“Excellence is not just a destination, but a constant attitude. The ANIS Gala is about community, about those who choose to contribute, inspire and innovate, even in complicated times”, said Edward Crețescu, President of ANIS.

The 9 awards granted during the Gala recognized outstanding initiatives from 8 key areas of the Romanian tech industry, as follows:

Category: Education Program of the Year
Winner: Innovation Labs program by Tech Lounge Association
Finalists: Eviden Technologies Romania, Romanian Association of Computer Science Teachers

Category: ESG Program of the Year
Winner: SoftServe Romania – Driving Sustainability: SoftServe’s Emission Reduction Journey
Finalists: Lenovo Romania – ESG Program, SAFEFLOWS – Safeflows Platform

Category: Innovation Program of the Year
Winner: NXP Semiconductors Romania – Radar SDK
Finalists: Adservio, Kinderpedia

Category: Startup of the Year
Winner: OGRE Artificial Intelligence
Finalists: Apollo Technologies, Green Rent

Category: R&D Project of the Year
Winner: NXP Semiconductors Romania – Battery Management Solution (BMS)
Finalists: Adobe Systems Romania – Adobe Firefly Design Model, AROBS Engineering – AROBS AlertBox Prototype

Category: Software Outsourcing Project of the Year
Winner: Rinf.tech – Vertical Lift Module (VLM) for Kardex
Finalists: Bonsai Labs – European LegalTech Leader & Not Diamond, VOIS Romania – Infrastructure Operation Services

Category: Software Product of the Year (with two subcategories)

• INTERNATIONAL Software Product
  Winner: Adobe Systems Romania – Real-Time Customer Data Platform
  Finalists: NTT DATA – SEKKURA, NXP Semiconductors Romania – Security Firmware and Drivers
• LOCAL Software Product
  Winner: Bright Spaces – Bright Spaces Platform
  Finalists: Ascendia – LIVRESQ, Kinderpedia – Kinderpedia All-in-One Software

Category: Company of the Year
Winner: Adobe Systems Romania
Finalists: AROBS Transilvania Software, Zitec

In addition, also during the ANIS 2025 Gala, two special awards were awarded:

· Best Personal Contribution – Gabi Bartic (BRIO Teste Educaționale), for the most active contributor to ANIS activity.

· Member of the Year – BRINEL | IQANTO, won for active involvement in the development of the software and IT services industry.

The winners were selected from a total of 85 applications from 48 companies by a specialized jury:

• Edward Crețescu – Jury President and ANIS President
• Vlad Andriescu – Editor-in-Chief, Start-up.ro
• Cristina Baghiu – Co-Founder and Coordinator of the European Digital Innovation Zone Hub
• Stelian Brad – President, Cluj IT Cluster
• Radu Burnete – Executive Director, Concordia Employers’ Confederation
• Simona Caraiman – Vice-Rector, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași
• Mihnea Crăciun – General Manager, Endeavor Romania
• Cătălina Dodu – Partner, Cybersecurity Leader EY South Cluster and Technology Leader EY Romania, ANIS Board Member
• Andrei Dudoiu – Co-Founder and CEO, SeedBlink
• Matei Dumitrescu – Founder, Commons Accel, ANIS Board Member
• Mirela Gavra – Founder, The Diplomat
• Marius Istrate – President, Techangels Romania
• Andrei Kelemen – CEO, Cluj IT Cluster
• Lukasz Marc – Senior Economist, The World Bank
• Marius Marcu – Dean, Faculty of Automation and Computers, Politehnica Timișoara
• Cătălin Mihacea – President, Sibiu IT Cluster
• Ion Moldoveanu – Technology Manager, DB Global Technology Center
• Bianca Muntean – Executive Director, Transilvania IT Cluster
• Răzvan Rughiniș – Professor, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest
• Adrian Seceleanu – Business Hi-Tech Editor, Ziarul Financiar
• Ciprian Stănescu – President, Social Innovation Solutions
• Svetlana Stoilova – Lead Adviser Digital Economy, Business Europe
• Dan Zaharia – Founder, Fab Lab Iași

This year’s edition of the “IT Industry Excellence Awards” was supported by IBM Romania, Adobe Romania, Bitdefender, NXP Semiconductors Romania, HCLTech Romania, Mastercard, BRINEL | IQANTO, Cognizant Technology Solutions Romania, Vodafone, Banca Transilvania, Regina Maria – Health Network, bpv GRIGORESCU ȘTEFĂNICĂ.