Triple Finalist for Enterprise Innovation & Technical Excellence (ARN Awards 2025)

October 27, 2025

We are proud to announce that Patient Zero has been named a triple finalist at the ARN Innovation Awards 2025. This recognition underscores our commitment to 100% onshore capability and technical excellence in delivering complex enterprise software solutions across Australia.



Validating the Embedded Model (Enterprise Innovation)


Our nomination in the Enterprise Innovation category validates our unique embedded engineering model. Unlike traditional outsourcing that simply fills seats, our approach focuses on deep integration to solve high-stakes challenges for Australia's largest organisations.


This recognition highlights our success in helping 1000+ employee organisations tackle technical debt, enhance security, and drive digital transformation. It proves that 100% onshore teams, working in real-time collaboration with client stakeholders, can deliver complex modernisation outcomes at scale that offshore models cannot match.




Leadership in DevSecOps & AI (Technical Excellence)

Paul Seymour, Patient Zero Technical Excellence finalist at ARN Innovation Awards 2025

Co-CEO Paul Seymour has been named a finalist for Technical Excellence, highlighting his leadership in DevSecOps maturity and software engineering.


Paul’s focus on 'Developer Experience' is a strategic lever for reducing delivery risk. By empowering teams with AI-augmented workflows and modern tooling, Paul helps our clients build sustainable internal capability, ensuring they own the assets and the knowledge long after delivery is complete.

Marketing Excellence & Product-Led Strategy

Demelza Green, Patient Zero Marketing Excellence finalist at ARN Innovation Awards 2025

Co-CEO Demelza Green has been recognised for Marketing Excellence, celebrating her strategic approach to building Patient Zero's brand presence in the Australian technology market.


Drawing on a deep background in Product Management and UX Design, verified by her win as Women in Digital UX Leader Award in 2023 and a previous ARN Innovation Management Award, Demelza applies rigorous delivery principles to brand strategy.


She approached the Patient Zero brand as an experience design challenge: gathering market feedback, testing hypotheses, and rolling out iterative changes just as we would for a software product. The result is a reconnection to the company's heritage, which is embedded in zombie culture, fun, and innovative thinking, positioning Patient Zero as a genuine thought leader in the channel.

Why This Matters

For our clients and partners, these nominations serve as independent validation of our delivery model.


Enterprise Grade

Being named a finalist for Enterprise Innovation verifies that Patient Zero is a top-tier partner for large-scale digital transformation, capable of solving high-stakes challenges for organisations with 1000+ employees.


Technical Authority

Our leadership in modern software engineering practices, specifically DevSecOps maturity and AI-augmented workflows, has been recognised as a strategic asset that reduces delivery risk and technical debt.


Multidisciplinary Leadership

Our unique approach combines technical depth with Product and UX mastery. This acknowledgment of our marketing strategy, led by a former UX Leader of the Year, proves that we apply rigorous delivery principles to every part of our business.


Local Trust

As one of only a handful of finalists selected from over 470 nominations, this cements the value of our 100% onshore model. It confirms that Australian-based teams drive better outcomes than offshore alternatives.

About the ARN Innovation Awards

The ARN Innovation Awards are the market-leading platform for the Australian ICT ecosystem, celebrating the achievements of partners, vendors, and distributors. In 2025, the awards received over 470 nominations, making Patient Zero's selection as a finalist in three categories a significant mark of distinction in the Australian channel.


"The calibre of this year's Innovation Awards finalists is a true reflection of the creativity, resilience and forward-thinking spirit driving the tech industry forward," said Julia Talevski, ARN Editor.



Explore the Capabilities Behind the Awards


Embedded Software Teams

See how our award-winning 100% onshore model drives sovereign capability and enterprise innovation. Read More


App Modernisation & AI

Discover the technical excellence strategies we use to reduce technical debt and modernize legacy systems. Explore Modernisation


Product Strategy & UX

Learn how we apply experience design principles to solve complex B2B challenges. View Product Strategy

Bring Award-Winning Innovation to Your Next Project


Leverage the same enterprise-grade capability and technical excellence that the ARN judges recognised. Partner with a 100% onshore team that delivers.

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