Nashville Tech Leaders Announced at 9th Annual Nashville Technology Council Awards
Written by: Alex Curtis | Posted Jan 26, 2018

The Nashville Technology Council announced the winners of the 9th Annual NTC Awards at a packed Wildhorse Saloon on Thursday night, Presented by Tierpoint.

The event, co-hosted by Martha Ivester, City Manager for Google Fiber in Nashville, and Derek Young, President of YMG Enterprises, LLC, brought together more than 600 attendees — representing more than 155 Nashville technology companies and related organizations. All were present to celebrate this year’s technology champions in fourteen categories.  Dell Nashville provided support as the Platinum Sponsor.

“The NTC Awards is an opportunity to celebrate our region’s tech leaders for the work they’ve done in Nashville’s technology community,” said Brian Moyer, NTC President and CEO. “Whether it’s a company, a team, or an individual; a member of the ‘C-Suite’ or a developer; or a community leader or a diversity game changer, the NTC Awards recognize the people that are making Nashville the destination for creative and innovative technology, and contributing to Middle Tennessee’s growth and prosperity.”

The design of the 80s theme of this year’s award ceremony was produced by Proof Branding and Partner Shop Digital led the event’s video production.More details about each award, its sponsor, and finalists can be found on the NTC Awards website, http://NTCAwards.com/awards.

And the winners of the 9th Annual NTC Awards are:

Mark Cleveland — Hytch, LLC
Emerging Company of the Year
presented by Comcast Business 
Asurion
Diversity Game Changer of the Year
presented by Splunk 
Chris Redhage — ProviderTrust
Emerging Leader of the Year
presented by Vaco 
Faker Zouaoui — Asurion
Data Scientist of the Year
presented by Invest Northern Ireland 
Alishah Novin — HPA – A Cognizant Company
Software Developer/Architect of the Year
presented by Asurion 
Virsys12 Development Team
Team of the Year
presented by Nissan 
John Bass — Hashed Health
Innovator of the Year
presented by HPA, a Cognizant Company 
Paul Currie — HCA IT&S
CTO of the Year
presented by World Wide Technology 
Watershed Systems
Infrastructure Group of the Year
presented by ENA 
Haddon Bennett — Change Healthcare
CISO of the Year
presented by Microsoft 
Gabrielle Kaili-May Liu — Ravenwood High School
Technology Student of the Year
presented by Edgenet 
Chris Bayham — Change Healthcare
CIO of the Year
presented by Veristor 
Charles Apigian — MTSU
Community Leader of the Year
presented by HCA Healthcare 
Asurion
Company of the Year
presented by ACS Group 

 

Founded in 1999, the Nashville Technology Council (NTC) is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit member association for Tennessee’s technology industry that connects, unites, develops, and promotes the Middle Tennessee as our nation’s Creative Tech Destination.