At the 2020 NTC Holiday Party, we announced the finalists of the 12th Annual NTC Awards. Judges have narrowed it down to three finalists in each of the 15 categories, listed below. Congratulations to all nominees and finalists. The winners in each category will be announced on April 15, 2021 at the 12th Annual NTC Awards!

CIO of the Year:

1. Stephanie Dedmon – State of TN
2. Ryan Dorr – HCA Healthcare – Physician Services Group
3. William Hugh Hale – State of TN-Division of TennCare

Community Leader of the Year

1. Alishah Novin – Celero Commerce
2. Glenn Allison – Tractor Supply Company
3. Lindsey Clark – Healthcare Bluebook

CTO of the Year 

1. John Agnitsch – HPA, A Cognizant Company
2. Cory Moore – Ingram Barge Corporation
3. Richard Hoehn – Freightwise, LLC

Data Scientist of the Year

1. Megan McGee – HCA Healthcare
2. Sundar Kuppuswamy – Asurion
3. Edmund Jackson – HCA Healthcare

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

1. Asurion
2. MB Usable Security, LLC
3. Comcast 

Diversity and Inclusion Advocate of the Year

1. Mehreen Butt – RePublic Charter Schools
2. Nicole Gibson – Dell Technologies
3. Amy Harris – MTSU

Emerging Leader of the Year

1. Austin Dirks – GreenLight Medical
2. Susan Trammell – LKQ Corporation
3. Johnathan Tate – Louisiana Pacific Corp

Infrastructure Engineer of the Year

1. Justin Redifer – Genesco
2. Marc Smith – HCA
3. Billy Thurman – Ingram Barge

Innovator of the Year

1. Kathleen Ongena – RDR Wellness, Inc
2. John Liu – Intelluron
3. Andrew Solsbury – L3Harris ForceX

Security Leader of the Year

1. Curtis Clan – State of TN
2. Andrew Hutchinson – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
3. Brian Lucy – CKE Restaurants 

Software Engineer of the Year

1. Joe Cox – L3Harris ForceX
2. BJ Burns – State of Tennessee
3. Shree Mijarguttu – BOS Framework, Inc.

Technology Company of the Year

1. Tractor Supply Company
2. Healthcare Bluebook
3. Realtracs

Technology Start Up of the Year

1. Healing Innovations
2. XOi Technologies
3. Vibronyx, Inc. 

Technology Team of the Year

1. L3Harris ForceX
2. HCA Healthcare
3. Realtracs

Technology Educator of the Year

1. Joseph Marco – Stewarts Creek High School
2. Richard Greene – Franklin High School
3. Pete Mueller – Ravenwood High School