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The Greater Nashville Technology Council announced tonight the top three finalists in each category for the 2023 NTC Awards at the annual holiday party. Nominees in 14 categories were submitted by the Middle Tennessee technology community and finalists were selected by a panel of peers and tech industry leaders.
Winners will be announced at the 14th annual NTC Awards ceremony, presented by Amazon, held February 16, 2023 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Downtown Nashville.
The finalists organized by award include:
CIO of the Year
Carman Wenkoff — Dollar General
Casey Santos — Asurion
Karl Sprules — AllianceBernstein
Community Leader of the Year
Charlie Apigian — Belmont University
Allie Feiner — Alliance Bernstein
Yesenia Sevilla — The Wond’ry | Vanderbilt University
CTO of the Year
Nagireddy Kudithini — Nissan North America
Rob Mills — Tractor Supply Company
Trevor Hinesley — Soundstripe
Cyber Security Leader of the Year
TJ Bean — HCA
Hannah Newman — L3 Harris/ForceX
Timothy Miller — MorganFranklin
Data Scientist of the Year
Christi French — Azra AI
Jason Parker — HCA
Shruti Sharma — Ingram Content Group
D&I Advocate of the Year
Sam Zaza — MTSU
Marquinta Harvey — Belmont
Brittany Cole — Nashville Entrepreneur Center
D&I Initiative of the Year
Corner to Corner
Blacks in Technology – Nashville
AllianceBernstein
Emerging Leader of the Year
Elizabeth Mitchell — CGI
Janean Vance — HCA
Sean Gannon — Udig
Innovator of the Year
Andrew Mitchell — the Mechanical Licensing Collective
Bryan Hunter — HCA
Robin Shah — Thyme Care
Product Manager of the Year
Katie St. Francis — Realtracs
Joshua Burnell — Asurion
Hugh Dillon — Udig
Software Engineer of the Year
Dr. Teresa Vasquez — Repped in Tech
Trinity Christiana Terry — Eventbrite
Kurtis Pritchard — HCA
Technology Company of the Year
Realtracs, Inc.
L3Harris/ForceX
Smile Direct Club
Technology Educator of the Year
Stephanie Finley — Rutherford County Schools
Pete Mueller — Ravenwood High School
Kelly Carey — MNPS
Tech Start Up of the Year
Azra AI
Briya
Nightscape
More details about each award, its sponsor, and finalists can be found on the NTC Awards website, NTCAwards.com. Tickets and company tables for the February 16, 2023 event are on sale now, and sponsorships are still available.