ChaTech Announces Finalists For The 2023 Technology Excellence Awards

  • Thursday, September 14, 2023

The Chattanooga Technology Council, the membership-supported professional association representing the region’s technology community, announces the finalists for its fourth annual Technology Excellence (TechX) Awards. These awards recognize and celebrate the skills, innovation and determination of local technology businesses, projects and people in the greater Chattanooga area.

“ChaTech’s TechX Awards represent an important milestone in time to pause and reflect on how far our technology community has come,” said Austin Corcoran, executive director of ChaTech. “This year’s finalists are an outstanding, talented group of individuals, teams and organizations who have contributed to advancing the collective growth of our region’s technology hub. Congratulations to this year’s finalists.”

The 2023 TechX Awards finalists are: 

CxO of the Year – Sponsored by Check Point
? Taylor Hall - Datably, Inc.
? Tyson Morris - City of Chattanooga
? John Smith - Conversant Group                                

Early Innovator Award – Sponsored by Kenco
? Qubitekk
? SIGNiX
? Thrive Regional Partnership

Tech Company of the Year – Sponsored by Patriot Talent Solutions                           
? AlloHire
? CMAC Inc
? Conversant Group

IT Infrastructure Award – Sponsored by T-Mobile
? Steven Bodie - Walden Security
? Chantée Boykin - EPB
? Daniel Millbank - Xpress Global Systems

Software Engineering Leader of the Year – Sponsored by CGI
? James Aden - CGI
? T.C. Cox - TC Tech Solutions, LLC
? Branden Schwartz - Tennessee Valley Authority

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Advocate in Tech Award – Sponsored by CBL
? T.C. Cox - CD Tech
? Persevere
? Melanie Silva - Hinton & Company

AI/Machine Learning/Business Intelligence Award – Sponsored by Blueprint Intelligence
? Percy Garcia-Rosell - CrumbleBear
? Ian Mitchell - Mission Omega
? Torsten Sauer - FreightWaves

Women in Tech Award – Sponsored by TEKsystems
? Carol Barajas - Tennessee Valley Authority 
? Stacey Bradley - City of Red Bank
? Jessica Cloud - HealthEquity                                   

DevOps Leader of the Year – Sponsored by Unum
? Matthew Barlow - StratusGrid
? Mike Conrad - Datably, Inc.
? Glen Olson - BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee  

Tech Marketer of the Year – Sponsored by Fortinet
? Stacey Keating - CBL Properties
? Vangi Mitchell - AlloHire
? Angela Wade - WYRE Technology

Tech Educator of the Year – Sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
? Michelle Bettis - Hamilton County Department of Education
? Jessica Holloway - Hamilton County Department of Education
? Nikki Russell - Hamilton County Department of Education

Emerging Tech Student – Sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
? Teddy Cooper - Chattanooga State Community College
? Nicholas Cruz - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
? Matthew Saliba - Chattanooga State Community College

The winners will be announced at the 2023 TechX Awards ceremony at 6 p.m. this Thursday at The Signal, 21 Choo Choo Ave. 

To learn more about the event and award categories, and to purchase tickets, visit chatech.org/techx.

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