Top Tech Awards Honors 11 Transformative Tech Leaders

San Diego CA

22 September, 2021

2:59 PM

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Eleven of San Diego County's technology innovators were recognized at the 14th annual Top Tech Awards which honors the region's "unsung heroes" of information technology in the areas of business, education, government and nonprofit organizations. Cox Business Vice President Duane Cameron and Director, Enterprise Sales Tiffany Markus delivered opening remarks for the virtual event. They were joined by Chris Petersen, Chief Technology Officer, Scientist.com and Judging Chair of Top Tech Awards 2021. David Henderson, chief information officer for Millennium Health received the Top Tech Executive of the Year award. Jerome Fodor, chief information officer for TOOTRiS received the Top Tech Disruption award and Zeb Evans, founder and chief executive officer for ClickUp received the Cox Business Exemplary Award. The 11 category honorees, selected from nearly 200 nominations, include: Nicole May, UC San Diego Health Information ServicesEducation Chad Sweet, ModalAIFuture of Tech Award David Graham, City of CarlsbadGovernment Albert Oriol, Rady Children's HospitalNonprofit David Dambman, Biosero, Inc.Private Small (51-149 employees) Ben Nathan, CorticaPrivate Large (150+ employees) Eric Haller, Experian North AmericaPublic Large (301+ employees) Ardy Arianpour, SEQSTERStart-up Jerome Fodor, TOOTRiSTop Tech Disruption Award David Henderson, Millennium HealthTop Tech Executive of the Year Zeb Evans, ClickUpCox Business Exemplary Award "Now more than ever as we face new ways of working, learning and living, IT departments are critical to an organization's ability to be innovative and agile, and the Top Tech awards recognize those exceptional IT leaders who bring modernization to their teams and our San Diego region," said Duane Cameron, vice president of Cox Business, which has recognized local technology leaders with the awards since 2008. Honorees for the Top Tech Awards were nominated by their peers and customers and selected by an independent judging panel. In addition to presenting sponsor Cox Business, sponsors included San Diego Business Journal, Athena San Diego, Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), Black Tech Link, Latina Geeks, Tech San Diego, and TEDx. About the Top Tech AwardsSince 2008, Cox Business has lauded the incredible information technology innovators in the San Diego. The Top Tech Awards pay homage to the wealth of talent in our local community who have vision, take risks, and implement new cutting-edge technologies, all in the name of making their organizations more connected, more productive, and more successful. Since its inception, the Top Tech Awards has grown expansively and stands today as the premier information technology event in San Diego. In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 all presiding mayors of the city declared the event day as "Top Tech Exec Day" in San Diego, recognizing the city's information technology leaders and their amazing contributions to our community. For more information, visit www.toptechawards.com. About Cox BusinessThe commercial division of Cox Communications, Cox Business provides voice, data and video services for more than 355,000 small and regional businesses nationwide, including health care providers; K−12 and higher education; financial institutions; and federal, state and local government organizations. The organization also serves most of the top-tier wireless and wireline telecommunications carriers in the U.S. through its wholesale division. For more information, please visit www.coxbusiness.com.