RESULTS of Nashville Technology Council's (NTC) 8th Annual Awards, last night are below.

NTC's CEO is Brian Moyer and its board is chaired by Nicole Tremblett of HCA; its Chair-Elect is Barry Vandevier of Asurion. The results:

Technology Company of the Year -- Confirmation.com
Finalists: Edgenet, Concept Technology

Innovator of the Year -- Brian Fox, Confirmation.com
Finalists: Rob Watkins, Tennessee Justice Center; Mark Cleveland, Hytch

CIO of the Year -- William Orange, Nissan
Finalists: Rik Reitmaier, Genesco; Kent Petty, HCA Healthtrust

CISO of the Year -- Joey Johnson, Premise Health
Finalist: Jacob Arthur, Corizon Health

CTO of the Year -- Matt Russell, Digital Reasoning
Finalists: Brian Dailey, Stratasan; Jerome Oglesby, Deloitte

Technology Team of the Year -- Asurion
Finalists: Entrada, Nissan

Data Scientist of the Year -- John Liu, Digital Reasoning
Finalists: Faker Zouaoui, Asurion; Jason King, XSOLIS

Community Leader of the Year -- Joumana Rahime, My1stCode
Finalists: Daniel Glenn, InfoWorks, Charles Apigian, MTSU

Early Stage Company of the Year -- Utilize Health
Finalists: Ecos, Watershed

Growth Stage Company of the Year -- Built Technologies
Finalists: Entrada, mSIGNIA

Software Developer/Architect/IT Engineer of the Year -- Andria Jensen, HCA IT&S
Finalists: Scott Burns, Stratasan; Justin Clymer, HCA Healthtrust

Infrastructure Group of the Year -- Education Networks of America
Finalists: Ardent Health Services, Tractor Supply

Emerging Leader of the Year -- Bryan Mayes, Eventbrite
Finalists: Ray Ritz, Navihealth; Tom Waddell, Premise Health

Technology Student of the Year -- Lauren Gardiner, Lipscomb University
Finalists: Mary Denise, Williamson County Schools; Cameron Davidson, Lipscomb University

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