THE GREATER NASHVILLE Technology Council (GNTC) this evening announced Finalists in judging for the 2020 NTC Awards.

Winners from among the Finalists in 14 categories are to be announced Jan. 23, 2020, during ceremonies at the Wildhorse Saloon. (See VNC's rundown of the 2019 Winners, Finalists and Judges here.)

The 2020 Finalists are:

CIO of the Year

• David Houghton (Ingram Barge)
• Vanessa Hickman (Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority)
• Jonathon Harbin (Frost-Arnett Company)

Community Leader of the Year

• Eric Stephens (Nashville General Hospital)
• Zach Gemignani (Juice Analytics)
• Jessica Nelson (Eventbrite)

CTO of the Year

• Doug Powers (RealTracs)
• Karl Sprules (Alliance Bernstein)
• Cody King (InVivoLink)

Data Scientist of the Year

• Christi French (Digital Reasoning)
• Charlie Apigian (MTSU)
• Edmund Jackson (HCA Healthcare)

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

• Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
• Asurion
• Comcast

Emerging Leader of the Year

• Aaron Montlary (HCA Healthcare)
• Shauna Sprague (Dollar General)
• Matthew Drewes (State of Tennessee)

Infrastructure Engineer of the Year

• Daniel Mendek (HPA, Cognizant Company)
• Brian Ethington (Data Blue)
• Donald Pollard (3D Technologies)

Innovator of the Year

• William Sadler (State of Tennessee)
• Caleb Sawyer (L3Harris)
• Kane Harrison (Vision Care Connect)

Security Leader of the Year

• Mark Geeslin (Asurion)
• Curtis Clan (State of Tennessee)
• Chad Lloyd (Schneider Electric)

Software Engineer of the Year

• Rebecca Cronin-Dixon (Eventbrite)
• Teresa Vasquez (Kindful)
• Stephen Bumpus (L3Harris)

Technology Company of the Year

• Eventbrite
• GreenLight Medical
• Bridge Connector

Tech Start Up of the Year

• Givful
• TeleMate
• Rachel + Winfree Consulting

Technology Student of the Year

• Luis Lange (MTSU)
• Maeve Mueller (Lipscomb)
• Domas Budrys (Austin Peay)

Technology Team of the Year

• Healthcare Bluebook
• HCA Healthcare
• L3Harris

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. last edited 0911 7 Dec 2019