Meet the 43 finalists for the 2022 Tech Titan Awards » Dallas Innovations

Each year, Tech Titans highlights the top movers and shakers in the North Texas innovation ecosystem.

Richardson-based Tech Titans — the largest technology trade organization in Texas — consists of more than 300 member companies, representing nearly a quarter of a million employees.

The group recognized the region’s excellence in technology with its signature Tech Titans Awards. The organization aims to give North Texas changemakers – makers, innovators, nurturers and implementers – the visibility they deserve for the work they do.

North Texas Change Makers

This year’s finalists span 11 categories, from Corporate Innovation to Community Hero, and the awards highlight companies – from Fortune 500s to startups. Meet the individuals and institutions driving change in the local tech scene and beyond: innovators who “change the world we all live in by developing new applications and technical solutions.”

Winners from each category will be announced on Oct. 27 at the Tech Titans 2022 Awards Gala in Richardson—presented by Dallas College—as well as winners in the Corporate CEO and Hall of Fame.

2022 Fast Tech Honored

The event will also announce the 2022 Fast Tech Awardees. The Fast Tech Awards, which honor the fastest-growing technology companies in North Texas based on three-year revenue growth, rank the top mid-sized growth companies in the region. This ranking is compiled for Tech Titans from independent research using directly submitted candidates and publicly available data.

Other Tech Titans Awards Gala sponsors include BravoTech, Comerica Bank, Deloitte, Ericsson, Fujitsu, HamCap, Cyberneum, Moss Adams, Massergy, NTT Data, Texas Instruments and UT Dallas.

Find the finalists

Check out the finalists below and see what each category is about (descriptions provided by Tech Titans).

Community hero

Recognizes an individual employed by a North Texas technology company for outstanding achievements in community service.

• Jay Johnson, Charles Schwab
• Danyel Surrency Jones, POWERHANDZ
• Karyne Nguyen, at Home Group Inc.
• Dylan Rafati, C-Sema, Inc.

Enterprise Innovation Award

Recognizes outstanding innovation and exceptional achievements in the technology and communications industry with an imminent or potentially innovative technology or approach.

• Anderson Traders
• Berry Appleman & Leyden, LLP
• Brinker International
• Toyota Financial Services

Emerging Company Innovation Award

Recognizes outstanding innovation and exceptional achievements in technology, processes or services in the technology and communications industry.

• Integrated data centers
• Charge return gurus
• Canary
• Purevine Inc.

Emerging Company CEO Award

It recognizes the leadership of a new company CEO in the technology and communications industry.

• Joseph DeWoody, Valor
• King Kurzius, property panda
• Prasanna Singaraju, Qentelli LLC
• Srii Srinivasan, Chargeback Gurus

Startup CEO Award

It recognizes the CEO of a technology company whose operating revenue does not exceed $2 million by 2021.

• Sulagna Bhattacharya, Nanoscope Therapeutics
• Dave Copes, Worlds
• Daniel Powell, Spark Biomedical, Inc
• John Ragsdale, TAP Innovations, LLC

Corporate CIO/CTO Award

It recognizes the chief information officer or corporate technology or science officer of a North Texas-based company with 2021 operating revenue of more than $200 million for exceptional technical leadership that has generated significant value in developing or deploying a new technology.

• Sumit Anand, Home Group Inc.
• Gordon Mansfield, AT&T
• Pankaj Patra, Brinker International
• Gertrude Van Horn, NCH Corporation

Emerging Company CIO/CTO Award

Recognizes the chief information officer or corporate technology or science officer of an emerging North Texas-based company for exceptional technical leadership in the development or deployment of new technology that has resulted in significant value.

• Corey Clark, PhD, Balanced Media | Technology
• Joe Head, Invasion, Inc.
• Matt Honeycutt, SmartMoving Software
• Rashmi Jain, Careington International

Technology Innovator Award

The Technology Innovators Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of a person, team or group responsible for the creation of innovative ideas, processes or products in the fields of art, education, electronics, energy, engineering, the environment. Medicine, and/or science.

• Bloodbuy Group, Bloodbuy
• Mark Harrison, Erickson
• Samarendra Mohanty, Nanoscope Therapeutics
• Shalini Prasad, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Bioengineering

Technology lawyer award

Recognizes a technology advocate/champion who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in helping, promoting or accelerating technology companies and/or the technology community.

• Robin Brown, a bold idea
• Karen Krygowski Bruno, technology ball
• Quincy Preston, Dallas Innovations
• Deborah Sawyer, The Dubroff Group

Future Titans of Technology – University

It recognizes educational institutions that encourage and support students choosing engineering and technology-related subjects as their preferred pathway. This award category recognizes incentives for DFW area higher education institutions to pursue technology-related curricula and technology-related knowledge transfer.

• Nandika D’Souza, University of North Texas
• John Hanson, University of Texas at Dallas
• Amanda Pritchard, University of Texas at Dallas
• Jesse Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University

Future Tech Titans – High School

A high school math or science teacher is recognized for developing and implementing an innovative teaching method or program that stimulates student interest in math and/or science.

• Laura Bellon, Richardson High School
• Wenzen Chuang, Highland Park High School
• Rebecca DeLozier, Lewisville High School

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