Top innovator Brian Fox

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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