SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Top Tech Awards kicks off on Sept. 26 and will honor outstanding contributions made by information technology executives.
The ceremony begins at 4 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. at Snapdragon Stadium. The awards program begins at 5 p.m. and will feature hosted beverages and appetizers to attendees.
To purchase tickets, visit the San Diego Top Tech Awards website.
CBS 8 is a proud sponsor for the 2024 San Diego Top Tech Awards. The evening's ceremony will be hosted by CBS 8 anchor Heather Meyers.
Organizers said the annual ceremony honors outstanding tech executives and innovators who work in San Diego, nominated by their peers and clients. An independent panel of judges determine the award winners.
Full list of 2024 nominees
- Rensis Abundo, Navy Region Southwest
- June Acosta, City of Carlsbad
- Albert Ahedo, California Credit Union
- Mark Albright, Tri-City Medical Center
- Shirin Alipanah, Meta
- James Almon, Home of Guiding Hands
- Daniel Amaro, Klarinet Solutions
- Omid Arjomand, Rancho Valencia Resort
- Jun Ataka, Nitto Denko
- Floyd Auten, Technet Partners
- Jose Barber, Mortgage Capital Trading
- Brandon Barlow, Lexitas
- Dave Bateman, Mercato
- Glenn Bautista, First Capital- AWIS
- David Beach, Beach Computer Consulting
- Dan Beaulieu, ICW Group Inc.
- Brian Beisigl, Lakeside Union School District
- Kevin Belew, City of Carlsbad
- Enrico Bernardo, American Specialty Health
- Luis Betancourt, Zucarmex – California Sugar Refiners
- Don Blake, McAlister Institute
- Akemi Bonner, The San Diego LGBT Community Center
- Greg Brown, Cristo Rey San Diego High School
- Joe Buehrle, Social Advocates for Youth, San Diego Inc.
- Peter Burt, Teradata
- Tony Cabral, San Marcos Unified School District
- Normando Campos, Camtech Broadband
- Robert Cantrell, San Ysidro Health
- Yeqing Cao, Globus Medical (formerly NuVasive, Inc.)
- Stephen Carbone, Delphinus Engineering
- Edward Carpio, Sport RX
- Oscar Castro, San Diego Padres
- Steve Cates, Sharp Healthcare
- Jerry Cerpa, City of Santee
- Cy Chittaphong, Dynalectric
- Frank Cicero, Solecta
- Morgan Cipoletta, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Jose Cisneros, City of Chula Vista
- Jaye Connolly, RippleNami
- Jessica Contreras, City of Encinitas
- Hulises Contreras, Swami’s Cafe
- Teal Cooper, VendiBean
- Tristan Cooper, VendiBean
- Paul Corigliano, Jewish Family Services of San Diego
- Ryan Cowen, West Coast IT
- Carrie Craig, Bose Corporation
- Debbie Day, Mitchell INternational
- Taylor DeJauregui, IT LOGIC
- Fiona Dietrick, Rady Children’s Physician Management Services
- Chad Difuntorum, Phunware
- Nicole Drew, Rater Inc.
- Ted Dronen, Lattis
- Frankie Duenas, Cabrillo Credit Union
- Feliks Dushatsky, Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Russell Emig, Hoop5 Networks
- Larry Erb, Moebius Solutions
- Nelson Estrada, Good Farms
- Jamie Eubanks, City of Escondido
- Edwin Gastelum, Baja-Mex Insurance Services
- Aaron Gerraughty, BradyPlus
- Jeromy Giacosa, Exagen Inc.
- Nicole Gillet, New Venture Escrow
- Jamey Gilmour, San Diego Sports Medicine
- David Glozman, Air Maxx Heating & Air
- Richard Golden, Marv Golden Pilot Supplies
- Tony Gomez, Hacienda Casa Blanca
- Michelle Gray, San Diego College of Continuing Educaton
- Candace Mae Gruber, EcoWater Systems
- Jonathon Guertin, Cajon Valley Union School District
- Art Hagopian, Southcoast Services
- Shane Hansen, Thomson Instrument Company
- Travis Hausler, Healthcare Partners
- Michele Havner Havner, Cannabis21
- Benjamin Hayhurst, US Department of Homeland Security
- Laura Heminger, BD Medication Management Solutions
- Glenn Henry, Beleaf in Fatherhood
- Michael Herrera, Helix Water District
- Dan Herrera, South Bay Community Services
- April Hill, Downtown San Diego Partnership
- Mary Himmelberger, Crash Inc.
- Julia Ho, Parker Hannifin
- Eric Holcomb, Frontwave Arena
- David Hsiao, BioMed Realty
- David Hua, High Tech High
- Jason Huling, Blooma
- Keith Humes, Rosemont Media
- Rome Ignacio, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
- Harris Jamil, Ramona Senior Manor
- Randy Jasinski, 5P Consulting
- Andre Johnson, Awaken Church
- Justin Kauffman, TERI Inc
- Sean Kennedy, San Diego Symphony
- Scott Kennedy, San Diego Family Care
- Pantea Khodami, Amazon Web Services
- Michael Ki, Agorus
- James Kiyohara, Palomar Health Medical Group
- Doug Lafave, Wheelhouse Credit Union
- Jenny Lambert, Social Advocates for Youth-San Diego Inc.
- Kenneth Lapurga, Community Health Group
- James Laszko, Mythos Technology
- Leonard LeVine, Escondido Union School District
- Todd Lewis, San Ysidro School District
- Hartman Lillibridge, Biggs Harley Davidson
- Brad Lipetzky, Anchor General Insurance Agency
- Jaime Lira, Lawgistics Inc.
- Troy Lowe, Hawthorne Machinery
- Tyler Luna, Aero IT Inc.
- Bao Ly, AnaptysBio
- Jon Lyttle, Vuori
- Eric Macwan, LendSure Mortgage Corp
- Lauran Madden, BlueNalu
- Dede Madsen, HomeServices of America
- Michael Manriquez, City of Solana Beach
- Diana Martinez, Leisureland
- Michelle Martinez, PenChecks
- Carlos Martinez, Clincomp
- Mark Maunu, Cubic Corporation
- Matt McColm, Cibus
- Corrie McCoy, Community Resource Center
- Keenan McCrary Basic/Dept
- Cranstin McFay, Acukeen Corporation
- Chris McKewon, Xceptional Networks
- Oscar Medina, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Vishal Mehta, PatientClick Inc.
- Diego Mendoza, ABI P&O
- Howard Merrill, Luna Diabetes
- David Meyers, Network Quotes
- Chris Mitchell, City of Vista
- Michael Mitchell, Operation Hope – North County
- Oscar Moncada, Stratus10
- Brandon Morrow, Connect the Docs
- Ben Mortensen, Say San Diego
- David Morton, Acquire
- Houtan Moshrefi, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Joseph Murad, Ciprus Consulting
- Victor Nguyen, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Eric Nilson, ClearNote Health
- Dan Odonnell, Grand Pacific Resorts
- Jennifer Oliveira, South Bay Union School District
- Dan Owen, Decision Sciences
- Renato Paiva, Access Youth Academy
- JP Palacio, Matter Now
- John Palmer, City of San Marcos
- Darshan Patel, Hotel Investment Group
- Francisco Perez, San Diego County Water Authority
- Daniel Perrigo, The Rock Church
- Skyler Phillips, ECTLC
- Cheri Pierre, Computers 2 Kids
- Brian Prestgard, Terry Town
- David Priest, St Madeleine Sophies Center
- Liz Ramirez, Chicano Federation of San Diego County
- Greg Rawson, Family Health Centers of San Diego
- Terry Reed, CONAM Management Corporation
- Noel Reinhold, Front Row
- Kelly Rickard, San Diego Country Estates
- David Riha, City of Oceanside
- William Roberts, SIMS Software
- Rick Roberts, Grossmont Union High School District
- Christine Roberts, MANA de San Diego
- Mike Roberts, Creating Coding Careers
- Kathy Rogers, ARS National Services Inc.
- Jason Rollo, 619IT
- Brad Rosen, City of Poway
- Tiffany Rosik, TGR Management Consulting
- Olivia Rutman, Kids Care Finder
- Cody Ryan, Envision Motors
- Brian Salanga, YMCA of San Diego
- David Salinard, Padre Dam Municipal Water District
- John Salyer, Santa Fe Christian Schools
- Cisco Sanchez, Qualcomm Inc.
- Michael Sanchez, Nalu Medical Inc.
- Michael Scarpelli, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
- Aparna Seksaria SAP America Inc.
- Adham Shaaban Forward Slope Inc.
- Stephen Sherrill, Parker Hannifin
- Ofer Shimrat, Soundoff Computing
- Frederic Skrzypek, Francis Parker School
- Rom Slaughter, Data Net Solutions
- Raymond Slaugtherhorn, Front Row
- Kevin Smallen, PenChecks
- Gregory Smith, Ciprus Consulting
- Alexis Smith, SD-LECC and California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC)
- Sean Soriano, City of San Diego Police Crime Labratory
- Tara Sparks, Jamul Casino
- Jeff Spate, Endsight
- David Stanford, Mission Federal Credit Union
- Joe Stephenson, City of Carlsbad
- Troy Stump, Phunware
- Derek Swanson, Imaging Healthcare Specialist
- Joe Talarek, Turtle Beach
- Matt Teeter, Digital Pro Inc.
- Steve Testen, LabSync
- Mike Tiffany, Albireo Energy
- Patrick Tinklenberg, Sycuan Casino & Resort
- Sigalit Tsadok, Hypothermia Devices, Inc. (dba Kelvi)
- Maria Vaillancourt, Watkins Manufacturing
- Mark Valladolid, St Paul’s Senior Services
- Rob Van De Hey, City of Escondido
- Paul Vasquez, Senior Aerospace
- Josh Villanueva, Full Swing Golf
- JV Villarama, Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego
- Julio Villegas Uvina, San Diego Rescue Mission
- Quoc Vo, La Jolla Country Day School
- Scott Voigts, Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego
- Sochiata Vutthy, Community HousingWorks
- Brittany Weichers, Velocity Clinical Research
- Hal West, TC Brands
- George Wheeler, Vizer
- Nathan Wilder, Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego)
- Brad Williams, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- Ron Williams, City of National City
- Karen Willson, Mission San Luis Rey Parrish
- Bryon Wischstadt, Nixon
- Stephen Wood, Aero IT Inc.
- Tiffany Yandell, Altus Schools
- Husam Yaqoob, Public Consulting Group Inc.
- Bernard Yeo, Santee School District
- Carol Zeenkov, Community Resource Center
- Jason Zimmerman, Intrepid Studios