NC TECH Signature Events | NC TECH Award Submissions

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Recognizes executives and stakeholders for their accomplishments and/or impact in the tech sector. Winners must be based in and/or have made a positive impact in NC and their employer should be headquartered or have a significant presence in the state.

Winners will be honored at the November 3 NC TECH Awards Gala.

NC TECH Announces 2021 Winners

Beacon Award
(Outstanding Achievement)

Catherine P. Bessant
Vice Chair, Global Strategy, Bank of America

Tech CEO of the Year

Michael Jones
CEO, Spoonflower

Public Leader of the Year

Governor Roy Cooper
State of North Carolina

Chief Information Security Officer of the Year

Chris Beal
VP of Security Initiatives + Chief Information Security Officer, MCNC

Private Sector CIO of the Year

Jay Upchurch
CIO, SAS

Public Sector CIO of the Year

Glenn Mack
CIO, NC Department of Public Safety

Tech Educator of the Year

Garrett Love
Chair of Engineering. NC School of Science and Mathematics

Tech Woman of the Year

Rashida Hodge
VP Azure Data + AI | Microsoft Customer Success, Microsoft

Corporate Finalists

VIEW 2021 CORPORATE FINALISTS

Back to Top