Congratulations to the 2025 qualified nominees!

If you were nominated for the 2025 event, an email was sent out on May 30th stating you qualified as a nominee. Nominees and a guest are invited to attend the in-person event on September 18th from 4:30 to 7:30 pm at Snapdragon Stadium. If you have not received your invitation via email, please contact us at info@toptechawards.com. All others who wish to attend the awards presentation can register on this same website. Please note: Nominees are not notified in advance if they have won an award. All winners are called “WINNERS” and are announced on September 18 from the stage. For questions please email: info@toptechawards.com.

Rensis Abundo, Navy Region Southwest

Clay Aiena, Orthofix

Mark Albright, Tri-City Medical Center

Steve Aliamus, TSIA

Shirin Alipanah, Premier Property Partners by eXp Realty

James Almon, Home of Guiding Hands

Jason Anderson, Cleantech San Diego

Bryan Andrus, US Specialty Labs

Omid Arjomand, Rancho Valencia Resort

Asokan Ashok, UnfoldLabs Inc.

Jun Ataka, Nitto

Ferdi Balagtas, Mission Federal Credit Union

Brandon Barlow, Lexitas

Brittany Bateman, The Nativity School

David Beach Beach, Computer Consulting

Dan Beaulieu, ICW Group Inc.

Brian Beisigl, Lakeside Union School District

Arthur Belenzo, MG Properties

Brook Benson, Sapient Bio Analytics

Emily Bernardo, City of Del Mar

Jessica Bishop, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA)

Don Blake, McAlister Institute

Akemi Bonner, The San Diego LGBT Community Center

Matthew Bradford, The Argen Corporation

Louise Brandy, Halozyme

Joshua Britton, Debut

Kyle Bruin, ElectraDx Molecular

Joe Buerhrle, SAY (Social Advocate for Youth) San Diego

Peter Burt, Teradata

Tony Cabral, San Marcos Unified School District

Joseph Calkins, Hyspan Precision Products

Cameron Cameron, Digital Pro Inc.

Jonathan Canales, Brokerage and Logistics Solution

Robert Cantrell, San Ysidro Health

Casey Castillo, San Diego Food Bank

Dave Catchpole, Acushnet

Jackie Cauamx, Cloud Security Alliance – San Diego Chapter

Jerry Cerpa, City of Santee

Stuart Chew, Physical Rehab Network

Cy Chittaphong, Dynalectric San Diego

Jose Cisneros, City of Chula Vista

Jon Colby, LyteWi

Jaye Connolly, RippleNami Inc.

Tristan Cooper, VendiBean

Scott Cooper, Tower23 IT

Juliet Correnti, Radeus Labs

Danny Covell, Sun Digital Consulting

Fred Covely, Chrome Roads Inc.

Ryan Cowen, West Coast IT

Carrie Craig, Bose Corporation

Colin Craig, Rick Engineering

James Crandall, City of San Marcos

Grey Culver, Satechi

Jennifer Decembre, Xceptional

Adam Deich, Helix Environmental

Ren Del Rosario, Metis Practice Solutions

Chad Difuntorum, Phunware

Rowell Dionicio, Packet6

Cory Ducker, Field Level

Frankie Duenas, Cabrillo Credit Union

Brian Eastman, CH-Projects

Khaled El-Maleh, Lucid Techinsights LLC

Jane Elliott-Hughes, San Diego Humane Society

Justin Emory, Codex DNA

Joe Erle, C3 Risk & Insurance Services

Xiangming Fang, Denovo Biopharma

Travis Fawcett, American Specialty Health

Mark Field, ITJ

Shannon Fitzpatrick, Microsoft

Victoria Foster, Hotel Investment Group

Jeremy Franzen, InterVenn Biosciences

Roberta French, WD-40

Rajesh George, CTC Global

Jeromy Giancosa, Exaggen

Jamey Gilmour, San Diego Sports Medicine

Alfredo Gonzal, Lorian Health

Benjamin Gonzalez, Casa Familiar

Ann Grausam Lam, Sharp Healthcare

Michael Greco, Data Device Corporation

Jonathon Guertin, Cajon Valley Union School District

Abraham Guillen, Carbon by Design

Abhijeet Gulati, Mitchell International Inc.

Shane Hansen, Thomson Instrument Company

Jim Harden, Tyson & Mendes

Ryan Hardesty, Technet Partners

Michael Harper, Mainstay Medical

Travis Hausler, Council of Community Clinics

Benjamin Hayhurst, US Department of Homeland Security

Marcus Hedenskog, Vitrolife Inc.

Michael Herrera, Helix Water District

Peyri Herrera, San Diego County Office of Education

Mary Himmelberger, Crash Inc.

Rick Hoot, Ken Blanchard Companies

David Hua, High Tech High

Joseph Huitzil, SD Opera

Jason Huling, Blooma.ai

Mannie Humphreys, ODME Solutions, LLC

Dharmesh Jagwani, Mitek Systems

Patrick Johnson, Ventyx Biosciences

Amanda Jones, BitCot

Andrew Ka, Integrated Specialty Coverages

Sean Kennedy, San Diego Symphony

James Kiyohara, Palomar Health Medical Group

Brian Lajoie, Samahan Medical Centers

Jenny Lambert, SAY (Social Advocate for Youth) San Diego

Daniel Larson, Bumble Bee Foods

Sangmoon Lee, Inocras Inc.

LeeAnne Leon, Nova Biologics

Todd Lewis, San Ysidro School District

Jim Linton, Iridia

Jaime Lira, Lawgistics Inc.

Daniel Lorrain, Contineum Therapeutics

Tyler Luna, Aero IT Inc.

Tony Lussier, San Diego Imaging

Jim Lyon, Integrits

Bowie Ma, ProSciento

Seth Mader, San Diego Regional Center

Jennifer Maglio, Better Buzz Coffee

Nicolae Manlutac, Rady Children’s Physician’s Management Services

Michael Manriquez, City of Solana Beach

Mark Markoudakis, San Diego Blood Bank

Julianne Markow, Voice of San Diego

Brennan Martin, JuniorJobHunt Inc.

Carlos Martinez, Clinicomp

Michelle Martinez, PenChecks

Leo Mata, Rady Children’s Hospital

Jacob Mathai, Veritext Legal Solutions

Mia Mcadams, Aptitude Medical

Matt McColm, Cibus

Corrie McCoy, Community Resource Center

Rick McElroy, Nexasure

Cranstin McFay, Acukeen Corporation

Chris McKewon, Xceptional

John Merritt, YMCA

David Meyers, Network Quotes

Derek Moran, Kyocera

Eric Morrow, CentrexIT

Ben Mortensen, SAY (Social Advocate for Youth) San Diego

Heather Moyer, HNM Systems Inc.

David Muller, Tealium

Joseph Murad, Ciprus Consulting

Yash Murali, Therabody

Lisel Newton, Gossamer Bio

Steve Nguyen, Town and Country San Diego Resorts

Victor Nguyen, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Huey Nguyen, Eagle Paving

Dan Odonnell, Grand Pacific Resorts

Topher Ohlin, Planning Center Online

Jennifer Oliveira, South Bay Union School District

Cassaundra Olson, Rehab United

Irving Ordaz, Qualitas

Rachael Orose, Words Alive

Stephanie Ortega, Promises2Kids

Eric Otenburg, GOVX

Roger Otterson, Service Desk West

Dogukan Ozdemir, Watchlight

Renato Paiva, Access Youth Academy

Jay Pakingan, Rady Children Health

John Palmer, City of San Marcos

Aldino Parchment, San Diego Tourism Authority

Sneha Patel, Generations Heathcare

Darshan Patel, Hotel Investment Group

David Paulus, Hughes Circuits

Samir Pelinkovic, Solatube International

Kris Peralta, San Diego Padres

Daniel Perrigo, The Rock Church

Skip Philip, JIF-PAK Manufacturing, LLC

Laura Philyaw, Escondido Union School District

Cheri Pierre, Computers 2 Kids

Trey Pray, AKA Head Start

Cheri Price, Computers to Kids

Adrian Quinonez, Sunbum

Joe Racciato, Special Care

Jared Radtkey, Cymbiotika

Pavel Raifeld, Innoviva

Balaji Ramachandran, SoftClouds LLC

Liz Ramirez, Chicano Federation of San Diego County

Greg Rawson, Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD)

Chantal Reed, Actio Biosciences

Kelly Rickard, San Diego Country Estates

Michael Riga, We Treat

David Riha, City of Oceanside

Rorie Ring, RCK Controls

Mark Roach, Pearl Technologies

Joseph Robbins, MyCRE Cloud

Christine Roberts, MANA de San Diego

Mike Roberts, Creating Coding Careers

Brad Rosen, City of Poway

Shaun Rosenstein, Ambillient AI

Kevin Ross, Sodexo

Simon Ross, Westair Gases and Equipment

Jennifer Russell, International Lottery & Totalizer Systems Inc.

Garrick Russell, GLDS

Lou Sacco, Daisy Health

Marques Salazar, Kiefer Automotive G

Jeff Salazar, Cibus

David Salinard, Padre Dam Municipal Water District

Michael Sanchez, Nalu Medical

Tracey Sandberg, Port of San Diego

Tony Sanfilippo, Crypto IT Solutions

JoeJay Santos, City of Imperial

Roman Schwab, Remsis Inc.

Stephanie Segal, Ortega Promises2Kids

Bruce Seligmann, BioSpyder Technologies

John Selvaraj, Wellgreens

Laura Shanahan, St Madeleine Sophie’s Center

Stephen Sherrill, Parker Hannifin

Tanniel Simonian, JetHead Development

Frederic Skrzypek, Francis Parker School

Steve Slack, La Fayette Hotel

Kevin Smallen, PenChecks

Gregory Smith, Ciprus Consulting

Alan Sombillo, Community Health Group

Sean Soriano, City of San Diego Police Crime Labratory

Matthew Sosa, Pacifica Enterprises Management Group

Tara Sparks, Jamul Casino

Jeff Spate, Endsight

Joe Stephenson, City of Carlsbad

Jon Stern, RingPin

Hamza Suria, Trotana Inc.

Teri Sutton, VTS Industries Inc.

Adam Sweet, Phoenix Forge AI

Myles Syverud, Performant Manufacturing

EJ Szymczak, Cubic Corporation

Jared Tangney, Biolinq

Matt Teeter, Digital Pro Inc.

Mike Tiffany, Albireo Energy

William Trottier, J. Craig Venter Institute

Dave Tuckman, FRS Secure

Justine Ulmer, UpTime OnTime

Saulius Vabalas, GLDS

Maria Vaillancourt, Watkins Wellness

Robert Van De Hay, City of Escondido

Corey VanWormer, San Diego Blood Bank

Paul Vasquez, Senior Aerospace

Archana Verma, Arch Design Studio LLC

JV Villarama, Catholic Charities

Julio Villegas Uvina, San Diego Rescue Mission

Brian Vinciguerra, Lumos Diagnostics

Johnny Vo, San Diego American Indian Healthcare Center

Diem Vo, Boundless Bio

Brian Waller, Highspring

Charles Wiedmeyer, Charles River Labs

Jake Wiener, Lundbeck

Ron Williams, City of National City

Brad Williams, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Doug Winter, Seismic

Scott Wolstencroft, Hazard Construction

Nicolas Worlund, MeBe

Dean Yager, The Old Globe

Tiffany Yandell, Altus Schools

Husam Yaqoob, Public Consulting Group

Alex Yurkowski, ClickUp

Michael Zadeik, MyCre Cloud

Carol Zeenkov, Community Resource Center

Huang Zhu, Shoreline Biosciences

Jason Zimmerman, Intrepid Studios

Monica Zylstra, Mitchell International Inc.

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