Congratulations to the 2026 qualified nominees!

If you were nominated for the 2026 event, an email will be sent out by June 2nd stating you qualified as a nominee. Nominees and a guest are invited to attend the in-person event on September 17th 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 17 from the stage. For questions please email: info@toptechawards.com.

Baaziz Achour, Qualcomm

Jorge Alberto Oros, Call Center Services International

Mark Albo, Busy Bees Lock & Keys

Chris Alcaraz, Sweetwater Union High School District

Ephraim Alexander Ebstein, FIT solutions

Steve Aliamus, Technology Services Industry Association

Shirin Alipanah, Premier Property Partners

James Almon, Home of Guiding Hands

Michael Ang, JobElephant

Jim Antoshak, ESET

Justin Apger, Downtown San Diego Partnership

John Armentrout, QuidelOrtho

Bryant Arteaga, San Diego FC

Jun Ataka, Kinovate Life Sciences

Anise Athari, New Haven Youth & Family Services

Prudence August, Neighborhood Healthcare

Mark Bailey, Oakmont Management Group

Kabir Barday, OneTrust

Ben Barker, KRC ROCK

Shane Barnard, IQHQ

Olivier Baudoux, Mitchell International, an Enlyte Company

Marcus Bauer, Skyriver IT

Kelly Bauer, Jewish Family Service of San Diego

David Beach, Beach Computer Consulting

Dan Beaulieu, ICW Group, Inc.

Brian Beisigl, Lakeside Union School District

Dave Benton, Metajive

Jessica Bishop, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

Don Blake, McAlister Institute

Matthew Bradford, The Argen Corporation

Mark Bravo, Artiva Biotherapeutics

Katie M Breitenbach, Living Optics

Josh Brewer, Cardio Vascular Institute of San Diego

David Brown, Altos Labs

Marilyn Bruno, Aequor Inc.

Sean Buchanan, Belharra Therapeutics

Justin Burns, Cabrillo Credit Union

Peter Burt, Teradata

Tony Cabral, San Marcos Unified

Massimo Calafiore, Orthofix SeaSpine

Austin Campbell, Sola Salons

Jonathan Canales, JD Group

Michael Carter, Reproductive Partners Fertility Center- San Diego

Ernesto Cervantes, CTM

Stephan Chenette, AttackIQ

Stuart Collinson, Tioga Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Hulises Contreras, Swami’s Cafe

Mike Cordonnier, CARLSMED

Ryan Cowen, West Coast IT

Colin Craig, Rick Engineering Company

Mitch Cullins, Art of Problem Solving

Grey Culver, Satechi

Ross Culver, Space Mirco Inc

Vinh Dang, Child Development Associates

Cande De La Cruz, Thomson Instrument Company

Jenn Decembre, Xceptional

Adam Deich, Helix Environmental

Erin Del Ponte, Chewys

Melissa Di Donato, Kyriba

Eddie Dinkins, Warrior Foundation

Rowell Dionicio, Packet 6

Vishal Donthireddy, Inseego

Rick Driskell, Encinitas Ford

Robert East, Cal-Comp USA

Brian Eastman, CH Projects

Matt Ellis, Measurabl

Joe Erle, C3 Risk & Insurance Services

Zeb Evans, ClickUp

Joe Faltas, Devonics Automation

Nahid Farady, Microsoft

Stephen Farnsworth, Brandes Investment Partners

Keith Fernandez, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department

Whitney Fichtelberg, Carlsbad Unified School District

Mark Fields, Illumina

Shannon Fitzpatrick, Microsoft

Nate Fritchel, Frontwave Credit Union

Jason Fye, NASSCO

Veronica Galvan, Oakmont Management Group

Aaron Garcia, A-ITPro

Matt Giacalone, Vaxiion Therapeautics

Jeremy Giacosa, MyPoint Credit Union

Jamey Gilmour, San Diego Sports Medicine

Jon Gjerset, Ace Parking Management, Inc.

Francisco Gomez, Rain Bird Corporation

Alfredo Gonzales, Lorian Health

Dennis Gonzales, Red Door Interactive

Benjamin Gonzalez Escandon, Casa Familiar

Alex Goode, GoSite

Joseph Grasela, University Compounding Pharmacy

Ann Grausam, Sharp HealthCare

Michelle Gray, San Diego College of Continuing Educaton

Paul Grayson, Radionetics Oncology, Inc.

Maurizio Guarini, Indena

Helge Guenther, ProSciento, Inc.

Jonathon Guertin, Cajon Valley Union School District

Jerry Guzman, Santee School District

Michael Harper, Mainstay Medical

Brandon Harrison, San Diego Futures Foundation

Liz Hartoin, ALX evergreen SPE LLC

Travis Hausler, Council of Community Clinics

Molly He, Element Biosciences

Trevor Helms, 1Life Healthcare, Inc.

Peyri Herrera, San Diego County Office of Education

Elliot Anise Hicks, Oberon Fuels, Inc.

Nathan Hill, Neurelis, Inc.

Mary Himmelberger, CRASH, Inc.

Julia Ho, Parker Hannifin

Tim Hoopes, Coastal Surgeons

Rick Hoot, Blanchard

David Hua, High Tech High

Jon Huss, gravityAI

Daniel Huss, gravityAI

Michael Ibarra, Sharp Healthcare

Venkat Immanni, Jamul Casino Resort

Jasmine Jackson, Children of the Rainbow

Dharmesh Jagwani, Mitek Systems

Stan Jarensky, Pacira BioSciences

Thomas Johnson, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity

Laura Josh, California Schools Voluntary Employees Benefits Association

Creighton Kagey, Lytx

Tejinder Karwal, Friday Systems Inc.

Sean Kennedy, San Diego Symphony

Michael Kerr, Otay Water District

Harry Kharodh, Family Health Centers of San Diego

Ayub Khattak, Cue Health

Gordon King, Sycamore Greens

James Kiyohara, Palomar Health Medical Group

Alex Kunczynski, D&K Engineering

Charles Lacuesta, California Credit Union

Brian LaJoie, OpSam

Glen Lambert, Invetech

Will Lange, Calmr Corp

Kenneth Lapurga, Community Health Group

Erk Leake, Marsell Wellness Center

Sangmoon Lee, Inocras Inc.

Frank Lee, California Bank & Trust

Kyung Lee, JW Theriac Pharmaceutical Corporation

Alethea Lee, Brain Corp

Kenny Lentz, Bionano Genomics

Cort Lesovsky, Enstal Technologies

James Lestrange, A.O. Reed & Co.

Bessy Leszczynski, Farmer Case & Fedor

Joe Lewis, Solecta

Todd Lewis, San Ysidro School District

Eli Lipsky, Clinically AI

Yinyin Liu, Seismic

Joe Lopez, ITConnect360

HengYu Lou, Physical Rehabilitation Network

Ian Loyo, Flux Power

Cristina Lucky, Arete Health

Rachel Luis Y Prado, Workshops for Warriors

Tyler Luna, Aero IT

Jim Lyon, Integrits Corporation

Joseph Makol, Citadel Defense Systems

Michael Manriquez, City of Solana Beach

Neal Margulis, Lightbridge Hospice

Mike Markoudakis, San Diego Blood Bank

Matt Marsman, Santee School District

Carlos Martinez, Clinicomp

Michelle Martinez, Pencheck’s

Shira Max, Shira Max Consulting

Mia Mcadams, Aptitude Medical

Richard McClellan, Invitae

Matt McColm, Cibus

Corrie McCoy, Community Resource Center

Matt McDowell, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Cranstin McFay, Acukeen Corporation

Angel McKellar, Sola Salons

Chris McKewon, Xceptional

Rocio Medina, Cima California

Moe Melki, Atel Technologies

Lisa Meyers, Network Quotes

David Meyers, Network Quotes

William Morgan, Perry Automotive

Kevin Morningstar, San Diego Futures Foundation

Cuau Muniz, CH Projects

David Munyaka, Munyaka.AI

Joseph Murad, Ciprus Consulting

Yash Murali, Therabody

Hendrik Neumann, Amprion

Brandon Newlon, I.T. Help Link

Steve Nguyen, Town and Country San Diego Resorts

Emily O’Carroll, GuidePoint Security

Dan O’Donnell, Grand Pacific Resorts

Karina Odinaev, Cortica

Ariana Ojeda, Waterleaf

Joan Olano, Grand Manchester Hyatt

Irving Ordaz, Qualitas

Rachael Orose, Words Alive

Stephanie Ortega, Promises2Kids

Steven Pagan, Xceptional

Matt Pahler, Bumble Bee Foods

Cosimo Palumbo, Indena

James Pathman, Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc.

Kris Peralta, San Diego Padres

Dinusha Perera, Scientia Education Solutions Corp.

Francisco Perez, San Diego County Water Authority

Daniel Perrigo, San Diego Rock Church and Academy

Cheri Pierre, Computers 2 Kids

Ron Pitters, Axos Bank

Tom Polen, BD Biosciences

Sanjiv Prabhakaran, Bytes, Inc.

Doreen Quinn, New Haven Youth & Family Services

Adrian Quinones, Sun Bum

Jared Radtkey, Cymbiotika

Ashvin Rai, Daedelix INC

Balaji Ramachandran, SoftClouds LLC

Liz Ramirez, Chicano Federation of San Diego County

Evan Ramos, SOMACIS INC.

Luis Rankins-Ibarra, Escondido Union School District

Greg Rawson, Family Health Centers of San Diego

Jeremy Recktenwald, Grossmont Union High School District

Wil Reynolds, Seer Interactive San Diego

Michael Riga, Portrait

Cameron Roberts, DIGITAL PRO INC

Christine Roberts, MANA de San Diego

George Rodriguez, ADVANCED SECURITY CONCEPTS

David Roman, Acutus Medical

Marc Romano, Seismic Software, Inc.

Osiris Romero, Chicano Federation

Tiffany Rosik, TGR Mangement Consulting

Matthieu Rouffet, Point Loma Nazarene University

Sam Roy, Cortica

Rajesh Rudraradhya, Lytx Inc

Roberto Ruiz, Superior Pipe Specialists

Garrick Russell, GLDS

Nimer Saikaly, Ciprus Consulting

Michael Sanchez, Nalumed

Tracey Sandberg, San Diego Unified Port District

Raj Sanghvi, Bitcot

Christopher Schildmeier, Fusion Engineering and Technology

Roman Schwab, Remsis Inc

Brian Schwerdtfeger, Vista Unified School District

Eli Selig, San Diego Computing Consulting

Laura Shanahan, St Madeleine Sophies’ Center

Steven Sharif, Intrepid Studios

Stephen Sherrill, Parker Hannifin

Eric Shiotsugu, County of San Diego

Prahlad Singh, Revvity Signals

Rob Slaughter, Data Net Solutions

Marty Smith, RippleNami, Inc.

Gregory Smith, Ciprus Consulting

Matthew Sosa, PE Management Group

Niko Sougias, Charlies Foreign Car

Drew Spaventa, Singular Genomatics

Lorne Stanley, California Credit Union

Jon Stern, RingPin

Stacey Stewart, Dexcom

Britt Styr, Britech Group, Inc.

Hamza Suria, Trotana Inc

Teri Sutton, VTS Industries, Inc

Derek Swanson, Imaging Healthcare Specialists

Ebrahim Tarshizi, University of San Diego

Emily Taylor, Cutwater

Tyler Teal, Greystar

Zack Tembi, Single Fin

Kyle Thorn, Xzom Inc

Tommy Thornton, Automates

Mike Tiffany, Albireo Energy

Kevin Tobin, Cox Communications

Dave Tuckman, FRS Secure

Alan Turksu, Satechi

Urvashi Tyagi, ResMed

Justine Ulmer, UTOT – Up Time On Time

Saulius Vabalas, GLDS

Maria Vaillancourt, Watkins Wellness

Mark Valladolid, St. Paul’s Senior Services

Kristine Vanzutphen, Holiday Foliage Inc.

Paul Vasquez, Senior Aerospace

Cynthia Vazquez, Lead With Impact

Diem Vo, Boundless Bio

Bob Walin, The Shout! House

Malachi Walker, SEIRUS INNOVATION

Xun Wang, Triton Algae Innovations

David Whitaker, General Atomics

Mark Whitaker, Interfaith Community Services

Brandy Wilkinson, Explora BioLabs

Rick Wilkinson, Austin Ribbon Microphones, LLC

Brad Williams, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Cole Williamson, Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Scott Wolstencroft, Hazard Construction

Wayne Woodard, Argonaut Manufacturing Services

Stephen Woods, Aero IT

David Wu-Taing, Vistage

John Young, Airgain

Dennis Yunes, Ensign It