Since 2008, Cox Business has lauded the incredible information technology innovators in the San Diego. The Top Tech Awards pay homage to the wealth of talent in our local community who have vision, take risks, and implement new cutting-edge technologies, all in the name of making their organizations more connected, more productive, and more successful.
Since its inception, the Top Tech Awards has grown expansively and stands today as the premier information technology event in San Diego. In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2016, 2017, and 2018 all presiding mayors of the city declared the event day as “Top Tech Exec Day” in San Diego, recognizing the city’s information technology leaders and their amazing contributions to our community.
To read about all of the prestigious past honorees and special award honorees, please click on the event archives that cover the past eleven years.
2019 HONOREES:
NATHAN SHORT, Director of Information Technology/IT Director, Encinitas Union School District
MATTHEW MOWER, Chief Information Officer, Point Loma Credit Union
MARK SULZEN, Vice President of Technology, SmartDraw, Inc.
NARAYANADAS VAKAMUDI, Chief Technology Officer, Family Health Centers of San Diego
TRAVIS FAWCETT, Director of Software Engineering, AristaMD
KEITH FERNANDEZ, Manager of Technology/Technology Manager, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department
ALEXANDRA GERRITSEN, Vice President of Customer Experience and Transformation, Cali Bamboo
FREDERICK DEL ROSARIO, Director of Information Technology, Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
GEOFF HOWARD, Chief Technology Officer, National Funding
MARK KOHLHEIM, Vice President, CACI
BRIAN NORDMANN, Chief Information Officer, Dudek
COX BUSINESS EXEMPLARY AWARD:
CHRISTOPHER PETERSEN, Chief Technology Officer, Scientist.com
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE:
MARK ZECCA, PH. D., Executive Director of Educational Business Systems, San Diego County Office of Education
2019 JUDGES
Hudson Airom, Sr. Director, Global Cloud Operations, Mitek Systems Inc.
Brian Alexander, Vice President of Information Technology, ARS National Services Inc.
Tal Almog, Director, Data Operations, Cisco Systems
Brian Andrews, Chief Information Officer, Baker Electric
Jonathan Behnke, Chief Information Officer, City of San Diego
Andrew Blocksidge, Vice President of Information Technology, MagnaFlow
Brian Casazza, Chief Information Officer, Vistage International
Rich Coppa, Vice President of Infrastructure & Chief Information Officer, The Arc of San Diego
Doug Cyphers, Director of IT Strategy and Leadership, WD-40
Abe Esguerra, Chief Information Officer, Redwitz
Ryan Fay, Executive Vice President of Strategy & Global CIO, ACI Enterprises Inc.
Jerome Fodor, Chief Technology Officer, Abacus Next
Joe Gursky , Director of Information Technology, USS Midway Musem
Michael Hawman, Chief Information Officer, General Atomics
Peter Hissong, Vice President of Technology, Teamwork Athletic Apparel
Debra Jensen, SVP of Global IT, Sound United
Terry Loftus, Assistant Superintendent & Chief Technology Officer, San Diego County Office of Education
Philippe Marchand, Chief Operating Officer, Samumed, LLC
Angela Moran, Chief Information Officer, California Coast Credit Union
Frank Paredes, Director of Information Technology, Father Joe’s Villages
Marc Romano, Chief Technology Officer, Seismic
Sal Saldivar, Chief Information Officer, La Maestra Community Health Centers
Troy Seelye, Chief Information Officer , Teradata Corporation
Laura Spencer, Executive Director of Innovation and Design, Del Mar Union School District
Robert Swisher, Chief Technology Officer, biproxi
Brad Williams, Director of Operations, Petco Animal Supplies
2019 ADVISORY COUNCIL
Rich Coppa, Vice President of Infrastructure & Chief Information Officer, The Arc of San Diego, CHAIR
Casey Cotton, Chief Technology Officer, Madison Avenue Securities
Joe Gursky , Director of Information Technology, USS Midway Musem, CHAIR
John Merritt, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, YMCA of San Diego County
Heather Moshier, Technology Director, CU Engage
Steve Romeo, Executive Technologist, BREG
Harold Tuck, County of San Diego (Retired)
