Congratulations to the 2024 qualified nominees!
If you were nominated for the 2024 event, an email was sent out on June 4th stating if you qualified as a nominee. Nominees and a guest are invited to attend the in-person event on September 26th from 4 to 7:30 pm at Snapdragon Stadium in Mission Valley. If you have not received your invitation via email, please contact us at [email protected]. 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 announced on September 26th from the stage.
For questions please email: [email protected].
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
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