Richmond Technology Council Announces 24th Annual Gala Award Winners!

May 9, 2019

RICHMOND, Va. (May 9, 2019) – The Richmond Technology Council, central Virginia’s catalyst for technology, held its 24th Annual Technology Awards Gala last night, announcing and honoring the winners in each award category. Over 700 of Richmond’s technology, business, education, and legislative leaders attended. In keeping with the innovation shown by all of the finalists, the Council added two new categories for this year’s event: Tech Influencer of the Year and The Next Gen Award.

The nominees included several local organizations and individuals that are actively helping advance central Virginia’s technology-based economy. Nick Serfass, Executive Director of the Richmond Technology Council (RVATECH) said, “This year’s winners all represent the most disruptive nominees in each category. They are companies, projects, or individuals that are moving our society forward, and tonight we recognized them, celebrated them, and learned from them. We are better, Richmond is better, and our world is better because of them.” The Gala was held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, where all the nominees, judges, and event sponsors came together to celebrate the winners. An independent panel of judges focused on the challenging task of selecting the ultimate award winners.

Awards, sponsors, and finalists are:

Innovation in Community – Sponsored by ImpactMakers
• The Giving Wall

Innovation in Education – Sponsored by Trillium Technical
• ModernSmart Program, Goochland Middle School

Emerging Small Technology Business – Sponsored by Dixon Hughes Goodman
• Risk Based Security

Innovation Technology Builder – Sponsored by SLAIT Consulting
• Simple Thread

Technology Project of the Year – Public Sector – Sponsored by CarMax
• Virginia Department of Health

Technology Project of the Year – Private Sector (Small Capital) – Sponsored by SingleStone
• Grenova

Technology Project of the Year – Private Sector (Large Capital) – Sponsored by CGI
• Dominion Energy

Technology Executive of the Year – Sponsored by Vaco
• Jay Sanne, Capital One

Tech Influencer of the Year – Sponsored by Facebook
• Paul Spicer, Publisher and Editor in Chief, GRID Magazine>

Next Gen – Sponsored by GE
• Jocelyn Marencik, Got Tec Richmond

RVATECH Chairman’s Award – Sponsored by Altria
• Robby Demeria, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Technology for the
Commonwealth of Virginia

People’s Choice – Sponsored by SyCom
• Snag

RVATECH is a member-driven association of businesses and organizations working together to ensure the continued growth of Central Virginia’s dynamic technology-based economy. We are dedicated to the development of an infrastructure that supports the growth of existing technology industries and identifies the Greater Richmond region as a location of choice for new and emerging technology companies. Our mission is to serve as a catalyst to stimulate and connect innovative, creative and technical people.

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