Dallas Innovates and D CEO are proud to announce the finalists for its fifth annual Innovation Awards. The program honors companies, CEOs, CIOS, CTOs, entrepreneurs, and other leaders who are helping to make Dallas-Fort Worth an innovation hub.

All finalists will be recognized in the January/February issue of D CEO magazine and online at DallasInnovates.com; winners will be revealed at an exclusive awards event in January.

Here is the complete list of finalists for the 2024 program:

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

CIO/CTO OF THE YEAR

• Srujana Bobba, Jiito.ai
• Phill Lawson-Shanks, Aligned Data Centers
• Bala Subramanian, UPS
• Joe Vaughan, MoneyGram International

STARTUP LEADER OF THE YEAR

• Patrick Brandt, Grata
• Chris Gannett, Gannett Partners
• Ben Lamm, Colossal Biosciences
• Gary Wojtaszek, RecNation

CORPORATE INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

• Jeremy Fudge, BAL
• Dr. Eric Haney, Lone Star Analysis
• Pedro Lerma, LERMA
• Jared Johnson, Frito Lay
• Craig Torrance, MCS

NONPROFIT OR ACCELERATOR LEADER OF THE YEAR

• Trey Bowles, Techstars
• Ann Montgomery, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
• Jennifer Sanders, Dallas Innovation Alliance
• Abigail Erickson Torres, Frontiers of Flight Museum

EMERGING LEADER AWARD

• Zach Cunningham, Remington Hospitality
• Tavian Harris, Seasons of Change
• Khirodra Mishra, Cybalt
• Deven Panchal, AT&T
• Arun Kumar Ponnusamy, Jugl
• Shanthi Rajaram, Amazech

COMPANY AWARDS

INNOVATION IN AI AND MACHINE LEARNING

• AdComp Systems Group
• Balanced Media Technology
• DZS
• SalesBoost
• SDV International

INNOVATION IN CYBERSECURITY

• Cyber Defense Labs
• DigitalXForce
• Island.io

INNOVATION IN EDUCATION

• Dallas College
• The Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Stemuli Studios
• UWorld, LLC

INNOVATION IN BANKING AND FINANCE

• MoneyGram International
• Nexus PMG
• Texas Capital
• Valor

INNOVATION IN FINTECH AND INSURANCE

• Bestow
• CollateralEdge
• Deposits
• Quiltt
• Nada
• Yendo

INNOVATION IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE

• Avocados From Mexico
• Duro Hospitality
• Front Burner Society
• Harwood Hospitality Group

INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE AND BIOTECH

• Almaden Genomics
• Lyda Hill Philanthropies
• Recuro Health
• Spectral AI
• Timely Care

INNOVATION IN REAL ESTATE

• CBRE
• Compass Datacenters
• Dottid
• Mintwood
• TestFit

INNOVATION IN ROBOTICS AND IOT

• Clevon
• RobotLab Group
• Sensori Robotics
• Ziosk

INNOVATION IN SOFTWARE AND SAAS

• JobTread Software
• Lexipol
• o9 Solutions
• Spotio

INNOVATION IN TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY

• Optym
• RailPros
• VicOne

STARTUP OF THE YEAR

• Adaptive 3D
• Braemont Capital
• Firehawk Aerospace
• NVenue

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