2026 ATP Awards Gala Finalists & Nominees
FINALISTS
Emerging Leader
Bebita Metellus
TAG Education Collaborative
Program Manager
Damian Apone
Genuine Parts Company
Director, Global Retail Cybersecurity
Haley Edwards
Manhattan Associates
Director, Enterprise Tech Services
Kathi Middleton
Home Depot
Sr Manager, Process Engineering & AI Enablement
Winston Fitzhugh
Atlantic American Corporation
Director of Information Technology
Executive Leadership
Carl Patten, II
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta
Chief Information Officer
Chris Crist
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Chief Information Officer
Julie Elmore
Inspire Brands
Senior Vice President of Technology
Dr. Laura A. Jones
Rivian
Head of Cybersecurity Risk
ZsaVette Eze
Synchrony Financial
Vice President of Technology
Innovative Disruptor
Channing Baker
Evolve Contractors, LLC
Chief Executive Officer and President
Justin McLeod
Square One Startup School
Entrepreneur, Marketer, Ecosystem Builder
Mansoor Khan
CSCS
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matt Golden
MapHabit
Co-Founder & CEO
Varchasvi Shankar
V2Soft / Sanciti AI
President and Chief Executive Officer
IT Professional
Delilah Freeman
Bank of America
Assistant Vice President, Delivery Lead in Technology
Nathan Thomas
Verdantas
IAM Lead Systems Engineer
Niren Patel
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Senior Manager
Stephen Ichatha
Google
Senior Program Manager, ML Technical Infrastructure Deployment Engineering
Technology Service Provider
Betsy Robinson
Tier4 Group
Founder
Dante Jackson
Serket-Tech Security
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Savio
Relevantz
Chief Executive Officer
Jessica Black
Cumberland Group
Enterprise Executive
Kelly Kierans
CelticQA Solutions
President
NOMINEES
Emerging Leader
Bebita Metellus
TAG Education Collaborative
Program Manager
Damian Apone
Genuine Parts Company
Director, Global Retail Cybersecurity
Darrell Washington
CGI
Director, Consulting Services
Haley Edwards
Manhattan Associates
Director, Enterprise Tech Services
Jagdish Patel
National DCP
Director of IT Application and Architecture
Kathi Middleton
Home Depot
Sr Manager, Process Engineering & AI Enablement
Logan Smith
PT Solutions Physical Therapy
Director, Solutions Architecture
Ronald Williams
Coder.com
Community Marketing Manager
Tracy Roberts
Bankers Fidelity
Director, Project Management Office
Winston Fitzhugh
Atlantic American Corporation
Director of Information Technology
Executive Leadership
Alicia Laing Clarke
PPC Partners
Head of IT Security (CISO)
Carl Patten, II
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta
Chief Information Officer
Chris Crist
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Chief Information Officer
Dr. Laura A. Jones
Rivian
Head of Cybersecurity Risk
Jason James
Aptos Retail
Chief Information Officer
John Perkins
Candescent
Vice President – Enterprise Architecture and Applications
Julie Elmore
Inspire Brands
Senior Vice President of Technology
Kelly Solomon
Jackson and Coker
Vice President of Product and Technology
Maire Bavarday-Rosa
Ecomspaces
Chief Executive Officer
Mohammad Zahid
Precision Medicine Group
SVP – Global Head IT Operations
Monica Moore
Alogent
Chief Technology Officer
Nikolh Smith-Memard
PT Solutions
VP, Enterprise Data Management & Analytics
Prakash Muthukrishnan
Purchasing Power
Chief Technology Officer
Rajesh Indurthi
Orcaworks
Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer
Richard Dunavent
Medical Knowledge Group
VP of IT Infrastructure
Ryan Miller
Stellantis Financial Services
Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President
Ryan Rodriguez
Piedmont Realty Trust
Vice President of IT Services
Shantala Rao
Primerica
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Development Officer
Steve Porter
PulteGroup
Vice President of Enterprise Architecture
ZsaVette Eze
Synchrony Financial
Vice President of Technology
Innovative Disruptor
Ashlea Mitchell
Revinate
Global Technology Leader – Architecture, Engineering, Cloud, Security, Infrastructure, Operations
Channing Baker
Evolve Contractors, LLC
Chief Executive Officer and President
Justin McLeod
Square One Startup School
Entrepreneur, Marketer, Ecosystem Builder
Mansoor Khan
CSCS
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matt Golden
MapHabit
Co-Founder & CEO
Monica Moore
Alogent
Chief Technology Officer
Nashlee Young
AtlantaTechPark
Senior Business Operations Executive
Rapheal Cdeeq
Vendneo
Founder
Shantala Rao
Primerica
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Development Officer
Varchasvi Shankar
V2Soft / Sanciti AI
President and Chief Executive Officer
IT Professional
Delilah Freeman
Bank of America
Assistant Vice President, Delivery Lead in Technology
Nathan Thomas
Verdantas
IAM Lead Systems Engineer
Niren Patel
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Senior Manager
Stephen Ichatha
Google
Senior Program Manager, ML Technical Infrastructure Deployment Engineering
Technology Service Provider
Betsy Robinson
Tier4 Group
Founder
Chris Wasserman
Wasserman Talent Solutions
CEO
Dante Jackson
Serket-Tech Security
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Savio
Relevantz
Chief Executive Officer
Ed Bohm
Island
Trusted Advisor
Jessica Black
Cumberland Group
Enterprise Executive
Jordan Maldonado
Salesforce
Customer Success Manager
Karl Kleinert
Leapfrog
President and Chief Operating Officer
Keerti Gupta
Pyramid Consulting
Market Vice President
Kelly Kierans
CelticQA Solutions
President
Mini Brown
Pyramid Consulting Inc
Sr. Director of Client Services
Shamanda "Mandi" Joseph, ESQ.
TULIP Advisory
Enterprise Transformation Strategy & Risk Advisor
Shankar Ramalingam
Relevantz
Senior Director, Customer Success
Zebadiah Henry
INEX Systems
Founder