2026 Awards Recipients
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of our 2026 Tech Titans Awards:
Hall Of Fame
Nina Vaca, founder, chair and CEO of the Pinnacle Group
Corporate CEO
Sherif Mityas, BRIX Holdings
Community Hero
Kris Fitzgerald, Smart Data Solutions
Corporate CIO/CTO Award
Janet Robertson, RS Group
Corporate Innovation AwardÂ
DFW International Airport (Executive Vice President Paul Puopolo accepting)
Emerging Company CEO Award
Chris Gay, Evry Health
Emerging Company CIO/CTO Award
Venkat Shashank, Steel-IQ
Emerging Company Innovation Award
Illuma Labs (CEO Milind Borkar accepting)
Startup Company CEO Award
Sara Doutt, Myngly (Chief Product Officer Mani Jonnalagadda accepting)
Technology Inventor Award
Theodore Price, PhD, Center for Advanced Pain Studies at UT Dallas
Tech Titans Of The Future – College/University
Tripat Baweja, Collin College, Electronic Engineering Technology Program
Tech Titans Of The Future – High School
Chip Bloecher, TECC-West, Lewisville ISD
Fast Tech
Downstream (CEO Zachary Irwin accepting)
Lifetime Achievement AwardÂ
Paul Voelker, former mayor of Richardson