Awards Recognize Top Finance Executives for their Exceptional Contribution to the Economic Growth of the Region’s Technology Community
McLEAN, Va. – (March 26, 2024) – The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the trade association representing the region’s technology community, today announced the finalists for its 28th annual Technology CFO Awards. These awards recognize CFOs and financial leaders for their extraordinary achievement and excellence in fueling economic growth in our region’s technology industry.
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Monday, June 3, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.
“CFOs play a crucial role on a company’s leadership team. They shape portfolio strategies, make key investment and financial decisions, and communicate with key stakeholders including investors and boards,” said Jennifer Taylor, president and CEO of NVTC. “The NVTC Technology CFO Awards acknowledge and celebrate the remarkable contributions financial executives have made in accelerating the growth and reputation of our region’s tech hub—regarded among the top in the nation. Congratulations to this year’s finalists.”
In a brand-new award category this year, judges will select a CFO whose company has conducted a transformative financing transaction enabling their company to expand and thrive.
In addition, NVTC will announce Mark Ein, venture capitalist and executive chairman of Kastle Systems, as the 2024 winner of the prestigious Michael G. Devine Hall of Fame Award, to recognize his incredible contributions to our region’s technology community over his career.
An independent panel of past Technology CFO Awards winners selected the finalists in the following five award categories.
The 2024 NVTC Technology CFO Awards finalists are:
Emerging Growth CFO of the Year:
David Bromberg, CASE Consulting
Stephen Gair, ITC Federal
Mark Herzing, BryceTech
Perry Kessler, Metric5
Mohit Manocha, Casepoint, LLC
Private Company CFO of the Year:
David Adams, Acentra Health
Lori Becker, Arcfield
Bob Kwaja, Two Six Technologies
John McMonagle, Unanet
Christopher Phelps, Versar Global Solutions
Cindy Shephard, Cadmus Group
Public Company CFO of the Year:
Matthew Calderone, Booz Allen
Bruce Labovitz, Bowman Consulting Group
Mark Matheos, Appian
David Mutryn, Maximus
Prabu Natarajan, SAIC
Transformative Financing Transaction CFO of the Year:
R. Gray Beck, cBEYONData
Tracy Nguyen, Highlight Technologies
Robert Sison, Shift5
Dave Timmons, Acclaim Technical Services
Marcos Torres, Huntress
2024 Class of Rising Stars:
Gaurav Agarwal, Cvent
Christine Andrews, Mercury
Mark Borcherding, SMX
Mark Brodzinski, Unanet
Mike Fitzgerald, BWX Technologies, Inc.
Sammaad Shams, NextNav Inc.
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Contact:
Tarin Horan
Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC)
thoran@nvtc.org
703.946.0319
About the Northern Virginia Technology Council
NVTC is the trade association representing the Northern Virginia technology community. As one of the nation’s largest technology councils, NVTC serves companies from all sectors of the industry, from small businesses and start-ups to Fortune 100 technology companies, government contractors, as well as service providers, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations. More than 460 members look to the organization as a resource for networking and educational opportunities, peer-to-peer communities, policy advocacy, industry promotion, fostering of strategic relationships, and branding of the region as a major global technology center. Learn more at www.nvtc.org.