Finalists Announced: The Innovation Awards 2021 – D Magazine

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

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 2021 program:

2021 Innovation Awards Finalists

 CIO/CTO of the Year

Chris Akeroyd, Children’s Health

Prasanna Singaraju, Qentelli

Matt Winn, Dallas Baptist University

Corporate Innovator of the Year

Elyse Dickerson, Eosera

Will McClay, Dallas Cowboys

John Olajide, Axxess

Sanjiv Yajnik, Capital One

Innovation Advocate of the Year

Danny Chavez, McKinney Economic Development Corp.

Duane Dankesreiter, Dallas Regional Chamber

Dr. Hubert Zajicek, Health Wildcatters

Startup Innovator of the Year

Robert Atkins, BALANCED Media|Technology

Tony Goodman, PeopleFun

Rex Kurzius, Asset Panda

Kumar Narala, aBIa

Tom White, Phynd Technologies

Innovation in Cybersecurity

Milind Borkar, Illuma Labs

Tiffany Ricks, HacWare

Bhavani Thuraisingham, The University of Texas at Dallas

Innovation in Finance

Boruch Greenberg, Payrix

Javier Martinez, Zirtue

Frank Santoni, ImpactX Partners

Craig Scheef, Texas Security Bank

Innovation in Food and Beverage

Chad Houser, Momentum Advisory Collective

Merrilee Kick, BuzzBallz/Southern Champion

Tyler Shin, Revolving Kitchen

Jim Stevens, Golden Chick

Innovation in Healthcare

David D. Halbert, Caris Life Sciences

Scott Kirksey, BenefitMall

Dr. Steve Miff, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI)

Stephen White, Center for BrainHealth

Innovation in Manufacturing and Consumer Goods

Bravis Brown, BPS Technology

Michael Hsu, Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Jason McCann, Vari

Phil O’Neill, Swiss American CDMO

Innovation in Real Estate

Innovation in Talent and Diversity

Russ Medina, NPower and AT&T

Jared Pope, Work Shield

John Harlan, CrateBind

Evelyn Torres-Gomez, Solaris Technologies Services

Innovation in Transportation

Will Coleman, Alto

Roger Raley, Alpine Advanced Materials