Built In Announces the 50 Winners of Its Awards Program Honoring Rising Technologists

CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Built In, a technology recruitment platform devoted to elevating the industry and its people, is pleased to release the winners list of its 2021 Tech Innovator Awards Program. The program, in its inaugural year, honors tech professionals who are advancing in their careers today and whose ingenuity indicates they're likely to emerge as tech leaders of the future. 

See the winners list below and learn more about the 50 winners here. 

"Over the past year, we've learned the companies that will thrive in uncertain times are those whose tech employees work with an unyielding commitment to innovation and barrier breaking," says Sheridan Orr, CMO, Built In. "This awards program celebrates and amplifies the impact of these professionals — whether they're working to improve the quality of patient care, leverage robotics to support the environment or reshape the modern customer experience."

The esteemed panel of 2021 judges include senior tech leaders at companies like Al Jazeera, Blue Apron, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat and Reddit, to name a few. They are CTOs and CEOs, as well as distinguished leaders with expertise in machine learning, IoT, SaaS, product management, R&D and more. Reviewing hundreds of nominations, the panel selected 50 winners from across the US.

Learn about the 2021 Tech Innovator judges here. 

The 2021 Tech Innovator Awards Program Winners 
The winners are listed in no particular order.

1. Amit Unadkat, Senior Manager, Digital Transformation, Logic20/20
2. John Busby, iOS Experience Lead, Extend
3. Bharath Kakarla, Senior Director of Engineering, Oak Street Health 
4. Jayodita Sanghvi, Director of Data Science, Grand Rounds Health 
5. Anthony Utt, Engineering Lead, GR0
6. Paul Thomas, Senior Director, Engineering, Appetize
7. Ryan Williams, Engineering Director, Platforms, Cedar
8. Michael Gerstein, Manager, Data Science, Transfix
9. Nkem Egboga, Data Scientist III, SparkCognition
10. Yasemin Gokcen, Director of Product, Operations, Feedonomics
11. Carter Schultz, Robotics Software Manager, AMP Robotics
12. Robert Hajek, Engineering Team Lead, Covered Insurance Solutions, Inc. 
13. Eric Carlson, Staff Data Scientist, Grand Rounds Health
14. Tara Larrue, Data Scientist, cohesion
15. Ethan McMahon, Lead Software Engineer, cohesion
16. James Kenaley, Senior Software Architect, Pico
17. Zoe Zhang, Senior Lead Data Scientist, Enova International 
18. Antoine Bachet, Data Scientist, Mulberry Technology 
19. Ashish Shubham, Principal Engineer/Director of Engineering, ThoughtSpot 
20. Sameer Lal, Senior Data Scientist, Ribbon Health
21. Matt Gonzalez, Director of Product, Ekata
22. Ryan Carlson, Staff Software Engineer, SpotHero
23. Adam Finlayson, Lead Developer, CardX
24. Tracey Little, SysOps Engineering Manager, ActionIQ
25. Michael Williams, Senior Data Scientist, Whip Media
26. Hailey Bobella, Senior Front End Engineer, DailyPay
27. Mike Koehrsen, Principal Software Engineer PathAI 
28. Nick Schirmer, Senior Software Engineer, FloSports
29. Stephanie Laing, Senior Product Manager, 3Play Media
30. Shanta Rao, Associate Principal, The Options Clearing Corporation 
31. Eakta Pandey, Director of Quality Engineering, Varo Bank
32. Karthic Hariharan, Engineering Manager, Self Financial 
33. Duru Turkoglu, Technical Manager, Computational Geometry, Fast Radius 
34. Angela Roberts, Software Engineer, Simon Data
35. Alex Sanchez, Software Engineering Manager, AlertMedia
36. Katie Paugh, SRE Manager, Starburst 
37. David Stanley, Machine Learning Engineer, Neurable
38. Jesse White, Senior Director, Reliability Engineering, ADP 
39. Theron Humiston, Senior Engineer, Reverb 
40. Nirav Shah, Senior Manager, Fraud & Security Analytics, RingCentral 
41. Joshua Morman, Software Engineer III, Bridge Financial Technology 
42. Lavanya Santhanakrishnan, Senior Product manager, SMS Assist 
43. Sameer Deevi, Manager, Data Engineering, Kalderos, Inc. 
44. Stephanie Tortora, Senior Client Engineer, SIMON Markets LLC
45. Shawn Ramirez, Head of Data Science, Shelf Engine
46. Jessica Mong, Engineering Manager, Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey) 
47. Daniil Goriunov, Senior Financial Application Developer, Canoe Intelligence 
48. Omar Shanti, Technical Consultant & Labs365 Lead, Kin + Carta
49. Jarred Capellman, Senior Director of Engineering - DeepArmor, SparkCognition
50. So-Hee Woo, Head of XR, Encore 

ABOUT BUILT IN 
Built In's mission is to connect the world through a shared passion for tech and the human need for purpose. The technology recruitment platform helps 1,800 customers of all sizes attract best-in-class talent to their technical roles of the future. Through content and digital recruitment solutions, Built In amplifies these companies' brands, whether they want to be known as national, local or remote employers of choice, or leaders in DEI. Monthly, 2.5 million tech professionals visit Built In to read our industry coverage, including trends and breaking news, and to discover stories about companies with missions they want to join. The venture-backed platform has been included in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™ for two consecutive years and was included in the 2020 Inc. 5000 list. http://www.builtin.com  

ABOUT BUILT IN'S TECH INNOVATOR AWARDS
Built In's 2021 Tech Innovator Awards, in its inaugural year, honors technologists who are rising in their careers today and who show the potential to be leaders of the future in the tech industry. They span a variety of roles and areas of technical expertise but they share in common a commitment to ingenuity, innovation and barrier breaking. An esteemed panel of judges selected 50 winners from among hundreds of nominations. 

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