Technical.ly’s annual RealLIST Innovators series showcases a region’s most influential engineers, developers, scientists, inventors and technologists. Scroll to read about our honorees.
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2025 Honorees
Alma Trotter
Senior Director of Data Journalism, CareSet
Dan Kwon
Senior Software Engineer, Vertex Labs
Abigail Haddad
Independent AI/ML Engineer
Rachel Kaufman
Software engineer, Attentive
Ashton Robinson Cook
CEO and Founder, WeatherDeep
Stephen Miller
Chief Technology Officer, Government of the District of Columbia
Helen Glover
Legislative Research Assistant, Lewis-Burke Associates
Andrew El-Kadi
Director of Technology and Analytics, American University
Amy Winecoff
Manager, AI and Crypto, Tala
Julie Saltman
CEO, Standd
Rabiah Harris
STEM Educator
Ather Sharif
Principal Associate, Capital One
Naty Clementi
Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA
Raja Kushalnagar
Director, Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility and Sign Languages Center
Jeffrey Scruggs
Consultant, LMI Solutions
Ira Owens
President, OweHen Technologies
Tony Li
Owner, Pixel Crushers
Khalif Cooper
Founder and CEO, BLK Tech Connect
Jane Nguyen
Postdoctoral Scientist, Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Shane Williams
Chief of End User services and information Systems, Enoch Pratt
Blair Taylor
Co-Executive Director and Cofounder, Secured Inc
LaTonya Hall
President & CTO, Stondoh Secure Digital Solutions
Ramana Vinjamuri
Associate Professor & Center Director, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Marcel de Pontbriand
Lead Data Engineer, Ecomap Technologies
Bailey Surtees
CEO and Cofounder, Kubanda Cryotherapy
Alexander Miller
Data Scientist, Maryland State Innovation Team, Office of Governor Wes Moore
Chloe Burton
Manager, Detection Engineering, Deepwatch
Matthew Stamm
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Drexel University
Christie Mealo
SVP AI Products, 90NORTH (IPG Health)
Amelia Zellander
CEO, Biolattice
Josh Devon
CEO and Cofounder, Stealth Startup
Ee Durbin
Director of Infrastructure, Python Software Foundation
Ricki Lang
VP of Telecommunications and Media, Quantum Metric
Eric Sugalski
Medical Device Developer
Megharjun Nandakumar
Chief Technology Officer, Sahay AI
Waskar Paulino
Founder, PhilaCon Valley
Nolan Makatche
Founder, Stealth Startup
Joshua Gerstein
Project Lead and Software Developer, Code for Philly
Lydia Scarf
Freelance Software Engineer, Old Growth City
Steven Brady
Deputy Director for Digital Initiatives and CTO, Barnes Foundation
Erich Smith
Director of Learning & Development, Hopeworks
Amelia Escolano
Assistant Professor, The Wistar Institute
Garett Craig
Application Consultant
Brad Factor
Founder and CEO, EKTO VR
Joshua Graber
Staff Software Engineer, Aura
Dylan Lew
CEO, Ecotone Renewables
Louis Luangkesorn
Lead Data Scientist, HIghmark Health
Paul Ohodnicki
RK Mellon Faculty Fellow in Energy, University of Pittsburgh
Priscilla Prem
CEO & Cofounder, Pittsburgh Coastal Energy
Rachel Silver
Chief Technology Office, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Olivia Suchko
Founder, Shop Olive
John-George Sample
Senior Software Engineer, Grafana Labs
Kris Rockwell
CEO, Praxis Science
Prem Viswanathan
CTO & Cofounder, SwiftCX
Adela Wee
Chief Innovation Officer & Cofounder, Hellbender Inc
Pim Welle
Chief Data Scientist, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Ashley Zeman
Wearable Robotics Engineering Intern, Humotech
