Here are the finalists for this year’s Tech Council of Maryland awards

The nominees are in for the Tech Council of Maryland’s annual awards.
“This year’s finalists represent the quality depth and diversity of Maryland’s innovation economy,” TCM CEO Phil Schiff said in a statement.
Baltimore-area firms ZeroFox, Parking Panda, Tenable and others are on the list. The awards will be handed out May 13 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.
Here’s the full slate:
Chief Executive Officer of the Year

• David Fout, Chief Executive Officer, Aquilent
• Ron Gula, Chief Executive Officer, Tenable Network Security
• Stephen Hoffman, Chief Executive and Scientific Officer, Sanaria Inc.
• Kwame Kuadey, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Gift Card Rescue
• Kenneth Parent, Chief Executive Officer, BYTEGRID Holdings LLC

Chief Financial Officer of the Year

• George Gillis, Chief Financial Officer, Convergence Technology Consulting
• Melissa Hook, Chief Financial Officer, Aquilent
• Chris Hoyt, Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, APX Labs Inc.
• Robert Kramer, Chief Financial Officer, Emergent BioSolutions

Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer of the Year

• John Camp, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg BNA
• HF Chou, Chief Information Officer, Atlantech Online Inc.
• Mark Pietrasanta, Chief Technology Officer, Aquilent
• Herman Wong, Senior Director Information Technology, Amarex Clinical Research LLC

Life Science Firm of the Year

• Amarex Clinical Research LLC
• Emergent BioSolutions
• Novavax Inc.
• QIAGEN Inc.
• REGENXBIO Inc.

Technology Firm of the Year

• Dovel Technologies
• Exostar LLC
• GANTECH Inc.
• iCore Networks
• WeddingWire Inc.

Government Contracting Firm of the Year

• DSFederal Inc.
• Infosys Public Services Inc.
• MOSAIC Technologies Group Inc.
• Panum Group LLC
• Phacil Inc.

Emerging Firm of the Year

• Bambeco Inc.
• Luminal Inc.
• Parking Panda
• TrackMaven
• ZeroFox