- Center for Digital Government Lifetime Achievement Award: Amy Tong, former state CIO and most recently senior counselor to the governor
- CIO of the Year: Fredrick Gomez, agency CIO and director of IT Services for the Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
- California CTO of the Year: Jagmeet Bhinder, CTO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
- Bradley Ponce – Chief Information Security Officer, Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
- Charu Shetty – Information Technology Manager I (Enterprise Architecture Team Manager), CA DMV
- Douglas Leone – Chief Information Security Officer, Employment Development Department (EDD)
- Drew Taylor – IT Manager, New Courthouse Project, Sacramento Superior Court
- Elizabeth Boam – Information Technology Specialist II, EDD
- Esther Campbell – Project Manager, CA DMV
- Frederick Janney – ITSD IT Asset Management Team Lead, CDFA
- George Savariar – IT Manager II, CA DMV
- Gloria Simas – Deputy CTO, Covered California
- Jason Benitez – Chief of IT Operations, Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
- Joe Palomo – Enterprise Architect, Sacramento Superior Court
- Joe Saltenberger – GIS Technical Lead, Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)
- Joshua Willter – Lead Web Developer, Department of Finance
- Kalani Mertyris – Deputy CIO, California Military Department
- Kaz Davila – General Architecture Manager, CalPERS
- Lothar Petrik – State Geographic Information Officer, Department of Technology (CDT)
- Manuel Torres – IT Supervisor II, Caltrans
- Mathew Decker – CTO, California Department of Veterans Affairs
- Megan Paquin – Chief, Consumer Experience Product Management, Covered California
- Nanny Bosch – Planview Implementation Manager, CA DMV
- Phani Kolli – Chief of Operations Support Services Section, FI$Cal
- Preethi Thomas – Applications Lead, California High-Speed Rail Authority
- Priya Ayyagari – ServiceNow Platform Head, Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)
- Priya Mohan – Chief of Enterprise Integration Services Section, FI$Cal
- Regan Johnson – IT Supervisor II, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
- Reid Johnsen – Data Scientist/Engineer, CDTFA
- Renoir Pope – State Enterprise Architect, CDT
- Richard Fukui – IT Specialist III, Caltrans
- Robert Schmidt – IT Specialist III, Caltrans
- Rochelle Dann-Castro – Application and Development Services Manager, CalVet
- Samuel Retta – Enterprise Technical Operations Section Chief, EDD
- Sean Rendall – Manager, Information Management Unit, CalPERS
- Sudheer Padinchara – Solutions Architect, California High-Speed Rail Authority
- Tiare Sol – Salesforce Engineer, California Department of Human Resources
- Tony Woo – Infrastructure Manager, CDFA
- Yama Rahim – Enterprise Network Manager, CalPERS
- California Department of Food and Agriculture – Agency Information Security Office
- Automated Drug Dispensing System – DOSIS Implementation Team, California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet)
- Automated Invoice Extraction System Team, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
- Automation Task Force Team, California High-Speed Rail Authority
- California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal Team, California Correctional Health Care Services
- CalPERS Pension & Health System Reporting Team, CalPERS (California Public Employees’ Retirement System)
- CDCR SAP S/4 HANA Migration Team, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Client Solutions – Mobile Device Management, California Public Utilities Commission
- Covered California Data Team, Covered California
- Digital eXperience Platform DL/ID Pilot Team, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
- Document Processing Automation Team, California Department of Rehabilitation
- Delete Request and Opt‑out Platform (DROP) Development Team, California Privacy Protection Agency
- EDD Document Management System Modernization Team, Employment Development Department
- FI$Cal Electronic Invoicing Project Team, Department of FI$Cal
- Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation IT Team, Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
- Hardware Asset Management Team, Department of Industrial Relations
- ITSD Application Development Support Section, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- New Auto License Plate Configuration Project Team, California Department of Motor Vehicles
- New Courthouse IT Team, Sacramento County Superior Court
- Roadway Safety Insights Project Team, Caltrans
- Traffic Mobility Insights Project Team, Caltrans
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