Maryland Tech Council announces 2024 ICON Award finalists

The Maryland Tech Council (MTC), the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the state, Wednesday announced the finalists for its 2024 ICON Awards, which honor the best in Maryland’s technology and life sciences communities.

Winners will be announced May 23 at MTC’s Industry Awards Celebration at Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

New this year, MTC is introducing the Pava LaPere Award in honor of the late founder and CEO of EcoMap Technologies in Baltimore, Pava LaPere. This award will recognize outstanding contributions to innovation and excellence within Maryland’s technology and life sciences communities.

The finalists are:

Technology Company of the Year

• IonQ
• Xometry
• Floreo
• Curbio Inc.

Life Sciences Company of the Year

• AstraZeneca
• REGENXBIO
• Arcellx
• BIOQUAL Inc.
• Kerecis

Government Contracting Company of the Year

• Red Alpha
• Strativia, LLC
• N4 Solutions, LLC
• MetaPhase Consulting, LLC
• RealmOne

Emerging Technology Company of the Year

• NanoBioFAB
• Clym Environmental Services, LLC
• Trinity Cyber
• Dwellwell Analytics

Emerging Life Sciences Company of the Year

• DELFI Diagnostics Inc.
• Glyscend Therapeutics
• Luminoah, Inc
• Cellphire Therapeutics Inc.
• RoosterBio

C-Suite of the Year

• Tom Shelly, Chief Operating Officer, Red Alpha
• Charles Mosser, Chief Financial Officer, IntelliGenesis, LLC
• Robert Charles, Chief Financial Officer, Digital Harbor Foundation
• Jesse Damsker, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, ReveraGen BioPharma

CEO Technology

• Xiaonao Liu, NanoBioFAB
• Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation
• Elizabeth P. Clayborne, NasaClip

CEO Life Sciences

• Elaine Haynes, KaloCyte
• Neal Piper, Luminoah Inc.
• Hafiz Ahmed, GlycoMantra
• Benjamin Holmes, Nanochon

CEO Government Contracting

• Anil Sharma, 22nd Century Technologies Inc.
• Delali Dzirasa, Fearless
• Frank LeQuang, N4 Solutions, LLC
• Neal Frick, CyberCore Technologies, LLC

Deal of the Year

• RealmOne
• IMB Partners
• JMI

MTC’s Industry Awards Celebration honors the best in Maryland’s technology and life sciences communities each year. Individuals and companies are recognized for their work in developing treatments, designing systems and teaching children.