Elements of Tech
TechNite 2024 Nominees
This year’s TechNite award nominees are raising the success of Roanoke and New River Valleys on a global scale and the awards are aimed at helping elevate the leaders shaping our community. (Learn more about each nominee by clicking the tiles.)
Elements of Tech
TechNite 2024 Nominees
This year’s TechNite award nominees are raising the success of Roanoke and New River Valleys on a global scale and the awards are aimed at helping elevate the leaders shaping our community. (Learn more about each nominee by clicking the tiles.)
Congrats to All the Winners
TechNite is the annual celebration of the Roanoke-Blacksburg region’s technology community. The evening is designed to celebrate leaders, innovators, and companies in the regional tech community. More than 450 people were in attendance May 8 as a new class of award winners was announced.
2024 TechNite Award Winners
- RBTC Hall of Fame: Dr. Robert Sandel, Virginia Western Community College
- Hart of the Entrepreneur Impact Award: The Tiny Cargo Co.
- Ruby Award: Hal Irvin, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Institute at VTC
- STEM-H Educator Award: Dr. Heather Lindberg and Dr. Krisylea Ojeda, Virginia Western Community College
- K-12 STEM-H Educator Award: Mark Levy, Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and Technology
- Rising Star in Technology Award: Fermi Energy Inc.
- Rising Star in Biotechnology Award: Dr. Sarah Snider, BEAM Diagnostics
- Innovator Award: Dr. Read Montague, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
- Regional Leadership Award: Rob Day, TECHLAB
- Entrepreneur of the Year Award: Adam Donato, Card Isle
- Leading Small Tech Company: CytoRecovery
- Leading Large Tech Company: Elbit Systems of America—Night Vision
