Entrepreneurs Lipson, Wingo among Top NC TECH award honors

RALEIGH – Serial entrepreneurs Jesse Lipson and Scot Wingo are among the top winners for NC TECH Association awards.

Lispon, founder and currently CEO of startup Levitate, landed the Tech CEO of the Year honor.

Wingo, CEO of Get Spiffy and the leader of the venture investment firm Triangle Tweener Fund, has won the Beacon Award for outstanding achievement.

Other winners:

Tech woman of the year: Sabina Schneider, Chief Solutions Officer, Globant
Chief information officer of the year: Arthur Phidd, CIO, Reeds Jewelers
CIO, public sector: Michael Ware, CIO NC Department of Environmental Quality
Chief information security officer: Guy Shamilov, CISO, Varonis
Tech difference maker of the year: Mark Sorrells, president, Fayetteville Tech Community College, Carolina Cyber Network
Public leader of the year: Representative Jake Johnson

Winners in these and a variety of other categories will be recognized at the NC TECH awards event on Nov. 1.