Congratulations to our 2023 winners!
Leadership
Tom Leighton
Global
Gabriele Ricci
Large Enterprise
Michael Ruttledge
Enterprise
Shannon Gath
Large Corporate
Ian Pitt
Corporate
Nicholas Szymanski
CISO
Katie Jenkins
Global Finalists
Mark
Cressey
Mike
Gabree
Anjana
Harve
Gabriele
Ricci
Large Enterprise Finalists
Heather
Nelson
Ramesh
Razdan
Michael
Ruttledge
Ravi
Shankavaram
Enterprise Finalists
Jim
Feen
Shannon
Gath
Daniel
Nigrin
Prakash
Pandian
Kate
Prouty
Large Corporate Finalists
Orla
Daly
Jim
Kotarski
Dean
Patterson
Ian
Pitt
Mark
Yunger
Corporate Finalists
Dan
Anthony
Wesley
Esser
Patty
Patria
David
Ramsey
Nicholas
Szymanski
CISO Finalists
Michael
Daly
Eric
Galis
Katie
Jenkins
Brian
McGowan
Mario
Memmo
Robert
Sullivan
Leadership Award Recipient
Tom Leighton, Akamai
Dr. Tom Leighton co-founded Akamai Technologies in 1998 and served as Akamai’s Chief Scientist until he became CEO in 2013. Under Dr. Leighton’s leadership, Akamai has evolved from its origins as a content delivery network (CDN) into the world’s most distributed cloud platform, with leading solutions for content delivery, cybersecurity, and cloud computing. During his time as CEO, Akamai’s revenue has more than doubled, growing from less than $1.4 billion in 2012 to more than $3.6 billion in 2022, while earnings per share nearly tripled. Over the same period, annual revenue from Akamai’s security business has grown from less than $25 million to more than $1.5 billion. Dr. Leighton holds more than 50 patents involving content delivery, internet protocols, algorithms for networks, cryptography, and digital rights management. He and Akamai’s co-founder Danny Lewin were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2017 for having “invented the methods needed to intelligently replicate and deliver content over a large network of distributed servers, technology that would ultimately solve what was becoming a frustrating problem for internet users known as the ‘World Wide Wait.’” In 2018, the Marconi Society selected him to receive the Marconi Prize for “his fundamental contributions to technology and the establishment of content delivery networks.” The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) awarded him the John von Neumann Medal in 2023 for “fundamental contributions to algorithm design and their application to content delivery networks.” He has served on numerous government, industry, and academic advisory panels. Dr. Leighton was one of 18 CEOs invited to the White House in 2017 for the launch of the American Technology Council to develop solutions to modernize and secure the U.S. government’s IT systems. From 2003 to 2005, he served on the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee and chaired its Subcommittee on Cybersecurity. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.