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View our video recap of the 2024 NYC Reception
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The 2025 New York City Innovators and Disruptors Awards will be hosted on Wednesday, November 19th at Current at Pier 59, Chelsea Piers from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
The event will bring together our NYC honorees, sponsors, key partners, and additional special guests as we honor the achievements of this year's awardees for an evening of networking and celebration. Guests will enjoy an open bar, passed hors d'oeuvres, a plated dinner and a few other special surprises. 100% of the proceeds will go towards America On Tech, a national organization working to bring free technology education to underestimated communities across the country. |
2025 Miami Honorees
To Be Announced
Samira Panah Bakhtiar
General Manager, Global Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports at Amazon Web Services |
Christopher Benyarko
EVP, Head of Direct-to-Consumer Products, Technology and Operations at the NBA |
Kendra Brown
SVP, Senior Director, Banking & Sell Side Research at FactSet |
Nicole Turner
SVP, Workplace Experience at Mastercard |
Host Committee
2025 MIAMI IDA Host-Committee Members
Amita Gill
Market Leader, Digital Business Operations, Banking and Financial Services at Cognizant 
Garfield DeBarros
Senior Vice President, Lead Analytics & Strategyat Blackstone |
Andrea Berry
EVP, Operations and Technology at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises 
Jina Braynon
Public Service Strategy & Consulting Managing Director at Accenture |
Eve Perez-Torres
Senior Attorney, Corporate Integrity & Compliance at FedEx 
Kwamara Thompson
Founder at TEC |
IDA NY 2024 Company of the Year
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America On Tech (AOT) is thrilled to announce that Comcast NBCUniversal will be honored as Company of the Year at the 2024 New York City Innovators and Disruptors Awards. This prestigious award recognizes Comcast NBCUniversal’s exceptional commitment to advancing technology education and its pivotal support in developing the next generation of diverse tech talent.
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Thanks to all of our NY IDA sponsors!
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AOT NYC Board Members
- Andrea Uribe - IT Director, Digital Manufacturing at Campbell’s Soup Company
- David Drew - Vice President, Blackstone
- Dohenny Cuello - Director of Delivery, North America and Latin America at Sana Commerce
- Eli Frankel - Director, Product Management at FactSet
- Jason Pagano - Senior Director at TEKsystems
- Jessica Fredican - Senior Director, Product Management at National Grid
- Katie Hudson - Director of Development at Syracuse University (previously on National Board)
- Michael Texidor
- Ray Estevez - Principal Owner, Ray Estevez Advisory
- Taylor Clark - Associate Director, Walmart E-Commerce