Top 10 CTOs To Watch In 2022 CTOs are undoubtedly the backbones of the most successful companies

CTOs are undoubtedly the backbones of the most successful companies. These ten CTOs listed below are at the forefront of driving innovation in their respective industries.

Emad Georgy, Georgy Technology Leadership

Emad is recognized globally as an execution-focused CTO and powerful transformational leader. His passion is both developing durable architecture and leaders. He has led some of the world's largest digital transformations in financial services, retail, healthcare, and gaming.

Emad is the CEO of Georgy Technology Leadership and the creator of the first global standard for measuring Technology Health™, a standard implemented in thousands of organizations. He has held CTO positions at many enterprise brands, including Experian. Emad has also contributed code to the Windows platform and many of IBM's products. He was also one of the first 50 to implement Hbase in a production environment.

Emad has been recognized for his leadership with numerous industry awards, including the Computerworld IT 100 award, and has been featured on many podcasts about technology leadership. Emad has a passion for growing leaders in technology.

Tessa Burg, Tenlo

Tessa started as a developer early in her career. Still, her love for data and metrics pulled her from just developing the solution to optimizing it for search engines, engagement, and conversion. The double-digit growth she generated for employers and clients fueled her curiosity to uncover the "why" behind it all.

She launched the company's first attribution models, giving stakeholders visibility into which areas of the customer journey had the most potential to drive growth by aligning with customer intent. These projects allowed her to collaborate with experts in data science and user experience – and she was so fascinated by the combination of all three – data, experience, and tech – that her next move was to design software solutions from scratch at a fintech start-up.

In her role at start-ups and at her current digital marketing company, Tenlo, where she is also a partner, Tessa has served as the Technology Strategist, Sales Engineer, Solution Architect, and Product Manager. She takes whatever role is required to help sell in a solution that maximizes clients' tech investments and aligns the solution (website, application, portal, automation flow) with what customers want.

Tessa has grown tech's topline contribution to Tenlo's revenue from 15% to 60%+ by marrying what savvy marketers do best with clean solution design.

Jamie Tischart, BetterCloud

Jamie Tischart serves as the Chief Technology Officer. He is responsible for the broader technology strategy of the business and the day-to-day leadership of development, quality, and architecture teams for the BetterCloud product suite.

Jamie brings nearly three decades of experience leading technology and product teams through rapid growth and product transformation periods. He recently served as GM and VP, Software Engineering of the Marketing & Growth BU at Twilio. He was responsible for defining the product and technical strategy while focusing on the customer experience and driving highly reliable solutions for Twilio's customers.

Previously, Tischart was VP, Technical Operations at SendGrid, where he led the company's Global Data Center and DevOps strategies across the business. Prior to that, he served as CTO of the Security-as-a-Service business at McAfee, where he led the creation of Intel Security's future generation Cloud solutions. He has also held leadership roles at a number of other prominent technology companies, including Intel. Jamie holds an MBA from Aspen University and B.A from St. Lawrence College.

Naim Falandino, Groundspeed Analytics

Naim Falandino is CTO at Groundspeed Analytics, where he leads the technology vision for how AI-powered automation and data enrichment can improve underwriting results and speed to market in the commercial insurance industry. He has nearly twenty years of experience building analytical software solutions and platforms in numerous industries, including finance, healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, and insurance. Naim has demonstrated an ability to develop and lead engineering and data science organizations multiple times, scaling from seed stage to 100+ person organizations.

Before joining Groundspeed, Naim was part of the founding team at Deepfield, where he would ultimately become Chief Data Scientist. When Nokia acquired Deepfield in 2017, he continued to contribute to the Deepfield Network Intelligence product line as Director of R&D. He holds an MS in Information Science from the University of Michigan and a BS in Computer Science from Michigan State University.

Fosco Marotto

Fosco Marotto was a web designer 25 years ago, right out of high school, and has grown over an impressive career while maintaining the same passion for technology.

In 2013, he worked at a popular developer-focused start-up, Parse, when Facebook acquired it. Fosco was later responsible for creating the open-source "Parse Server," which enabled developers to continue using the Parse technology after Facebook shut it down.

After more than seven years at Facebook, Fosco was tapped by the up-start Gab to lead their technology efforts in the alternative social media space. Under his leadership, Gab has become a much faster and more reliable service, and users love his transparent communication style.

Fosco is a counter-culture figure who is not afraid to question or disagree with what everyone else is doing.

He believes everything is possible and that most things can be done in a few weekends.

Preet Raj, Bakstage

Preet Raj is the CTO & Co-founder of Bakstage, and he's on a mission to build the most powerful social engagement and live-streaming SaaS platform for brands to connect with their audience. He's a seasoned engineering leader, an industry speaker & a wall-street tech veteran, having worked with Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan. He is an expert in building technology that reaches millions.

Preet Raj has headed technology for Fin-tech, Consumer tech, and SaaS start-ups & helped generate multi-million dollars in revenue. He led the development of multiple award-winning platforms, FLYX – Best Apps of 2020 PlayStore, FX HedgePool – Best New Venue initiative by FX-Markets. He is an expert in web security & AI/ML and possesses multiple patents for his exemplary innovations.

He also possesses an O1 Visa for his extraordinary abilities in the field of technology, also known as the Einstein Visa, an honor that only a select few that have risen to the very top of their field receive.

Suresh Kandula, Rodo

Suresh Kandula is the Chief Technology Officer of Rodo, headquartered in New York City. With its proprietary pricing technology, Rodo's network matches consumers with their local dealer network and provides a frictionless and digital auto transaction experience. As the CTO, Mr.Kandula is responsible for the technology strategy, consumer platform development, and data capabilities delivery.

Prior to joining Rodo, Kandula was the Vice President of Technology at the Publicis Sapient Financial Services division. Mr. Kandula completed his post-graduate studies at Syracuse University, focusing on developing scalable computing solutions, high availability architectures, and data-driven product engineering.

His upcoming book, "Momentum, Six Principles Product Leaders Follow to Engineer Good Products Faster," will be released in 2022.

Bill Birgen, SAVRpak

Bill Birgen is the inventor of SAVRpak's non-chemical, thermodynamics-based food preservation system, winning first place at many technical competitions, including CES, SXSW, and P&G Ventures. Time Magazine voted this tech best invention of 2021. Bill won the United Nations' Sustainable AgTech Challenge. One of his med-tech inventions won X-Prize's Next-Gen Challenge. In his previous life as a corporate engineer, Mr. Birgen designed the plasma cooler on the ITER Fusion Reactor converted a 747 to fly into and extinguish forest fires. He was Chief Mechanical Systems Engineer on the Stratolaunch (mega-aircraft-rocket-launch platform). He designed the VCS for the very first X-Prize challenge winner.

Other inventions include diamond coatings, tension control systems, rotating fiber-optics, inertia water separators, haptic weapon systems, and cryogenic climate control systems. Thermodynamics and compressible fluid systems are his passion and expertise. In addition to co-founding SAVRpak, he founded the for-profit think tank Midwater Collective, FloeMask, and Kyllburg Technologies.

Daniel Jue, LiveFreely

Daniel Jue is Co-founder and CTO of LiveFreely, a Silicon Valley start-up that innovates cutting-edge digital health technology solutions. Through personal caregiving experiences for his elderly father, Daniel and his brother, Arthur, developed BUDDY, an AI-driven mobile application that empowers seniors and caregivers to live more free, connected, and independent lives. BUDDY fosters a supportive ecosystem of health professionals, families, and friends, promoting greater peace of mind, security, and well-being for elderly loved ones.

Daniel has over 20 years of experience in emerging technologies and software development with companies such as IBM. A quick learner, he wrote his first computer program at age eight. Daniel is also multilingual, having lived and worked abroad for more than ten years. He has a deep passion for entrepreneurship and has started several companies in the technology, import/export, and hospitality industries. He loves exotic cars and community service.

Jay Sreedharan, R1 RCM

Jay Sreedharan is the chief technology and digital officer at R1 RCM, a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform healthcare providers' patient experience and financial performance. Jay leads R1's efforts in creating digital solutions that drive higher-value experiences for patients and providers. Sreedharan is responsible for delivering on R1's promise of digital transformation and growth, including strategy, engineering, product development, architecture, and implementation, as well as future digital M&A and partnership activity.

Sreedharan brings more than 20 years of leadership experience with a background in disruptive change. He is an expert in creating mobile and consumer e-commerce solutions, developing digital payment products, and establishing the best utilization of AI/machine learning and cloud computing.

Jay started his career with Microsoft in 2005 as a Software Engineer. As a founding member of the team, he spent 12 years building Windows Azure and became part of a massive digital transformation within Microsoft. He then joined Starbucks in 2017 as VP of Engineering, leading transformation efforts within the company, including mobile and e-commerce, and developed the next generation of applications and cloud services that ultimately powered Starbucks' Mobile Order and Pay offering. In 2018 Jay joined MGM Resorts International as SVP of Engineering and, in 4 years, transformed MGM into a technology powerhouse in entertainment and sports betting.