Enterprise Finalists

Thomas Anderson is Chief Information Officer at IDEA Public Schools, one of the nation's largest public charter networks, serving more than 80,000 students and 12,000 staff across 145 campuses in three states. A U.S. Army veteran, he built a career spanning engineering to executive leadership, and today oversees infrastructure, security, enterprise applications, compliance, and technology operations. He is known for building high-performing teams and making technology a seamless enabler of teaching and learning.

At IDEA Public Schools, one of the nation's largest public charter networks, I lead technology for more than 80,000 students and 12,000 staff across 145 campuses in three states. Our team has delivered eight consecutive years of 100% first-day technology readiness as the network scales, returned instructional time to teachers through smarter systems, and built a security and infrastructure foundation the organization can trust. My focus has always been the same: making technology invisible so educators can focus on students. The work that matters most isn't the technology itself. It's what it makes possible in a classroom.

Radhika Chennakeshavula is Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Silicon Labs, leading global technology strategy, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and enterprise AI initiatives. With more than 25 years of experience, she is known for building high-performing global teams, driving large-scale transformation, and aligning technology with business outcomes. A passionate advocate for innovation, leadership development, and operational excellence, Radhika focuses on creating sustainable value for organizations, customers, and employees.

Technology creates the most value when it enables people and business outcomes. At Silicon Labs, I have focused on building a secure, scalable, AI-ready enterprise. Over the past two years, we transformed cybersecurity, achieving ISO 27001 certification and dramatically improving vulnerability remediation, while modernizing infrastructure through a 4X increase in compute capacity. We scaled automation equivalent to 26 full-time employees, reduced shadow IT from 26% to 4%, and launched enterprise AI capabilities with industry-leading speed and governance. Together, these accomplishments are helping Silicon Labs innovate faster, operate more efficiently, and compete successfully in an increasingly digital world.

Sree Kancharla is the Chief Information Officer at SailPoint, where she spearheads technology strategy and agentic AI transformation, leading multiple IPOs. An empathetic, in-the-trenches leader, she is deeply passionate about empowering her team to co-author massive business victories. As a trusted, customer-facing executive, Sree advises global CXOs, leveraging SailPoint's "Customer Zero" journey to show how advanced Identity Security securely governs identities to accelerate digital growth navigating this new Agentic Era.

As CIO at SailPoint, driven by a passion for technology, security, and business enablement, I empower my team to stand in the trenches and deliver. Together, we rescued a critical system overhaul to execute a flawless 9-month IPO transformation, setting a Thoma Bravo portfolio gold standard. By leveraging our own platform as 'Customer Zero' for a 284% first-year ROI and pioneering secure Agentic AI, we slashed core business cycles from days to hours through agents in multiple areas and boosted workforce productivity by 20%. Our victory proves that an aligned, trusted team is the ultimate engine of enterprise growth.

Hoang Nguyen is Chief Information Officer at American Campus Communities, the largest student housing owner and operator in the United States. With over 30 years of technology and operations leadership spanning hospitality and real estate, Hoang has driven enterprise-wide digital transformation in his roles. His career spans executive roles at La Quinta, Wyndham, Bonotel, and ACC, where he currently leads technology strategy to deliver the best student housing experience in the industry.

At American Campus Communities, technology is how we serve 130,000 students who call our communities home. In three years, my team delivered 42+ major transformation projects to modernize our entire platform while never losing sight of the resident experience. We moved 90%+ of our footprint to cloud, brought Wi-Fi up time from 93.9% to 99.9%, and launched the industry's first rent-based loyalty program at national scale. Now we're deploying purpose-built AI-powered solutions for student housing. Our mission is to deliver technology that empowers our people, delights our residents, and positions ACC to lead the industry for years to come.

Vivek Sagi is Chief Product and Technology Officer at Bumble, where he leads product, design, engineering, monetization, and revenue growth. He is a seasoned technology executive with a track record of building and transforming billion-dollar consumer products and marketplaces. Prior to Bumble, Vivek held technology leadership roles at Eventbrite, RetailMeNot, and Amazon. He serves on the Bain Capital Ventures CTO Advisory Board and is a member of the WSJ and CNBC Technology Executive Councils.

As Chief Product and Technology Officer of Bumble, I am leading a company-wide transformation of our product and technology organization. We are modernizing an 18-year-old platform into a cloud-native architecture while embedding AI across engineering, customer operations, and product development. Our teams have increased experimentation velocity multifold, improved matching outcomes through advanced AI, launched new products that help people connect in real life, and transformed customer support through automation. Together, these initiatives have accelerated innovation, improved customer experiences, increased operational efficiency, and positioned Bumble for its next phase of growth.