Archana Vemulapalli, General Manager, Network Services, IBM Global Technology Services, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th annual Technology Awards presented by the Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership (RTP).

Vemulapalli is a past Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Washington, D.C. She is the recipient of several honors, including the Washington Business Journal’s C-Suite Award, The Washingtonian Tech Titan Award, StateScoop’s Golden Executive of the Year Award & Top Women in Tech Award, as well as DC’s Top 50 Women in Tech Award.

Vemulapalli leads IBM's Network Services, securely delivering agile, resilient, and intelligent networks for public and private sector clients across the globe in support of their cognitive and cloud transformation.

Prior to this role, she led next-generation technology initiatives at a variety of organizations from start-ups to major consulting firms to government.

The SWFRTP annual awards meeting is May 17, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Club at Grandezza in Estero, FL. CenturyLink, IBM and the Gannett Foundation are Pinnacle sponsors of the RTP and the Premier sponsors are Hertz and 21st Century Oncology. Tickets are available now at www.swfrtp.org until May 12. The RTP produces the only technology awards event in southwest Florida and recognizes businesses and professionals with awards for Innovention, Transformation, Women in Technology and Partnership.