OnStak Sponsors CISO of the Year at the 2026 GNTC Awards
Enterprise AI platform and services company backs the award recognizing security leadership at the Greater Nashville Technology Council’s 17th annual ceremony.
OnStak sponsored the CISO of the Year award at the 2026 Greater Nashville Technology Council Awards, held at the Country Music Hall of Fame on February 19, 2026.
The CISO of the Year category recognizes security leaders who protect enterprise environments while enabling the adoption of new technologies, a challenge that intensifies as organizations move AI into production. The 2026 finalists were Roger Brotz (Acadia Healthcare), Stacy Mill (Pomeroy), and Nagi Kudithini (Nissan).
“AI doesn’t get into production without security leadership that knows how to govern it. CISOs are the people who make enterprise AI real, not by blocking it, but by making it safe enough to trust. That’s why we sponsor this award.” — Haq, CEO, OnStak
Why Security Leadership Matters to OnStak
OnStak’s AI Assurance layer, one of three elements of the OnStak AI Platform is built specifically for the governance, compliance, and security challenges that enterprise AI creates. Audit trails, drift detection, policy enforcement, and regulatory compliance evidence are embedded in every deployment.
For OnStak, the CISO is not a gatekeeper to navigate around. The CISO is one of the most important buyers in the AI decision. Sponsoring this award reflects that conviction.
“The enterprises getting AI into production are the ones where security leadership has a seat at the table from day one—not brought in at the end to approve what’s already been built.” — Awais, CTO, OnStak
About the GNTC Awards
The Greater Nashville Technology Council Awards are in their 17th year, recognizing outstanding technology leadership across Middle Tennessee. The ceremony is one of the region’s premier technology industry events, bringing together senior leaders from healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology.
About OnStak
OnStak is an integrated platform and services company. We build the AI platform and we deliver it. One team. One accountability. No handoff gap. Our three-element AI platform, AI Orchestrator, AI Data Fabric, AI Assurance span the full stack from compute foundation through governance. Delivered by persistent engineering teams that stay to operate what they build. Twenty years of enterprise delivery. Stack by stack.
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