Announcing the winners of the 2025 StateScoop 50 Awards
Scoop News Group is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 StateScoop 50 Awards.
The awards, now in their 12th year, honor the most influential people in the state government IT community, and the most innovative projects that advance government operations and citizen services.
The 2025 awards will be presented to winners at a reception that coincides with the National Association of State Chief Information Officers' midyear conference in Philadelphia.
This year's winners will also be featured in upcoming video interviews taped at the conference and highlighted on StateScoop's Priorities Podcast.
Starting in early February, members of the state and local IT community nominated hundreds of leaders and projects for this year's StateScoop 50 Awards. StateScoop narrowed the list to nearly 200 finalists, and from Feb. 19 through March 14, readers cast more than 1.25 million votes to select this year's 50 winners.
"For the 12th year, the StateScoop 50 Awards truly represent the best of the best across the state government technology community," said Jake Williams, senior vice president of modernization and SLED at Scoop News Group. "From some of the most tenured IT leaders, to some of the newest faces on the scene, state IT leaders are doing big things to improve life for their residents."
This year's awards recognize leaders and projects from 21 states, along with executives from 13 companies.
The winners include John Evans, Chief Technology Advisor, World Wide Technology: Industry Leadership of the Year
As a chief technology adviser at World Wide Technology, John Evans enables state and local governments to design, develop and integrate innovative solutions that improve citizen outcomes. With more than 20 years of experience in the public sector, Evans supports agencies as they navigate the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, helping secure their artificial intelligence initiatives and incorporate the technology into their cybersecurity programs to streamline operations and gain better insights and visibility. Evans has empowered many states to adopt a "whole-of-state" cybersecurity approach, allowing cities, counties and critical infrastructure to collectively improve their cyber postures. Through these efforts, he's helped states create digestible plans for traditionally under-resourced cyber programs. Before joining WWT, Evans served as chief information security officer and deputy chief technology officer for the State of Maryland, where he helped lead statewide technology and security initiatives.