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2026 ANA MarTech Mastery Awards
2026 Winners ANNOUNCED!
The ANA MarTech Mastery Awards celebrate the visionary teams and leaders advancing excellence in marketing technology, data, and AI — and driving real growth.
We honor marketing technology and operations talent across the full ecosystem, from brand-side marketers to tech sellers, consultancies, and agencies. If you are shaping connected systems, enabling smarter decisions, or leading innovation through technology, this program is for you.
These awards highlight real-world success stories, from AI-enabled content supply chains and data-driven customer journeys to optimized MarTech stacks and strong data foundations that power smarter decisions. We are especially interested in AI that is thoughtfully applied, embedded in workflows, responsibly governed, and driving tangible business impact.
At its core, this program recognizes excellence at the intersection of people, process, and platforms, celebrating the art and science of creating value through insights, efficiency, and customer experiences that set a new standard for modern marketing.
ANA Unveils Winners of the 2026 ANA MarTech Mastery Awards
Oxon Hill, MD – September 23, 2026 — The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today announced the winners of the 2026 MarTech Mastery Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in using technology, data and artificial intelligence to solve complex marketing challenges and deliver meaningful results. The awards celebrate client-side marketers (CSMs) and marketing solution providers (MSPs) whose work demonstrates exceptional innovation, strategic thinking and measurable impact.
Winners were recognized during the 2026 ANA AI and Technology for Marketers Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The program honored 16 winners across ten categories showcasing exceptional leadership in marketing technology implementation and innovation.
Visionaries Recognized for Individual Excellence – MarTech Visionaries of the Year Awards
Paul Lambson, Assistant Vice President of Consumer Technology at Northwell Health, claimed the Gold distinction in the CSM category, while Tim Megginson, Vice President of Digital & Data Strategy at Visit Orlando earned a Silver award for his transformative contributions.
On the MSP front, Will Hanschell, Pencil Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer and Brandtech’s Chief Technology Officer secured the Gold honor. Two leaders were honored with Silver awards: Trinadha Kandi, Consumer Growth & Digital Transformation Leader at Deloitte Digital and Rajeev Goel, Co-Founder & CEO, of PubMatic.