The FMS Awards 2026
Entry is now open! | Deadline: Friday, June 26
Our FMS award program serves as the industry’s ultimate showcase for the pioneering technologies, ingenious engineering, and visionary leadership that are redefining the boundaries of high-performance memory and storage. As the world’s largest conference dedicated to memory and storage, FMS celebrates excellence across three distinct pillars, honoring the technology of today, the pioneers of the past, and the leaders of tomorrow.
The FMS Awards recognize excellence, innovation and leadership across memory, storage and advanced computing. They celebrate the companies, technologies and individuals pushing boundaries and delivering real-world impact across the ecosystem.
Held during the event and attended by industry peers, the Awards are taken seriously by nominees and recipients alike. The process is simple, credible and grounded in technical and commercial achievement rather than marketing hype.
The FMS Awards provide a powerful moment of recognition within the program, bringing the community together to acknowledge progress, ingenuity and the people shaping the future of memory and storage.
Our Three Award Categories
Honoring excellence across three distinct industry pillars.
1. Best of Show Awards
The Best of Show Awards represent the pinnacle of product and solution excellence, honoring the most transformative companies and technologies shaping the future of the memory and storage industry. Spanning a broad technical spectrum, from AI infrastructure, computational memory, and device engineering to connectivity standards, hyperscale implementations, and sustainability breakthroughs, these prestigious honors recognize the visionaries pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
2. Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest individual honor bestowed by FMS. It recognizes extraordinary individuals who have dedicated their careers to advancing the memory and storage industry. This award celebrates those whose leadership and technical contributions have fundamentally shaped the development, adoption, and evolution of the technologies that power our modern digital world.
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3. SuperWomen of FMS Leadership Award
SuperWomen of FMS was created to promote and celebrate the success of women in the industry with the goal of encouraging more women to enter and succeed in our marketplace.The Leadership Award recognizes women who have shown outstanding leadership in the growth, development and use of flash memory and storage technologies.
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The FMS Awards are evaluated by an elite panel of independent industry experts, analysts, and tech leaders.
Please note if there is any evidence of trying to influence the judges in advance of the show, your entry will be disqualified.
| Name | Title / Position | Company / Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Woo | Industry Analyst | Neuralytix |
| Bryan Ao | Analyst | TrendForce |
| Chris Mellor | Editor in Chief | Blocks and Files |
| David Schwaderer | CEO | ShapeShift Ciphers |
| Frank Berry | Founder and Senior Analyst | IT Brand Pulse |
| Jim Handy | Director, Chief Analyst | Objective Analysis |
| Mark Webb | Principal / Consultant | MKW Ventures |
| Philippe Nicolas | Editor | Storage News |
| Simone Bertolazzi | Principal Analyst | Yole Group |
| Steve McDowell | Chief Analyst | NAND Research |
| Tom Coughlin | FMS General Chair | FMS: The Future of Memory and Storage |
SuperWomen of FMS Committee
Recognizing the visionaries and leaders steering the growth and impact of women in the flash memory and storage ecosystem.
| Name | Title / Position | Company / Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Molly Presley | Senior Vice President, Head of Global Marketing | Hammerspace |
| Federica Monsone | Founder and CEO | A3 Communications |
| Calline Sanchez | Mission‑Critical Resiliency Executive | IBM |
| Barbara Murphy | Executive in Residence | Weka |
| Harriett Coverston | CTO | Versity Software |
| Anna Gradie | Executive Coach | — |
| Rita Gupta | Server System Architecture Fellow | AMD |
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