Meet Allyson Eman, a shaper of Atlanta’s tech ecosystem

For nearly two decades, Allyson Eman has been a name synonymous with Atlanta’s technology ecosystem.

Though Eman started her career in the mortgage industry, she has led Venture Atlanta since 2007, building it from the ground up into one of the largest venture capital conferences in the Southeast. Multiple startups that once pitched on the conference’s stage have gone on to become established companies raising hundreds of millions of dollars.

Now, Eman is being recognized for her work by the Technology Executives Roundtable, a nonprofit association of C-suite executives of fast-growing tech companies.

Since 2010, TER has presented the Imlay Leadership Award, named after one of Atlanta’s early technology pioneers John Imlay, to those who have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of G