Last night the Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc. announced the finalists for their annual Technology Leadership Awards. Categories include CEO of the year for both public and private companies, CIO of the year, emerging Exec of the year, company of the year for both public and privately traded, deal of the year, and product/service of the year (new this year).

The product/service of the year includes 15 finalists that will have the opportunity to display, demo, and interact with the audience during the reception on November 3rd. The final winner will be selected by the audience.

This years finalists are:

CIO of the Year:

William Fandrich, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jay Leader, iRobot
Dan Sheehan, Dunkin’ Brands
Robert Ramrath, Bose

Deal of the Year:
A123 Systems
Boston Power
Cisco Systems
EMC Corporation
Incentive Targeting, Inc.

Emerging Executive of the Year:
Susan Roberts, Oracle
Swami Kumaresan, Carbonite
Robert Connors, Raytheon
Larry Streeter, Constant Contact
Marc Cremer, Tatara Systems

CEO of the Year – Privately Held:
Matthew Moynahan, Veracode
Tim Yeaton, Black Duck Software
Brian Halligan, HubSpot
Chris Randles, SpaceClaim
Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Boston Power

CEO of the Year – Publicly Traded:
Michael Simon, LogMeIn, Inc.
Tim Healy, EnerNOC
Andy Ory, Acme Packet
Paul Sagan, Akamai
Jim Baum, Netezza

Company of the Year – Privately Held:
Acronis
Carbonite
CloudSwitch
Gazelle
Litle & Co.
uTest

Company of the Year – Publicly Traded:
Acme Packet
American Tower
Constant Contact
Netezza
Pegasystems, Inc.

Product/Service of the Year:
Aurora Flight Sciences
Blueleaf
Carbonite Inc.
CloudSwitch
Digital Lumens
Double-Take Software
Harmonix Music Systems
Brass Monkey
ITA Software, Inc.
LogMeIn, Inc.
Mass Challenge
Nuance Communications
QD Vision
Vlingo
Volicon Inc.
What do you think of the finalists? Will you attend the event?