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.
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 October 6th. The final winner will be selected by the audience.
“The Council is excited to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of the companies and people responsible for the vibrancy of the Massachusetts tech ecosystem,” remarked Council CEO Tom Hopcroft. “The number of high quality nominees was energizing and confirms the depth and breadth of remarkable innovative companies in our region.”
This years finalists are:
Company of the Year – Privately Held
- Acquia
- CSN Stores
- Endeca
- Karmaloop
- Kiva Systems
Company of the Year – Publicly Traded
- Analog Devices
- Athena Health
- iRobot Corp.
- LogMeIn
- Skyworks
Deal of the Year
- EMC
- ITA Software
- Netezza
- Phase Forward
CEO of the Year – Privately Held
- Paul Brient, PatientKeeper
- Robert LeFort, Ember Corp.
- Mads Lillelund, Bluesocket Inc.
- Chris Randles, SpaceClaim
- Debbie Theobald, Vecna Technologies
CEO of the Year – Publicly Traded
- Mark Aslett, Mercury Computer
- Andy Ory, Acme Packet
- Rick Reidy, Progress Software
- Alan Trefler, Pegasystems Inc.
CIO of the Year
- Bob Barrett, A123 Systems
- Rick Broughton, Circor International
- James McCoy, Raytheon
- Bill Oates, City of Boston
- Bill Scudder, Sonus Networks
Emerging Executive of the Year
- Heidi Meisenkothen, Foresight Science & Technology
- Arun Nagarajan, Pyxis Mobile
- Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom, Harmonix Music Systems
- David Samuels, EnerNOC
- Al Tahn, Raytheon
Product/Service of the Year:
- AisleBuyer
- Apperian
- Currensee
- Digital Lumens
- Gazelle
- Gemvara
- GrabCAD
- iWalk
- KangoGift
- Myomo
- Peer Transfer
- SpaceClaim
- Strohl Medical
- TripAdvisor
- Vecna Technologies
