Metroplex Technology Business Council
CONGRATULATIONS
2008 TECH TITAN AWARD
WINNERS and FINALISTS
CORPORATE CEO AWARD
WINNER
PATRICK BRAND
former President and CEO
Skywire Software
FINALISTS
Dale Sohn, President and CEO
Samsung Telecommunications America
Phillip M. Verges
Founder and CEO, NewMarket Technology, Inc.
Charlie Vogt
President and CEO, GENBRAND
EMERGING COMPANY CEO AWARD
WINNER
GREG SMITH
President and CEO
Accudata Technologies
FINALISTS
Brandon Mills
President and CEO, RipCode, Inc.
Nina Vaca
Chairwoman, Founder and CEO,
Pinnacle Technical Resourece Inc.
Alastair Westgarth
President and CEO, Tango Networks
CORPORATE HORIZON AWARD
WINNER
SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA
FINALISTS
Eltek Valere
GENBRAND
InnerWireless, Inc.
EMERGING COMPANY HORIZON AWARD
WINNER
RIPCODE, INC.
FINALISTS
AirWalk Communications
Sundiant
Tango Networks
INNOVATOR AWARD
WINNER
DR. BILL KRENIK, JEFF BELLAY and
the LoCOSTO DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Texas Instruments
FINALISTS
Product Development Team, OxySure Systems
Dr. Ram Dantu, University of North Texas
Dr Harold R. "Skip" Garner,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTER
WINNER
AMERICAN AIRLINES
FINALISTS
The Beryl Companies
City of Richardson Animal Shelter
Devon Energy Corporation, Fort Worth Basin
TECHNOLOGY ADVOCATE
WINNER
THE INSTITUTE for INNOVATION and ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT UT DALLAS
FINALISTS
NTEC Inc.
The Alliance of Technology and Women
BravoTECH, Inc.
COMMUNITY HERO AWARD
WINNERS
SHAUNNA BLACK,
Vice President and Manager of
Worldwide Facilities, Texas Instruments &
KEVIN LOFGREN,
Founder and CEO, Farstar
FINALISTS
Lynn Blodget, President and CEO, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
Paul Klocek, General Manager,
ELCAN Optical Technologies
TECH TITAN OF THE FUTURE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
WINNER
RICHLAND COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL of
MATHMETICS, SCIANCE and ENGINEERING,
Richland College, DCCCD
FINALISTS
Institute for Innovationa nd Entrepreneurship,
University of Texas at Dallas
George A. Jeffrey Nano Explorers, NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas
The Guildhall, Southern Methodist University
TECH TITAN OF THE FUTURE
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
WINNER
REBECCA McGOWAN JENSEN, Ph.D.,
School for the Talented and Gifted,
Dallas Independent School District
FINALISTS
Traci Benesh, MacArthur High School,
Irving Independent School District
Frank Gidwani, Lake Highlands High School
Richardson Independent School District
Patricia Kite, Jasper High School
Plano Independent School District
AeA TEXAS LEGENDS AWARD
WINNER
PIKE POWERS
Fulbright and Jaworski, L.L.P.
FINALISTS
W. Dal Berry, Retired
Matt Blanton, STARTech Early Ventures
Dr. James Truchard, National Instruments