Award Categories / Nomination Forms
2009 Tech Titan nominations are now closed. Thank you to all nominators.
Companies with more than 100 employees
Corporate CEO Award
Recognizes CEO leadership within the technology and communications industry.
Corporate Horizon Award
Recognizes outstanding innovation and unique accomplishments through recent or potential breakthrough technology or approach within the technology and communications industry.
Companies with less than 100 employees
Emerging Company CEO Award
Recognizes CEO leadership for an emerging company within the technology and communications industry.
Emerging Company Horizon Award
Recognizes outstanding innovation and unique accomplishments through potential breakthrough technology, processes or services within the technology and communications industry.
Special Awards
Titan Fast Tech Ranking
Recognizes the fastest growing technology companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, based on percentage of revenue growth over five years as well as percentage of revenue growth over one year.
Technology Adopter Award
Recognizes a company whose core business is not technology products/services for outstanding adoption and application of innovative technologies to successfully change and impact its business results.
Technology Advocate Award
Recognizes a technology service provider for outstanding leadership in the community by assisting, enabling or accelerating the performance of its technology clients. Providers eligible for this award are law, accounting, capital venture and recruitment firms; educational institutions; and, related services companies that support technology and engineering companies or organizations.
Technology Innovators Award
Recognizes the pioneering accomplishments of a person, team or group responsible for the creation of breakthrough ideas, processes or products which have advanced the discipline(s) of the arts, education, electronics, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, and/or science.
Tech Titans Of The Future:
Recognizes educational programs designed to address the gap in the student pipeline in technology disciplines and/or educational programs between technology businesses and educational institutions whose purpose is to provide qualified graduates to the technology industry.
University Level Nomination Form
High School Level Teacher Nomination
High School Level Student Testimonial
Community Hero Award
Recognizes an individual within the technology industry for outstanding achievements in community involvement.
TechAmerica Texas Legends Award
The TechAmerica (formerly AeA) Texas Legends Award is given to an individual, company or organization in Texas whose vision and leadership has had a significant influence on "advancing the business of technology". The recipient must have a history with TechAmerica and have made a significant contribution to the industry.
In 2007, (legacy) AeA Texas Council joined forces with the Metroplex Technology Business Council to present this award for the first time at the Tech Titans Awards Gala. The first Texas Legend award was presented to Gene Franz of Texas Instruments who invented DSP technology and the Speak 'n Spell, a precursor to all hand held electronics. In 2008 Pike Powers of Fulbright & Jaworski received the second annual Texas Legends Award for his part in creating the Enterprise Fund and the Emerging Technology Fund. Pike was also the leader in developing the Texas Technology Initiative and has brought several major high-tech employers to Texas throughout his career.
Nominations for the 2009 TechAmerica Texas Legends Award can be made online before Wednesday, April 15.
For.more information please contact Jeff Clark at jeff.clark@techamerica.org.
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