Tech Titans Celebrates Five Years Of Recognizing "Pure Genius"
Tickets Still Available For Aug. 19 Awards Gala
With just under two weeks left until the MTBC’s 5th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast 50 Awards Gala, final preparations are being made on the Oscar-style event.
Under the theme “Pure Genius,” the event is is set for Friday, Aug. 19 from 5:30 p.m. - midnight at the Renaissance Hotel and Charles W. Eisemann Center in Richardson.
“The MTBC looks forward every year to hosting the premier event for recognition of stellar companies and individuals representing the incredibly progressive and vibrant technology community in North Texas,” said Bill Sproull, president and CEO, MTBC. “This fifth year anniversary is especially celebratory as this event continues to grow in prestige and recognition in IT, bio-tech, manufacturing and education segments.”
The MTBC recently announced the finalists for this year’s nine major Tech Titans awards. They are as follows:
HALL OF FAME AWARD
Texas Instruments, Inc. (See related story.)
CORPORATE CEO AWARD
Anthony J. Affuso, Chairman, CEO and President, UGS
Charles H. Ansley, President & CEO, Symon Communications, Inc.
Christopher Faulkner, President, Founder and CEO, C I Host, Inc.
Jonathan Shapiro, CEO, Alliance Systems
CORPORATE HORIZON AWARD
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (ANS)
ATX Group, Inc.
CSR
Symon Communications, Inc.
EMERGING COMPANY CEO AWARD
Sue Dark, CEO, Deep Nines, Inc.
George Grayson, Chairman & CEO, istation
Barry D. Nalls, President and CEO, MASERGY
Mark Winters, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Prediction Analytics Inc.
EMERGING COMPANY HORIZON AWARD
CREDANT Technologies
Deep Nines, Inc.
istation
Zyvex Corporation
LEADERSHIP AWARD
ESI , Inc.
SBC Communications/Cisco Systems/Deloitte
Skywire Software
Texas Health Information Services
COMMUNITY HERO AWARD
Patrick Brandt, Founder & CEO, Skywire Software
Franklyn Jenifer, Ph.D., Retired President, University of Texas at Dallas
Roger Lippert, Chief Architect, Southwest Partners Area, Sun Microsystems
Sue Spradley, President of Global Operations, Nortel
TECHNOPOLIS AWARD
Center for Information Technology & Management, University of Texas at Dallas, (CITM)
Genesis Campus
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth, Inc.
TITAN OF THE FUTURE AWARD
Articulated AS Engineering Degree, Richland College
Center for Information, Technology & Management, University of Texas at Dallas
Convergence Technology Center, Collin County Community College
Dallas TeleCollege, Dallas County Community Colleges
Electronic Textiles Program, University of Texas at Dallas
Engineering & Computer Science Summer Camps, University of Texas at Arlington
The MTBC also announced the companies which will be honored as the Titan Fast 50. The Titan Fast recognizes the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, based on percentage revenue growth over five years (2000 to 2004) as well as percentage revenue growth over one year (2003-2004). To see the list, visit the Tech Titans Web site.
In conjunction with Tech Titans, the MTBC's 3rd Friday Technical Luncheon in August will feature the eight finalists from the Corporate Horizon and Emerging Company Horizon award categories. The event, which is normally held on the third Friday of every month, will be held on the second Friday (Aug. 12) to accommodate the awards gala on Aug. 19.
Besides MTBC, other event sponsors for the fifth annual Tech Titans/Titan Fast 50 Awards include: Deloitte, Ericsson and University of Texas at Dallas for title sponsors; Paragon Innovations, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Texas Instruments for awards sponsors; Deloitte, Haynes and Boone, and NASDAQ for Titan Fast 50 awards sponsor; Dallas Business Journal, media sponsor; and AMS Production Group, production sponsor.
The Tech Titans awards were launched in 2001 by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), North Texas' most comprehensive organization supporting technology. The Tech Titans committee is a group of dedicated volunteers that each year organizes the annual awards ceremony. Judges are drawn from a variety of disciplines in technology, leaders in the area and past winners.
For more information or to purchase tickets to the 5th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast 50 Awards Gala, visit the Tech Titans Web site.