Congratulations to the
2007 TECH TITAN AWARD
WINNERS AND FINALISTS
CORPORATE CEO AWARD
WINNER: Rashid Skaf, President & CEO,
AMX
FINALIST: Patrick Brandt, President & CEO,
Skywire Software
FINALIST: James H. Buchanan, President & Founder,
Buchanan Associates
FINALIST: Anthony J. Parella, President, CEO &
Corporate Director,
Shared Technologies Inc.
EMERGING COMPANY CEO AWARD
WINNER: Douglas J. Bartek, President, CEO &
Co-Founder, Tango Networks
FINALIST: Reagan Dixon, President,
Lumenate LLC
FINALIST: Jon Hopper, President & CEO,
Xtera Communications, Inc.
FINALIST: Andrew Levi, CEO & Chairman,
Boardroom Software Inc.
CORPORATE HORIZON AWARD
WINNER: Nortel
FINALIST: Gearbox Software
FINALIST: InnerWireless
FINALIST: Sun Microsystems
EMERGING COMPANY HORIZON AWARD
WINNER: Oryon Technologies
FINALIST: Authentix, Inc.
FINALIST: RipCode Inc.
FINALIST: Tango Networks
INNOVATOR AWARD
WINNER: David Hanson,
Hanson Robotics, Inc.
FINALIST: Leonard Lopez,
Estill Medical Technologies, Inc.
FINALIST: David Moxam,
Authentix
FINALIST: Richard Timmons, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Arlington
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTER
WINNER: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
FINALIST: 7-Eleven
FINALIST: American Airlines
FINALIST: Southwest Airlines
TECHNOLOGY ADVOCATE
WINNER: Silicon Valley Bank
FINALIST: EduCorp Training & Consulting, Inc.
FINALIST: MLink Technologies, Inc.
FINALIST: North Texas Regional Center for
Innovation & Commercialization
COMMUNITY HERO AWARD
WINNER: Tegwin Pulley, Vice President, Workforce,
Diversity & WorkLife Strategies,
Texas Instruments
FINALIST: Patrick Brandt, President & CEO,
Skywire Software
FINALIST: Steven Raab, CEO,
The Insource Group
FINALIST: Gurvendra Suri, CEO,
Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc.
TITAN OF THE FUTURE AWARD
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
WINNER: Arts and Technology,
University of Texas at Dallas
FINALIST: George A. Jeffrey NanoExplorers,
NanoTech Institute,
University of Texas at Dallas
FINALIST: The Digital Games Guildhall at SMU,
Southern Methodist University
FINALIST: The Infinity Project,
Southern Methodist University &
Texas Instruments
TECH TITANS OF THE FUTURE
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
WINNER: Barbara Flickinger
J.J. Pearce High School,
Richardson ISD
FINALIST: Neil Milburn
Plano East Senior High School,
Plano ISD
FINALIST: Deanna Shea
Shepton High School,
Plano ISD
FINALIST: Ken Taylor
Lake Highlands High School,
Richardson ISD
AeA TEXAS LEGENDS AWARD
WINNER: Gene Frantz, Texas Instruments
FINALIST: Bill Hunt, Andrews Corporation
FINALIST: George Platt, ViewCast
FINALIST: Pike Powers, Fulbright & Jaworski
