MTBC Announces Tech Titan Finalists

Winners To Be Announced At Annual Gala On August 19

DALLAS (July 11, 2005) - The Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), the region’s most prominent organization supporting technology, is pleased to announce the following finalists for its fifth annual Tech Titan Awards that honor outstanding technology businesses and individuals in the North Texas area for their contributions this past year:

HALL OF FAME AWARD

Texas Instruments, Inc.

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

ABOUT MTBC AND TECH TITANS:

Founded in 1994 by MCI, Nortel Networks, Fujitsu, and Rockwell International, the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) is non-profit 501(c)(6) organization. Membership in the MTBC consists of technology members (80 percent of membership) and provider members (20 percent of membership). Membership is open to all technology companies. The MTBC is dedicated to fostering a supportive business environment for technology companies and members of the technology community through leadership, advocacy, education and cooperative initiatives.

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, visit www.metroplextbc.org/techtitans.