TechNite Awards were presented at the TechNite Awards Banquet on May 21, 2009 at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. Over 400 of the area's business and technology leaders attended.
Below are the categories and criteria for the 2009 NCTC TechNite Awards, the category nominees, the finalists highlighted in light blue, and the category winners highlighted in yellow.
Before each VT KnowledgeWork member company and/or leader, and its director, Jim Flowers, is an asterisk - a star!
Rising Star
This award recognizes a local technology company whose "star is rising." It may not be a household name yet, but it could soon be another local success story in the NewVA region.
*88Owls
Aegisound/Adaptive Technologies
ADMMicro
Design Marketing/Performance Link
FITnoke
Inorganic Ventures
*Koofers
Librato
Modea
Prime Photonics
*Schultz-Creehan
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs are a different breed. Sometimes it takes nerves of steel to blaze a new path. This award recognizes someone in our community who exemplifies what it means to be a risk-taker in the technology field.
Kevin Bloomfield, NetVentures
*Anne Giles Clelland, Handshake 2.0
*M. Tyson Daniel, Esq., LimbGear
Jonathan Hagmaier, Interactive Achievement
James Rancourt, Polymer Solutions
Dan Sable, VPT
Tracy Wilkins, TechLab
NewVa Leadership Award
This award recognizes one of our own who not only succeeds in the workplace, but also leads by example by contributing significantly to the community in which we live.
Stanley Breakell, Breakell
Bev Fitzpatrick, Virginia Museum of Transportation
*Jim Flowers, VT KnowledgeWorks
Stuart Mease, City of Roanoke
Andre A. Muelenaer, Jr., M.D., Carilion
Dan Smith, Valley Business FRONT
Neil Wilkin, Optical Cable Corporation
Innovation
This award recognizes an individual, a group of individuals, company, or other organization that sets the standard for thought leadership and innovation in their respective fields. By definition, they are doing something new or different, and they are doing it well. Their innovation represents a significant technological breakthrough or addresses a great market opportunity or both.
*Attaain
CMR Institute
*EnergyWare
ExperiED
Interface AdvantageSystems
Maxtena
Moog Components Group
Pixel Optics
Qualtrax
*TORC Technologies
Wireless Medcare
VCOM
Educator
This award recognizes a K-12 educator in the NewVA region that promotes math, science and/or use of technology in creative ways to transfer knowledge and help develop future technology leaders.
Molly Bullington, Burton Center for Arts and Technology
Michael Collver, Montgomery County Public Schools
Dr. Kurt Grosshans, Montgomery County Public Schools
Rebecca Hertling, Montgomery County Public Schools
Cathy Huffman, The Gereau Center for Applied Technology & Career Exploration
Nancy McCrickard, Science Museum of Western Virginia
Stuart Rawlings, Cave Spring Middle School
Kim Williams, Roanoke City Public Schools
Georgette Yakman, Pulaski County High School
People's Choice
The People’s Choice Award will be presented to an up-and-coming company in the NewVa region that receives the highest number of votes from TechNite attendees.
Aegisound/Adaptive Technologies
*Attaain
Maxtena
Modea
Wireless MedCARE
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