Friday, June 27, 2008

Mass TLC names award finalists

By Mass High Tech Staff

The Mass Technology Leadership Council Inc. has named its finalists for the annual Technology Leadership Awards, held in October, to honor business and technology leaders in the state.

The Council received 160 nomination submissions and the board of directors narrowed the list down to the finalists. Winners will be chosen by a separate judge panel and announced at the October 23 Fall Awards Gala at the Sheraton Boston.

Finalists for the Technology Leadership Awards, in each category, are listed:

CEO
Walter Scott, Acronis Inc.
Diane Hessan, Communispace Corp.
Mark Shirman, Glasshouse Technologies Inc.
Christopher von Alt, Hydroid LLC
Robert Keane, VistaPrint Ltd.

CXO
Stephan Thieringer, Giunti Labs
Jon Pilkington, Metatomix Inc.
Jeff Brown, Raytheon Co.
Eric Hansen, SiteSpect Inc.

Innovator
Jay Bhatt, Autodesk Inc.
Nicholas Carr, Author
Paul Graham, Y Combinator
Paul Zavracky, Northeastern University

Private Sector Company of the year
Constant Contact Inc.
Egenera Inc.
EMC Corp.
Endeca Technologies Inc.
Virtual Iron Software Inc.

Public Sector Organization
Beth Israel Medical Center
BostonFIRST
City of Boston
UMass Online

The Mass Technology Leadership Council will also name other category finalists for Emerging Innovative Company of the year, CTO, CIO and VC/ Investor of the year.