Friday, September 5, 2008

Mass High Tech announces All-Stars award winners

By Mass High Tech Staff

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Thought leaders and innovators from throughout the New England technology sector are being honored in the 13th Annual Mass High Tech All-Stars awards program. Honorees include key figures from the telecom, software, hardware, Internet, life sciences, energy and social media industries joined by leaders in the education, legal and venture communities.

In addition, Mass High Tech is proud to honor Polaris Venture Partners’ Robert M. Metcalfe with the Distinguished Achievement Award for career accomplishments ranging from the invention of the Ethernet to his work in leading today’s startup companies.

The award winners will be honored at a reception at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge on Oct. 30.

The list of All-Star honorees are as follows:

Distinguished Achievement Award: Robert M. Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners


Telecom: Justin Aborn, Chief Scientist, General Compression Inc.

Education: Abigail A. Barrow,  Director,  Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, University of Massachusetts

Social Media:  Chris Brogan, Vice President, Strategy and Technology, CrossTech Media

Legal: Karen F. Copenhaver, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Hardware: Alexei Erchak, Founder and CTO, Luminus Devices Inc.

Community: Trish Fleming, Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge

Internet: David Friend, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Carbonite Inc.

Electronics: Peter L. Gammel, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Engineering, SiGe Semiconductor Inc.

Information Systems: Foster Hinshaw, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dataupia Corp.

Venture:  Paul Maeder, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners LLC

Software: Michael Stonebraker, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Vertica Systems Inc.

Energy: Mitchell G. Tyson, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Advanced Electron Beams Inc.

Life Sciences:  Susan Windham-Bannister, President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center