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Friday, August 21, 2009
Mass High Tech names 2009 All-Stars of New England Innovation Economy
By Mass High Tech staff
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Mass High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology, today announced the recipients of its 2009 All-Star Awards. Now in their 14th year, the All-Star Awards recognize 15 dynamic and influential leaders of New England’s innovation economy.
Among the honorees is Rodney Brooks, a driving force in the growth of the region’s robotics cluster as founder of Heartland Robotics Inc., leader of the robotics program at MIT and co-founder of iRobot Corp. Brooks will be honored with the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award.
“Technology continues to provide the fuel for economic recovery and growth in our region. Even during the roughest periods of the recession, New England entrepreneurs brought forward new ideas and new tech companies. The individuals that we are honoring as All-Stars are thought leaders in their industries and continue to drive our innovation economy, ” said Michael Olivieri, publisher of Mass High Tech and the Boston Business Journal. “These are the people who not only have achieved success in their own initiatives but have blazed a trail for other entrepreneurs to follow.”
“The All-Stars honorees represent a broad range of technology and service sectors, including robotics, mobile technology, hardware, health care, materials, Internet and biotech. They stand as proof that innovation and growth in New England come in many forms, and technology leaders continue to emerge,” said E. Douglas Banks, editor of Mass High Tech.
The honorees will be profiled in a special supplement in the November 4 edition of Mass High Tech. An awards celebration and networking reception will be held on October 29 at The Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. Additional event information can be found online at http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/masshightech/event/5486.
The 2009 Mass High Tech All-Stars are:
Distinguished Achievement Award: Rodney Brooks, Chairman and CTO of Heartland Robotics Inc.
Nanotechnology: Peter Antoinette, Co-founder, president and CEO of Nanocomp Technologies Inc.
Education: Maura Banta, Regional manager, Corporate citizenship and corporate affairs for IBM Corp.
Finance: David Beisel, Vice president of Venrock
Life Sciences: Omid Farokhzad, Physician and scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and co-founder of BIND Biosciences Inc.
Mobile: Eric Giler, CEO of Witricity Corp.
Internet: Gail Goodman, Chairman, president and CEO of Constant Contact Inc.
Web: Scott Griffith, Chairman and CEO of Zipcar Inc.
Community: Scott Kirsner, Columnist and Program chair/Agenda developer at Future Forward Events
Health Care: Joseph Kvedar, Director of the Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health
Entrepreneurship: Patrick Larkin, Director of the John Adams Innovation Institute
Security: Stephen Orenberg, President of Kaspersky Lab Americas
Social Media: Dharmesh Shah, Co-founder and CTO of HubSpot Inc.
Pharmaceuticals: Roger Tung, President and CEO of Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Hardware: Russell Wilcox, President and CEO of E Ink Corp.
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