Award Winner & Finalists

Technology Executive of the Year

James B. Johnson, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Portland, Tripwire®, will be honored as the 2010 Technology Executive of the Year.

Company and Product of the Year

2010 Award Criteria

2010 Nomination Instructions

System/Hardware Company of the Year

Presented to the System/Hardware Company that has made the biggest positive impact to their industry and the region. The company’s primary source of revenue and profit is through the design, manufacture and/or sale of hardware products or systems comprised of physical elements.

Finalists are:

RadiSys Corporation

TriQuint Semiconductor

Vernier Software & Technology

2010 Winner is:

TriQuint Semiconductor

Software Company of the Year

Presented to the Software Company that has made the biggest positive impact to their industry and the region. This company’s primary source of revenue and profit is through the design, license and/or sale of software products or systems.

Finalists are:

Jive Software

Rentrak Corporation

Tripwire Inc.

2010 Winner is:

Tripwire Inc.

Technology-Service Company of the Year

Presented to the Technology-Service company that has made the biggest positive impact to their customers and the region. This company’s primary source of revenue and profit is through the fulfillment of one or multiple technology services. Such service may be provided as a subscription, hourly charges or other business models. Examples of such technology services are internet service providers, web development services, IT solution providers and telecom service providers.

Finalists are:

EasyStreet Online Services Inc.

Iovation, Inc.

Smarsh

2010 Winner is:

Smarsh

Rising Star Company of the Year

Presented to the company that has made significant progress in the past year. This technology company’s growth in the past year puts it on track to make a positive impact in their markets and on the regional technology community.

Finalists are:

AboutUs, Inc.

Avnera Corporation

Phoseon Technology

2010 Winner is:

Avnera Corporation

Cool Product of the Year - Nominations Closed

Presented to the company that has developed, and/or introduced a cool product some time in the most recent 18 months, and had a significant demonstrate-able success in the past 12 months. The product can be a hardware, software, or technology-service product which is innovative and has created significant new opportunity for the company.

Finalists are:

FLIR Systems - FLIR H series handheld thermal camera

Plas2Fuel Corporation - Plas2Fuel

Avnera Corporation - Rocketboost

2010 Winner is:

Plas2Fuel Corporation - Plas2Fuel