Community Hero

The Community Hero award recognizes an individual employed by a North Texas technology company for outstanding achievements in community service to the North Texas area.

Corporate CEO

The Corporate CEO award recognizes the CEO or Division President of a technology company having a corporate headquarters or a division office in North Texas. The company has 2024 operating revenue of more than $200 million.

Corporate CIO/CTO

The Corporate CIO/CTO award recognizes the Chief Information Officer or Corporate Technology Officer or Chief Science Officer or Chief Digitial Officer of a North Texas based technology or non-technology company for exceptional technical leadership that fostered the development or deployment of new technology resulting in significant value for the company. The company must have 2024 operating revenues of more than $200 million.

Corporate Innovation

The Corporate Innovation award recognizes a company for outstanding innovation and unique accomplishments through recent or potential breakthrough technology or approach within the technology industry in North Texas for which the company owns the intellectual property or proprietary property/method OR innovated by adopting another company’s intellectual property. The company must have a corporate headquarters or a division office in North Texas with 2024 operating revenues of more than $200 million.

Emerging Company CEO

The Emerging Company CEO award recognizes the CEO of a technology company headquartered in North Texas with 2024 operating revenues of at least $2 million but not more than $200 million.

Emerging Company CIO/CTO

The Emerging Company CIO/CTO award recognizes the Chief Information Officer or Corporate Technology or Science Officer of a North Texas based technology or non-technology company for exceptional technical leadership that fostered the development or deployment of new technology resulting in significant value for the company. The company must have 2024 operating revenues of at least $2 million but not more than $200 million.

Emerging Company Innovation

The Emerging Company Innovation award recognizes a company for outstanding innovation and unique accomplishments through recent or potential breakthrough technology or approach within the technology industry in North Texas for which the company owns the intellectual property OR proprietary property/method or innovated by adopting another company’s intellectual property. The company must be headquartered in North Texas and have 2024 operating revenues of at least $2 million but not more than $200 million.

Fast Tech 

Fast Tech recognizes the fastest growing technology, telecommunications and/or life sciences company in North Texas. Fast Tech Award finalists are determined based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2022-2024.

By submitting the nomination form, the company agrees to publicly disclose its percentage revenue growth. The percentage revenue growth is computed as: [(FY’2024 revenue - FY'2022 revenue) / FY'2022 revenue] x 100%. Tech Titans will not disclose actual current and base year revenue amounts.

Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame award honors a North Texas technology visionary for outstanding leadership in assisting, advancing and accelerating the performance of the technology industry and/or adoption of technology in North Texas; spanning more than one decade and reaching far beyond the individual’s company/organization. Only individuals are eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame including corporate leaders and technologists, non-profit individuals, venture capitalists, educators, entrepreneurs, inventors and individual contributors. The award may be given posthumously. The frequency and selection of inductees is at the discretion of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Start Up Company CEO

The Start Up Company CEO award recognizes the CEO of a technology company headquartered in North Texas with 2024 operating revenues of no more than $2 million.

Technology Advocate

The Technology Advocate award recognizes a North Texas individual or company whose core business is not a technology product for outstanding leadership in championing, assisting, advancing or accelerating the performance of the technology industry in North Texas.

Technology Inventor

The Technology Inventor award recognizes the pioneering accomplishments of a person, team or group responsible for the creation of technical breakthrough ideas, processes or products which have advanced the discipline. The nominee is with a North Texas company or institution.

Tech Titan of the Future - College/University

The Tech Titan of the Future University Level award recognizes an accredited educational institution in the North Texas area that encourages and supports students to choose engineering and technology related disciplines as a preferred career path. This award category spotlights North Texas higher educational institutions' technology related curricula and incentives to perpetuate tech-related knowledge transfer. The award finalists display creative, innovative approaches that reach out to students and other learning-minded professionals and related institutions. The nomination requires testimonials from two current or former students, educators or other individuals who have excelled or benefited from this program.

Tech Titan of the Future - High School

The Tech Titan of the Future High School Level Award recognizes a North Texas high school (grades 9-12) math/science teacher or administrator for development and implementation of an innovative teaching technique or program that inspires student interest regarding further educational and/or career pursuits in science, technology, engineering or math. The teaching technique or program must demonstrate opportunity for students to gain applied knowledge. Only one teacher/administrator per school may be nominated. A lesson plan may be included in the nomination. The nomination requires testimonials from two current or former students, educators or other individuals who have excelled or benefited from this program.