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2018 Award News
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Winners of Community Hero and Investment Catalyst categories awarded (DBJ). Watch the presentation.
Hall of Fame
Romelia Flores, IBM (Tech Titans)
Corporate Innovation
Corporate CIO
Corporate CTO
Technology Adopter
Technology Inventor
Patrick Antaki, Evergaze Technology LLC
Robert Atkins, BALANCED Media/Technology
Technology Advocate
Jennifer Bartkowski - Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Community Hero
Bob Sawler, The Realtime Group
Investment Catalyst
Bryan Chambers, the University of Texas at Dallas; Blackstone LaunchPad
Tech Titans of the Future - High School
Jerry Grizzle - Plano West Senior High
Fast Tech
Top 5 Fast Tech companies announced
2017 news
Hall of Fame Inductee
Charlie Feld (read more) - How this Tech Titans HOF inductee built a retreat for tech leaders modeled on the Aspen Institute (DBJ)
Corporate CEO Award
Brian Peccarelli, Thomson Reuters: This award does not announce finalists, only the winner. (read more)
DBJ This DFW CEO almost didn't go into tech. Here's why his plans changed
Top 5 Fast Tech
View a slide show with rankings of all Fast Tech
Corporate Innovation
Capital One How an innovation at Capital One “turbo-charged” the organization
Fujitsu With innovation, Fujitsu brings clients closer to small business
AT&T More than 168 petabytes cross AT&T's network every day, and the company is putting it to use
Citi Citi finds an innovative way to listen to customers
Emerging Company Innovation
Bloodbuy How Super Bowl 45 led to a life-saving health care technology
Axxess How this CEO is 'Uberizing' the home health care industry
Bottle Rocket How Bottle Rocket grew from 7 financial failures to a prominent app developer
FPX This DFW tech company is the Amazon of B2B sales
Emerging Company CEO
Dave Copps, Brainspace Private equity investments are helping this firm track down terrorists
John Olajide, Axxess How this CEO is 'Uberizing' the home health care industry
Christopher Godfrey, Bloodbuy How Super Bowl 45 led to a life-saving health care technology
Vanessa Ogle, Enseo, Inc. This $44M North Texas tech company allows you to Netflix binge as you travel
Corporate CIO
Suja Chandrasekaran, Kimberly-Clark Corporation This CIO is leading a transformation at Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark
Robert Warden, Epsilon Before Robert Walden became CIO at Epsilon, he thought his days in corporate America were over
Ellen Barker, Texas Instruments How CIO Ellen Barker helped Texas Instruments bridge the IT language barrier
Janet DeBerardinis - Caliber Collision Centers For Caliber CIO, technology is about the chase
Corporate CTO
Arun Bhikshesvaran Ericsson The sale that changed everything for Ericsson and CTO
Matthew Glover, LeVel "How this North Texas CTO is helping his booming company scale toward $1 billion" DBJ
Michael Boren, Beck Technology "How Beck Technology’s CTO is powering software into a reluctant industry" DBJ
Pradeep Govindasamy, Cigniti Technologies Meet the CTO Cigniti tapped to lead a serious transformation
Tech Adopter
For Caliber CIO, technology is about the chase
David Michel, Catapult Health This Dallas company has invested $25M in technology, and it's not done
Zack Hicks, Toyota Toyota Connected CEO has a knack for creating a long-term vision
John Schliessman, Bell Helicopter IT manager for Bell Helicopter on the balance of customization and vendor reliance
Tech Inventor
RoboKind This Dallas company makes robots with faces, and is priming for growth
UT Dallas Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory How drones and consumer electronics help amputees walk DBJ
Nanoscope Technologies Dallas company specializing in biomedical research shares exit strategy
The University of North Texas This UNT professor is training the next generation of cybersecurity talent
Investment Catalyst
Dallas Entrepreneur Center DFW startup ecosystem 'exceptionally strong,' still in growth stage
Bios Partners This venture capitalist wants to bring resources to medical startups in Texas DBJ
Teakwood Why this investor sees North Texas as a 'hotbed' for entrepreneurs
Deep Space Ventures Next milestone for DFW's startup scene? Great founders and ideas, says Deep Space Ventures partner
Tech Advocate
Trey Bowles, Dallas Entrepreneur Center DFW startup ecosystem 'exceptionally strong,' still in growth stage
Jennifer Bartkowski, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, "CEO tailors science, tech for more than 26,000 North Texas girls" DBJ
Jerry Beers - Five Pack Creative This DFW exec isn't afraid to share training tips (even if it creates competitors)
Valmiki Mukherjee, Cyber Future Foundation, Co-founder of DFW nonprofit pushes for collaboration to fight cybercrime
Tech Titan of the Future-High School
Richardson, Henry Vo All this Richardson teacher needs is five minutes of your time
Frisco, Kenric Davies In this teacher's classroom, Frisco students do more than use technology
Alcuin School, Edward Downes Dallas teacher lets students put own stamp of creativity on tech
Wylie, Candice Lawrence Wylie teacher focuses on translating tech into workforce tools
Tech Titan of the Future-University
The University of Texas at Dallas - Magaly Spector This DFW mentor has spent a decade connecting women, minorities to STEM
Texas A&M University-Commerce - Robynne Lock Texas A&M-Commerce assistant professor wants more students involved in STEM careers
SMU Continuing & Professional Education - Lea Worth Here's how SMU is filling the need for app developers in North Texas
The University of Texas at Dallas - Bryan Chambers Former entrepreneur investing skills in next generation's founders of companies