A capacity crowd of nearly 800 came to the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham for the North Carolina Technology Association’s annual NCTA 21 Awards.
The awards recognizes those who have made significant contributions over the past year to the tech sector, community and state.
“Year after year we continue to see a high level of excellence and innovation from the technology community in North Carolina,” NCTA President and CEO Brooks Raiford said in a statement. “We’re pleased to highlight such a diverse mix of companies and leaders at this year’s Awards event.”
The winners are:
- Best Customer Service Company – Lenovo
- Best Internal Implementation of Technology – ReCommunity
- Best Product or Service Company – Bandwidth
- Best Workplace Culture – WebAssign
- Clean Technology Award – Cree
- Corporate Impact Company – SAS
- Emerging Company – Next Glass
- Fast Growing Small Company – Appia
- Fast Growing Large Company – Varrow
- Healthcare and Life Sciences Company – TearScience
- Industry Driven Company – Parata
- Large Company – Accenture
- Mid-Size Company – AvidXchange
- Most Innovative Internet/New Media Company – Automated Insights
- Most Innovative Small Company – Power Analytics
- Most Innovative Large Company – Epic Games
- Small Company – StepLeader
- Software Company – ChannelAdvisor
- Public Leadership – Representative Jason Saine
- Tech Exec of the Year – Jud Bowman, chief executive officer, Appia
- Outstanding Achievement – Frank Drendel, chairman of the board and founder, CommScope
