Voting in Full Steam Ahead Awards: Startups sets record; get your tickets

A whopping total of 125 people and companies have been nominated for one of seven WTW’s Full Steam Ahead Awards this year. And a record number of people cast ballots. Now, get your tickets to the party.

Voting ended last night.

The Full Steam Ahead Awards celebration is set for Tuesday, April 26, at Motorco in Durham. Tickets are free but are limited. You must REGISTER to attend.

We couldn’t think of a better time and place to raise a glass to our industry than a Tuesday evening over a pint of local brew. We hope to see you there and encourage you to bring as many friends and colleagues as you would like.

We’ll start at 5:30 p.m. with the opportunity to network. Our awards program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will wrap up by 7:30 p.m.

By the way, the first 100 attendees to RSVP received a ticket when they arrive for a free pint of the Fullsteam Brewery beer.

Recapping, here are the nominees:

Startup Engineer (top leader/executive, not necessarily CEO but a COO, CFO, CIO)

Barry Jenkins, CEO and Founder, Primal Space Systems
Brian Fischer, Co-Founder and CPO, Smashing Boxes
Brian Handly, CEO, Reveal Mobile
Charles Davis, CFO and Founder, EasyVote Solutions
Cody Johnson, CEO, Trainworks
David Houghton, Director, Bright Wolf
Doug Speight, Entrepreneur in Residence, Code2040 and American Underground
Dr. Chris Hazard, CEO/Founder, Hazardous Software
Drew Schiller, CTO, Validic
Eric Midgett, President, eHeart Health Monitoring LLC
Erik Troan, CTO, Pendo
Eva Garland, CEO, Eva Garland Consulting, LLC
Idan Koren, President and Co-Founder, WedPics
James Avery, Founder & CEO, Adzerk
James Branigan, Partner, Bright Wolf
Jon Hayes, CEO and Co-Founder, RewardStock
Justin Miller, CEO and Co-Founder, WedPics
Justin Richards, CEO, Youth Digital
Kurt Taylor, Founder and CEO, Next Glass
Liz Tracy, Lead Facilitator, HQ Raleigh
Matt Williamson, CEO and Co-Founder, Windsor Circle
Michal Oglodek, CTO, Brim
Michelle Harper, CEO and Founder, Savii, Inc.
Neil Underwood, Co-Founder, nCino
Patrick Dempsey, Bright Wolf
Phil Garber, CEO/CIO, LineHire
Pierre Naude, CEO, nCino
Scott Bolin, CEO, Tethis

Startup Express (fastest growing/most potential)

Arcato Labs
Biometrix
eHeart Health Monitoring
EmployUs
Eva Garland Consulting, LLC
FilterEasy
Fusion3
iScribes
LearnTrials
Mati Energy
nCino
Next Glass / Untappd
Pendo
Practichem
Primal Space Systems
Reveal Mobile
Reward Stock
Savii Care
Smashing Boxes
Sprout Pharmaceuticals
Stealz
thinQ
Trainworks | Zenworkforce
WedPics
Youth Digital

Startup Tycoon (founders/investors)

Alex Osadzinski, Investor
Ali Khatibzadeh, President and CEO, Lumeova
Andrew Williams, Founder and CEO, Elite Innovations MakerSpace
Brian Fischer Co-Founder and CPO, Smashing Boxes
Brian Handly, CEO, Reveal Mobile
Cody Johnson, Vice President of Sales, Adeptive Software
David Gardner; Founder, Investor and General Partner; Cofounders Capital
Gart Davis and Stephen Fraser, Co-Founders, Spoonflower
Idan Koren, President and Co-Founder, WedPics
Brooks Bell, Christopher Gergen, Jason Widen, Jesse Lipson; Founders; HQ Raleigh
Karl Rectanus, Co-Founder and CEO, Lea(R)n
Mark McNasby (CEO) and Michal Oglodek (CTO), Brim
Michelle Harper, CEO and Founder, Savii
Peter Bourne, Partner, Dragonfly Group
Phil Verghis, CEO and Co-Founder, Klever
Pierre Naude, CEO, nCino
Robbie Allen, Founder and CEO, Automated Insights
Scot Wingo, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Get Spiffy
Todd Olson, CEO and Founder, Pendo
Tom Sullivan & Stu MacDonald