David Jones, founder and chairman of data services provider Peak 10, heads the list of individual winners in the annual North Carolina Technology Association annual NC Tech Awards.
Jones will receive the Beacon/Outstanding Achievement honor at NCTA’s awards event on Nov. 9. Peak 10 is based in Charlotte and operates data centers across the southeast, including the Triangle. The company recently grew by joining with ViaWest which operates across the U.S. as well as Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Other individual winners announced Monday:
- Private Sector CIO of the Year, Jerry Traynham, CIO – Railinc
- Public Sector CIO of the Year, Jeffrey Stovall, CIO – City of Charlotte
- Public Leader of the Year, NC Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Year, Craig Froelich, CISO – Bank of America
- Tech Woman of the Year, Melissa Wittner, VP of Software Engineering – Inmar
- Tech Educator of the Year, Robert Gotwals, Instructor of Computational Science, Chemistry & Research, NC School of Science & Math
Enterprise award finalists
A wide variety of technology companies are finalists in corporate awards. Ten startups also will be recognized.
The finalists in two categories and the startups to watch are as follows:
Technology Corporate Awards
(Recognizes technology companies for innovation, excellence and growth)
- Software: AvidXchange, Impact Financial Systems, MapAnything, Pendo, PrecisionLender and Sageworks
- Internet of Things (IoT): ARCA, Cree, K4Connect, ProAxion and Valencell
- New Media/Digital Marketing: Adwerx, iCiDIGITAL, Netsertive, Oracle + Bronto and Skookum
- Industry Driven: Adwerx, Citrix Systems, FoodLogiQ, LendingTree, Medfusion and Relias Learning
- Innovative Product: Cohera Medical, FokusLabs, KeraNetics, Lapetus Solutions, Medfusion and SAS
- Corporate Impact: Accenture, ERC Broadband, MCNC, Net Friends, RadixBay and Wireless Research Center
- Small Tech: Cloud For Good, Ekos Brewmaster, Imaginovation, inMotionNow, Pendo and Samanage
- Mid-Size: AvidXchange, Carolinas IT, Netsertive, Republic Wireless and SoftPro
- Large Tech: Bandwidth, Inmar, Itron, Relias Learning, TeleHealth Services and TierPoint
Top Ten (10) Startups to Watch
- Brilliant Sole
- BruVue
- CloudGenera
- Cultivate,
- Ekos Brewmaster
- Kingsmen Software
- ProAxion
- Quantworks
- Reveal Mobile
- Voxelight
Use of Technology Awards
(Recognizes companies, organizations and institutions for their use of technology)
- Analytics: Credit Suisse, Duke University, Red Ventures, Stealz, Stratifyd and Tresata
- Business Value: Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, Deutsche Bank, Martin Marietta, Mission Health, QuintilesIMS and Railinc
- Customer Service: Bandwidth, Jackrabbit Technologies, Pendo, QuintilesIMS and Republic Wireless
- eCommerce: Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, ChannelAdvisor, Ecomdash, NC Division of Purchase & Contract and Sports Endeavors
- Innovative Workplace: Betabox, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, Brady Services, MetLife and Oracle + Bronto
