[September 16, 2010]

Mass Technology Leadership Council Announces Finalists for 13th Annual Mass Technology Leadership Awards

The Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc. announced finalists for the Council's annual Mass Technology Leadership Awards program last night at a cocktail reception attended by over 200 award nominees and other leaders from across the technology community.

"We received more nominations than ever before, making this year's selection our most competitive to date," said Tom Hopcroft, President & CEO of Mass Technology Leadership Council. "The dedication of these leaders is the driving force behind the incredible innovations that are propelling new growth in our sector. They are all deserving of recognition and praise."

Finalists were announced in individual and company categories. New this year for our Product/Service of the Year Category, the Council named 15 finalists who will be featured on the Council website and then will have an opportunity to display, demo, and interact with attendees during the reception at the November 3^rd Awards Gala. The audience will select three who will present on stage at the Gala. The final winner will then be selected by audience vote.

Finalists in Individual categories include:

CEO of the Year - Privately Held

• Matthew Moynahan, Veracode
• Tim Yeaton, Black Duck Software
• Brian Halligan, Hubspot
• Chris Randles, SpaceClaim
• Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Boston Power

CEO of the Year - Publicly Traded

• Michael Simon, LogMeIn, Inc.
• Tim Healy, EnerNOC
• Andy Ory, Acme Packet
• Paul Sagan, Akamai (News - Alert)
• Jim Baum, Netezza

CIO of the Year

• William Fandrich, Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Jay Leader, iRobot
• Dan Sheehan, Dunkin Brands
• Robert Ramrath, Bose

Emerging Executive of the Year

• Susan Roberts, Oracle (News - Alert)
• Swami Kumaresan, Carbonite
• Robert Connors, Raytheon
• Larry Streeter, Constat Contact
• Marc Cremer, Tatara Systems

Company of the Year - Privately Held

• Acronis
• Carbonite
• CloudSwitch
• Gazelle
• Litle &Co.
• uTest

Company of the Year - Publicly Traded

• Acme Packet
• Constant Contact
• Pegasystems, Inc.
• Netezza
• American Tower

Deal of the Year

• A123 Systems
• Cisco Systems
• EMC Corporation
• Incentive Targeting, Inc.
• Boston Power

Finalists who will demo and be voted upon by the audience at the November 3^rd Gala include:

Product of the Year

• Aurora Flight Sciences "Skate" small unmanned aircraft system
• Blueleaf Investment information management and planning software
• Carbonite Pro online backup service for small businesses
• CloudSwitch Software appliance for enterprises to move to the cloud
• Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System
• Double-Take Software For their Double -Take Cloud
• Harmonix Music Systems Their 2009 release of The Beatles: Rock Band
• Infrared5's Brass Monkey extending input capabilities on mobile devices
• ITA (News - Alert) Software's Needle platform for acquiring, integrating, cleansing, analyzing and publishing data on the web
• LogMeIn Ignition for iPad, remote access and control of PCs and Macs
• Mass Challenge For their $1M global startup competition and accelerator program
• Nuance Communications For their Dragon Dictation Mobile Application
• QD Vision For their Quantum (News - Alert) Light optic for LED lighting companies
• Vlingo Everywhere, extending Vlingo's mobile voice features smartphones
• Volicon Observer Content Matching Technology for digital video monitoring and logging

The Council received well over 200 quality submissions during the open nomination process. A committee of Council Trustees, local thought leaders and media were involved with the selection process that narrowed the slate to those announced last night. The pool of finalists will be further narrowed over the coming weeks and the winners announced on Wednesday, November 3^rd, at a Gala Awards Banquet at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. Details and advance registration available at: http://www.masstlc.org/2010awards.html.

Awards Program Sponsors: Microsoft (News - Alert), Nokia, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ropes & Gray, Silicon Valley Bank, Fidelity, Raytheon

For more information, visit http://www.masstlc.org/2010awards.html.

About The Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc.

The Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc. is the only association that addresses the critical leadership issues of innovative software and technology-enabled companies. Formed by the combination of Massachusetts Software Council and New England Business and Technology Association, Inc., the organization is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and promoting the success of companies that develop and deploy technology across industry sectors. The Mass Technology Leadership Council conducts educational programs, hosts industry events, facilitates networking, sponsors research, advocates in favor of technology policies that promote innovation, entrepreneurship and competition, and recognizes industry-leading companies and people.

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