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Oregon Tech Awards Program
Winners Announced
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Announced at a ceremony
on May 7, 2009 the winners of this year’s Oregon
Tech Awards. The winners represent the top companies in five categories.
This year, more than 60 nominations were received, with the top three in each category being selected as finalists. The winners were selected based on the biggest positive impact they were able to make in their industry and within the region.
This year’s winners are:
System/Hardware Company of the Year -
TriQuint Semiconductor
Software Company of the Year -
Tripwire Inc.
Technology-Service Company of the Year -
ACME Business Consulting LLC
Emerging Company of the Year -
Jive Software
Cool Product of the Year -
GadgetTrak Inc. - GadgetTrak®
In addition, Ralph Quinsey,
president and CEO of TriQuint
Semiconductor was honored as the 2009 Technology Executive of
the Year.
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Learn more about the
2009
Technology Awards.
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7th Annual Gala - Party in the Pinot
Don't
miss the technology industry's premier networking event of the summer with
over 400 of the area’s top technology executives and service providers.
This event will take place on July 25, 2009 at Oswego Hills Winery - buy
your ticket or table today!
Photos of the 2008 Event
Board of Directors Education Committee
Launches a New Set of Events |
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Billed as “Good Governance Matters,” the
series will help increase company effectiveness by providing high quality
director education through expert panelists, presenters and peer-to-peer
director networking. The AeA believes that good governance makes
better companies. AeA affiliated companies will benefit by having
directors equipped with the latest governance information.
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March 31, 2009: TechAmerica
Report Shows that Tech Industry Remains Vital to Oregon Economy
The Cyberstates 2009 report - which details national and state
trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors for
all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico - shows that
Oregon's high-tech industry added 800 net jobs, a one percent increase,
for a total of 86,800 in 2007, the most recent year for which state data
are available...read
more.
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Cyberstates 2009 provides
2008 national tech trends on employment and venture capital
investments as well as the latest data on state employment, wages,
establishments, payroll, and research and development. |
Learn more about high-tech employment in
Oregon.
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through information sharing and as an AeA member you have access to HR
Docs. Your dues dollars at work!
AeA is
Proud to Announce First Tech Credit
Union as the preferred credit union of the Oregon Council.
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Education Activities.
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2/10/2010: Protecting Markets From Foreign Competitors (Portland, OR) Protecting Your Markets from Unlawful Foreign Competitors - In challenging economic times and as competition grows fiercer, many companies find that enforcement of their intellectual property rights is critical to their success. Knock-off products, often from companies outside the United States, ea...More
2/11/2010: Find Sources of Internal & External Capital (Portland, OR) Compared to the lush capital environment of the 90s, the new millennium has been an arid desert. Learn from emerging business executives who have found their oases to survive these difficult times. Panelists will discuss strategies to find new sources of funding and how they've managed their most p...More
2/25/2010: Company's Risk Governance Up To Standard? (Portland, OR) Risk governance has become a key area of focus since the financial industry melt-down of the past few years. Furthermore, risk governance has now expanded beyond a focus on financial risk into other areas such as strategic risk, operational risk, technology obsolescence risk, compliance risk, & key...More
3/2/2010: Mastering Management Skills - New Managers (Lake Oswego, OR) This is the ideal workshop for new managers who need to quickly learn management skills and fully transition into their role managing people.
About the Seminar:
This workshop is designed for new managers faced with the challenges of managing business results and employees. Participants in this one-...More
3/3/2010: Mastering Management Skills - Experienced (Lake Oswego, OR) This workshop is designed for experienced managers faced with the challenges of managing business results and employees. Participants in this one-day workshop will engage in skill building discussions, case study reviews, and experiential learning activities about management areas that continue to ...More
3/11/2010: CEO Forum (Portland, OR) These invitation-only events are an excellent way to network with peers and hear a variety of perspectives on topics relevant to company leaders. CEO Forum events are designed for CEOs and Presidents of TechAmerica member companies.
3/11/2010: CFO Forum (Portland, OR) These invitation-only events are an excellent way to network with peers and hear a variety of perspectives on topics relevant to the finance profession. CFO Forum events are designed for CFOs and Finance Vice Presidents.
4/1/2010: Social Media Event (Portland, OR) Social Media Event.
4/6/2010: Resume Review (Beaverton, OR) Resume Review
4/7/2010: Resume Review (Beaverton, OR) Resume Review
Additional AeA National Events
2/11/2010: Finding the Workforce: Low Cost Domestic Sourcing (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation by John Dorrer, Director, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor and Joe Kumiszcza, Executive Director, TechMaine who will focus on common workforce concerns U.S. state governments, government agencies and pri...More
2/17/2010: Finding the Workforce: Low Cost Domestic Sourcing (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation by John Dorrer, Director, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor and Joe Kumiszcza, Executive Director, TechMaine who will focus on common workforce concerns U.S. state governments, government agencies and pri...More
2/17/2010: Identifying, measuring, and retaining the needed workforce (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation that will focus on common workforce concerns U.S. state governments, government agencies and private companies need to be aware of in order to successfully market their region to low cost domestic sourcing, including:
• Identifying and mea...More
2/18/2010: Webinar: Low Cost Domestic Sourcing – Making the Model Work (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation by Peter DelGreco, Vice President of Operations, Maine & Company and Jim Damicis, President, PolicyOne Research, Inc. who will provide a case-study of how the State of Maine was able to successfully implement low cost domestic sourcing. Discus...More
5/12/2010 - 5/14/2010: Growth Cap Financial Conference (San Francisco, CA) TechAmerica presents the 2010 Growth Cap Financial Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the only neutral forum for smaller technology growth firms to meet with potential investors.
- 3 Growth Focused Company Tracks
- Unbiased Forum
- Private Presentation Rooms
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AeA, ITAA, GEIA, and CSIA Merge to Form TechAmerica
Together, we are the industry's leading trade association, offering companies a broader array of programs and services...read more. TechAmerica President Testifies to U.S. Senate
Phil Bond testified to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security...read more. Cyberstates 2009 Report Released
The U.S. high-tech industry added jobs for fourth straight year acording to TechAmerica's 12th annual Cyberstates report...read more. |
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