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16th ANNUAL OC/IE TechAmerica HIGH-TECH INNOVATION
AWARDS
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The 16th Annual TechAmerica OC/IE High-Tech Awards Dinner
is an opportunity to spotlight
Orange County and Inland Empire's robust technology companies and
individuals.
Event Date:
Thursday,
May 14, 2009
Attire:
Black-tie Optional
Agenda:
6:00 - 7:00PM Registration & Networking Technology Reception
7:00PM - 9:00PM Dinner & Awards Program
Location:
Hilton Costa Mesa
(Catalina Ballroom)
3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 540-7000
Online Registration is Now Closed
(Registrations will resume at the Hilton
Orange County, Costa Mesa at 6PM)
(Includes Dinner & Reception)
Member/Finalist Table: $1,100
Non-Member Table: $1,300
Member/Finalists Individual Registration: $125
Non-Member Individual Registration: $150
Technology Reception Display Space Members/Non-Members:
$500
Event Overview II
Award Recipients II
Finalists
Lifetime Achievement Award II
Greg Ross Community Service Award
Registration II Sponsors
II About TechAmerica II Contact
TechAmerica (formerly
AeA) will again host the event of the year for the high-tech community
in Southern California. The 16th Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards,
themed Inventing The Future, directs the spotlight of innovation and
U.S. competitiveness on Orange County. The ballroom will be filled with
luminaries from local high-tech companies, political
leadership, community leaders, educators, investors and media
affiliates. This is an extra special evening where we recognize
outstanding achievements of innovation in the following categories:
Harvey Mudd College
Green Engineering Award
Innovative Product/Technology In 2008
Outstanding Public/Private CEO In Technology
Outstanding Public/Private Technology Company
Outstanding Woman In Technology
We're also proud to honor Nick Yocca, Straddling Yocca Carlson & Rauth with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and Richard Suttleworth,
Silicon Valley Bank, with the Greg Ross Community Service Award.
Don’t miss this every
special evening! Register to attend
today! For questions regarding registration, please contact Yalanda Oglesby at
949-450-1500 x101 or email:
Yalanda.Oglesby@TechAmerica.org.
 TechAmerica
Orange County is proud to present Nick E.Yocca, Stradling, Yocca,
Carlson & Rauth with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Yocca leads
the Firm's Transaction Law Group. He has represented numerous companies
for their corporate business and transactions.
With over 20 years of
experience in this specialty, Nick has represented clients involved in
many different industries such as electronics, software, the Internet,
medical devices, financial services, banking, insurance, aerospace,
manufacturing, business services and cosmetics.
Clients have included
Microsemi Corporation, DPAC Technologies, Applied Data Communications,
South Coast Commercial Bank, HiLevel Technology, JAVO Beverage Company,
S.two Corp., HoldRite, Productivity Enhancement Products, Information
Logix, Force Fuels, MetroConnect, Cyvergence, Apriori Beauty, Davies
Ingersoll, Forbes Technology Group, PerSage and Affiliate Media. Nick
also has represented AST Computers, Silicon Systems, Archive
Corporation, Comprehensive Care Corporation, Offshore Pipelines, NetSoft,
Powerwave, Smartflex Systems, Routerware, Denim Software, Helisys, and
EnPointe Technology.
 TechAmerica
Orange County is looking forward to presenting
Richard Shuttleworth with the Greg Ross Community Service Award.
Shuttleworth is currently Head of Product Advisory Services at Silicon
Valley Bank. In this role he manages a team of product experts and
implementation specialists in International, Investments and Cash
Management for SVB in California.
He formerly managed a team of SVB
commercial lenders targeting emerging high-tech and life science
companies headquartered in Orange County. Shuttleworth has 32 years of
banking experience in corporate, international, middle market, and
technology lending.
He was with First Interstate/Wells Fargo
for 20 years, and has been with SVB for the past twelve years. He
received a bachelor’s degree from Denison University, and a MBA from the
University of Southern California.
Shuttleworth has been active in a number
of Orange County organizations over the years. He formerly was on the
Executive Committee of the AeA’s Orange County Council, and was also on
the Board of Directors of the Orange County Venture Group and OCTANe.
Congratulations to Orange County and
Inland Empire 16th Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards Finalists:
Outstanding Public CEO In Technology Finalists
Reynolds Bish, Kofax
Heath Clarke, Local.com
George Klaus, Epicor
Outstanding Private CEO In Technology Finalists
Joey Benadretti, SYSPRO USA
Michael Hajeck, SiliconSystems, Inc.
Oli Thordarson, Alvaka Networks
Outstanding Woman In Technology
Finalists
Kelsey Galarza, Director, SMB Solutions, HireRight, Inc.
Kirsten Mangers, Founder and CEO, WebVisible, Inc.
Miranda Su, Executive Vice President, IOGEAR
Outstanding Public Technology Company Finalists
Epicor
Kofax
QLogic Corporation
SRS Labs, Inc.
Outstanding Private Technology Company Finalists
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Enclarity
SiliconSystems, Inc.
SYSPRO
Innovative Product/Technology In 2008 Finalists
Hardware Finalists
Emulex OneConnect™ UCNA Platform, Emulex Corporation
USB to VGA Kit, IOGEAR
QLogic 8100 Series CNAs, QLogic Corp
SRS iWOW Adaptor for iPod, SRS Labs, Inc.
SiliconDrive Blade MiniBlade, SiliconSystems, Inc.
Software Finalists
BounceBack Ultimate, CMS Products Inc
iRubric, Reazon Systems, Inc.
Memeo Share, Memeo, Inc.
SRS TruVolume, SRS Labs, Inc.
Internet Finalists
Resultlinks™, Future Ads
SmartStops.net
Where 2 Get It
Semiconductors Finalists
CX20562 USB Speakers-on-a-Chip, Conexant Systems, Inc.
71M653X Metering Chip Family, Teridian Semiconductor Corp.
Tunable Impedance Matching Network, WiSpry,
Inc.
Telecommunications Finalists
WiMAX Digital Remote Radio Head, Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
Xpress Suite, Javaground
XPRESSED, Javaground
Harvey Mudd College Green Engineering Award Finalists
Balqon Corporation
D-Link Systems, Inc.
EcoTek Lighting, Inc.
Teridian Semiconductor Corporation
Project Tomorrow Innovation in Education Awards 2009 Finalists
Project Tomorrow: Innovative
School Program of the Year in Science, Math and Technology:
Dave Gerhard, Project Splash
Concordia Elementary School, Capistrano Unified School District
Kathy Slawson, Project-Based Learning
Early College High School, Newport-Mesa Unified School District
William Skelly, Technology
Heniger Elementary School, Santa Ana Unified School District
Project Tomorrow: High Impact
Teacher of the Year in Science, Math and Technology
Leslie Flores, 4th Grade Science Teacher
Star View Elementary School (Ocean View School District)
Susan Groff, Biology/Anatomy Teacher
Middle College High School at Santa Ana College (Santa Ana Unified
School District)
Todd Salesky, Global IT Academy
Brea Olinda High School, (Brea Unified School District)
Charlotte Zaremba,
Physics/Chemistry/Computers Teacher
Orange Coast Middle College High School, Newport-Mesa Unified School
District
Project Tomorrow: Emerging Student
Innovator
Govil Gupta, Northwood High School (Irvine Unified School District)
Philip Jia, Troy High School (Fullerton Joint Union High School
District)
Kate Jaihee Lee, Brea Olinda High School (Brea Unified School District)
Event Date:
Thursday,
May 14, 2009
Attire:
Black-tie Optional
Location:
Hilton, Costa Mesa, CA
3050 Bristol Street Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 540-7000
Parking:
Self-Parking: (Covered by TechAmerica Orange County)
Valet: $15
Agenda:
6:00-7:00 PM Registration & Networking
7:00-9:00 PM Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Attire:
Black-Tie Optional
Online Registration is Now Closed
(Registrations will resume at the Hilton Orange County, Costa Mesa at
6PM)
Member/Finalist Table:
$1,100
Non-Member Table:
$1,300
Member/Finalists Individual Registration:
$125
Non-Member Individual Registration: $150
Technology Networking Reception Space Members/Non-Members: $500
Cancellations will not be accepted after
after May 11, 2009:
For questions regarding dinner registration, please contact Yalanda Oglesby at
949-450-1500 x101 or email:
Yalanda.Oglesby@TechAmerica.org.
For questions regarding nomination forms, please contact Alan Wald at
949-450-1500 x104 or email Alan.Wald@TechAmerica.org.
The 16th
Annual TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards Dinner is underwritten and
produced by financial and in-kind sponsors including premier sponsors
Deloitte, EPIC,
Silicon Valley Bank,
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth; and associate sponsor
California Manufacturing Technology
Consultants, and contributing sponsors Crowell & Moring and Toshiba. In addition,
Emulex returned as the Project
Tomorrow Sponsor; and
WunderMarx|PR returned as the public relations and marketing
sponsor.
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About TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, which
is the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the
United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy.
Representing approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the
public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry’s
largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members’ top
and bottom lines. It offers the technology industry's only
grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals
around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia
(Beijing). The Technology Association of America was formed by the
merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber
Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology
Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics &
Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more at
www.techamerica.org.
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