Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology - June 29, 2006 The Mass Technology Leadership Council named the first group of finalists for its 2006 Mass Technology Leadership Awards at an event held at the British Consulate in Cambridge last night. Award nominees were announced for the following categories: Outstanding Technology Vendor/Developers, Executive of the Year, and CTO of the Year. The remaining finalists -- for the Outstanding Technology User/Implementers categories, CEO of the Year, and CIO of the Year -- will be announced July 19 at a second event at the British Consulate. Winners of the awards will be announced on October 11, at an Awards Banquet, featuring Bruce Chizen, CEO of Adobe, as the keynote speaker. The finalists in the Outstanding Technology Vendor/Developer category are: - B2B Applications -- Cognos, PeopleCube, PHT Corp., Unica Corp.
- Systems/Tools/Infrastructure -- Arbor Networks, Egenera, Heroix, Systinet/Mercury Interactive
- Emerging Technologies/Clusters -- Black Duck Software, iRobot, ThingMagic, SupplyScape
- Communications -- Airvana, Cantata Technology, Pyxis Mobile, Silverlink Communications
- Consumer/Education -- Boomerang Software, WorkshopLive, Rediker Software
The finalists in the Executive of the Year category are: - Joseph Ferra, Chief Wireless Officer, Fidelity eBusiness
- Meredith Flynn-Ripley, COO, Integra5
- Ed Marshall, VP, Sales & Marketing, OpenAir
- Ken Rugg, VP, Data Management Products, Progress Software
The finalists in the CTO of the Year category are: - Ken Kuenzel, Covergence
- Jeff Robbins, LiveData Inc.
- Eric Burger, Cantata
- David Husak, Reva Systems
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