Technology

The First IT Awards

By Gianni Truzzi October 7, 2011

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This article originally appeared in the November 2011 issue of Seattle magazine.

They usually toil behind the scenes, and many people in information technology prefer it that way. But there is no denying the staggering importance of IT in todays tech-driven world. So join us in congratulating the developers, engineers, executives, innovators and backroom geeks who make sure your business stays in business. From dozen of nominations, our judges selected 14 companies and individuals for recognition in the first Seattle Business magazine IT Awards. Learn more about them by clicking on the links below.

Lifetime Achievement Award

IT Leader of the Year

Project Team

Special Recognition

Innovation of the Year (Large Company)

Innovation of the Year (Small Company)

Geek of the Year

Startup of the Year

Service Provider of the Year

Produced in Partnership with SIM and GeekWire

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The first Seattle Business magazine IT Awards would not have been possible without our partners at the Seattle Chapter of the Society for Information Management and at GeekWire. We would especially like to thank Jean-Francois Berche, vice president of sponsorships at SIM, and John Cook, cofounder of GeekWire, for their assistance and good counsel. Joining Cook as judges this year were Benjamin Beberness, chief information officer for the Snohomish County Public Utility District; Mike Hagan, solutions director, professional services, for AIM Consulting Group; Les Johnson, chief information officer at North Coast Electric Company, and Ed Lazowska, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington and director of the UWs eScience Institue.

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