The 2012 Tech Impact Awards
Twenty years ago, the cultural critic Neil Postman warned about the deification of technology, fearing that a society ruled by technology—he called it technopoly—would blindly embrace the benefits of technological advancement without understanding the costs. Postman didn't count on users being able to consume technology without being consumed by it, or to create technology that observed the distinction between gadgetry and true innovation. With the Tech Impact Awards, Seattle Business magazine celebrates a geographically diverse group of individuals and companies whose grasp of technology and its ability to make our lives better is hugely impressive and simply impossible to ignore.
THE WINNERS
Lifetime Achievement: John McAdam/F5 Networks
Mobile: Microsoft (Photosynth)
Construction: EagleView Technologies
IT Services: Synapse Product Development
Cloud Computing: Amazon Web Services
2012 TECH IMPACT AWARDS JUDGES PANEL
Benjamin Beberness, chief information officer, Snohomish County PUD
Patti Brooke, former assistant
director, Washington State Department of Commerce
Elon Gasper, senior director of
research, Corum Group
Ed Lazowska, chair, UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Matt McIlwain, managing director, Madrona Venture Group
Sujal Patel, president, Isilon Systems division of EMC
Bharat Shyam, chief information officer, State of Washington
Peter Wilson, engineering director, Facebook Seattle
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