Technology
The 2014 Tech Impact Awards
By DREW ATKINS September 15, 2014
Seattle Business magazines Tech Impact Awards celebrate individuals and companies whose grasp of technology and its ability to make our lives better is inspiring and impossible to ignore. From cloud computing to big data and from home repair to health care, the advances are spectacular and the benefits even more so. Congratulations to the Tech Impact Awards honorees for 2014!
Finalists
CLOUD
Winner: Microsoft Azure, Silver Award: 2nd Watch Inc.
MOBILE
Winner: T-Mobile US, Silver Award: RootMetrics
CONSUMER
Winner: Allrecipes, Silver Award: Porch
HEALTH
Winner: Limeade, Silver Award: Genelex Corporation
DESIGN
Winner: Artefact, Silver Award: Stratos Product Development
MARKETING
Winner: Cobalt, Silver Award: Hipcricket
ENTERTAINMENT
Winner: Her Interactive, Silver Award: Cheezburger
EMERGING TECH
Winner: DocuSign, Silver Award:Impinj
EDUCATION
For-profit Winner: Apex Learning, Non-profit Winner: Code.org
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
ENTERPRISE
Winner: Extrahop Networks, Silver Award: Vertafore
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Judges for the 2014 Tech Impact Awards
Benjamin Beberness, Chief Information Officer, Snohomish County Public Utilities District
Elon Gasper, VP/Director of Research, Corum Group Ltd.
Jeremy Jaech, CEO, SNUPI Technologies
Ed Lazowska, Computer Science & Engineering Professor, University of Washington
Janis Machala, Dean, Bellevue College Continuing Education
Matt McIlwain, Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group