WINNER FAITHLIFE/LOGOS BIBLE SOFTWARELocation: Bellingham | Employees: 350 Bob Pritchett sees his Bible and faith study publishing companys branch into online social media, Faithlife.com, as perfectly natural. Church, he observes, is one of the first real social networks and most enduring. The Bellingham firm is among the oldest electronic publishers, growing from a couple of…

WINNER APOLLO VIDEO TECHNOLOGYLocation: Bothell | Employees: 65 Most security video, notes Apollo Video founder and CEO Rodell Notbohm, will never be viewed. The challenge is to identify what is useful from thousands of hours of recording from the city bus networks the company serves. Its RoadRunner mobile video systems use wireless-enabled cameras so that…

WINNER ENERGYSAVVYLocation: Seattle | Employees: 65 EnergySavvy CEO Aaron Goldfeder says he wants a utility customers experience of energy efficiency to be more like Amazon and less like the IRS. Utilities have tried to push their customers into using less and cleaner energy, but EnergySavvy helps utilities engage them through new products and services, and…

WINNER VALVELocation: Bellevue | Employees: 300+ Valve software has always been about changing the game, from its hit PC titles like Half-Life and Portal, to the way games are distributed and managed through the Steam online platform. Its vigorous pursuit of new ideas has helped build one of the most successful video game companies in…

WINNER WINSHUTTLELocation: Bothell | Employees: 288 Data promises knowledge and, as CEO Lewis Carpenter explains, Winshuttle helps complete that promise. Its software bridges data managed by complex SAP tools to leaner, more familiar programs like Excel, where it can be explored and analyzed. Most Fortune 500 companies use software from the German firm SAP to…

WINNER ANTHOLOGYLocation: Seattle | Employees: 8 The best candidate for a job may be the person who isnt looking for one. Anthology, a cross between LinkedIn and eHarmony, lets passive job candidates those contented but curious about opportunities anonymously connect with potential employers. Applicants make known their requirements for a possible new opportunity, and can…

WINNER TUNELocation: Seattle | Employees: 291 Tunes analytics services may be complex, but its aim is simple: to help mobile app marketers spend their limited dollars most effectively. In the increasingly diverse ecosystem of mobile apps, CEO Peter Hamilton explains, Tune operates as a central connector across marketing and advertising, simplifying the process to acquire,…

WINNER ROOTMETRICSLocation: Bellevue | Employees: 170 Which cellular network is the fastest? Which most reliable? These are the questions RootMetrics answers in the fierce competition among carriers. Mobile operators in the United States and United Kingdom soberly await the twice-yearly independent performance measures by the Bellevue-headquartered leader in wireless network analytics, especially as the broad…

WINNER STRATOS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTLocation: Seattle | Employees: 90 First principle of good design, says Stratos CEO Allan Stephan, is simply to be of use. Products that are difficult to figure out how to use inspire his companys teams to create ones that are intuitive. The mother of invention, he suggests, is frustration. For 28 years,…

WINNER 2ND WATCH INC. Location: Seattle | Employees: 77 When moving to new a new neighborhood, a native can help you find your way. For companies migrating critical workload management processes to Amazon Web Services (AWS), 2nd Watch CEO Doug Schneider declares, We were born in the cloud. Schneider compares the public cloud to a…

WINNER EXPEDIA INC.Location: Bellevue | Employees: 14,570 Expedia changed the travel industry through online booking of flights and hotels. Now its customers are spurring Expedia to change again. The company found that customers now use smartphones or tablets to make 20 percent of all bookings. That rising trend, says Chief Product Officer John Kim, spurred…

In the stories that follow are the honorees in this years Tech Impact Awards. They constitute another splendid corps of inventive entrepreneurs who have taken good ideas and made them good business. From travel and entertainment to design and big data, the recipients this year embody the essence of ingenuity and resourcefulness. Congratulations to them…