Technology
Bright Idea: This New Headphone Device Dissolves Earwax
Earwax is hardly a sexy topic. But brothers Aadil and Sahil Diwan see in it an alluring business opportunity.
Earwax is hardly a sexy topic. But brothers Aadil and Sahil Diwan see in it an alluring business opportunity. Theyve launched SafKan, a Seattle company they hope will be to earwax what Sonicare is to dental plaque. Aadil Diwan is one of more than 230,000 Americans whose impacted earwax requires monthly visits to the doctors…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, New Technology: Kymeta Corporation
Redmond-based Kymeta Corporation, which brings connections to remote areas through its mTenna, is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Echodyne.
Location: Redmond | Employees: 165 If, after five years of development, there were doubts that the world was ready for Kymetas lightweight, flat-panel antenna that connects buses, ships, trains and planes to satellite internet, those misgivings are now dispelled. In its first months of release, President and CEO Nathan Kundtz reports, There are more people…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, Cloud: Xevo
Bellevue-based Xevo is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Algorithmia.
Location: Bellevue | Employees: 250 The world of cars is changing, notes Xevo CEO Dan Gittleman, and Xevo is already a major force of that change. More than just transportation, todays vehicles are generators and accumulators of data, much of which can help improve the driving experience. Gittleman observes that a typical automobile has hundreds…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, Emerging: Flexe
Seattle-based Flexe is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Phytelligence.
Location: Seattle | Employees: 39 The troubles of a friend inspired former digital marketing executive Karl Siebrecht to cofound Flexe (pronounced flex), an online marketplace that connects warehouse owners who have available space with manufacturers and distributors who seek it. E-commerce and delivery to doorsteps, Siebrecht learned, seldom fit well with the old infrastructure built…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, Security: F5 Networks
Seattle-based F5 Networks is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Tempered Networks.
Location: Seattle | Employees: 4,515 You might never notice it while browsing cat videos, but the internet is a growing battlefield. A recent report from Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity firm, suggests worldwide distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on servers are gaining in ferocity, with one recent attack persisting for 277 hours. These assaults, which…
The Winners: 2017 Seattle Business Magazine Tech Impact Awards
Steve Singh, Blue Origin, F5 Networks, Qumulo and 15 more high achievers headline the 2017 Tech Impact Awards
From the cloud to well beyond the clouds, Washington’s tech sector is challenging accepted theories and reaching new heights at a dizzying pace. We shine a spotlight on 19 honorees whose efforts and accomplishments have affected the lives of millions and improved the economy in Washington state and beyond. Congratulations to the recipients of Seattle…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, Space: Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' ambitious venture in Kent is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Spaceflight Industries.
Location: Kent | Employees: 784 Todays space race isnt pitting nation against nation. Rather, its billionaire vs. billionaire vs. billionaire. Jeff Bezos ambitious venture in Kent has been leading the pack lately, with Blue Origins fully reusable New Shepard rocket launching and landing in West Texas five times in less than two years. The suborbital…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, SaaS: Outreach
Seattle-based Outreach, which now has more than 15,000 users, is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Zonar Systems.
Location: Seattle | Employees: 170 Making a good sale only starts with good leads, Manny Medina asserts. The company he helms, Outreach, provides the structured framework for pursuing sales that make customer relationship management (CRM) systems like Salesforce work. Speaking on the phone, taking meetings, attending events all this activity happens outside of CRM, he…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, Consumer: OfferUp
Bellevue-based OfferUp, with 35 million users, is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Vicis.
Location: Bellevue | Employees: 218 Cluttered garages can breed unicorns. Seattles OfferUp, the internet rummage marketplace connecting local sellers and buyers, has become a top download among lifestyle and shopping apps and boasts 35 million users. Cofounder and CEO Nick Huzar attributes that popularity to the companys focus on simplicity and trust. Were making selling…
Seattle Business Magazine 2017 Tech Impact Champion: Steve Singh
Steve Singh -- CEO of Docker Inc, cofounder and executive chairman of Center, cofounder and former CEO of Concur Technologies -- is the 2017 Tech Impact Champion.
As cofounder and CEO of Concur Technologies, Steve Singh successfully shepherded from startup to market leader a business that eased the tracking of travel expenses. Under Singhs leadership, with brother Rajeev and partner Mike Hilton, Concur made the pioneering leap from retail software to SAAS, bringing customers and partners into the cloud. More than two…
Spaceflight Industries Signs On to ‘Breakthrough’ Partnership
The Tech Impact Award-winner signed a strategic partnership with The Space Alliance in Paris.
Spaceflight Industries has entered into a new strategic partnership with the Space Alliance, the company announced. Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, an honoree at the upcoming 2017 Seattle Business magazine Tech Impact Awards, called it a major breakthrough. Today in Paris, France, the Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, signed a partnership with Spaceflight…
The Long Arm of Robotics
The Seattle region's automation industry reaches into every imaginable sector -- from airplanes to apple picking.
Robots in the workplace are nothing new. General Motors deployed whats considered to be the first mechanical-arm robot on an assembly line in 1959. Painting and welding robots are now standard features of auto assembly plants, and conjecture on a workerless, robot-filled workplace has been the stuff of think pieces and cartoons for decades. But…
Bright Idea: Building Morale with Tenacity
Call-center workers learn to love their jobs.
Many of the 300,000 people in the United States who work at call centers are not happy campers. People are yelled at [by customers] and treated like cattle [by employers], says Ron Davis, so turnover is high. Davis is cofounder and CEO of Tenacity (gotenacity.com), a company that uses the latest in machine learning technology…