Technology
Seattle Business Magazine’s Winners of the 2019 Tech Impact Awards
The best of the best: We honor the tech-sector leaders of our booming region
By Bill Conroy & Rob Smith September 27, 2019
This article originally appeared in the October 2019 issue of Seattle magazine.
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. See more about the winners of the 2019 Tech Impact Awards here. Click here for a free subscription.
It’s no secret that the Puget Sound region’s white-hot technology sector is among the nation’s strongest. Seattle ranks No. 2 in the United States for tech talent, according to a study by commercial real estate firm CBRE, trailing only the Bay Area. Drilling down, though, yields some surprises. Seattle Business magazine’s 2019 Tech Impact Awards program offers a peek behind the scenes of some of the region’s most innovative technology companies. As one of our judges says, “It’s amazing some of the things these companies are doing.”
Tech Impact Champion
Adam Selipsky
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Gold: Algorithmia
Silver: Xnor.ai
Education
Gold: DreamBox Learning
Silver: MedBridge
Consumer/Retail
Gold: TomboyX
Silver: The Riveter
SaaS
Gold: Highspot Inc.
Silver: Zipwhip
Health Tech
Gold: Accolade Inc.
Silver: KenSci; 98point6 Inc.
Blockchain
Gold: Dragonchain
Silver: Strix Leviathan
Gaming/Entertainment
Gold: Rec Room (formerly Against Gravity)
Silver: Unikrn
Tech Services/Consulting
Gold: Point B Inc.
Silver: GenUI; Simplicity Consulting
Marketing/Analytics
Gold: iSpot.tv
Silver: New Engen
Enterprise
Gold: Smartsheet
Silver: Icertis
Security
Gold: ExtraHop Networks Inc.
Silver: Integris Software
Mobile
Gold: Doxo
Silver: Mason
Emerging Companies
Gold: LevelTen Energy Inc.
Silver: HaptX Inc.; WEconnect Health Management
Judges for the 2019 Tech Impact Awards*
Kellan Carter, partner, Ignition Partners | Sudip Chakrabarti, partner, Madrona Venture Group Chris DeVore, managing director, Techstars | Leslie Feinzaig, founder & CEO, Female Founders Alliance Pam Cory, vice president global marketing, BitTitan | Matt McIlwain, managing director, Madrona Venture Group Brandy Rhodes, IoT program manager, JFrog Michael Schutzler, CEO, Washington Technology Industry Association | Scott Thielman, founder, Product Creation Studio | Sterling Wilson, president and CEO, Shiftboard
*Judges do not vote on nominations that might present a conflict of interest.