As GWATA, the NCW Technology Alliance prepares to host the 11th Annual Innovator Awards presented by LocalTel Communications on Tuesday, March 29th, we have also been busy behind the scenes accepting nominations for Tech Savvy Business of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year and Future Technology Leaders. I'm thrilled to report that we got a record number of nominations this year, and that those nominations were all very high quality!
Top Nominees for Tech Savvy Business of the Year:
Dr. Cara's Children's Dentistry Howell at the Moon Productions Lake Chelan Community HospitalTop Nominees for Entrepreneur of the Year:
Melissa Wisen, Borsa Bella Design Co. Roger Harnack, Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle Steve Klock, Sudden ValuesThe Future Technology Leaders award(s) are for student led projects in technology, science, engineering or math fields. Bradley Shipley and the RAMbots 4-H Club will be recognized as the 2011 Future Technology Leaders during the awards luncheon.
All nominees in each category will be recognized at the Innovator Awards Luncheon.
All 2011 Nominees:
Tech Savvy Business of the Year
Central Washington Hospital
Corban Security
Dr. Cara's Children's Dentistry
Good Life Magazine
Howell at the Moon Productions
Key Methods/Clear Focus
Lake Chelan Hospital
Picker Technologies
Stemilt Growers
WenatcheeOutdoors.org
Wenatchee Anesthesia Association
Wood/Hat Shop in Leavenworth
Entrepreneur of the Year
Judy Anderson, Anderson Design
Ben Field & Colin Brine, Be,Clearly
Daniel Pirestani, Systematech
Warren & Heather Morgan, Quincy Valley School
Korey Korfiatis, KoreyKorfiatis.com
Melissa Wisen, Borsa Bella Design Co.
Roger Harnack, Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle
Steve Klock, Sudden Values
The 2011 Innovator Awards Luncheon will be held at the Wenatchee Convention Center on March 29 from 12-1:30. To register for the luncheon click HERE or call 509.661.9000.
Amy Lewis
Amy is the Program Manager for GWATA. She has been teaching technology classes at Wenatchee Valley College since 2001, and recently added a Facebook 101 class to her curriculum. Amy also builds websites and is a big fan of Joomla!, an open source content management system.
Website: www.aml-consulting.com
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