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Raise IT Up: The 2010 TechColumbus Innovation Awards

January 27th, 2011
By Angela Slezak

Hollywood isn’t the only city rolling out the red carpet and presenting awards this February.  On Thursday, February 3rd, TechColumbus presents their 2010 Innovation Awards at Battelle Hall in the Columbus Greater Convention Center. 

The TechColumbus Innovation Awards recognize “outstanding achievements in technology leadership and innovation” and this year includes twelve categories: 

·         Outstanding Startup Business

·         Outstanding Product (over and under 50 employees)

·         Outstanding Service (over and under 50 employees)

·         Outstanding Technology Team

·         Green Innovation

·         Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery

·         Executive of the Year (over and under 50 employees)

·         Outstanding Woman in Technology

·         Inventor of the Year

The aim of TechColumbus is to help start-ups “grow their concepts, their maturity, their abilities and their ambitions.”  Nomination for an Innovation Award provides outstanding Columbus start-ups the networking, recognition and credibility they deserve.   

IT Martini is an avid supporter of early-stage start-up companies.  Did you know that 30 early stage companies performed DEMOs at IT Martini events last year?  IT Martini is honored to show-off local, early-stage companies and their unique ideas – and publishing them to the web via YouTube.

In the semi-finalists for Outstanding Startup Business is MobileXpeditions, LLC.  You may remember that MobileXpeditions won the IT Community Choice Award at IT Martini Hour 10: Agile of All Trades last May.  The IT Pros who attended had the opportunity to test a demo of MobileXpeditions app that connects users and content at the location of the user – the perfect app for museums and city tourism planners.

In the semi-finalists for Outstanding Product is DOMedia, LLC, another IT Martini Hour 10:  Agile of All Trades start-up company DEMO.  DOMedia is a database of over 200,000 traditional, alternative and digital media properties.  From highway billboards to digital signage networks, DOMedia provides media planners one centralized location to search for, assess and contact available media properties throughout the US. 

Look for other IT Martini Partners at the 2010 TechColumbus Innovation Awards including QStart Labs, LLC and Commercial Vehicle Group.  These partners provide leadership and entrepreneurship to the IT Community by contributing to IT Martini Hour PANELS and TECH TALKS.

IT Martini was founded in 2008 by John Bishop and Aladin Gohar with the aim of connecting IT Pros in Columbus and other cities with events that focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and FUN.  IT Martini looks forward to seeing you at the Battelle Hall of the Columbus Convention Center on Thursday, February 3 at 5:00 p.m. for the 2010 TechColumbus Innovation Awards and wishes the best of luck to all nominees.



Angela Slezak

Columbus IT Community
Angela Slezak has 10 years of marketing experience, specifically in database marketing and mail planning. Angela also hold as Masters in Library Science and speaks Mandarin Chinese. She speaks Spanish un poco, and eavesdrops on conversations for fun and learning. Angela's role in database marketing puts her in close contact with IT Professionals. She is eager to support the IT Community through communicating about past and future events.


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