NCTC Award Nominees Announced

The NewVa Corridor Technology Council (NCTC) has selected nominees for the 2010 TechNite Awards. Winners in five categories will be recognized at the 11^th annual TechNite Awards Banquet on April 7 at The Inn at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

The nominees are:

Rising Star Award

Keraderm LLC; InteractiveGIS Inc.; AC&E Inc.; Modea; Nicus Software Inc.; Smart College Visit Inc.; NetVentures Corporation; ABS Technology Architects; MiserWare Inc.; JPI; Interactive Achievement Inc.; Knowledge NoteBook; Handshake 2.0; 2D Array; TORC Technologies LLC.

Entrepreneurial Award

Anne Clelland, Handshake 2.0; Ken Maready, Hutchison Law Group; David Catalano & Aaron Herrington, Modea; Pat Matthews, Rackspace; Vinod Chachra, VTLS Inc.; Jonathan Hagmaier, Interactive Achievement Inc.; Tracy Wilkins, TechLab Inc.; Richmond Dugger III, UXB International Inc.; Brett Malone, Top Gear Consulting; Marty Muscatello, CCS-Inc.

NewVa Leadership Award

Henry Bass, Automation Creations Inc.; Gordie Zeigler, SyCom Technologies Inc.; David Danco, Delta Dental of Virginia; David Ayares, Revivicor Inc.; Doug Juanarena, GenTek Ventures; Sam English, CIE Partners; Advance Auto Parts; Jay Foster, SoftSolutions Inc.; Allan Tsang, 88Owls Inc.

Innovation Award

Whitman, Requart and Associates LLP; Design Nine Incl; DevelopEase LLC; Interactive GIS Inc.; Rackspace; NewCity; Breakell Inc.; The Coaches Console; Aegisound LLC/Adaptive Technologies Inc.; Maxtena Inc.; TMEIC-GE; VTLS Inc.; UXB International Inc.; Delta Dental of Virginia Inc.; TranSecurity LLC.;Abokia Inc.; Trane Inc.; Advance Auto Parts; Flypaper Inc. Revivicor Inc.

Educator Award

Dale Vipperman, Christiansburg High School; Steve Franco, Glenvar High School; Matthew Rezac, Shawsville Middle School; Michael A. Beamer, Ranoke County Schools; Kelly Viars Ratliff, Salem City Schools; Delta Dental of Virginia; James Irby, Montgomery County Public Schools; Burton Center for Engineering; James Struzinsky, Roanoke County Schools; Karen Busher, Colonial Elementary School; Ferri Lockhart, Roanoke City Public Schools; Angela Charboneau, Roanoke City Public Schools. Virtual Virginia.