The 14th annual WTIA Industry Achievement Awards were announced last night at the Paramount Theater in downtown Seattle. The winning companies, as determined by online community voting, were AdReady (service provider), Ontela (breakthrough startup), Wetpaint (consumer product), and Visible Technologies (commercial product). Best use of technology in government, nonprofit, or education went to Snohomish County Planning and Development Services. Technology innovator of the year went to Darrin Massena, co-founder and chief technology officer of Picnik. And technology leader of tomorrow went to Israel Zemeadim, an 8th grader at Washington Middle School.
Author: Gregory T. Huang
Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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