At a swanky little affair at the offices of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) announced the finalists for the 2011 Tekne Awards. In their 12th year the Teknes “honor companies, innovations and individuals that positively impact Minnesota’s technology-based economy.” While many of Minnesota’s largest tech companies are represented, there is a healthy dose of young companies who get to bask in the warmth of this MHTA honor.
Winners will be chosen at an equally swanky ceremony on November 3rd at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Join the crowd as they choose from the following finalists:
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AWARD
- CyberOptics Corporation (Golden Valley)
- IKONICS Corporation (Duluth)
- Nova-Tech Engineering (Willmar)
CLEANTECH AWARD
- Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul)
- Honeywell International Inc.(Golden Valley)
- LightingHouseUSA, Inc. (Plymouth)
COMPUTER HARDWARE & ELECTRONIC DEVICES
- Barrier1 (Ramsey)
- Global Traffic Technologies (St. Paul)
- Imation Corp (Oakdale)
EDUTECH AWARD
- Capella University (Minneapolis)
- Naiku, Inc. (Inver Grove Heights)
- Sophia (Minneapolis)
INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Maverick Software Consulting Partnership (Lakeville)
- Normandale Community College and Foundation (Bloomington)
- TIES (St. Paul).
LIFE SCIENCES AWARD
- Ecolab, Inc. (St. Paul)
- Minntech Corporation (Minneapolis)
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc. (Eden Prairie)
Small-and-growing company finalists are:
- OrthoCor Medical (Minneapolis)
- Pursuit Vascular, Inc. (Minnetonka
- QuickCheck Health (Excelsior).
MOBILE & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
- Avtex Solutions, Inc. (Bloomington)
- GeaCom, Inc. (Duluth)
- QONQR, LLC (Roseville)
SOFTWARE
- Imation Corp. (Oakdale)
- State of Minnesota – CareerOneStop (St. Paul)
- Unisys Corporation (Roseville)
Finalists for small-and-growing companies are:
- Calabrio, Inc. (Plymouth)
- Insite Software (Minneapolis)
- Xollai, LLC (St. Paul)
TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE IN A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
- Asian Media Access (Minneapolis)
- City of Minneapolis (Minneapolis)
- TIES (St. Paul)
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES & CONSULTING AWARD
- Digital River, Inc. (Minnetonka)
- Merrill DataSite (St. Paul)
- Thomson Reuters (Eagan)
Finalists for small-and-growing companies are:
- Agosto (Minneapolis)
- Apex Print Technologies (St. Paul)
- CaSTT, Inc. (Minneapolis).
TECHNOLOGY USE IN SUSTAINABILITY
- KPMG LLP (Minneapolis)
- Neighborhood Innovations (Golden Valley)
- Parallel Technologies, Inc. (Eden Prairie).