DemandJump, Appirio Among Big Mira Winners
The nominees include about 90 companies
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowMore than 850 Indiana tech and community leaders celebrated at the industry’s premier awards event Saturday. Among the big winners at TechPoint’s Mira Awards were Carmel-based DemandJump LLC, which earned Innovation of the Year and New Startup of the Year honors, and Indianapolis-based Appirio, which was named Tech Company of the Year.
The winners were chosen from among 98 individual, product and company nominations in 14 categories. Honors announced before Saturday’s event included Salesforce Marketing Cloud Chief Executive Officer Scott McCorkle as the Trailblazer in Technology and former Speakeasy Executive Director Denver Hutt, who was named Community Champion of the Year in memoriam.
Inside INdiana Business Television will feature exclusive interviews with Mira winners during the weekend of April 29-May 1.
PEOPLE:
Rising Star Award: Teresa Becker, Owner, TKB Consulting
Runner-Up: Tom Hanley, Founder and Executive Director, Nine13sports
Rookie of the Year Award: Zack Baker, CEO, PassWhiz
Runner-up: Tim Balz, President, Founder, Freedom Chairs
Tech Educator of the Year: Dr. Kylie Peppler, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, Indiana University
1st Runner-up: Duke Realty Corporation
2nd Runner-up: Dr. David Fisher, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Investor of the Year: Bill Godfrey, Managing Director, 4G Ventures
Community Champion of the Year: Denver Hutt, in Memoriam
Trailblazer in Technology: Scott McCorkle, CEO, Salesforce Marketing Cloud
TechPoint Foundation for Youth Bridge Builder Award: Rick Crosslin, Scientist in Residence, MSD of Wayne Township
PRODUCTS:
Innovation of the Year: DemandJump
Innovation of the Year (Scientific Breakthrough): Monon Bioventures
Runner-up: Raytheon
Best New Tech Product: DATTUS
COMPANIES:
Company Culture of the Year: MOBI
Runner-up: Moser Consulting
Corporate Innovator of the Year: The Schneider Corporation
New Start-up of the Year: DemandJump
Scale-up Company of the Year ($100K-$5M): pi lab – Edwin the Duck
Runner-up: SmarterHQ
Scale-up Company of the Year ($5M-$20M): Geofeedia
Tech-enabled Company of the Year: First Internet Bank
Tech Company of the Year ($20M+): Appirio