TROY – Automation Alley announced Tuesday the finalists for its Eighth Annual Awards Gala September 12 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. The envelope please.
The award for Legend CEO will also be presented during the ceremony. The Legend CEO award recognizes an individual who has made life-long, pivotal contributions that influenced and helped develop Southeast Michigan?s technology community. Previous winners include Charles ?Chip? McClure, Gail Torreano, Richard E. Dauch, Larry Yost, L. Brooks Patterson, J.T. Battenberg III, and Rajendra Vatikuti.
?These finalists exemplify the outstanding business talent in Southeast Michigan,? said Ken Rogers, executive director. ?Each brings a tremendous amount of vision and influence to the region and we?re proud to honor their work in enhancing the technology community.?
Finalists for the Gala represent the leading technology professionals and organizations in the region, including:
CEO of the Year
Kenneth Matzick, Beaumont Hospitals (Royal Oak)
Prabhakar Patil, Compact Power, Inc. (Troy)
Jim Scapa, Altair Engineering (Troy)
Emerging Leader of the Year
Dilip Dubey, CEO, Netlink (Madison Heights)
Nabil Grace, Chair and University Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering
and Director, Center for Innovative Material Research, Lawrence
Technological University (Southfield)
Kyle Schwulst, CEO and Founder, ElectroJet, Inc. (Brighton)
Automation Alley Member of the Year
Faris Alami, CEO, Integration Systems Management, Inc. (Troy)
Dave Biskner, COO, Biznet Internet Solutions (Wixom)
Stephen Cassin, Executive Director, Macomb County Department of Planning
and Economic Development, Macomb County (Mt. Clemens)
Technology Company of the Year
Adaptive Materials, Inc. (Ann Arbor)
ElectroJet, Inc. (Brighton)
Trubiquity (Rochester Hills)
Emerging Technology Company of the Year
Cielo MedSolutions LLC (Ann Arbor)
MIST Innovations, Inc. (Detroit)
Pure Entropy Technologies (Orion)
Educational Program of the Year
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (Dearborn)
Southeast Michigan Community College Consortium Centers of Expertise
Program
Wayne State University?s Math Corps (Detroit)
Non-Profit of the Year
Inforum (Detroit)
JVS (Southfield)
Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce (Rochester)
The winners will be announced on Friday, September 12 at the Eighth Annual Awards Gala. Sponsorships are currently available; tickets for the black tie event are $200 for members and $400 for non-members. For additional information, please contact the Resource Center at (800) 427-5100.
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