TechAmerica Oregon Announces Oregon Technology Awards 2010 Finalists

70 nominations received in five categories comprising top picks in System/Hardware, Software, Tech-Services, Rising Star, and Cool Product of the year

PORTLAND, Ore., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechAmerica Oregon announced today the finalists for the 2010 Oregon Technology Awards. This year's winners will be announced at the Oregon Technology Awards event on May 6, 2010 at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Ore.

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This annual Oregon business event celebrates excellence and achievement in the region's technology industry and honors one outstanding Technology Executive of the Year. The Executive of the Year award winner was previously announced February 5, 2010, with this year's honor going to James B. Johnson, president and CEO of Tripwire Inc. The night will also provide an opportunity to invest in Oregon's future innovators with proceeds from the evening event going to support math, science and technology education. The 2009 TechAwards program generated more than $12,500 for the Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program.

"Each year I am impressed by the quality of nominations that are submitted by Oregon's technology community," said Jennifer Bosze, executive director, TechAmerica Oregon. "Finalists are chosen by independent committees that carefully examine each nomination.  With the caliber of technology to choose from, making a decision is never easy."

The Oregon Technology Award finalists were selected from approximately 70 entries representing a broad range of companies within five categories. Three finalists were selected in each of the categories. The 2010 Oregon Technology Award finalists are:

System/Hardware Company of the Year

RadiSys Corp.

TriQuint Semiconductor

Vernier Software & Technology

Software Company of the Year

Jive Software

Rentrak Corp.

Tripwire Inc.

Technology-Service Company of the Year

EasyStreet Online Services Inc.

Iovation, Inc.

Smarsh

Rising Star Company of the Year

AboutUs, Inc.

Avnera Corp.

Phoeson Technology

In addition to the finalists named above, three products have been named finalists for this year's Cool Product of the Year. This award will be voted on live at the May 6 event using innovative voting technology. These finalists are:

Cool Product of the Year

FLIR Systems - FLIR H series handheld thermal camera

Plas2Fuel Corporation – Plas2Fuel

Avnera Corporation – Rocketboost

To learn more about this year's Oregon Technology Awards event, please visit http://www.oregontechawards.com.

About TechAmerica

TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, which is the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy.  Representing approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines. It is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing).  TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA).  Learn more at www.techamerica.org.  

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