APEX AWARDS INTRODUCTION VIDEO

Colorado is an exceptional place full of adventurers. The new frontier is technology, and the pioneers here are pushing boundaries every single day. For the past 12 years, the Colorado Technology Association has been hosting the APEX Awards to recognize Colorado's technology excellence. This prestigious event highlights the remarkable leaders and innovators that are creating incredible velocity.

Company Nominees: •3t Systems •Accounting Systems Inc. •Accuvant Inc. •Ajubeo •Amadeus Consulting •BEW Global •Cliintel •Coalfire Systems, Inc. •Cologix, Inc. •Comcast Colorado •Confio Software •Dean Evans & Associates, Inc. •Delta Dental of Colorado •Dizzion, Inc. •Earthvisionz •ECSTeam •Envysion •First Funder •FORTRUST Data Center •GoDaddy.com •IHS Inc •Inversoft •IQNavigator, Inc. •Leap Tech Solutions •Mercury •MWH Global •netFactor •Newmont Mining Corporation •NewsGator Technologies, Inc. •Njevity Inc. •Nuss Professional Services •Open Scan Technologies, Inc. •PDC Energy, Inc. •Pixorial •Prologis Inc •Push IO •SDL International •SendGrid •Spectra Logic •SSB Consulting Group, LLC. •State of Colorado - Office of Information Technology •Statera •Swiftpage •Telesphere •The Trizetto Group, Inc. •TrackVia •United States Olympic Committee •ViaWest •Wayin •XTIVIA •Zayo Group

Individual Nominees: Vic Ahmed, President TiE-Rockies & CEO Business Genetics Bobbie Bastian, Teacher at STEM Launch K-8 Ted Battreall, President of Vertiba, Inc. Debbie Blair, Technology Teacher at Prairie Crossing Elementary Gregg Cannady, Teacher at STEM Magnet Lab School Gayle Dendinger, CEO, Founder & Publisher, CAP Logistics & CAP Worldwide/ICOSA Magazine & Media Tony Fiore, President of Fiore & Associates Inc. Amy Fowler, Managing Partner, Lewis & Fowler Jim Franklin, CEO, SendGrid, Inc. Arif Gangji, President of Neon Rain Interactive Terry Gold, Co-Founder & CEO Gold Systems Mark Goodwin, Instructor at New Horizons Peter Hudson, M.D. CEO & Co-founder of iTriage, LLC Mark Jeffryes, Technology Teacher at Coyote Creek Elementary David Kline, Math Teacher at Westview Middle School Bart Lorang, CEO & Co-Founder of FullContact Pat Maley - Past Chairman of KidsTEK, Partner – Wiegers Capital Partners Kristin McCord, Technology Teacher at Roxborough Primary and Intermediate School Timothy McMahon, SJ , President, Arrupe Jesuit High School Derrick McNeill, Teacher at George Washington High School Gordon Nuttall, CEO & President of Couragent, Inc. D. Miles Pimentel, Assistant Director, Department of Grants & Partnerships, Aurora Public School District Chuck Price, President & CEO of Ajubeo Debbie Richards, Teacher Librarian at Prairie Crossing Elementary Kristin Russell, Secretary of Technology and CIO, State of Colorado Nancy Sauer, President, D2Xchange Michael Shallenberger, Engineering Teacher at STEM School Kirby Slunaker, President & Chief Executive Officer, MetroList Debbie Tawzer, Technology Teacher at Legend High School Scott Threlkeld, Information Systems Manager, Delta Dental of Colorado Erika Trautman, CEO of FlixMaster Leif Ullman, CEO of KidReports, LLC Cinde Waller, CEO & Founder of TempOrthotics LLC

Tech Entrepreneur of the Year Nominees

Entrepreneurs are the risk takers who boldly lead new ventures; this award is designed to celebrate them! It takes a lot to attempt to form a new company. It takes even more to be successful at it. Once a year, the Colorado technology community comes together to recognize one of our outstanding entrepreneurs, celebrate their achievements, and perhaps even learn a thing or two!

And the Nominees are: Bart Lorang ------------- FullContact Dr. Peter Hudson  ----- iTriage Ted Battreall  ----------  Vertiba Arif Gangji  -------------  Neon Rain

Community Connector of the Year Award

ICOSA is all about Connection and Collaboration. People don't achieve greatness by acting alone.  This APEX award honors those that offer exceptional value though mentoring, networking, or otherwise improving the connectivity of the tech community.

Tech Project of the Year Nominees

The most successful IT projects offer measurable results that are in line with the organization's strategic objectives.  This award recognizes the most exceptional IT department for implementing such an innovative project.

And the Nominees are:

Pixorial ---------------------------Andrés Espiñeira ViaWest---------------------------Jason Carolan Cologix----------------------------Grant van Rooyen US Olympic Committee---------Tim Patrick & David Trzupek

Tech Company of the Year Nominees

All businesses face competition, yet the fast-paced change experienced by technology firms requires a special dynamism.  The Tech Company of the Year Award goes to the Colorado-based company whose overall performance sets it apart as a leader in its market segment. These outstanding companies demonstrate this through the creation of innovative products, achieving sustainable profitability, and displaying a strong commitment to the community.

And the Nominees are: SDL Swiftpage Zayo Group Mercury

Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement Award

The Bob Newman Lifetime Award is meant to recognize those who have contributed long term to economic development through work with technology.

Robert Newman is the founder of Greenwood Gulch Ventures, a venture-capital firm that provides funding and strategic support to technology companies. Mr. Newman was previously with J.D. Edwards & Company, beginning in 1978, when he merged his software design and development business with the company. Mr. Newman was formerly an IT consultant with Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte LLP) and worked in engineering and information systems at Motorola, Inc. He started his career as a computer programmer at North American Aviation (Rockwell International) in Los Angeles.