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Industry Achievement Awards Honors 25 Years @ Play In what promises to be the Puget Sound high tech community Awards gala of not just this year, but the past twenty-five years, the WTIA and the Paramount Theater will play host to the 25th Anniversary of the Industry Achevement Awards. on March 25, 2009. “Our panel of judges spent countless hours evaluating a record-breaking number of entries from some of Washington state’s most innovative and exciting companies, organizations and individuals,” said Ken Myer, president and CEO of the WTIA. “These companies truly have the leadership and vision to make an impact on the technology industry as a whole. Now the judges’ work is done, and the finalists’ fate is left up to the local tech community, which will determine winners via our new online voting system.” And the WTIA Industry Achievement Awards Nominees are: Commercial Product or Service of the Year Concur INRIX Visible Technologies Consumer Product or Service of the Year Pet Holdings, Inc. Picnik Wetpaint Breakthrough Start-up of the Year Apptio LiquidPlanner Ontela Service Provider of the Year AdReady™, Inc. Azaleos Corporation Cobalt Best use of Technology in the Government Non-profit or Educational Sector eCityGov Alliance Snohomish County Planning & Development Services South Sound Health Communication Network Technology Innovator of the Year Don Ledford, VANTOS, Inc. Darrin Massena, Picnik Matthew Parks, Visto Corporation Technology Leader of Tomorrow Aaron Love – St. Therese School, 8th Grade Matthew McMillan – St. Therese School, 7th Grade Israel Zemeadim – Washington Middle School, 8th Grade For more info on attending the gala, please visit the WTIA Industry Achievement Awards announcement online.