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B.C.'s tech innovators are showing off their skills this week. The Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), a competition recognizing the province's top startup performers, has revealed its 2019 finalists. Hosted by the BC Tech Association, which aims to "make B.C. the best place to grow a tech company," the 26th annual TIAs come...
B.C.’s tech innovators are showing off their skills this week. The Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), a competition recognizing the province’s top startup performers, has revealed its 2019 finalists.
Hosted by the BC Tech Association, which aims to “make B.C. the best place to grow a tech company,“ the 26th annual TIAs come with two new categories: the Spirit of BC Tech True Grit, which celebrates bold and pioneering entrepreneurship, and Excellence in Global Export, which rewards success in taking B.C.-developed tech international.
The awards highlight entrepreneurs’ perseverance because B.C. digital startups face two big challenges: a lack of anchor companies—firms that expand to a large scale and stimulate the creation of new ventures—and the difficulty of retaining talent in Vancouver.
The winners will be announced on Thursday, June 27, at a gala at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
In addition to the awards, BC Tech will grant six scholarships with a focus on technology to Grade 12 and post-secondary students.
Here are the finalists for each category of the 2019 Technology Impact Awards. Several of them have been EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) winners and finalists. EOY, which is sponsored by BCBusiness, will announce the finalists for its 2019 Pacific Region awards in July. The EOY Pacific Gala takes place on October 3 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
COMPANY OF THE YEAR STARTUP SUCCESSCoPilot AdvisorPrecision OSSmartShare Solutions
COMPANY OF THE YEAR GROWTH SUCCESSBeanworksFreshworks StudioNanotech Security
COMPANY OF THE YEAR SCALE SUCCESSAbCellera BiologicsAllocadiaArticle (EOY winner, 2017, Emerging Technology)Bench Accounting (EOY finalist, 2018, Emerging Entrepreneur)
COMPANY OF THE YEAR ANCHOR SUCCESSClio (EOY winner, 2017, Software as a Service)FortinetSierra Systems, an NTT Data Company
EXCELLENCE IN GLOBAL EXPORTACLMotion MetricsPressReaderSemios
SPIRIT OF BC TECH TRUE GRITAppreciation EngineLightIntegra TechnologyUrbanLogiq
TECH CULTURE OF THE YEARAyogo HealthEast Side GamesThoughtexchangeSAP Vancouver
EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTIONB.C. Government: Citizens’ Services, Office of the CIOGoldcorpKal Tire
EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONMediaValetNovarc TechnologiesSafe SoftwareWiivv
PERSON OF THE YEARKim Kaplan, VP product management, revenue optimization and marketing, Plentyoffish.comThomas Ligocki, CEO, Clevest Solutions (EOY finalist, 2018, Cleantech)Greg Malpass, founder and CEO, Traction on Demand (EOY finalist, 2015, Technology)Lisa Shields, founder and CEO, Fi.Span (EOY winner, 2015, Innovative Technology and Financial Services; B.C.’s Most Influential Women in Finance, 2019, Corporate & Entrepreneurship)