The MassTLS Leadership Awards recognize extraordinary leaders and innovators in the Massachusetts economy. (View our 2015 “Be Boston” opening video)
Selected from hundreds of nominations, and evaluated by panels comprising dozens of executives, investors, analysts, and thought leaders, the 2015 Mass Technology Leadership Award winners are:
Commonwealth Award – Michael Stonebraker, MIT’s CSAIL (see video)
Distinguished Leadership Award – John Harthorne, MassChallenge (see video)
Distinguished Leadership Award – Charlie LaFauci and Shawn Szturma, Somerville’s STEM community leaders (see video)
Distinguished Leadership Award – Debbie Theobald, Vecna Cares (see video)
CEO of the Year – Jim Heppelman, PTC
CTO of the Year – Steve Conine, Wayfair
Emerging Executive of the Year – Jonathan Lacoste, Jebbit
Private Company of the Year – DraftKings
Public Company of the Year – Fleetmatics
Innovation Technology of the Year: Big Data – Podium Data
Innovation Technology of the Year: Cloud – CloudHealth Technologies
Innovation Technology of the Year: Ed Tech – HSTRY
Innovation Technology of the Year: Healthcare / Life Sciences – Empatica
Innovation Technology of the Year: IoT – LogMeIn
Innovation Technology of the Year: Mobile App – TripAdvisor
Innovation Technology of the Year: Mobile Tech – Scratch Wireless
Innovation Technology of the Year: Robotics – VGO Communications
Innovation Technology of the Year: Sales & Marketing – Mavrck
Innovation Technology of the Year: Security – Black Duck Software
