Tech Titans named its top technology winners in North Texas as part of a hybrid event on Wednesday night.
Randy Pitchford, CEO of Frisco-based Gearbox Entertainment, was honored with the corporate CEO award and Gearbox was recognized with the Corporate Innovation Award.
David Matthews, Managing Director of RevTech Ventures, was honored with the Hall of Fame award. Matthews founded RevTech, a VC firm that invests in retail technology. The company has invested in fast-growing local startups such as Pressed Roots, Neighborhood Goods, OrderMyGear, GlassMedia, Cooklist, The Citizenry and ENTOUCH Controls.
“We believe in the sharing of relevant experience over the doling out of advice,” Matthews said in a story on the Tech Titans’ website. “That’s why our network of mentors and investors is carefully selected for the wealth of experience they bring to the table.”
The technology trade organization honored winners in 15 categories at an event at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Dallas on Wednesday night, including:
- Anurag Jain, CEO of Access Healthcare and Managing Director of Perot Jain was honored with the Community Hero award. Jain was also part of building a new nonprofit called Get Shift Done which put out-of-work hospitality employees back to work at the food bank and other nonprofits that needed them during the height of the pandemic.
- Cybersecurity firm Cysiv was honored as the top company on this year’s Fast Tech list, which honors the fastest-growing technology companies in North Texas based on three-year revenue growth. The complete Fast Tech rankings will be published in print and online on January 28.
- Hedera Hashgraph, a distributed ledger technology that has been described as an alternative to blockchain, was honored with two awards. Co-founder and chief scientist Leemon Baird won the Technology Inventors awards and co-founder and CEO Mance Harmon won the Emerging Company CEO award.
Other winners announced on Wednesday night:
- Danny Martin, Esposure — Emerging Company Innovation
- Michael Hill, Cumulus Technologies, Technology Advocate
- John David Enright, TMGcore — Startup Company CEO
- Neelu Sethi, Reddy Ice — Corporate CIO
- Maria Lensing, McKesson Corporation — Corporate CTO
- Andrew Wildrix, Intrusion Inc. — Emerging Company CIO/CTO
- Jeffrey McGee, UT-Arlington — Tech Titans of the Future (University)
- Morris Goldade, Wylie ISD — Tech Titans of the Future (High School)
