Mira Winners Take Home Honors

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative, recognized the state’s high-tech success stories during its 13th annual Mira Awards gala presented by BKD CPAs & Advisors at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday. BKD Managing Partner Rob Pruitt and Sproutbox Co-founder Brad Wisler served as co-hosts for the event known as “Indiana’s Technology Oscars.”

TechPoint’s Mira awards program is a critical function of growing entrepreneurship and advancing Indiana’s tech sector, because identifying excellence and innovation is essential to sparking more of it.

This year’s Mira Awards finalists criss-cross the marketplace from established corporations and preeminent research institutions to fledgling startups, and from creative agencies to high-tech laboratories and emerging technologies.

The full list of the 2012 TechPoint Mira Award winners includes:

New Media Excellence & Innovation: Raidious
Health Information Technology Excellence & Innovation: Indiana Health Information Exchange, Inc.
Corporate IT Excellence & Innovation: POLARIS Laboratories LLC
IT Services Excellence & Innovation: Sensory Technologies, A Markey's Video Images Company
Technology in Education Excellence & Innovation – Individual: Ali Jafari, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Information Technology
Technology in Education Excellence & Innovation – Team, Department or Program: Courseload
IT Startup of the Year: TinderBox
Emerging IT Company of the Year: iGoDigital
IT Company of the Year: ExactTarget
Innovation of the Year: IVM, Inc.
TechPoint Young Professional of the Year: Michael Langellier, Chief Evangelist & VP Business Development, MoneyDesktop (the new parent company of Mike’s startup MyJibe)
TechPoint Foundation Bridge Builder Award: Todd Whitlock, Technology, Curriculum and Testing Coordinator at North Daviess Community School Corporation in Elnora in Daviess County; and Co-founder of EdTechZone LLC
TechPoint Trailblazer in Technology Award: Bill Godfrey, Co-founder of Aprimo

About BKD CPAs & Advisors
BKD, LLP, the 10th largest CPA and advisory firm in the U.S., helps people and businesses realize their goals. Our more than 2,000 dedicated professionals offer solutions to clients in all 50 states and internationally. BKD and its subsidiaries offer clients a variety of services in accounting, audit and assurance, tax, risk management, technology, corporate finance, forensic and valuation services and wealth management. We combine the insight and ideas of multiple disciplines to provide solutions to a wide range of industries, including financial services, not-for-profit, manufacturing, distribution, health care, construction and real estate.

About TechPoint
TechPoint is Indiana’s statewide technology initiative focused on growing Indiana’s tech sector by promoting the successes of technology companies and professionals; supporting the formation, expansion, and attraction of technology companies; and advocating appropriate public policy. For more information, please visit www.techpoint.org.

Source: TechPoint