George Epstein, chairman of The Echo Group, is being for his work at the company he co-founded in 1981. Based in Conway, The Echo Group serves the information management needs of the behavioral health and human service markets. In 2009, Echo released the Visual Health Record, a timeline-based approach to viewing the clinical chart. Providing greater ease of use, visual alerting, and complete case management, the Echo VHR assists organizations in adopting an enterprise-wide electronic health record.
Co-founders Chief Technology Officer Tom Daly and Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Hitchcock are being recognized for their work at Dyn, which they founded in 1998. Based in Manchester, Dyn (pronounced dine) is an Internet Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) firm, powering managed DNS and e-mail delivery for more than 4 million worldwide enterprise clients, small businesses and home users.
Scott Kirsner, a wellknown journalist who covers the technology sector for the Boston Globe, will deliver the keynote address. From newspaper columns to blogs to books, Kirsner has a passion for writing about innovation and entrepreneurship. His Innovation Economy column appears each Sunday in the Boston Globe, and he has been a regular contributor to Fast Company, BusinessWeek, Variety, and Wired. Kirsner's writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, Salon, San Jose Mercury News, and Newsweek, and he has authored several technology-based books.
Jim Cook, NHHTC's EOY committee chair, says, NHHTC's EOY Awards Program serves as the signature event for the New Hampshire High Technology Council. As in previous years, a panel of judges reviewed the applications and has recognized individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of high technology in New Hampshire. This year's judges include Nancy Briefs, Steve Boucher, Mark Galvin, Andy Lietz, Rajesh Nair, Matt Pierson, and Matt Rightmire.
The annual event, held in May, regularly attracts more than 300 influential leaders of tech-based companies from across the region and is one of the top networking events for those in or interested in NH's technology sector. Since its start in 1988, NHHTC EOY has recognized more than 50 NH entrepreneurs for demonstrating leadership, ingenuity and innovation in the technology sector.
Applications for the award were solicited through corporations, attorneys, bankers, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and others. Any founder, owner, or senior level manager of a business in NH who successfully organized, developed, or managed a technology-based concept into a successful commercial product or service is eligible.
For more information or to register, visit www.NHHTC.org or call 603-935-8951.
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