OCRI Awards – Categories
OCRI Technology Company of the Year
Sponsored by Osler
This award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated
excellence in innovation and a commitment to the Technology
Sector in Ottawa while increasing profitability, community
involvement and embracing sound business fundamentals. A minimum
of three years in operation is required for judges to investigate
positive growth and a proven track record. A confidential
process will be used to validate key performance data.
Past winners: March Networks/Lumenera Corporation/Ross Video
Next Generation: Executive of the Year
Sponsored by Telfer School of Management
This award recognizes an individual who has had a significant
impact on the success and/or transformation of their organization
as a direct result of their leadership. For this award, executives
are considered those that hold typically senior titles such
as CEO, CFO, COO, President, Vice-President who represent
the next generation’s business leader. Nominees must
have held the position for less than five years.
Past winners: Brian Hurley (Liquid Computing)/ Bernard Herscovich (BelAir Networks)/Peter Strom (March Networks)
Technology Commercialization Partnership Award
This award will recognize and celebrate a collaborative effort between an industrial partner and a researcher (or a team of researchers) from a research institution that has led to successful commercialization of a cutting-edge technology developed in the research institution, which in the absence of the collaborative effort would have possibly stayed in the research institution.
Past winners: GangaGen – Elanco Animal Health and QNX-Intel/Ontario Government-NRC-Carleton University/QNX Software Systems
Most Promising Start-Up Award
This award is presented to an Ottawa organization that has
the greatest potential to demonstrate excellence in innovation
and a commitment to the Technology Sector while increasing
profitability, community involvement and embracing sound business
fundamentals. This category is reserved for operations that
have been established for less than three years.
Past winners: VoIPShield Systems/Liquid Computing/Nakina Systems
Product of the Year
Sponsored by bitHeads
This award recognizes an organization that has achieved success
in the commercialization of an innovative technology product.
Past winners: Parliant Corporation/Nortel/BelAir Networks
Service of the Year
Sponsored by Cistel
This award recognizes a team within an organization that has
achieved success in the commercialization of an innovate technology
service.
Past winners: Zip.ca/International Datacasting Corporation/Fidus Systems
Best Financial Deal
Sponsored by the British Consulate-General
This award recognizes a company that had the best financial
deal through a VC round, Banking Round, Angel Round or IPO.
Past winners: Enablence Technologies and Variation Biotechnologies/Zelos Therapeutics and Liquid Computing/Allen Vanguard Corporation
Student Researcher of the Year
Past winners: Peter Popplewell, Carleton/ Dharmendra Saraswat, Carleton/Gordon Allen, Carleton
High School Technology Innovator Award
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