The best of the best in technology workplaces and managers will soon be revealed, but for now, meet the best: our 2019 Timmy Award finalists in 10 regions across North America. Tech in Motion will host The Timmy Awards ceremonies this October across the US and Canada, at which the final winners will be announced live. The coveted Timmy Award will be reserved for companies and individuals who make the cut in proving to be the best and most inclusive work places in their region. In the meantime, we couldn't be more proud to share the 2019 finalists for all of our Best in Tech awards!
The Finalists: Awards
This year, we're presenting not one but two awards at the Timmys in each of our award categories: the Community Favorite Award and the Judge's Choice Award. You can vote now for Best Tech Work Culture, Best Tech Manager, Best Tech Startup and Best Workplace for Diversity to help choose the Community Favorite Award, determined by public voting. The Judge’s Choice Award will be decided on by a panel of local experts to evaluate the finalists listed below. Keep scrolling to see who is worth working for in your region!
| Atlanta Best Tech Startups: | New York Best Tech Startups: |
| Banyan Hills Technologies | Space, LLC |
| MacStadium | Easyship |
| Mobile Labs | Innovation Finance USA |
| STORD | Tracer |
| Get Engaged Media | Socure, Inc. |
| Bay Area Best Tech Startups: | Orange County Best Tech Startups: |
| Kango | Zadara Storage |
| Ushur Inc. | NodeRun |
| The CXApp | AQUATRAX |
| Sense | APi Technologies, Inc |
| Xperiel, Inc. | QuakeStopper |
| CloudKnox Security | NBN23 |
| Kaloom, Inc. | NGD Systems, Inc |
| Cobalt Robotics | Invysta Technology Group |
| Allocadia | Site 1001 |
| Xage Security | nagi |
| HoneyBook | |
| Intuition Robotics | Philadelphia Best Tech Startups: |
| AutonomIQ Inc. | Penji |
| SCA Robotics | ForMotiv |
| xMatters | Altair Integrated Services |
| Guru | |
| Boston Best Tech Startups: | Cesium |
| Elemental Machines | STRATIS IoT |
| Hopper | Sapient Industries |
| mabl | Vetd |
| PatientPing | MilkCrate |
| Armored Things | |
| MachineMetrics | Toronto Best Tech Startups: |
| Owl Labs | Boss Insights |
| Nutrimedy | Planswell |
| Altaeros | Swob Inc. |
| DUST Identity | DarwinAI Corp. |
| Lola.com | Xesto |
| Neurala | Venngage Inc |
| TowerIQ | Cover |
| Perceptive Automata | SnapTravel |
| Motif FoodWorks | Jiffy |
| TribalScale |
| Chicago Best Tech Startups: | |
| PourMyBeer | Washington, DC Best Tech Startups: |
| RedShelf | MarginEdge |
| ThreeKit | GetUpside |
| UPshow | Goodshuffle |
| Lightstream | ChurnZero |
| HealthJoy | Stardog |
| Aloa | GiveCampus |
| Tillable | |
| vPeer | |
| Sphera Solutions Inc |
| Los Angeles Best Tech Startups: | |
| FIGS | |
| DroneBase | |
| UpKeep Technologies | |
| WaiveCar | |
| Honey | |
| Fernish | |
| Fuel Cycle | |
| Openpath | |
| XOS Trucks |
| Atlanta Best Tech Managers: | New York Best Tech Managers: |
| Steve Latham, Founder and CEO | Banyan Hills Technologies | Zack Cleary, VP of Engineering l Ro |
| Sujata Devraj, Software Development Management | M3 | Mike Wang, CEO & Founder l Inspiren |
| Huigi Zhou, Architect | Insiten | Madeline Bronstein, Director of Customer Success l Branch |
| Chris Chapman, Senior VP of Software Development | MacStadium | Lisa Jiang, Sr. Director of Product Management & Design l Flatiron School |
| Adam Tichelaar, VP of Product Engineering | HatchWorks Technologies | Benjamin Sheats, Vice President of Engineering l Intermedia Labs |
| Simon Yoffe, VP of Research & Development l Viventium | |
| Bay Area Best Tech Managers: | Matt Giresi, Director of Engineering l Conductor, Inc. |
| Joe Freund, Senior Director, Platform Engineering | MyVest | Arjun Sirrah, Executive Vice President of Engineering l Laurel Road |
| Anita Jindal, Director of Engineering | NetApp Inc | Elizabeth Gallagher, Chief Revenue Officer l Lineate |
| Ganesh V. Iyer, Managing Director | NIO | Rachana Kumar, Senior Director of Engineering l Etsy |
| Amit Akhouri, Vice President of Engineering | Roofstock | Orange County Best Tech Managers: |
| Arjun Jolly, COO | adQuadrant | |
| Boston Best Tech Managers: | Mikko Salokangas, Head of Development | Vincit |
| James Aylward, Head of Learner Experience | Pluralsight | Will Jang, Director Of Engineering | Paciolan |
| Ken Pickering, Head of Engineering | Hopper | Daniel Stanton, CEO | Level2Designs |
| Perry Spero, Senior Director of System Integration and Validation | Starry, Inc. | Terry Dear, VP of Software Engineering | Stretto |
| Jane Thalen, Director of Design Services | Interactions | |
| Shakib Mostafa, Director of Digital Engineering | Pegasystems | Philadelphia Best Tech Managers: |
| Nausheen Moulana, Vice President of Software Engineering | Kyruus | Cree Flory, Integrations Manager l HealthVerity |
| Rachel Neasham, Vice President of Product | Lola.com | Kristofer Younger, Director of Education l Zip Code Wilmington |
| Yi Sun, Head of Engineering | Plastiq | Charlie Hill, Chief Innovation & Product Officer l STRATIS IoT |
| Steve Dertien, Chief Technology Officer | PTC | Shahrukh Tarapore, Head of Engineering l Arcweb Technologies |
| Jeremy Potash, Director of Technology | Cimpress | Maggie Bosak, Director l MachineQ |
| Chicago Best Tech Managers: | Toronto Best Tech Managers: |
| Winnie Karanja, Founder & Executive Director | Maydm | Yasmin Somani, Director of DevOps Capital Markets | RBC Capital Markets |
| Chris Buttkus, Solution Principal | Slalom Build | Sonia Couto, Founder | MenuSano |
| Joshua Horvath, VP of Engineering | Jellyvision | Eugene Deynega, Software & QA Team Manager | Mapsted Corp. |
| Kashyap Mukkamala, Engineering Manager | The OCC | Jeff Watts, President | Prodigy Labs |
| Matt Wren, CTO | BUNDLAR | Adam Mullen, Director of Engineering | Sensibill |
| John Barnes, CTO | Infutor Data Solutions | Hasitha Pathiraja, Director of Engineering | PathFactory |
| John Barrile, Senior Manager, Engineering | Rally Health | Amin Bashi, Director of Product & Design | CareGuide |
| Biju Kulathakal, CEO & Co-Founder | Halo Investing | Asad Khan, Manager of Software Development Engineering | Clever Devices |
| Perry Marchant, CTO | Sphera Solutions Inc | Steve D'Costa, CTO | PureFacts Financial Solutions |
| Dr. Helen Sun, CTO | Stats Perform | Stephanie Nguyen, VP of Product & Design | Flashfood |
| Zach Peer, Director, Managed Hosting | One North Interactive | |
| Washington, DC Best Tech Managers: | |
| Los Angeles Best Tech Managers: | Hannah White, VP of Design & Product Experience | Leverege |
| Lacey Plache, VP of Data | PatientPop | Chris Murphy, Software Engineering Manager | Custom Ink |
| Amit Nayar, VP of Engineering | FloQast, Inc. | Mark DiGiovanni, Director of Software Engineering | Capital One |
| Nick Nelson, CPO | OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies | Emily Ryan, Senior Director of User Experience | GoCanvas |
| Ed Heaney, Principal Software Engineer | Laserfiche | |
| Navdeep Reddy, CIO | enplug | |
| Robert Fauver, Chief Strategy Officer | Hoverstate | |
| Christine Hong, Product Manager | Tinder | |
| Ken Weiner, CTO | GumGum | |
| Maria Malavenda, CEO | EVVEMI Inc. | |
| Leah Winter, Software Product Manager | EVgo |
| Atlanta Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: | New York Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: |
| SalesLoft | VirtualHealth |
| Mobilewalla | Convene |
| Futurus | MetTel |
| M3 | Button Inc |
| Purchasing Power | Boingo Wireless |
| Bay Area Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: | Orange County Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: |
| Nisum | Jabil Inc |
| Branch | Thales |
| IBM | Nisum |
| The Climate Corporation | Paciolan |
| Sitetracker Inc. | CB Technologies Inc. |
| Nuro | |
| Bluedot Innovation | Philadelphia Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: |
| Lob.com | AWeber |
| Metadata.io | Language Services Associates |
| Educli | ShopRunner |
| Power Home Remodeling | |
| Boston Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: | CIC Philadelphia |
| Pluralsight | |
| Ellevation Inc. | Toronto Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: |
| MineralTree | Wave Financial Inc |
| Carbon Black | CMiC |
| ActBlue | Rubikloud Technologies Inc. |
| PTC | Klick Inc. |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | Rangle.io |
| Plastiq | IBM Canada |
| Wise Systems | Travelzoo |
| Accenture | PagerDuty |
| Nielsen Canada | |
| Chicago Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: | Wealthsimple |
| Branch | |
| ShopRunner | Washington, DC Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: |
| Clarity Partners, LLC | GoCanvas |
| Shop Smart LLC | Capital One |
| Citybase | Triblio |
| MeSpoke | |
| Los Angeles Best Tech Workplace for Diversity: | MPOWER Financing |
| Evite, Inc | Quorum |
| SADA Systems | |
| WireCash | |
| Bluedot Innovation | |
| Trustabit.io | |
| Naughty Dog | |
| Tala | |
| ConsumerTrack | |
| BloomBright | |
| Boingo Wireless |
| Atlanta Best Tech Work Culture: | New York Best Tech Work Culture: |
| SalesLoft | BIA |
| Roadie | MongoDB |
| Chat wi | Rokt |
| MRI Software | AB Tasty |
| Foundry 45 | INTURN |
| AgileThought | Outbrain |
| HatchWorks Technologies | Mastercard |
| ParkMobile | Neverware |
| AnalyticsIQ | AgilityIO |
| Thrust Interactive | White Ops |
| Bay Area Best Tech Work Culture: | Orange County Best Tech Work Culture: |
| AnyRoad, Inc. | adQuadrant |
| Dribbble | Vincit |
| Bungalow | Avatar Partners Inc. |
| Imgur | Samsung |
| Tempo Automation | Restaurant365 |
| UserTesting | KushCo Holdings |
| HomeLight | DreamHost |
| TargetX | Experian |
| Avenue code | First American |
| Engagio | NEP Services |
| Fastly | Philadelphia Best Tech Work Culture: |
| Roofstock | Equisoft, Inc. |
| Fleetsmith | Greenphire |
| Nutanix | Relay Network |
| Vanguard | |
| Boston Best Tech Work Culture: | Marlette Funding |
| TrueMotion | WizeHive |
| Privy | Ownable |
| Curriculum Associates | GrayHair Software |
| Fuze | NeuroFlow |
| LogMeIn | Mobiquity |
| Wasabi | PagerDuty |
| Simplisafe | |
| Hometap Equity Partners | Toronto Best Tech Work Culture: |
| iRobot | Top Hat |
| meQuilibrium | ACTO |
| Toast, Inc. | Slalom Build |
| Buoy Health, Inc. | Indellient |
| Bullhorn | Uberflip |
| Namogoo | HomeStars Inc. |
| ezCater | Clearbanc |
| Point Alliance | |
| Chicago Best Tech Work Culture: | Benevity |
| Arity | Clearbridge Mobile |
| Total Technology Solutions Group Inc. (ttsg) | Fiix Software |
| Punchkick Interactive | TourRadar |
| Slalom Build | Shopify |
| Reverb | Pivotal |
| Label Insight | Jobber |
| Backstop Solutions Group | |
| Infutor Data Solutions | Washington, DC Best Tech Work Culture: |
| Evive | Appian |
| Showpad | ThreatQuotient, Inc. |
| Sertifi | mHelpDesk |
| Rightpoint | Signal Vine |
| BenchPrep | Homesnap |
| Productive Edge | FiscalNote |
| Solstice | |
| Los Angeles Best Tech Work Culture: | |
| StackCommerce | Seriously |
| GoodRx | Samsung |
| Leaflink | Tillster |
| Vincit | PeerStreet |
| ICVR Interactive | Suffolk |
With the new Community Favorite Award, there are more chances to celebrate with your company or winner choice than ever before. Leaders of this caliber deserve to be celebrated, and it's up to the voters and judges to decided which of these impressive finalists takes home a Timmy.
INTERESTED IN VIEWING A FULL LIST OF PAST WINNERS? CLICK HERE.
Celebrate with us at the Timmy’s!
Winners will be announced throughout the month of October in every participating Timmy Awards city. Click here to get more details about each individual Timmy Awards ceremony. Your local Timmy Awards will kick off with a networking reception over food and drink along with interactive demo stations from local innovators (think AR/VR and Gaming!). The celebration will continue with an awards ceremony where winners in each category will be announced and awarded trophies. Acceptance speeches are encouraged! The evening will wrap with an exciting and congratulatory celebration of all winners, finalists and nominees. You’ll want to be in attendance for one of the most expansive celebrations of tech in the nation!
Questions regarding the 2019 Timmy Awards process or how you can get involved? Contact us Timmyawards@techinmotionevents.com. The Timmy Awards were created in 2014 by Tech in Motion, a North American event series that has connected local tech communities together to meet, learn, and innovate for almost a decade.