Techies of the year
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 11:59AM 
The Finalists for the 2010 BETA Awards have been chosen by the team of Judges at Infotech Niagara.
For the past 10 years infoTech Niagara has honored the best and brightest in Western New York's Information Technology sector through the Buffalo/Niagara Emerging Technology Awards (The BETA's.)
Thousands of organizations and individuals have been nominated for BETA Awards, representing the very best in tech.
Every year nearly 500 people attend the BETA Awards which feature a trade show followed by dinner.
A special congratulations to the following individuals and companies for a job well done.
Executive of the Year
Deny Adelman - Working Knowledge
Paul Fanara - Aspire Technology Solutions
Gunther Kohn - UB School of Dental Medicine
Fran Murello - Ingram Micro
Herb Stortz - Liazon Benefits Solutions
Techie Award
Mark Cifelli - Chakra Communications
Steven Deitz - RL Computing
Eli Van Eenwyk - Omergex - nominated by Praxair
Scott Hahn - Tri-Delta Resources
Darryl Smith - The PCA Group
Best Success Award
360PSG
Avalon Document Services
Centri Logic
XO Communications
BETA Star Award
360PSG
Advantage Home Telehealth
Digital Information Gathering & Investigative Technologies (DIGITS)
Ecology & Environment
New Buffalo Shirt Factory
Best Online Award
Edunations.org
clevermethod.com
HungerHunt.com
KegWorks.com
Moog.com
Corporate Culture Award
Avalon Document Services
I-Evolve Technology Services
Shatter IT
Studio LLC
Synacor
Excellence in Giving Award
Algonquin Studios
Applied Sciences Group
RL Computing
SofTrek Corp.
Student Award
Alan Katerinsky - University at Buffalo
Ryan McNamee - University at Buffalo
Haricharan Rengamani - University at Buffalo
Harish Shankara - University at Buffalo
Mahesh Venkatramani - University at Buffalo