The Timmy Awards

We're excited to present Chicago’s 1st Annual Timmy Awards to recognize the best places for technology professionals to work. The "Timmys" are hosted by Tech in Motion (http://www.techinmotionevents.com/), a national events organization for tech enthusiasts created by Jobspring Partners (http://www.jobspringpartners.com/) & Workbridge Associates (http://www.workbridgeassociates.com/).

We are asking the Chicago tech community to weigh in by nominating companies they believe deserve to win and then voting for the finalists!

Organizations and individuals are encouraged to vote once each day for their favorite finalist (voting closed on August 19th) in any or all of the following categories:

Chicago's Best Technology Manager Finalists

• Anoop Aryal, CTO at Sun Times

• Joseph de Castelnau, Senior Vice President, Software Engineering at Nielsen Marketing Analytics

• Matt Dressel, Senior Engineering Manager at Avant

• Himanshu Mehta, Senior Manager, Software Development at Cars.com

• Bob Moore, General Manager at BlueMetal Inc.

• Mike Piacenza, Director of Technology at Vivid Seats

• Litha Ramirez, Director of Experience Strategy & Design at Breakthrough Technologies

• Sairam Rangachari, Chief Product & Technology Officer at VISANOW

• Aaron Rankin, CTO & Co-Founder at Sprout Social

• Luke Shepard, CTO at eSpark

Chicago's Best Technology Work Culture Finalists

• ÄKTA

• Avant

• Cars.com

• Centro

• DialogTech

• Dough

• InContext Solutions

• Narrative Science

• Raise

• Rise Interactive

Chicago's Best Tech Startup

• AwardSpring

• ContextMedia Health

• Curiosity

• FoodTrace

• Modest

• Opternative

• Packback Books

• Pear

• Shipbob

• Uptake

Demoing Companies Include:

• Urban Leash (http://www.urbanleash.com/)

• Overgrad (https://www.overgrad.com/)

• Blue Nose Brewery (http://bluenosebrewery.com/)

Event Partners Include:

• Joe Gallager Photography (http://jgallagherfilms.com/)

• Photography by Eric Michael Clarke (http://www.ericmichaelclarke.com/)

• Videography by Spantree (http://www.spantree.net/)

The Timmy Awards Gala

The Timmy Awards winners and nominees will be recognized at a gala event this summer on Thursday, August 27th, 2015 at 1871. The evening will begin with cocktails, hor d'oeuvres, music and product demos from past Tech in Motion "Audience Favorites".

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Visit Tech in Motion to learn more about The Timmy Awards (http://blogs.techinmotionevents.com/chicago-timmy-awards/)!

Is there something you are trying to accomplish in the Chicago tech community? Whether it be product marketing, user acquisition, employment branding, or thought leadership, Tech in Motion: Chicago can help! We currently have 2015 sponsorship opportunities available that will align with the goals you’re trying to achieve with your new app, company, or upcoming event. For more information follow this link (http://www.techinmotionevents.com/sponsors) or send us a meetup message!

About our sponsor:

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