1st Annual Philadelphia Timmy Awards {Sponsored by Linode}

We're excited to present Philadelphia's 1st Annual Timmy Awards in an effort 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 Philly tech community to weigh in by nominating companies they believe deserve to win and then voting for the finalists!

Philadelphia's Best Tech Start-up

BioBots
Boxter
Curalate
Greenfish Labs
LeadID
MilkCrate
Relay Network
ROAR for Good
Swift Capital
VeryApt

Philadelphia's Best Tech Manager

Anthony Romano (VP of Engineering, Leadnomics)
Chris Cera (CEO, Arcweb) Don Nawrocki (CTO, PeopleLinx) Felicite Moorman (CEO, StratIS) Gabrielle Trotter (Linchpin, BuLogics) JD Albert (Director of Engineering, Bresslergroup) Jody Hamilton (CTO, Zivtech) Mike Harris (CEO, Zonoff) Natalie Hirsch (Product Manager, WizeHive) Ryan Lockard (Manager of Software Engineering, Elsevier)

Philadelphia's Best Tech Work Culture

AGI
AWeber
Comcast (CIM)
CoreDial
eMoney
Linode
Monetate
Music Choice
O3 World
Weblinc

The Timmy Awards Gala

The Timmy Awards winners and nominees will be recognized at a gala event this spring on Thursday, June 9th, 2016. The evening will begin with cocktails, hor d'oeuvres, music and product demos from the best of the best in Philadelphia tech.

Visit Tech in Motion to learn more about The Timmy Awards (http://blogs.techinmotionevents.com/phillys-timmy-awards-2016/)!

Is there something you are trying to accomplish in the Philadelphia tech community? Whether it be product marketing, user acquisition, employment branding, or thought leadership, Tech in Motion: Philadelphia can help! We currently have 2016 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!

Moderated by:

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Aaron McLean | COO of Stuzo

Aaron is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Stuzo (http://www.stuzo.com) where he oversees and is accountable for all of Delivery, Operations, and Product, running a team of 40+ people across 3 offices in the US and Eastern Europe. Previously, Aaron founded Eight Eleven Inc., a marketing technology company, eFlex CMS, a Website Content Management company, and Philly Startup Leaders (http://www.phillystartupleaders.org), which became Greater Philadelphia’s largest and most active network of tech startup entrepreneurs. Aaron served as CMO at A Way to Donate (http://awaytodonate.com), and also as Head of Product and Marketing at EasyCopay (http://www.easycopay.com), both of which are venture-backed social impact technology ventures. Aaron remains active in the startup community, having been an advisor and mentor to several funded technology startups and startup accelerators including GoodCompany Ventures (http://goodcompanyventures.org/), PSLU Accelerator (http://accelerator.phillystartupleaders.org/), Corzo Center (http://corzocenter.uarts.edu/), Curtis Institute of Music (http://www.curtis.edu/), Lean Startup Machine (https://www.leanstartupmachine.com/), and EDSI (http://www.e-designstudio.com/) at University of Pennsylvania. Aaron is also a frequent public speaker and has presented for or participated on panel discussions with Google, PHIMA, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, Temple University, University of the Arts, AiPH, and Philly Startup Leaders, among others.

Award Presenter:

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Dawn McDougall | Executive Director of Code for Philly

Dawn is a civic tech and open data professional passionate about building community in Philadelphia. By day, Dawn works at a company with an open source platform built to streamline open data efforts within government. By night, Dawn runs the civic hacking organization Code for Philly with its founder, Chris Alfano. As Executive Director, Dawn builds organizational partnerships and strategic collaborations, grows mission-driven programming, manages the brigade leadership team, and runs an occasional hackathon or two.

Dawn is a civic hacker by way of her love of cities (particularly Philly) and fixation on how urban governance can be directly improved by civic participation. She also loves tasting new beers, exploring Philly neighborhoods, marathon reading, and other human adult life things.

Featuring demos from:

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Milkcrate (http://mymilkcrate.co/) | @MyMilkCrateApp (https://twitter.com/MyMilkCrateApp)

MilkCrate is a Philly-based, mission-driven company that compiles sustainable consumer choices into one easy-to-access, digital platform. Their newest product, MilkCrate for Communities [ http://mymilkcrate.co/milkcrate-communities/ ], enables large companies, schools and membership groups to share their environmental impact story with their stakeholders using verified data and analytics. The customizable platform is slated to launch later this spring with a select group of pilot communities.

Since the 2014 launch of MilkCrate's free consumer app, My MilkCrate [http://www.mymilkcrate.co (http://www.mymilkcrate.co/)], the company has received invites to the White House for discussions on climate change, pitched their app on the Forbes Under 30 stage and earned praise from the UN Foundation.

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BioBots (http://www.biobots.io/) | @BioBots (https://twitter.com/biobots)

20 Years from now, patients with kidney failure, lung cancer, cirrhosis, and other organ failures are going to be able to receive custom replacement organs built by 3D bioprinters and constructed out of their own cells. We have built a desktop 3D bioprinter that uses a new process for building with life that lets us build more complex structures than has ever been possible. We allow people to print living tissue and build with life.

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Cipher Prime (http://www.cipherprime.com/) l @CipherPrime (https://twitter.com/cipherprime)

In 2008, Cipher Prime was created by Dain Saint (https://twitter.com/dainsaint) and William Stallwood (http://twitter.com/willstall). Since that day, they've been trying their very best to make some really unique experiences. They've been around for 6 years now, rockin' 6 games across a metric ton of platforms. But seriously, we've done games for OS X, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, PS3—hell, even Blackberry Playbook.

A special thanks to our sponsors:

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Linode (http://www.linode.com/) | @Linode (http://www.twitter.com/linode)

Linode is a leading cloud hosting provider founded in 2003. Today the company boasts more than 400,000 customers worldwide with eight data centers total – four in the US and four in Europe and Asia.

Subscribers can create a cloud server with Linode in under a minute for as low as $10 per month. Users can then dynamically scale their environments to meet business demands – paying only for what they use, with no long-term commitments.

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Viral Ideas (http://www.viralideamarketing.com/) | @Viral_Ideas (https://twitter.com/Viral_Ideas)

Viral Ideas is a digital marketing agency driven by creative spirit. By challenging the art of storytelling, Viral Ideas hand crafts digital content that enables companies to connect with viewers emotionally instead of solely through transactions. It’s the viral touch.

Are you ready to go viral?

Call info@viralideamarketing.com or visit www.viralideamarketing.com (http://www.viralideamarketing.com/)

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Kurant Cider (http://www.kurantcider.com/) l @KurantCider (https://twitter.com/KurantCider)

Kurant cider is a small batch, hand crafted cidery operated by Owners, Joe Getz and Michael Meyers out of Lansdale, PA. Kurant operates as an independent cidery bringing fresh new ideas and gluten free ingredients to the ever growing cider and beer scene of Philadelphia. Utilizing the shared space of a 7 barrel system for cider making we have combined years of experience spanning from a significant home-brewing background to industry experience. Our goal is to make tasty, enjoyable ciders that stand out for the unique ingredients used. Kurant offers three ciders including Daily, a semi-sweet crisp traditional cider with pleasant acidity; Tropic, a cider infused with a citrus explosion of pineapple blended with crisp apple; and Earth, a uniquely hopped cider carrying all the floral and piney characteristics of hops minus the bitterness. We will continue to add creative and exciting new ideas to our products and hope to see you soon around the craft scene of Philadelphia. We have recently combined our efforts with Tech in Motion to bring our quality product to their already outstanding networking events!

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Deep Eddy Vodka (http://www.deepeddyvodka.com) | @DeepEddyVodka

Deep Eddy Vodka Distillery is a distillery located in southwest Austin, Texas that currently manufactures vodka products made of south Texas corn using continuous distillation in a column still.

Featuring Music By:

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Pixel8ter (https://soundcloud.com/pixel8ter) | @Pixel8ter (https://twitter.com/pixel8ter)

To liven up the night, DJ Pixel8ter, a local electronic music producer/performer will be mixing for the night. Signed on Gamechops (DJ Cutman), Pixel8ter is the founder of Electric Philly and co-creator of Sweets and Beats. Expect live original music and great covers!

Thank you to our venue for hosting us:

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Chemical Heritage Foundation (http://www.chemheritage.org/) |

@ChemHeritage (http://www.twitter.com/chemheritage)

Thank you to our venue, the Conference Center at the Chemical Heritage Foundation for hosting Philadelphia's first annual Timmy Awards!