The Technology Association of Iowa has announced the finalists for the 2022 Prometheus Awards.
The winner in each of the 15 award categories will be announced during the Prometheus Awards celebration on Thursday, November 3, in downtown Des Moines.
Finalists in each category are:
Startup Technology Company of the Year
- Distynct
- Learning Couture
- LSF Medical Solutions
- Moov Financial
- S5G Therapeutics, Inc.
Emerging Technology Leader of the Year
- Mandy Abbas, UnityPoint Health
- Xinya He, John Deere
- Josh Holst, Involta, LLC
- Katie Jones, EMC Insurance Companies
- TJ Masker, Tractor Zoom
IT Service Provider Technology Company of the Year
- Involta LLC
- Lean TECHniques Inc.
- LightEdge Solutions
- ProCircular
- Shift Interactive
Software Development Technology Company of the Year
- Continuum Ag
- OpenLoop
- SwineTech
- VictoryXR
- Workiva
Agtech & BioTech Company of the Year
- Distynct
- FBB Biomed
- Haber Technologies
- Mazen Animal Health
- SwineTech
Manufacturing Technology Company of the Year
- Giant by Tobroco
- MakuSafe Corp.
- Pella Corporation
- PVpallet
- Stellar Industries
FinTech & InsurTech Company of the Year
- Benekiva
- Farmers Risk
- iEmergent
- MakuSafe Corp.
- STRATAFOLIO
Creative Technology Solution of the Year
- Dwolla
- EMC Insurance Companies
- GlobalVetLink
- MobileDemand
- UnityPoint Health
Best Technology Company Culture
- Far Reach
- John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group
- OpenLoop
- Principal Financial Group
- Redstone Content Solutions (division of The VGM Group, Inc.)
Technology Community of Year Award
- West Des Moines
- Greater Dallas County
- Marshalltown
- North Iowa Corridor
- Cedar Valley
Computer Science Educator of the Year
- Dominic Audia, Iowa City Community School District
- Joel Bundt, MOC-Floyd Valley
- Kyle Kuhlers, Waterloo School District
- Sarah Diesburg, University of Northern Iowa
- Susan Wilson, Indian Hills Community College
CIO/CTO/CISO of the Year
- Meg Anderson, Principal Financial Group
- John Bertrand, Kreg Tool Company
- James Johnson, Deere & Co
- Joe Riesberg, EMC Insurance Companies
- Charity Sharpe, UnityPoint Health
CEO of the Year
- Aaron Horn, NewBoCo
- Debra Lucht, Minburn Communications
- Austin Mac Nab, VizyPay
- Heidi Nebel, McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
- Aaron Warner, ProCircular
Small/Medium Iowa Technology Company of the Year
- ProCircular
- Shift Interactive
- STRATAFOLIO
- TapOnIt
- We Write Code, Inc.
Large/Enterprise Iowa Technology Company of the Year
- CCR
- General Dynamics Information Technology
- ITA Group, Inc
- John Deere
- Kingland Systems