Awards Categories:

• Innovation Award, recognizing technical achievement by a Southwest Florida technology company.
• Transformation Award, highlighting the use of technology in government, nonprofit, or companies outside the technology sector to address a business or operational challenge.
• Leaders in Technology Award, recognizing the leading figures at the forefront of disruption and innovation, playing a central role in helping organizations use technology to its full potential, as well as in the public, STEM programs, sector for the benefit of the SWFL community.
• Technology Student Award, recognizing a high school or college student pursuing higher education or a career in technology.
• Startup of the Year Award, recognizing a local startup business with an entrepreneurial spirit that employs forward-thinking leaders, possesses a great work environment, and produces an innovative product that aims to disrupt the market.
• Leader in adversity of Covid-19 Award, recognizes a business professional in the field of technology that took a leadership role and made significant accomplishments for technology, community and or business during COVID-19 uncertainty. This is a unique award to be acknowledged only in 2020.

2019 Award Winners:

• Innovention Award, Cigent Technology, Inc.
• Transformation Award, Soma, Chico's FAS, Inc.
• Technology Woman of the Year Award, Reema Bhatia, Stickboy Creative
• Technology Student Award, Klaudia Fisheku, Florida Gulf Coast Univerity & Sophia Vellozzi, Gulf Coast High School

To submit a nomination for next year's event (2020), please click on the category above to fill out the application.

Everyone accepting a nomination will be sent an application to complete.

For questions regarding the SWFL Tech Awards, email awards@swfltech.org.