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ORDER OF THE EVENING Networking & Reception2O1O TechColumbus Innovation Awards Program - Hosted by Andrea Cambern High School Student Innovation Awards Innovation in Strategic Capital Fundraising Outstanding Startup Business Dinner IMAGINE Green Innovation Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery Inventor of the Year INSPIRE Executive of the Year (fewer than 50 employees) Executive of the Year (more than 50 employees) Outstanding Woman in Technology IGNITE Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees) Outstanding Product (more than 50 employees) Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Outstanding Service (more than 50 employees) Outstanding Technology Team People’s Choice Video Award Post Awards Reception Stay Connected to Your CommunityBeginning in late February, watch the 2O1O TechColumbus Innovation Awards on Time Warner Cable’s Local On Demand Channel 411. Click on “Local News & Info” then “Local Features”. Twitter: www.Twitter.com/TechColumbus Event Hashtag = #IA1O Facebook: www.Facebook.com/TechColumbusOhio LinkedIn: www.TechColumbusInnovationAwards.org/IA1OLinkedIn 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 3

2O1O EVENT COMMITTEE Rick Ainsworth, Nationwide Tricia Moore, Battelle Chris Berk, Resource Interactive Tom Powers, GBQ Partners Diane Dobrea, Owens Corning Dan Rogier, AEP Jennifer Foust, CAS James Stanfield, Accenture Joe Gottron, Cardinal Health Eric Troy, Ohio Department of Education Herb Jones, Ventech Solutions Tim Haynes, TechColumbus Milan Jovanovic, Calfee Rick Coplin, TechColumbus Kim Kiehl, COSI Alicia Oddi, TechColumbus Ed Matto, Steptoe & Johnson EVENT DETAILS Event Producer Marketing Design & Web Development Trace Ltd. Event Design Specialists Buckledown Interactive Trace Kingham Keith Morgan Event Staging Event & Program Scripting Bartha Left Field Consulting Jerry Spencer & Alan Shultz Barbie Tootle Registration Management Program Printing Services GroundWork group Courtesy of CAS Dale Abrams4 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Thank You to our 2O1O Sponsors for supporting Ohio’s Premier Technology Innovation Awards Event PRESENTING SPONSOR PLATINUM SPONSORS DIAMOND - HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT INNOVATION AWARDS SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS City of Columbus Economic Development DivisionNETWORKING HOT SPOT SPONSORS RADIO SPONSOR PEOPLE’S CHOICE MEDIA SPONSOR CORPORATE TABLES Accenture LLP Columbus State Community College Nationwide Resource Interactive Astute Solutions Columbus2020! Neoprobe Corporation Riverside Radiology & Interventional Assoc. Bartha Commercial Vehicle Group OCLC Roetzel & Andress LPA Battelle Expedient Ohio State Office of Research Science and Technology Campus Corporation Bricker & Eckler Franklin University OhioHealth Standley Law Group Calfee GBQ Partners Porter Wright The Ohio State University Medical Center Cardinal Health HMB, Inc. Progressive Medical, Inc. Time Warner CAS Information Control Corporation QStart Labs, LLC VannerCity of Columbus Economic Development Janova Quick Solutions Webbed Marketing City of Dublin Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Znode Inc. Listing as of 1/21/2011 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 5

TechColumbus works with entrepreneurs, large and small businesses, the public sector, venture funds, academic institutions, and research organizations to promote and advance technology-driven growth in Central Ohio. Growth is the underlying driver of everything we do. We help established technology companies grow their businesses, their capabilities, their connections, and their knowledge. We help start-ups grow their concepts, their maturity, their abilities, and their ambitions. And we help individuals grow their careers, their expertise, their networks, and their confidence. Through strategic advocacy, a robust membership program, world-class business incubation and startup coaching, capital services, high-quality events, and technology-related real estate development, TechColumbus provides the people, information, and funding critical to a thriving innovation economy. The annual TechColumbus Innovation Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievement of Central Ohio’s technology organizations and business leaders. It is the most prestigious technology event in Ohio, and its growth to over 1000 attendees this year reflects the increasing activity and impact of this thriving community. The TechColumbus Board of Directors includes business and community leaders who are passionate about the advancement of tech-based growth and represent the broad interests of the Central Ohio community: Chair Secretary Steve Allen, CEO Robert Massie, President Nationwide Children’s Hospital CAS Vice Chair Treasurer Dwight Smith, Founder, President & CEO Rhonda DeMuth, Chair and CEO Sophisticated Systems, Inc. TDCI, Inc. David Bianconi, Chairman Jay Jordan, CEO Progressive Medical, Inc. OCLC Inc. David Blom, President & CEO Patricia Morrison, EVP, CIO OhioHealth Cardinal Health Ted Celeste, President Michael Petrecca, Managing Partner Celeste & Associates PricewaterhouseCoopers Geoff Chatas, SVP, CFO Ray Shealy, Entrepreneur The Ohio State University Margaux Ventures, LLC John Cullivan, Managing Director Blake Thompson, VP International Affairs Business Strategy Associates Battelle Harry Hallowell, SVP, Chief Investment Officer Caroline Whitacre, Ph.D., Vice President for Research Nationwide The Ohio State University Bob Irwin, President and CEO Sterling Commerce6 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Thank You to our 2O1O Judges TechColumbus and the Innovation Awards committee extend sincere appreciation to these industry professionals for giving their time and expertise to judging. Pau Benedict, ED MAP, Inc. Benjamin Lagemann, Ohio Department of Development Alex Brown, Bricker & Eckler LLP John Laulette, Exacter, Inc. Moez Chaabouni, City of Columbus Robert R. Lech, Lech Law, LLC Charlotte Collister, The Collister Company John F. Lewis Jr., BioOhio Bruce Crocco, OCLC Steve Madara, Emerson / Liebert Rhonda DeMuth, TDCI Craig Marshall, Ernst & Young LLP James Dottavio, Owens Corning Michael McAlear, UNICON International, Inc. Tad Dritz, Green Columbus Greg Moore, Emerson Patricia Eisenhardt, OhioHealth Ron Morgan, Franklin University Tim Eubank, The Ohio State University Jane New, The Ohio State University Christopher Ferguson, robert half Technology Patricio F. Plazolles, Ohio Wesleyan University Lizann Fragiotta, Nationwide Valuations Mark Pukita, Fast Switch, Ltd. Victoria Getis, The Ohio State University Chris Robino, MaxxNet Troy Gibson, Resource Interactive Daniel Rogier, AEP Mike Green, The Ohio State University Lisa Rooney, ITECS - Innovative Consulting Zack Griffin, Evolved Energy Solutions, Inc. Michael Rozsa, AEP Dan Hamilton, Burgess & Niple, Inc. John Schroepfer, CFO Partners, LLC Andrew Hansen, Ohio Department of Development John Secrest, Roetzel & AndressWayne Hawthorne, The Research Institute at Nationwide Orlando Simonetti, EXCMR, Ltd Children’s Hospital James Stanfield, Accenture Kurt Hoeft, EasyIT Michael Triplett, Battelle Herb Jones, Ventech Solutions, Inc. Rich Viola, InAlign Partners Pravin Kaumaya, The Ohio State University Tony Wells, Wells Foundation William J. Kelly, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Todd Whittington Peter Kleinhenz, FLETCHER SPAGHT Greg Yoakam, Kidslinked.com John Kratz, ICC 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 7

Verification & Judging: Step 1: Verification: GBQ Partners served as an independent Verification Team to review Nominee information and verify, to the extent reasonably possible, the accuracy of the information and eligibility according to general criteria. The Verification Team contacted every Nominee by phone or email, and Nominators were contacted as needed. Final verification was made after confirmation of eligibility and category fit. Of all verified Nominees, 254 progressed as Semi-Finalists. Step 2: Conflicts: A pool of over 70 judge candidates was assembled from top professionals in Central Ohio. Every judge candidate was provided a comprehensive listing of Nominees and each candidate was required to return a form flagging all Nominees with whom they had a present business, adverse, or personal relationship. Judge candidates were ineligible to judge categories in which they, their company/ies, or conflicted Nominees were competing. Step 3: Judging: Each award category was assigned a unique team of judges drawn from the pool of eligible judges. As coordinated by a lead judge, each team met at least twice to deliberate and ultimately select the top three and the category winner. Judges scored all Nominees based upon the information provided in the Nominee’s submission packets - no supplemental information or contact with the Nominees was permitted. Eligibility: TO BE ELIGIBLE, A NOMINEE MUST: • Demonstrate contribution and success, consistent with the criteria for each category of nomination, in one of the following technology- related fields: Information Technology, Life Sciences, Advanced Logistics, Advanced Materials, and Advanced Joining Technologies. • For all INDIVIDUAL categories, be a person who is employed or otherwise conducts his/her business in Greater Central Ohio. • For all COMPANY categories, be EITHER based in Greater Central Ohio, OR if not based in Greater Central Ohio have a division, department or other unit based in Greater Central Ohio with local employees and operations that are NOT limited to one or both of administrative functions and sales. • Have met the criteria for the category of submission within the 12-month period immediately prior to the nomination deadline (i.e., between August 1, 2009 and August 1, 2010, the “Qualification Period”). Note, however, that an initiative may have begun before August 1, 2009, and thus may span more than twelve (12) months. • Submit a COMPLETE application, addressing each of the enumerated criteria in the category of nomination, in 500 or fewer words for each question, on the Innovation Awards website by midnight November 8, 2010 - NO EXCEPTIONS. A NOMINEE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM PARTICIPATION IN: • A CATEGORY IN WHICH THE NOMINEE WAS SELECTED AS THE WINNER IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR (i.e., 2009 Awards) - NO EXCEPTIONS. • MORE THAN TWO CATEGORIES in a particular year (EXCEPT, Individual Categories, Team Categories OR multiple nominations in the same category). Nominees who have been nominated for more than two categories will be contacted by a member of the Verification team and will have the opportunity to elect which two categories to pursue. In the absence of such an election, the Nominee will be eligible for the FIRST TWO categories in which COMPLETE Applications are submitted to the Innovation Awards website, and will thereafter be disqualified from participation in any other category/ies (all subsequent submissions will be disqualified and will not be judged).8 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Judges carefully scored each submission according to defined criteria. Due consideration was given to: the extent to which the response fit the criteria; the inclusion of quantifiable, concrete facts; and the completeness of the response. Award Criteria:Innovation in Strategic Capital Fundraising Outstanding Woman in Technology- Variety of Sources of Funds - Personal Qualifications: Achievement &- Milestone Demonstrated Success in Technology- Impact of Funds Raised - Innovation - Impact: Industry/Commercial Success; Leadership Results; Recognition by Others; Bring PositiveOutstanding Startup Business Attention to Ohio- Innovation- Business Approach: Strategy; Speed to Goal/Market; and Probability of Success Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees)- Impact - Innovation - Business Approach: Market & Market Strategy - ImpactGreen Innovation- Innovation- Impact: Environmental and Economic/Commercial Outstanding Product (more than 50 employees) - Innovation - Business Approach: Market & Market StrategyInnovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery - Impact- Innovation- Impact: Technological, Social/Collaborative, and Bring Attention to Central Ohio Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) - Innovation - Business Approach: Market & Market StrategyInventor of the Year - Impact- Innovation & Innovative Process- Impact: Application of Innovation; Recognition by Others; and Bring Positive Attention to Central Outstanding Service (more than 50 employees) Ohio - Innovation - Business Approach: Market & Market Strategy - ImpactExecutive of the Year (fewer than 50 employees)- Personal Qualifications: Achievement & Demonstrated Success in Technology Outstanding Technology Team- Innovation - Innovation- Impact: Leadership Results & Bring Positive - Team Approach Attention to Ohio - Impact: Business, Organizational or EconomicExecutive of the Year (more than 50 employees)- Personal Qualifications: Achievement & Demonstrated Success in Technology- Innovation- Impact: Leadership Results & Bring Positive Attention to Ohio For detailed descriptions of all criteria, download the Rules & Regulations at: www.TechColumbusInnovationAwards.org/Categories.html 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 9

2 O 1 O C AT E G O R I E S The TechColumbus Innovation Awards honor individuals, teams, and companies in a variety of disciplines. Each award category is an important component of the technology and innovation community. Receiving the top honor in an award category showcases the dramatic impact of the awardee’s contributions in Central Ohio and beyond. 2O1O C AT E G O R I E S High School Student Innovation Awards Innovation in Strategic Capital Fundraising Outstanding Startup Business Green Innovation Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery Inventor of the Year Executive of the Year (company with fewer than 50 employees) Executive of the Year (company with more than 50 employees) Outstanding Woman in Technology Outstanding Product (company with fewer than 50 employees) Outstanding Product (company with more than 50 employees) Outstanding Service (company with fewer than 50 employees) Outstanding Service (company with more than 50 employees) Outstanding Technology Team People’s Choice Video Award10 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

High School Student Innovation Awards Sponsored by Bricker & Eckler TechColumbus in partnership with COSI is proud to announce tonight’sStudent Innovation Award Finalists. Our top two award winners will each receive a 529 College Savings account in the amount of $2500 to further their exploration in the field of science and technology. 2 O 1 O S T U D E N T I N N OVATION AWARD SEMI-FINALISTS Sarah Cox Alburuj Rahman Zane Trace High School Metro High School Christina Ciccone Victoria Richards Pickerington High School North Gahanna Lincoln High School Katrin Daehn Michael-Joesph Richardson Upper Arlington High School Marysville High School Ameya Deshmukh Sachin Rudraraju Upper Arlington High School Olentangy Liberty High School Hillary Hall Megan Russell North Union High School Buckeye Valley High School Riley Hampton Navtej Singh Pickerington High School Central Canal Winchester High School Anthony Hayes Achal Singhal St. Francis DeSales High School Metro High School Ellen Herd Laura Watkins Upper Arlington High School Centennial High School Neel Koyawala Kevin Wolf Columbus Academy New Albany High School Christopher Mescher Max Yudovich Amanda-Clearcreek High School New Albany High School Shayna McKenzie Jillian Yuricich St. Charles Preparatory Hilliard Davidson High School Shelby Oda Indian Lake 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 11

Innovation in Strategic Capital Fundraising The winning Nominee is a local company that has demonstrated the successful execution of a Strategic Capital Access Plan by securing funds from a variety of public and private sources sufficient to achieve a major value enhancing milestone in the company’s strategic growth plan. EXCMR, Ltd. www.excmr.com EXCMR, Ltd. is building an enterprise based on innovative technology that has been licensed from The Ohio State University. The core business of EXCMR is to manufacture and sell an MRI-based system for enhanced cardiovascular exercise stress testing. The key enabling technology is an innovative non-ferromagnetic treadmill utilizing water-hydraulic power enabling safe and convenient placement immediately adjacent to the MRI machine. The innovative system is designed to allow the physician to image the cardiac performance of a patient within 60 seconds of obtaining peak stress conditions, a goal stated by the American Heart Association (AHA). The resulting high resolution images are expected to be superior to nuclear single photon emission tomography (SPECT) and echocardiography. To date, EXCMR has secured more than $2 million in non-dilutive funding from various sources including the Ohio Third Frontier Medical Imaging Project (2010), a TechGenesis Grant, and the IRS Therapeutic Discovery Project grant (2010). Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. www.floshield.com Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. (MID) is a medical device company that has developed and commercialized FloShield, a device that preserves vision during laparoscopic surgery. It is the only product available in the marketplace that eliminates the time-consuming removal of the laparascope during surgery in order to clear it of fog and remove debris. In 2010 MID entered a national distribution partnership with CareFusion, with plans for a global launch in 2011. Sales grew 9-fold in 2010, and the company developed three new innovative products. MID brought engineering in-house and built its own manufacturing facility in Ohio. The FloShield product line won the “Excellence in Surgical Products” Award from Surgical Products Magazine and was named one of 50 companies to watch by MD DI magazine, the trade magazine of the medical device industry. MID has raised several million dollars from over 70 Ohio-based Angel Investors and several Ohio-based Angel Funds, as well as Venture Capital funds. The company has received the Innovation Ohio Loan Fund and a grant from the Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center, both supported by the Ohio Third Frontier Program. Traycer Diagnostic Systems, Inc. www.TraycerDiagnostic.com Traycer Diagnostic Systems Inc. develops and markets imaging and disease detection systems through patented intellectual property from The Ohio State University (OSU) and a concentration of specialized researchers. Traycer is developing a patent-pending, breakthrough imaging capability utilizing terahertz radiation (T-rays). T-rays are like X-rays in that they can penetrate a wide range of materials, but are more valuable because they are non-harmful and reveal more information about the composition of the imaged materials. Traycer’s collaboration with the state of Ohio’s investments has resulted in the creation of the Hyperspectral Engine Lab for Integrated Optical Systems (HELIOS), a market-driven application research and development lab generating THz prototype products and systems. Sponsored by the Third Frontier funded Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering, HELIOS is led by OSU’s Electroscience Lab, with support from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman and Raytheon, the Air Force Research Lab and IDCAST. Traycer provides services, products and systems to HELIOS. Traycer has raised several million dollars from local Angel Investors, Angel Funds, and non-dilutive sources including IDCAST (University of Dayton), STTR & SBIR (U.S. Air Force).12 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Outstanding Startup Business The winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service, and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. 3X Systems www.3x.com 3X Systems uses a unique appliance delivery model to offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an all-in-one solution addressing their end-to-end data backup and disaster recovery needs in a single, affordable solution. It offers total data privacy with total freedom of mobility, essentially giving the client a private cloud solution for their backup network. Once installed, the 3X Remote Backup Appliance (RBA) delivers automated, offsite backups of any computer – including laptops – on one system without the need for another one to back up remote offices or offsite personnel.Brand Thunderwww.brandthunder.comBrand Thunder creates extreme makeovers for the Internet browser. Through an easy-to-installbrowser add-on, end users transform their drab web-browser into an immersive experience fromtheir favorite sports team, entertainment franchise or Internet site. This experience remains in thebrowser regardless of the web site being visited. These interactive browser themes feature officiallogos, colors, images and style, plus content and functionality that extend browsers’ capabilitiesand can include video, music players or other Internet widgets. Brands enjoy new revenuestreams, expanded sponsorship and advertising inventory, and enhanced ROI for their web sitethrough this persistent communication channel to their online consumer. CleveX, Inc. www.clevex.com CleveX, Inc. is a medical device company, begun in 2003 in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, which specializes in the development of innovative skin biopsy, closure and repair solutions for use in primary care, family, OB/GYN and dermatology physician practices. The company developed and recently introduced its first commercialized product, ExiClip™, an innovative and easy to use skin biopsy medical device to address unmet market needsThe Columbus Idea Foundry - Dr. Alexander R. Bandarwww.ColumbusIdeaFoundry.comThe Columbus Idea Foundry is a technical consulting and manufacturing resource for Ohio’s creative community. Weare a community workshop that maintains fabrication resources from woodworking and welding to CNC machining, 3Dprinting and laser cutting, as well as offers classes to the general public in the use of our tools. Unlike most educationalinstitutions, we also sell memberships to innovators and small businesses to use our resources for their own projects. Inthis way, we not only educate but empower people to design and create their ideas. Individuals and small businessesmay rent studios in our workshop for their own production space, or may commission the CIF to produce parts forthem. The prevalence of open-source DIY design, programming, and fabrication websites means that information isoften no longer the bottleneck in realizing an idea – building it is. By providing a physical facility with manufacturingresources, instructional classes, and an exhibition space, the CIF accelerates grassroots innovation and exemplifies anovel model for democratized design, manufacturing and product introduction to market. 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 13

Outstanding Startup Business The winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service, and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. Compliance Cartoons - Diane Stricklan and Dan Longhouse www.compliancecartoons.com Compliance Cartoons offers fun, interactive learning interactions to compliment any compliance training program. Compliance training has had a long-standing issue of being boring and forgettable. Our innovative 5-10 minute cartoons actively engage employees, helping them retain important information on various compliance and ethics topics. And because they are Flash interactions, there are numerous ways companies can implement them (e.g. Intranet, Learning Management System, email, PowerPoint, Webex, etc.). We’ve taken compliance training from “mundane necessity” to “water cooler conversation!” Compliance Cartoons can also customize any cartoon—up to and including creating your own signature cartoon characters! Compliance Cartoons was founded in 2008 by Dan Longhouse and Diane Stricklan. Dormzy - Chris Sammons www.dormzy.com Dormzy is an online convenience store for college students and young professionals. Dormzy ships to anyone in the United States. Our company focuses on the niche college market. Dormzy gives students and parents an easier, more affordable and better alternative to shopping for daily essentials. Dormzy was created by former University of Kentucky student, Chris Sammons, who saw firsthand the struggles students and parents face while away at school. e-Cycle www.e-cycle.com e-Cycle is changing the way that businesses purchase and dispose of wireless devices. The company started in 2004 when Columbus residents Chris and Tonia Irion decided they needed to tackle a growing problem – the lack of wireless recycling. Both veterans of the technology field, Chris and Tonia combined their passions for business and the environment to form e-Cycle – a wireless buyback and recycling company. eEvent, Inc. http://eevent.com Events are inherently social, so eEvent was designed to make that experience more enjoyable for everyone. Using eEvent will benefit event guests, planners and sponsors and help them engage with each other more at events. Plus, using the event management platform makes it possible for event planners to receive up-to-the-minute data on registrations and ticketing on their smartphones, without any guesswork. It includes geo-tagging and funware technology to make recommendations to users based on their interests and habits, including what their friends enjoy. This makes it possible for sponsors to direct-market their customers based on their preferences. eEvent’s social networking features make it easier for them to connect; our search engine makes events easier to find’ our recommendation engine increases serendipity; and the mobile platform enables guests, sponsors and planners to do what they need to do for the events anywhere, anytime. We want to make it easier for people to find and enjoy events that they’ll love!14 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Outstanding Startup Business The winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service, and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. First Biotech Inc. - Louay Hallak and Savio Reddimasu www.FirstBiotech.Com First Biotech was established to provide innovative products and services for life sciences research. Our aim is to create simple solutions to complex problems in DNA mutagenesis and cloning technologies in fast, economical and environmentally friendly ways. Our patent pending technology is being harnessed to produce our core DNA mutagenesis kit, a product that completely bypasses conventional DNA subcloning through innovative combination of commonly used biochemical reactions.GroundWork groupwww.groundworkgroup.orgGroundWork group’s innovation is our Business Model. We are a Social Enterprise, combining earned revenues with contributed supportto remain financially viable so we can further our mission to strengthen the ability of nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions. Wetake a holistic approach to the delivery of our services to our nonprofit customers. We offer more than technology products and services.Our approach is to analyze every business function that can be improved through better use of technology, boosting the operationaleffectiveness of nonprofits.GroundWork group was established in 2005 in response to an extensive survey of Central Ohio area nonprofits that identified“technology” as the top barrier to their success. GroundWork group’s vision, “affordable and sustainable information technologysolutions which serve as a strategic enabler of nonprofit business success,” guides our service development and delivery. Ourmembership base and our service lines grow each year, expanding our ability to increase the capacity of the nonprofit sector to fulfill theircore missions. Our expansion has taken us beyond Central Ohio and into California, Kansas, Michigan and Virginia. Jackthreads.com www.jackthreads.com Jackthreads is a members-only online shopping community for men serving up the hottest brands in contemporary and better streetwear fashions for up to 80% less than retail prices. It’s the perfect refuge for the male shopper who wants to look good without spending hours in a store. Signup is free, and new sales are offered to members each day in a limited-time, flash-sale format. Invite friends to earn a $10 credit after their first purchase. Jackthreads has grown 50% in the past 6 months, surpassing 300,000 members, and is set to make between $5 and $10 million this year.Janovawww.janova.usJanova is a software company redefining software testing and implementation by providing automated softwareapplication testing solutions. Janova was developed to build strong quality practices up front to ensure the delivery ofan application with minimal defects. Janova originated from an IT consultancy business and has more than doubled insize in the past year alone expanding its office to Water’s Edge in New Albany, Ohio.Janova offers businesses an enterprise-level application with quality processes from the very beginning. Providinga solution for web-based automated software testing tools, Janova originated to improve quality, efficiency, andeffectiveness of software implementations at a low cost. Using English-based feature files, anyone can test softwareapplications, freeing IT professionals to focus on strategy and overall implementation. Janova’s approach to automatedtesting combined with the Agile methodology (supporting constant evaluation and adaptation) is redefining the wayenterprise-level software is implemented and tested. 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 15

Outstanding Startup Business The winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service, and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. Leading EDJE www.leadingedje.com Leading EDJE is a WBE (Women’s Business Enterprise) certified IT consulting firm that provides superior technical and project management consulting services to assist our clients in implementing today’s ever increasing complex solutions. Our consultants provide expertise in creating innovative custom application development solutions utilizing leading edge technologies. We specialize in all phases of technology development; from inception to implementation our expertise in development of sound solutions is unsurpassed. In order to provide superior guidance and structure to our client’s custom solutions, we are continuously and rigorously educating ourselves on the latest technologies. Our team is unique in that we work proactively with our clients to help them gain a competitive edge via our innovative technical solutions. Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. www.floshield.com Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. (MID) is a venture backed Columbus medical device company that has developed, commercialized, and nationally launched the FloShield device that preserves vision during laparoscopic surgery. It is the only product ever that prevents the lens from becoming dirty and therefore prevents constant interruptions to clean the lens. In 2010 the company grew sales 9-fold, entered national distribution with a global public surgical products company, developed three new products, and began preparation for overseas launch in 2011. MID brought engineering in-house and also built it’s own manufacturing facility. FTE’s grew from 3 to 9. The FloShield product line won 1st place in “Excellence in Surgical Products” award from Surgical Products Magazine and was named one of 50 companies to watch by MD DI magazine, the trade magazine of the medical device industry. MID has developed with our distributor an unusual and synergistic partnership, that in combination with inboard engineering and manufacturing, has allowed the reiteration and reintroduction of improved products in a very short development timeline, often as short as two weeks. MobileXpeditions LLC - Mark Gilicinski & Sean Boiarski www.mobilexpeditions.com MobileXpeditions enables venues and brands to create mobile applications, delivering new ways to engage their customers. We deliver interactive, location-based experiences – multimedia tours, guides, and location-based games on consumers’ own smart phones, such as the Apple iPhone. Venues as diverse as cruise ships, universities, sports stadiums, theme parks, municipalities, museums, and consumer brands can use our software to increase customer satisfaction, promote repeat visits, and generate revenue. Project Solutions Group, Ltd - Randy Hall, President & Jim McCombs, Business Development Manager www.ProjectSG.com Project Solutions Group focuses only on IT Project Management and Analysis. While other companies perform project oversight functions as a bi-product of their primary deliverable, we only work within the project oversight market space. This unique approach not only produces a higher level of project control, but also provides our Clients with a technical organization focused on their needs, instead of the needs of the Vendor. Our non-traditional approach allows us to deliver part-time solutions for companies that could not justify the luxury of a project management organization. We provide a customized framework that consistently produces successful projects and the information needed to make informed, intelligent decisions, related to past, current, and future projects. Project Solutions Group’s no-nonsense product line is designed to identify specific control areas that increase efficiency and lower the cost of project delivery. Coupled with our customizable on-line project management toolkit, implementing our services may cost less than doing nothing at all.16 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Outstanding Startup Business The winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service, and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. SearchSpring www.searchspring.net SearchSpring helps online retailers improve the on-site customer shopping experience by providing interactive and engaging ways to browse and find products. Rich AJAX UIs for faceted navigation, search and product comparison help guide customers to the appropriate products quickly and intuitively - keeping them engaged and enabling them to make informed decisions. SearchSpring also makes it easy to publish highly targeted merchandising campaigns, triggering off search terms or category, brand or attribute selections. SearchSpring makes the entire process of optimizing findability easy, enhancing the merchant’s existing E-Commerce platform seamlessly - without compromising existing functionality.Social Business Strategies - Nate Riggswww.socialbusinessstrategies.comBased in Columbus, Ohio, Social Business Strategies works with mid-sized and large organizations to lead culturechange so that they can adopt social media tools and leverage Human Business Teams as a part of their communicationstrategy.Nate Riggs is a also professional conference and event speaker, presenting on a variety of topics and trends on howhumans use the Internet to conduct business, build organizational culture, and develop personal brands. TalentRooster - David DeCapua & Joel Lilly www.talentrooster.com TalentRooster - the premier provider of digital video technology for talent acquisition. TalentRooster connects job seekers, recruiters and employers with state-of-the-art digital video profiles. A turnkey package allows you to shoot professional video interviews and create standardized job seeker profiles which can be uploaded to a national searchable database allowing job seekers to be located by thousands of employers across the country.TechLife Ohio - Ben & Sandy Blanquerawww.techlifeohio.comTechLife Ohio is a grassroots movement whose mission is to foster a culture of innovation andentrepreneurship. TechLife Ohio encourages our “tribe” to engage, energize, and innovate by:1) binding existing groups together, 2) creating online social spaces, 3) organizing in-person events,4) providing tools and mechanisms to become more informed of what’s going on in Columbustechnology. 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 17

Outstanding Startup Business The winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service, and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. The Small Business Beanstalk - Timothy Wolf Starr www.thesbb.com The Small Business Beanstalk (SBB) was created a year ago with the aspiration to give our neighborhood businesses and consumers a real incentive to shop locally. With the design and implementation of our SBB Community Card, we were able to realize this dream and see the immediate effects of a community that wants to support its members. Our SBB Community Card allows consumers to visit their favorite local spots and receive a discount created by the business. As the SBB, we enroll businesses, distribute the card to consumers, and publicize the deals on our website. In addition to this small, yet powerful, incentive for consumers, we also run a business-service network, where small businesses offer discounts on their services to other small businesses. In just one year, we have accumulated over 260 small businesses in the Central Ohio region and 50,000 card-carriers. VacationView, Inc. www.RRBO.com VacationView, Inc. has created an Internet marketplace for timeshare rentals by owners – Resort Rentals By Owner (RRBO.com) where consumers can rent timeshare properties from their owners using state-of-the-art Internet tools and proprietary methodologies. RRBO enables consumers to easily locate available rental properties online, immediately learn about them and then provide a simple way to book a rental at discounts that average 30-50% versus booking through traditional online travel services. The founders have significant experience in creating Internet based consumer products and discovered an industry that is rife with problems in serving its captive market of timeshare property owners and an opportunity to provide dramatic discounts to consumers looking to rent a vacation property. Veeam Software - Ratmir Timashev, President & CEO www.veeam.com Veeam is a self-funded, rapidly growing company based in Columbus that develops management, backup and recovery software for virtual servers. The trend toward virtualization is an IT transformation on the scale of past innovations such as client-server and the personal computer. Veeam is adding about 700 new customers per month, with more than 15,000 total customers worldwide. The company currently employs 301 people globally and hired 47 employees in the third quarter of 2010 alone. Its rapid growth is due to the company’s constant innovation in response to customer feedback. For example, customer input has helped Veeam develop several patent-pending capabilities for the latest version of its flagship product, Veeam Backup & Replication™ 5.0. These new features help companies recover virtual servers in minutes, as opposed to the hours of downtime associated with traditional physical backup software, which can cripple a company’s productivity. Veeam won four awards at this year’s VMworld in San Francisco, the largest virtualization conference in the world. Veeam’s Backup & Replication took the top award, winning overall Best of Show. WorthPoint Corporation - WorthPoint team www.worthpoint.com WorthPoint Corporation has quickly become a leader in pricing information for the antiques and collectibles industry. We have effectively stored tens of millions of web pages, with significant metadata in innovative methods for consumers and professionals to easily access. We have also effectively used the massive amounts of data to market ourselves on the web with the major search engines. The proof is in the results with over 400% growth in paid subscribers in 2010, over 15M pageviews and 5M visits in October 2010.18 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s

Outstanding Startup BusinessThe winning Nominee is a growing company, in business for less than (<) five (5) years, with (i) at least one product or service,and (ii) either the product or service is commercially available and installed past the beta stage, or the company has received Outside Funding (as defined below), and (iii) the company demonstrates the potential for continued growth and success. Your Milton, Inc. www.yourmilton.com Your Milton, Inc. created Milton, a web application that helps freelancers and service companies manage their businesses by integrating everything they need and nothing they don’t for a small monthly fee. Milton includes a contact manager, project manager, to-do list, time tracking, invoicing and expenses. Milton launched earlier this year, and more than 350 customers have signed up to use Milton to date. Since launch, Milton has also added functionality that scours the social web for profiles of your contacts no matter what social networks they are on, and brings back their social network activity. Your Milton uses a local virtual approach, using a limited in-house staff supplemented by freelance resources. This approach allows Milton to progress quickly on limited resources and leverage the outstanding talent available in the Columbus community. 2 O 1 O Te c h C o l u m b u s I n n o v a t i o n A w a r d s 19

IMAGINE “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein ~ Physicist20

Green Innovation The winning Nominee is a COMPANY that has EITHER: Developed a Green product or service that is commercially available and in production, and is in use with at least one customer/client; OR Applied or implemented a technology or process change that has a net positive impact on the environment, such as, by decreasing energy consumption as compared to conventional operations, decreasing regulated air or water emissions, decreasing solid-waste as compared to conventional operations, or by some other environmentally significant described impact. Allen Hydro Energy Corporation - Charles E. Campbell, Founder & CEO www.ahecgreen.com Allen Hydro Energy Corporation (AHEC) has developed a unique innovation that is simple, yet amazing. AHEC Innovative generating process uses existing large-scale hydroelectric generating technology, has no negative environmental impacts and is scalable to meet peak and off-peak demand. It produces Zero CO2 Gases, doesn’t require fossil fuels, the sun or wind and can operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and 365 days per year. AHEC generating facilities can be constructed in any major metropolitan city in the US or internationally, where the greatest demand for energy exists and continues to increase. AHEC will reduce residential, commercial and industrial customer’s cost by 50% by charging a flat price per month. AHEC’s estimated cost per facility is $180 million. Our patent pending innovative process involves water in a storage tank, penstocks, turbine generators, transformers, electric pumps, flow control systems and a connection to a city’s underground electric power grid. AHEC will ensure that large-scale hydroelectricity is placed back on the table for consideration as a competitive renewable energy source for the world.Community Recycling Campaign - Sachin Rudrarajuwww.crcfbt.orgThough many recycling programs are available, there is always a gap in public awareness on how to best use them. CRC focuses onbuilding community recycling awareness, providing an alternative to other costly computer recycling programs as well as makingrecycling easier. Our services include: Door-to-Door Campaign, Media Campaign, Used-Computers Collection, Computer Refurbishingand Training, e-waste Drop-Off, Donations to Charities, Clothes/Toys Recycling, and Fundraising for Other Charities.Many recycling programs charge a fee to collect used electronics, and many subdivisions choose not to participate in electronic recycling.We distribute brochures in local housing subdivisions; we provide recycling options to residents including local recycling center/drop-off-boxes, and we do campaigns at public gatherings by setting up booths to encourage whole-household involvement in recyclingprograms. As part of the campaign we collect used computers and plastic toys from residents at public gatherings and in local drop-offboxes. When collected computers and other electronics are salvageable, CRC teams refurbish them and donate them to local charities.Electronics that are no longer usable are delivered to an e-Waste drop-off center for proper recycling and disposal. Dublin Entrepreneurial Center, Green Integrator - Chaz Freutel www.decindublin.com The “Green Integrator” is the name of Dublin’s Green Incubator at the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center “DEC”. The purpose of the Green Integrator is to nurture a collaborative environment intended to promote the development of new green companies both physically and not physically located in the DEC/Green Integrator to access services, networks, training, capital and other necessary resources to assist with getting new ideas to market, new company formation and job creation, and to develop and/or bring new green technologies for integration into and promotion to the market place. Participation in the Green Integrator is team in spirit while respecting the individuality and proprietary requirements of each company.e-Cyclewww.e-cycle.come-Cycle is changing the way that businesses purchase and dispose of wireless devices.The company started in 2004 when Columbus residents Chris and Tonia Irion decidedthey needed to tackle a growing problem – the lack of wireless recycling. Both veteransof the technology field, Chris and Tonia combined their passions for business and theenvironment to form e-Cycle – a wireless buyback and recycling company. 21

Green Innovation The winning Nominee is a COMPANY that has EITHER: Developed a Green product or service that is commercially available and in production, and is in use with at least one customer/client; OR Applied or implemented a technology or process change that has a net positive impact on the environment, such as, by decreasing energy consumption as compared to conventional operations, decreasing regulated air or water emissions, decreasing solid-waste as compared to conventional operations, or by some other environmentally significant described impact. eEvent, Inc. http://eevent.com Events are big industry, $50 billion annually worldwide. Events are inherently social. The primary objective around events is making sure that sponsors and guests are happy. So, eEvent was designed with mobility and sustainability in mind to make that experience more enjoyable and rewarding for everyone. eEvent helps simplify the process of managing and experiencing events via mobile and web. eEvent paperless ticketing and QR technology make online engagements between event guests, planners and sponsors mobile and sustainable. Use of eEvent’s management platform makes it possible for event planners to receive up-to-the-minute data on registrations and ticketing on their smartphones, without any guesswork. eEvent implements geo-tagging, funware, search and social- networking engine to maximize events interactions for everyone without additional paperwork and recurring cost. eEvent maximizes the use of online and paperless applications to manage multiple event tasks and increase communication, accuracy and efficiency. It directly saves the use of paper, reduces redundancy and operational costs. EnviroCeram - j Richard Schorr www.cellpore.com To address an expanding need for cleaner air and water, a new manufacturing company “EnviroCeram” was established to commercialize a family of high performance, environmental media (Cell-Pore™) to remove pollutants. The market is driven by increasing scarcity of clean water and demands for cleaner air. EnviroCeram uses products and processes developed by MetaMateria, a company founded by Richard Schorr, which is an innovative developer of high performance nanomaterials for environmental, energy and infrastructure applications. EnviroCeram will market a unique family of environmental media that work faster, better and are more cost effective in contaminant removal than most competitive products. Products have been sold for aquaculture and waste gas treatment for over 5 years; however, new products using nanomaterials and other novel additives opens up many opportunities for expansion into new markets and substantial growth is projected during the next three years, limited only by resources available. A leader is coming on board to run the company, supported by existing MetaMateria staff. EnviroCeram is the first of several companies planned in the next three years. Green Office Furniture Solutions, LLC - Haleema Shafeek www.gofsllc.com Green Office Furniture Solutions, LLC is a design and office furniture dealership, whose focus is on providing “Green or sustainable” solutions for public spaces. Green Office Furniture Solutions, LLC was started after working in the commercial design industry for over 14 years. I started to see a growing interest for sustainable furniture solutions from customers who care about the environment. They were also interested in a more natural work environment with better air quality. Whether it’s an office building, health care facility or education establishment, Green Office Furniture Solutions, LLC can provide products that meet the environmental needs or LEED qualifications that the customers desires. Hardcore Computer, Inc. www.hardcorecomputer.com Hardcore Computer®, Inc. is the leading provider of innovative, power efficient, high performance liquid blade servers, professional workstations and desktop computers. Our patented total submersion liquid cooling technology delivers exceptional performance, cost and space savings to enterprise datacenters. Our new, highly innovative, Liquid Blade™ server was awarded “Best Data Center Innovation” at Blade Systems Insight 2010. Hardcore Computer® has also received industry accolades for our Detonator™ professional workstation and Reactor® X high-performance desktop. Hardcore Computer® - Leading the transformation to sustainable high performance computing.22

Green Innovation The winning Nominee is a COMPANY that has EITHER: Developed a Green product or service that is commercially available and in production, and is in use with at least one customer/client; OR Applied or implemented a technology or process change that has a net positive impact on the environment, such as, by decreasing energy consumption as compared to conventional operations, decreasing regulated air or water emissions, decreasing solid-waste as compared to conventional operations, or by some other environmentally significant described impact. Hocking College Energy Institute - Jerrold L. Hutton Ph.D. hutton_j@hocking.edu The Hocking College Energy Institute is located adjacent to the Logan-Hocking Industrial Park in Logan, OH; our USGBC LEED Platinum certified campus serves as a working experiential laboratory while attracting green technology companies. Our classroom experience extends beyond our walls and into neighboring advanced energy businesses. Daily collaboration and interchange with companies competing in the marketplace allows for direct Institute and industry collaboration and real-time adjustments in our curriculum and training approaches, while providing our students with internships and a competitive advantage when entering the job market. Consistent with our hands-on learning philosophy, the Institute’s green campus permits demonstrations and experiments on a real-world scale. The presence of functioning alternative energy sources such as solar power, wind, geothermal, and fuel cells in all of the Institute’s facilities places the future in students’ hands today. The emerging “green economy” demands a workforce to construct, install, troubleshoot, modify and test multiple types of alternative energy equipment and applications. The Hocking College Energy Institute is well- positioned to meet the challenge.Ohio Department of Transportation - Jim Burns, Resource Managerwww.dot.state.oh.usThe Ohio Department of Transportation maintains the nation’s 4th largest interstate system with the 2nd largest bridgeinventory, is 4th in the nation in total rail miles, and has the 12th highest transit ridership rate in the US. These assetssupport the nation’s 7th largest state economy and 11.5 million Ohioans.The Department’s Division of Information Technology was charged with a refresh of the Windows XP operating systemand over 3700 PCS throughout the state. Past experience with similar upgrades has shown a tremendous amount ofpackaging and non-recyclable waste is generated in a deployment of this scale. ODOT has adopted a “Go with Green”initiative department wide. A “Green Delivery” concept of the refresh was approved by ODOT’s management team.In order to be successful ODOT’s CIO had to impress upon the State’s procurement professionals the value of greendelivery and include it into the procurement process. The concept of green delivery had never been considered beforeand numerous agencies partnered to overcome barriers within the process to achieve the desired result. Plug Smart www.plugsmart.com Plug Smart provides the technology that connects the electric vehicle to the smart grid and the smart grid to the world. Plug Smart is an innovator in the smart electric vehicle charging space, helping pioneer the concept at The Ohio State University’s Center for Automotive Research just over two years ago. Smart charging is the use of a vehicle charger that contain metering, switching, and communication technologies. Plug Smart’s technology enables electric vehicle drivers and utility companies far more control over this new load being introduced into the grid. The smarts allow users to take advantage of off-peak electric rates and utilities to mitigate peak demand concerns. Plug Smart is the driving force behind turning Electric vehicles into an asset to the grid.SolarVision, LLC - Greg Kusswww.solarvisionllc.netA leader in renewable energy, SolarVision, LLC has developed a cost-effective solution for solar power systems that provides an immediate economicbenefit. The latest inspiration from Energy Designs—founded in 1984 and one of the first product development companies focused on renewableenergy—SolarVision, LLC brings a depth of experience and passion for sustainable energy alternatives. For more information, please visit www.solarvisionllc.net.Greg Kuss and his company SolarVision LLC were recently awarded The Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) Sustainability Award,2010 Award for Energy & Air Quality, presented to SolarVision LLC last week by the MORPC Center for Energy & Environment. The award celebratesSolarVision’s ability to pioneer the financing of mid to large scale solar power projects throughout the state of Ohio. 23

Green Innovation The winning Nominee is a COMPANY that has EITHER: Developed a Green product or service that is commercially available and in production, and is in use with at least one customer/client; OR Applied or implemented a technology or process change that has a net positive impact on the environment, such as, by decreasing energy consumption as compared to conventional operations, decreasing regulated air or water emissions, decreasing solid-waste as compared to conventional operations, or by some other environmentally significant described impact. State of Ohio - Multi-Agency CIO Advisory Council www.oit.ohio.gov The state’s information technology (IT) supports a wide array of services designed to promote the health, safety and welfare of Ohio’s citizens. Traditionally, Ohio IT has been managed within a federated structure; that is, each agency determines and manages its own IT program, including its infrastructure. Yet Ohio was able to deploy across state government a server virtualization program that significantly decreases energy consumption. Doing so required an unprecedented level of collaboration among the state’s agencies. Collaboration was realized through Ohio’s IT oversight organization, the Multi-Agency CIO Advisory Council (MAC), comprising the State CIO and the CIOs from 34 state agencies. Server virtualization is a green technology that addresses several serious concerns. Agency CIOs were asked to cut their IT budgets by 30%, representing a statewide total of $240 million. In addition, the State of Ohio Computer Center’s power supply was taxed nearly to its limits. Energy shortage concerns, coupled with drastically decreased IT budgets, led the State CIO and the MAC to focus on initiatives that would result in more efficient, agile, and resilient operating environments. The Ohio State University - OARDC - Brian McSpadden Gardener www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/mcspaddengardenerlab/ Dr. McSpadden Gardener’s research focuses on the discovery and development of biofungicides and biofertilizers. His research efforts are ultimately aimed at ensuring that such technologies will improve the profitability and long term sustainability of agricultural crop production, especially in organic cropping systems. His laboratory has generated patented IP, some of which is now licensed to an award-winning Columbus start-up, Gen2Agro. He is currently involved in two industry-funded research projects involving OSU IP. In 2009, Dr. McSpadden Gardener was selected to participate in a World Class University Project in South Korea aimed at advancing biopesticide research and development globally. Brian is a recognized leader in the field of biological control, and he serves as an informed public advocate supporting the growth and success of the biopesticide industry. A member of the American Phytopathological Society and Biopesticide Industry Alliance, he has organized symposia and given numerous presentations related to both fundamental and applied aspects of biological control. He is in demand as a consultant and has assisted several different companies in their research and development efforts. Vanner - Vanner Hybrid Converter Team (Hybrid Beltless Alternator) www.vanner.com Vanner has been a market leader for more than 30 years with patented power conversion and power management technologies, including battery chargers/monitors, inverters, CAN-bus accessories, converters, and equalizers for traditional and hybrid powered commercial buses, ambulances, military vehicles, luxury coaches, mobile offices and heavy duty and work trucks. Since 2009, the Vanner Green Initiative has aimed to conserve and recycle in every aspect of day-to-day operation using Vanner power conversion and transformation products. The Vanner Hybrid Beltless Alternator is proven to provide more than 25% efficiency improvements over traditional alternators using DC Converter technology. At least 25% lighter than conventional alternators, the Vanner Hybrid Beltless Alternator improves fuel economy and reduces exhaust emissions, saving users more than 3,000 gallons of fuel and the associated emissions over the life of the bus. As a leader in commercial vehicle power conversion systems for more than three decades, Vanner solves operational, fuel efficiency and emission challenges for the bus industry. Weisenbach Recycled Products - Daniel Weisenbach www.RecycledProducts.com Weisenbach Recycled Products is a creative force in the manufacture and distribution of products made from recycled materials. With more than 2 dozen patents and trademarks, innovation is a hallmark of the company. Waste As Raw Material, or WARM Manufacturing, is the defining principle in its operations. Using glass, plastic, tire rubber, paper, circuit boards, and more, Weisenbach consistently provides customers with effective products to further their green initiatives. Not accepting that a material “Can’t be Recycled”, Weisenbach applies models of past successes to new challenges. Launched in 2010, the Caps Can Do program tackles the problem of plastic bottle caps; a component of disposable packaging that is one of the most littered items in the environment. Weisenbach embraced the challenge of turning the waste plastic into a commercially viable and useful product. Engaging consumers, providing a path for action, diverting waste from the landfill, reducing litter in the environment, and preventing pollution with an affordable, accessible product are the significant accomplishments of the Caps Can Do project.24

Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery The winning Nominee is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that has applied or implemented a technology or process change that has positively impacted the ability of the organization to provide services, such as, by measurably increasing the number of constituents served, by measurably increasing the extent to which one or more constituents has been served, by measurably increasing generation of funds through fundraising efforts, or by achieving some other significant described impact. CentralOhioEntrepreneurs.org - April McCollum www.centralohioentrepreneurs.org CentralOhioEntrepreneurs.org connects entrepreneurs to the resources they need to start, grow and manage a small business. CentralOhioEntrepreneurs.org is a free service provided through the collaborative efforts of TechColumbus, OCLC, the Columbus Metro Library, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the SBDC. The website is a web portal to resources and information. We help entrepreneurs maximize their access to national, state and community resources, library resources, community partner programs and free Internet resources. Entrepreneurs can browse the 400+ links to business resources on the website, search the business resources search engine or contact a business librarian.City of Dublin, Department of Recreation - Scott Hanks, Recreation Supervisorwww.dublin.oh.usThe City of Dublin provides quality and innovative services to both residents and businesses alike. Dublin’s energizedcorporate climate attracts start-up ventures, family-owned businesses and national and international corporations.Dublin’s diverse and sound economic base provides the foundation for the present and future stability of the city. Thecity’s continued economic vitality is the result of quality development, strategic planning and aggressive efforts to attractand retain high-quality commercial development.The primary purpose for the Dublin Entrepreneurial Camp, also known as The Dublin Apprentice, is to capture theentrepreneurial spirit inherent in teens by building strong, long-term and sustainable partnerships between teens, localgovernment and businesses. This program creates a system of transfer of valuable knowledge among teenagers andlocal businesses that prepares the teens for the future needs of the business community and workforce. Coexist - Christian Deuber, Dan Coe, Katie Ruoff, Sarah Paul, Erin Lucarelli, & Brad Condo www.greenempowerment.org Coexist is a digital agency. We deliver fresh interactive experiences for emerging brands across all digital channels. We continually embrace new technologies, often turning on a dime, to help brands interact with customers in memorable and engaging ways. In redesigning Green Empowerment’s website, we were able to provide them with a compelling online approach that more effectively conveys their powerful mission. Beyond a brand refresh and reorganized site, we also gave GE a truly “sustainable” online experience. With our custom-built Content Management System (CMS) tool, we were able to take all of GE’s unique needs under consideration and deliver a completely custom and optimized website that can grow, in real-time, as the organization grows over the next several years. One of the truly unique features behind GE’s new, extensible website is the CMS tool and its “What you see is what you get” approach to handling content updates. Our ability to hand over the keys to GE’s website with complete confidence that anyone can now make real-time updates and page additions without any technical training is key.Columbus Council on World Affairs - Patrick Terrien, Stephanie Calondis Geiger, Maria Wolever, &Rhonda Nicholaswww.columbusworldaffairs.orgThe Columbus Council on World Affairs mission is to highlight global and local connections and encourage thoughtful analysis of theworld’s shared issues. To achieve this, the organization delivers educational programs to the general community and to school-age youth.Its offerings allow members to access international decision-makers or to make local contacts who share the same vision and goals for ourglobal city.In its youth education sphere, CCWA facilitates hands-on learning opportunities which prepare young leaders to take on universalchallenges -- ensuring trade fairness, ending human trafficking, or encouraging behavior changes locally that will reduce the negativeeffects of Climate Change. CCWA has harnessed free and low-cost existing applications to allow students and experts from differentschools, areas of the city, and even different countries to collaborate on such projects.The use of off-the-shelf technologies has had positive implications for the Columbus Council on World Affairs in many other areas as well,and it seeks to spur other area organizations in the same direction. 25

Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery The winning Nominee is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that has applied or implemented a technology or process change that has positively impacted the ability of the organization to provide services, such as, by measurably increasing the number of constituents served, by measurably increasing the extent to which one or more constituents has been served, by measurably increasing generation of funds through fundraising efforts, or by achieving some other significant described impact. Columbus Metropolitan Library & WOSU Public Media - Columbus Neighborhoods www.columbusneighborhoods.org Columbus Neighborhoods (www.columbusneighborhoods.org) is a rich, socially enabled online application developed in partnership by WOSU Public Media and the Columbus Metropolitan Library that allows community members to explore, contribute and co-curate galleries of photos, images, and stories to a collective virtual treasure celebrating Columbus’ unique neighborhoods. Launched in March 2010, the interactive website is designed to serve as an online community engagement centerpiece for the city’s upcoming 2012 bicentennial and was inspired by WOSU’s six-documentary series, also called Columbus Neighborhoods. Visitors to the website can contribute, create galleries, geo-tag photos, comment and even grab web code that will allow them to embed images and stories into their own blogs and online social media spaces. The online application was designed and launched in less than three months and was developed using open-source tools. Community Recycling Campaign - Founder: Sachin Rudraraju, Executive Director: Bhaskara Rudraraju, Board Advisors: Seshagiri Rao Nanduri, Prasad Gattupalli, and Srivital Choppara www.crcfbt.org Though many recycling programs are available, there is always a gap in public awareness on how to best use them. CRC focuses on building community recycling awareness, providing an alternative to other costly computer recycling programs as well as making recycling easier. Our services include: Door-to-Door Campaign, Media Campaign, Used-Computers Collection, Computer Refurbishing and Training, e-waste Drop-Off, Donations to Charities, Clothes/Toys Recycling, and Fundraising for Other Charities. Many recycling programs charge a fee to collect used electronics, and many subdivisions choose not to participate in electronic recycling. We distribute brochures in local housing subdivisions; we provide recycling options to residents including local recycling center/drop- off-boxes, and we do campaigns at public gatherings by setting up booths to encourage whole-household involvement in recycling programs. As part of the campaign we collect used computers and plastic toys from residents at public gatherings and in local drop-off boxes. When collected computers and other electronics are salvageable, CRC teams refurbish them and donate them to local charities. Electronics that are no longer usable are delivered to an e-Waste drop-off center for proper recycling and disposal. Economic and Community Development Institute - Website Redesign Project www.ecdi.org The Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) is a non-profit economic development organization located in Columbus, Ohio. Since its inception in 2004, ECDI has assisted over 2000 aspiring entrepreneurs become successful business owners through its comprehensive small business development programming. ECDI offers classroom training and technical assistance, administers an Individual Development Account (IDA) grant program for business capitalization, and manages 14 distinct revolving loan funds which provide small business loans ranging from $500 to $100,000 to start-up and existing businesses. ECDI’s services are targeted toward underbanked populations, including low-income individuals, those with little or no credit, those precluded from paying interest because of religious beliefs, and those who are unable to get a loan from a traditional financial institution. In 2010, ECDI partnered with for- profit QStart Labs and non-profit GroundWork group (GWg) to redesign its website, implement a customer relationship database, and link the two via online application capabilities. This project resulted in a streamlined website and application process that both led to a better user experience for ECDI customers and stakeholders and increased efficiency for its staff. GroundWork group www.groundworkgroup.org GroundWork group’s innovation is our Service Delivery Model. We take a holistic approach to the delivery of our services to our nonprofit customers. We aim to strengthen the ability of nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions through our focus on organizational effectiveness. We do more than offer technology products and services. Our approach is to analyze every business function that can be improved through better use of technology. We then map a plan to improve operational efficiency for our customers that will increase the number of clients they serve. GWg was established in 2005 to provide our unique technology solutions, based on an extensive survey of Central Ohio area nonprofits that identified “technology” as the top barrier to their success. We are a trusted technology advisor that teams with the nonprofit, funding and business communities to help maximize every charitable dollar donated. As a nonprofit ourselves, we understand how critical it is to make sure that operational challenges are minimized so that our clients can focus on serving their core missions.26

Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery The winning Nominee is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that has applied or implemented a technology or process change that has positively impacted the ability of the organization to provide services, such as, by measurably increasing the number of constituents served, by measurably increasing the extent to which one or more constituents has been served, by measurably increasing generation of funds through fundraising efforts, or by achieving some other significant described impact. Hocking College Energy Institute - Jerrold L. Hutton Ph.D. www2.hocking.edu/hcei/ The Hocking College Energy Institute is located adjacent to the Logan-Hocking Industrial Park in Logan, OH; our USGBC LEED Platinum certified campus serves as a working experiential laboratory while attracting green technology companies. Our classroom experience extends beyond our walls and into neighboring advanced energy businesses. Daily collaboration and interchange with companies competing in the marketplace allows for direct Institute and industry collaboration and real-time adjustments in our curriculum and training approaches, while providing our students with internships and a competitive advantage when entering the job market. Consistent with our hands-on learning philosophy, the Institute’s green campus permits demonstrations and experiments on a real-world scale. The presence of functioning alternative energy sources such as solar power, wind, geothermal, and fuel cells in all of the Institute’s facilities places the future in students’ hands today. The emerging “green economy” demands a workforce to construct, install, troubleshoot, modify and test multiple types of alternative energy equipment and applications. The Hocking College Energy Institute is well-positioned to meet the challenge.The Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission - Chester Jourdan, Jr.nwww.morpc.orgAs the regional planning organization for over a million people in central Ohio, the Mid Ohio Regional PlanningCommission (MORPC) relies on technology to share information among its constituents, as well as across the nationand the globe. The Franklin County Location Based Response System (LBRS) is part of a statewide initiative to providecurrent and accurate digital address and road centerline data to community emergency response services, as well asprovide a comprehensive road file for use in managing roadway service programs. Through an innovative approachusing geographic information system technology (GIS), the master file that was created is hosted at MORPC andupdated simultaneously across the Internet by seven communities. As a result, for the first time, each community hasimmediate access to other communities’ changes. Critical on-demand data files can be grabbed at any time by localagencies, especially safety service agencies, for importing into their dispatching systems. This project involved extensivecoordination including soliciting multiple funding sources, gaining political support, engaging a technical review team,and continuing maintenance team meetings. North South Foundation - Columbus Chapter Coordination Team - Bhaskara Rudraraju, Neelima Saverdekar, NSF Contest Leads , NSF Contests Prep Clubs coordinators & Parent Volunteers www.northsouth.org/st/chapters/USA/OH_Columbus/Home.asp North South Foundation is a non-profit organization established in Illinois in 1989. It received tax-exempt status under the IRS Section 501(c)(3). Our Mission is to promote excellence in human endeavor, to develop human resources, to help people achieve success regardless of religion, gender, caste, geographic origin by giving hope to those who may have none. The Foundation is all-volunteer driven. When we started this chapter there were only 13 kids registered for contests. I have been leading this chapter since 2003. We conduct educational contests including: Spelling-Bee, Vocabulary-Bee, Math-Bee, Geo-Bee, EssayBee, Public-Speaking, etc. once a year at The Ohio State University. We also did spelling workshops, National Finals in 2007 at the Ohio State University (nearly 960 kids participated across USA), started free tutoring clubs. This year we received 300 registrations. We collect donations from parents and donate to needy children for College scholarships. So far North South Foundation donated 4,500 scholarships ($250 each) in India for needy children. This year we started 7 different tutoring-clubs in three different places. Nearly 100 children are taking advantage of this tutoring-program.OCLC - OCLC Innovation Lab - Mike Teets, Bruce Washburn, WillieNeumann, Tip House, & Rob Koopmanwww.oclc.orgOCLC Online Computer Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer libraryservice and research organization dedicated to furthering access to the world’sinformation and reducing costs for libraries. More than 72,000 libraries in 171 countriesuse OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage librarymaterials for their patrons.The OCLC Innovation Lab, formed in April of 2010, has dramatically acceleratedthe deployment of new services through the use of technology and extremely agilemanagement practices. In June of 2010, the Lab collaborated with business unit staffin Dublin and research staff in San Mateo to deliver a mobile solution to our entiremember library community. 27

Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery The winning Nominee is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that has applied or implemented a technology or process change that has positively impacted the ability of the organization to provide services, such as, by measurably increasing the number of constituents served, by measurably increasing the extent to which one or more constituents has been served, by measurably increasing generation of funds through fundraising efforts, or by achieving some other significant described impact. Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities - MSS/CPT Team www.dodd.ohio.gov The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) is responsible for overseeing a statewide system of support and services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. Currently the 88 DODD county boards use several different disconnected spreadsheets to project costs, authorize services and calculate daily billing rates. In 2010, DODD released the Medicaid Services System, (MSS) which provides county boards and providers with this functionality and more in a single integrated web tool. Not only did the team employ new technologies for development, the Agile methodology was also used to develop the software. To support reporting, a new BI data warehouse was put in along with a new virtual server, load balanced environment. Ohio Small Business Development Center at Columbus State Community College - Michael Bowers sbdcfreeadvice.ning.com The Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Columbus State Community College is a public-private partnership supported by the US Small Business Administration, the Ohio Department of Development, Columbus State Community College and other local partners. Through its programs and services, the Center provides entrepreneurial development assistance and high-end business consulting to start-up and emerging business owners. The Center’s consulting services are offered at “no cost” to the client and all services are provided on a non-discriminatory basis. The SBDC Regional office is located in Columbus, OH and is housed within Columbus State Community College, servicing the nine county areas of Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Logan, Madison, Pickaway, and Union. Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) - Battelle www.osln.org The Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) is the embodiment of the innovative services submitted for consideration of the Innovation Awards Committee. The OSLN provided the foundational support necessary to accomplish the enormous achievements that are Ohio’s 10 STEM platform schools. These schools offer rigorous project-based curriculum, emphasizing the role that science, technology, engineering and mathematics plays in promoting innovation and economic progress. Transferring our successful network management and systems engineering approach to the problem of systemic educational reform, OSLN is tackling one of our nation’s biggest problems – the lack of an educational system capable of producing the STEM literate workforce necessary to maintain U.S. global economic competiveness. The OSLN is managed by Battelle. Possitivity - Jesse R. Roberts www.possitivity.com For over 34 years Possitivity has been a strategic partner in solving our customers’ business needs. As a self funded not-for-profit company Possitivity has helped develop over 65,000 jobs for people with disabilities since its inception in 1976. We offer document management services, janitorial services and e-waste recycling. Our newest service line, the electronic waste recycling division was created in January 2009 and provides free pick up, guarantees zero landfill locally and globally, provides safe erasure or destruction of data, and offers a letter of donation to our customers. Target market includes businesses who want quality services, assurance of quality and who have a social and environmental conscious28

Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery The winning Nominee is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that has applied or implemented a technology or process change that has positively impacted the ability of the organization to provide services, such as, by measurably increasing the number of constituents served, by measurably increasing the extent to which one or more constituents has been served, by measurably increasing generation of funds through fundraising efforts, or by achieving some other significant described impact. The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions www.buckeyeinstitute.org The Buckeye Institute is a 501(c)(3) think tank with an operating budget under $50 million that aims to set the policy debate by researching and promoting relevant, data-driven solutions to Ohio’s most pressing issues. Our innovation is our new website launched on April 30, 2010, that harnesses data in a transformative way that allows Ohioans to easily get critical information on government costs, education performance, economic data, and lobbyists activities. Specifically, our 8 searchable data tools and tax calculator are first-of-a-kind tools nationally that other groups are seeking to emulate. These cutting-edge tools have resulted in a significant increase in website usage – over 140,000 visitors who did more than 1,000,000 searches in roughly 6 months from over 450 Ohio cities – thereby “measurably increasing the number of constituents served” and “measurably increasing the extent to which” Ohioans gain access to vital information. Ohioans, including citizens and political leaders from both sides of the aisle, have used these tools to bring greater transparency and accountability to state and local governments. This service delivery increase occurred virally, as media coverage was de minimis. Inventor of the Year The winning Nominee is an inventor who, by a single invention or multiple innovations, has created the greatest impact on technology through his, her or their innovation(s). Battelle - Chad Bouton www.battelle.org Since beginning his professional career at Battelle in 1997, Chad E. Bouton has been the primary innovator, inventor and/or principal investigator for dozens of medical device projects. Chad’s innovations and inventions have directly led to multiple medical devices being placed on the market and in use today. His efforts are enhancing the quality of life for patients worldwide. As a Senior Research Scientist in Battelle’s Health and Life Sciences Global Business, Chad has 18 issued patents to his name and more pending, along with a variety of professional awards, including two R&D 100 Awards and the Battelle Inventor of the Year Award. One of Chad’s projects is the Cyberkinetic Braingate™, a device that allows people to control computers entirely by their thoughts. It was successfully demonstrated by a quadriplegic controlling her wheelchair and was featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Chad’s innovations were in the development of the signal processing algorithms of this device.EnviroWave Energy, LLC - John F. Novakwww.envirowave.comJohn Novak is an inventor of microwave technology used to convert organic scrap materials including tires, plastics, andautomotive shredder residue to synthetic natural gas (syngas) and diesel-equivalent fuels. Mr. Novak’s accomplishmentsinclude the design and development of microwave-based technology for wastewater treatment plants, oil refineries, andpetrochemical processing plants. Mr. Novak’s microwave technology has resulted in 13 U.S. and foreign patents issued,along with 3 U.S. patents pending for the methods and apparatus involved in the application of microwave technologyfor the above industries. Mr. Novak designed and produced the first commercially-viable microwave-based plants for 1)processing solids from wastewater treatment plants, 2) conversion of scrap tires and plastics to fuels, and 3) recovery offuels from refinery and tanker sludge. 29

Inventor of the Year The winning Nominee is an inventor who, by a single invention or multiple innovations, has created the greatest impact on technology through his, her or their innovation(s). Nanofiber Solutions - Dr. Jed Johnson www.nanofibersolutions.com Nanofiber Solutions develops and markets electrospun polymer nanofibers for cell culture applications. Historically, cell culture for biological research has been performed on flat, tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS) because it is cheap, optically clear, and many cell types grow well on it. In reality, however, living organisms are made up of an extracellular matrix that presents both aligned physical structure and support to the cells. TCPS lacks this aligned three-dimensional (3-D) component and cells behave very differently on this flat, smooth substrate than they do in true biological settings. Not surprisingly, drugs developed using TCPS as an in vitro substrate experience approximately a 90% failure rate in clinical studies. Our aligned 3-D substrates better mimic in vivo environments and thus facilitate faster drug screening and more effective cancer research. As a result, researchers are able to more accurately study the effects of drugs on cell behavior. This is especially true as researchers attempt to model cell migration (i.e. metastasis). By measuring metastasis in a more realistic environment, earlier breakthroughs become possible while decreasing time to market. Nanofiber Solutions LLC - John Lannutti www.nanofibersolutions.com Nanofiber Solutions uses nanofiber mats to create three-dimensional cell culture scaffolds that mimic the physical structure found in vivo. By using a manufacturing technique called electrospinning, Nanofiber Solutions is able to cheaply and quickly produce large quantities of nanofibers out of a variety of synthetic and natural materials. Aligned Nanofiber Multi-well Plates for Cancer Research Inventor of aligned fiber technology for use in cancer research. The Ohio State University - Jeffrey J. Chalmers www.che.eng.ohio-state.edu/people/chalmers.html Jeffrey J. Chalmers is a Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University and Director of Analytical Cytometry Shared Resource at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. He obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1988, and a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley in 1983. His general area of research is in bioprocessing, biotechnology and Medicine. His research activity in the area of magnetic cell separation is of particular note. This long standing collaboration with Cleveland Clinic has resulted in eight issued US Patents which were licensed to a start-up company in 2006. This past year, the latest magnetic cell separation technology (I.P. pending) has been licensed to a local start-up company, PreCelleon, which is associated with Ward Engineering Inc, a medical device company located in Columbus Ohio. This new technology, for which PreCelleon is solely focused, has a number of medical applications including the enrichment and further identification of Circulating Tumor Cells, CTC, present in the peripheral blood of cancer patients. The Ohio State University - Ching-Shih Chen www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu Dr. Ching-Shih Chen has established a very productive and well-recognized interdisciplinary research program in signal transduction pathways in cancer and the development of novel therapies targeting these pathways. His outstanding research program emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches to drug discovery in cancer research. Dr. Chen has developed two anticancer drugs that are now in clinical trials at the OSU Cancer Center and are licensed to Arno Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology therapeutics.30

Inventor of the Year The winning Nominee is an inventor who, by a single invention or multiple innovations, has created the greatest impact on technology through his, her or their innovation(s). The Ohio State University - Professor Liang-Shih (L.S.) Fan www.chbmeng.ohio-state.edu/~fan/research/ Professor Fan is a distinguished university professor at The Ohio State University, one of the nation’s premier research institutions. As a chemical engineering professor, he invented 7 industrially viable processes and holds 25 patents. Professor Fan has published four books, one monograph, 25 book chapters, and 330 journal papers. He is also an editor of 10+ journals and book series. Professor Fan was elected as a member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering, a Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, an Academician of Academia Sinica, and a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and was named as one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era” by AIChE. Professor Fan’s innovations, which include the novel chemical looping technologies, are considered as the most advanced fuel conversion and CO2 capture technologies by the U.S. Department of Energy. The technologies have the potential to drastically increase the energy conversion efficiency of power and chemical plants while capturing all the pollutants (including CO2). The technologies will significantly improve the energy independence and sustainability of the nation.The Ohio State University - Pravin T. P. Kaumaya, Ph.D.http://obgyn.osu.edu/11201.cfmProfessor Kaumaya investigates how patients’ immune systems can be directed to recognize and kill their own cancercells. He has devised novel treatments that combine both prophylactic and immunotherapeutic approaches as well asintegrating preclinical and clinical research for the benefits of the cancer patients. He has developed innovative immuneintervention strategies. He has translated this new treatment to the clinic by completing successfully a first man/womanNCI funded and FDA approved Phase 1 Trial in Cancer Patients (Stage 4) with solid tumors in several indications (Breast,Ovarian, GIST) at the OSU James Cancer Hospital. The vaccine was well tolerated, with little or no toxicity, and withseveral patients receiving boosters and showing stable disease. An improved vaccine has been developed that could beused universally to treat several solid tumor types including breast, ovarian, lung, colon and prostate cancers. The Ohio State University - Periannan Kuppusamy, Ph.D., MD (h.c.) www.kbiomed.com Dr. Kuppusamy is well-known in the field of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy/imaging for the development of innovative crystalline and molecular probes, and devices using these probes, for sensing and reporting the level of oxygen in viable tissues and organs. These innovations have significant potential in clinical applications where changes in tissue oxygen could be used to determine onset of disease or success in wound healing, transplantation or engraftment. O2 Insights, a newly created Ohio-based company co-founded by Dr. Kuppusamy along with three other OSU graduates, seeks to commercialize the new method to determine blood perfusion to the skin by detecting oxygen levels diffusing across the surface. Such a technology would be of substantial benefit to diagnose and provide treatment in the areas of wound healing and peripheral vascular disease. In addition, Dr. Kuppusamy is also an inventor of a new class of drugs (two patents filed) which show promise in the treatment of ovarian cancer, the prevention of restenosis, and inhibition of the onset of pulmonary arterial hypertension.The Ohio State University - Dr. Stephen Craig LeeOur group has pioneered the development of the immunoFET class of sensing devices, particularly sensors to detectpro-inflammatory proteins (indicative of incipient rejection) in transplanted organs using a minimally invasive assay. Thesensing data allows detection of rejection while clinical intervention can rescue the graft, and the minimally invasivenature of the assay is tolerable and avoids compromise of the graft by the assay itself. The technology has classicallybeen considered infeasible, but we have demonstrated multiple approaches circumventing the perceived limitations. 31

Inventor of the Year The winning Nominee is an inventor who, by a single invention or multiple innovations, has created the greatest impact on technology through his, her or their innovation(s). The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine - Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa http://riki-lb1.vet.ohio-state.edu/index.php Nominee for Inventor of the Year Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has focused her innovative work on identifying causes and diagnostic platforms for a number of tick borne diseases that infect a wide variety of animals and humans. This work has been successfully translated into commercial products and services that touch millions of companion animal lives today, and may touch human lives, beyond the animal bond, in the future. The commercial serum test for E. canis developed from her patented technology underpins the standard-of- care for annual parasite screening available to owners of 77.5 million dogs in the US alone and more worldwide. Dr. Rikihisa’s pioneering studies in the biology of the intracellular bacteria, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma and Neorickettsia has led to nine US issued patents, one pending US patent application, four issued foreign patents and two pending foreign patent applications. Dr. Rikihisa has been awarded over $16.4M in funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the past 20 years to support her world-renowned research program. The Ohio State University - Dr. Jessica Winter www.nanoforneuro.com Dr. Jessica Winter is the H.C. “Slip” Slider assistant professor in the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) at The Ohio State University. She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation, a collaborative effort between the Boston VA Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Her current research interests include the development of biomimetic, polymeric materials for the brain and the development of multifunctional nanoparticles for biological manipulation and imaging. The Ohio State University - Ronald Xu www.bme.ohio-state.edu/bmeweb3/Xu/ Dr. Ronald Xu earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering followed by a postdoctoral training at Stanford University. Before joining The Ohio State University as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, he had been Director of Technology Development at a medical device startup company in Silicon Valley for four years, leading the company effort on technology innovation, commercialization, and FDA approval of a novel near infrared portable device for noninvasive detection of tissue oxygenation. Since he joined OSU in 2004, he has been working closely with clinicians to invent handheld imaging tools and biodegradable contrast agents for disease targeting, intraoperative imaging, and image-guided therapy. His primary clinical interests include cancer imaging and therapy, wound healing, and ocular drug delivery. He has been Principal Investigator (or Co-investigator) of over ten sponsored projects, Principal Investigator (or Co-investigator) of five clinical trials at OSU Medical Center, inventor (or co-inventor) of eight published patents, and author (or co-author) of more than 50 peer reviewed publications. In 2010, he was profiled as one of the ten “Superstars” by the Columbus CEO Magazine. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital - Dr. Brian K. Kaspar, Ph.D. www.nationwidechildrens.org The drug development field has has long awaited a therapy that targets the central nervous system by crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In a discovery from The Kaspar Lab at Nationwide Children’s Hospital the group showed that a gene therapy termed, adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) efficiently transduces brain cells located throughout the central nervous system in neonatal mice and, most surprisingly, in adult mice, after intravascular administration. This discovery may facilitate gene therapy of diseases that affect large areas of the brain, such as motorneuron diseases, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. In 2010, The Kaspar Laboratory rescued a mouse model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy leading to the development of clinical trials.32

Inventor of the YearThe winning Nominee is an inventor who, by a single invention or multiple innovations, has created the greatest impact on technology through his, her or their innovation(s). Yan Engines, LLC - Dr. MJ Yan, PhD, PE, Joe Conti, Hailuat Yan www.yanengines.com Yan Engines LLC has developed D-cycle (Differential-stroke cycle) engine technology. It corrects primordial flaws of the 1.5-century old 4-cycle engines that have powered the 20th century. It can save tremendous energy wastes by replacing billions of incumbent and future engines. It uses a simple split piston design called D-Piston to simultaneously improve fuel efficiency, propulsion and cost. Tests indicate 80% MPG and 203% propulsion improvements. Moreover, cost of D-cycle with compatible performance can be reduced by about one third. Dr. Miin J. Yan, PE, company co-founder/inventor, has been in technical charge of developing a hybrid electric vehicle engine for Chrysler working for DDC, part of Daimler/Chrysler. Earlier he has founded Two&2-Stroke Engines, worked on air craft engines (GE), on nuclear reactors, and the space shuttle, after his PhD from Princeton. He has chaired sessions in various technical conferences, edited a Special Publication and written more than 100 papers and reports for ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), and AIAA (American Institute of Aerospace and Aeronautics); and proved 11 theorems in mechanics. 33

INSPIRE “I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” Marie Curie ~ Scientist34

Executive of the Year (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period. ClearSaleing, Inc. - Randall Smith www.ClearSaleing.com Under Randy Smith’s leadership as President and Co-founder, ClearSaleing has become the leading online advertising analytics solution. ClearSaleing provides advertising portfolio management technology helping marketers identify ways to more profitably allocate spending across a complex mix of advertising investments. ClearSaleing is the thought leader in Attribution Management and founder of the Attribution Management Forum, the profession’s e-community for interactive marketers. ClearSaleing ranked as the definitive leader in both its current attribution offering and future strategy, according to Forrester Research in its Q4 2009 Wave Report on Interactive Attribution. ClearSaleing has also won awards, including the “Technology Platform Search Marketers Can’t Live Without” at the 2009 SES Awards, and “Outstanding Product - Under 50 Employees” at the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards. As a serial entrepreneur who founded and successfully grew over a half a dozen businesses, Randy has led ClearSaleing from a fledgling start-up to a rapidly growing market leader. His MBA and Marketing degrees coupled with his prior entrepreneurial successes at technology companies provide the requisite knowledge and experience required to lead a rapidly growing and ever changing technology company.The Columbus Idea Foundry - Dr. Alexander R. Bandarwww.ColumbusIdeaFoundry.comThe Columbus Idea Foundry is a technical consulting and manufacturing resource for Ohio’s creative community. Weare a community workshop that maintains fabrication resources from woodworking and welding to CNC machining, 3Dprinting and laser cutting, as well as offers classes to the general public in the use of our tools. Unlike most educationalinstitutions, we also sell memberships to innovators and small businesses to use our resources for their own projects. Inthis way, we not only educate but empower people to design and create their ideas. Individuals and small businessesmay rent studios in our workshop for their own production space, or may commission the CIF to produce parts for them.The prevalence of open-source DIY design, programming, and fabrication websites means that information is often nolonger the bottleneck in realizing an idea – building it is. By providing a physical facility with manufacturing resources,instructional classes, and an exhibition space, the CIF accelerates grassroots innovation and exemplifies a novel modelfor democratized design, manufacturing and product introduction to market. e-Cycle - Chris Irion www.e-cycle.com e-Cycle is changing the way that businesses purchase and dispose of wireless devices. The company started in 2004 when Columbus residents Chris and Tonia Irion decided they needed to tackle a growing problem – the lack of wireless recycling. Both veterans of the technology field, Chris and Tonia combined their passions for business and the environment to form e-Cycle – a wireless buyback and recycling company.Foresight Corporation - Bob Fisherhttp://foresight.tibco.comBob Fisher founded Foresight Corporation in 1990 to create innovative products that help companies trade electronically. Initially, thesewere productivity tools for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and unlike anything that then existed. Started as a pure bootstrap, Foresightearned industry acceptance, attracted angel investors, and venture capital investment.As President and CEO for Foresight’s entire 20-year existence as a private company, Bob successfully guided the company into differentareas of electronic commerce including a strategic shift of focus to the healthcare IT market in response to the emerging HIPAArequirements in 2000. It is in that industry that Foresight enjoyed its greatest success, growing to serve healthcare payers covering over100 million lives. Foresight’s profits from healthcare software enabled it to create an exit for its VC investors in 2006.At the end of 2009, Foresight was acquired by TIBCO Software, Inc. Bob is now President of TIBCO’s Foresight Product Group whichserves as the organization’s primary healthcare software solutions group from an expanded Dublin, Ohio office location for development,customer support, implementation services, sales, marketing and administrative staff. 35

Executive of the Year (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period. GroundWork group - John Hrusovsky www.groundworkgroup.org John Hrusovsky has been the only Chief Executive Officer of GroundWork group. Stepping into the role of nonprofit leader after 20+ years in the for-profit sector, John brought energy, vitality and a drive for success that catapulted GroundWork group to be the leader in technology service and innovation for Central Ohio’s nonprofit organizations. When John arrived at GroundWork group in 2006, he applied a for-profit business model to the fledgling nonprofit GroundWork group to make it operationally successful and financially stable. Next, he devised the GroundWork group Service Delivery Model to focus on the operational success of GroundWork group’s nonprofit customers rather than focusing on each individual GroundWork group service or product. Finally, he took the GroundWork group Business and Service Delivery Models nationwide. He launched GroundWork group in Orange County, California and is in discussions with funders and nonprofits across the country about bringing GroundWork group offices to additional locations. Language Access Network - Andrew Panos www.lan.us Andrew Panos, COO of Language Access Network is responsible for the rapid growth of the company and ascent of the brand. As a founder and longtime executive of the company, Mr. Panos has innovatively led and coached his employees to succeeed greatly. His latest project, the Martti Express, has also been nominated for its innovation and success. Throughout his career, Mr. Panos has led many successful companies, including what is now ShiftGlobal. Throughout his tenure at Language Access Network, Mr. Panos has defined many aspects of the company: LAN and Martti are established brands; the services and products offered are known nationally for their quality; and sales are rapidly increasing. Leading EDJE - Joelle Rubcich www.leadingedje.com Joelle Rubcich has been in the IT consulting industry for over 20 years. Throughout her tenure, she has helped private and public sector organizations improve their businesses by providing innovative custom application solutions. Upon exiting a national integration company, she spent a large part of her career building a small consulting firm to $120M. In 2007 Joelle founded Leading EDJE and in three short years (during very challenging economic conditions) has built the company to 15 employees and increased revenues at an annual average of 196%. Most recently, the Ohio Department of Development awarded her the 2010 Keys To Success and 2009 Social Entrepreneur awards. Her firm was awarded Business First’s 2010 Fast 50 and the 2009 and 2010 Best Places To Work awards. Joelle is a board member for New Directions Career Center and chairs the IT committee. It helps women escape dire situations and put them back into the workforce. Joelle’s IT efforts (along with the help of GroundWork Group) has helped the center significantly grow and put thousands of women back to work. Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. - Wayne Poll, M.D. www.floshield.com Dr. Wayne Poll has served as Chief of Surgery and Chief of Staff at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, OH. He is the founder and CEO of an early stage medical device company, Minimally Invasive Devices(MID), Inc. MID has developed the FloShield laparoscopic visual clarity system, the first device ever that keeps the laparoscope clean during surgery so the operative team can work without constant interruption. Dr. Poll has raised $7M in capital, expanded FTE’s from 3 to 11 in the last year, and has inboarded all engineering and manufacturing. In 2010 MID developed three additional products. The company has won two prestigious national awards, and is now in distribution across the US. Overseas launch is scheduled for 2011.36

Executive of the Year (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period. Nanofiber Solutions, LLC - Ross Kayuha www.nanofibersolutions.com Nanofiber Solutions develops and markets electrospun polymer nanofibers for cell culture applications. Historically, cell culture for biological research has been performed on flat, tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS) because it is cheap, optically clear, and many cell types grow well on it. In reality, however, living organisms are made up of an extracellular matrix that presents both aligned physical structure and support to the cells. TCPS lacks this aligned three-dimensional (3-D) component and cells behave very differently on this flat, smooth substrate than they do in true biological settings. Not surprisingly, drugs developed using TCPS as an in vitro substrate experience approximately a 90% failure rate in clinical studies. Our aligned 3-D substrates better mimic in vivo environments and thus facilitate faster drug screening and more effective cancer research. As a result, researchers are able to more accurately study the effects of drugs on cell behavior. This is especially true as researchers attempt to model cell migration (i.e. metastasis). By measuring metastasis in a more realistic environment, earlier breakthroughs become possible while decreasing time to market.Neoprobe Corporation - David C. Buppwww.neoprobe.comNeoprobe is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient outcome by meetingthe critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients.Neoprobe currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancersurgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related biomedical systems andradiopharmaceutical agents including Lymphoseek® and RIGScan® CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences,Inc., is also advancing a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is todeliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection technologies anddiversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective acquisitions. Pluto Networks - Larry Chaffin, Chairman and CEO www.pluto-networks.net Pluto Networks is a worldwide leader in emerging technologies specializing in WAN Acceleration, Security, Networking, Voice and Video. We have earned a reputation with our customers for providing solutions that provide great return on investment. Pluto Networks offers an integrated family of core technology practices with a concentrated focus and a proven track record. Unlike many companies, we don’t have 25 or even 50 different vendors to sell to our customers. We offer a handful of products which provide value to our customers. We have the expertise to provide services for all of our products unlike larger or catalog companies who just want to sell a product.Rescentris, Inc. - Jeff Spitznerwww.rescentris.comRescentris provides information control software for the Life Sciences industry. Its unique flagship product CERFcombines electronic lab notebook (ELN), enterprise content management, and record archiving for biomedical andbiopharma organizations to protect their R&D investments and intellectual property. Over one million life scientistsstill manage lab records using paper lab notebooks and scattered computer files. CERF enables them to efficientlycollect, secure, share, and leverage data and paperless lab records. With CERF, research organizations are able to meetregulatory compliance requirements while providing secure collaborative environments with realtime project oversightto speed product development and decision-making.Jeff Spitzner is President and chief executive of Rescentris and leads product and sales vision. Dr. Spitzner has his Ph.D.and postdoctoral experience in molecular biology, more than 20 years’ experience in management of scientific softwareand biotechnology companies. Over the past year, Dr. Spitzner put in place and trained the company’s sales force,leading a 400% increase in revenues. Rescentris has grown its global customer base dramatically, received a term sheetfor venture capital investment, and is poised for substantial growth in 2011. 37

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Executive of the Year (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period. Tempest Networking - Ingrid Fields www.tempestnetworking.com Business Outcomes and Improvements for our clients is our main innovation. Utilizing the Best in Class vendors and our relationships at a deep engineering level knowledge of their products, we first seek to understand our client’s environment in terms of operational performance, risk and compliance requirements. We have several different assessment methodologies and evaluation tools to measure technology support and performance obstacles in the existing technology architecture. We meet existing staff, users and executives and align the business needs and gaps. Our designs and architecture are validated and consider our clients top priorities. We wrap great project management around the timelines and costs and utilize our experts with the client staff. Our customers can support and maintain our work because they are intrinsically involved in the technology decisions and project steps. Winning outcomes look different for each client, but all share the infrastructure excellence built into our private cloud computing and on site and off site solutions. Znode, Inc. - Vish Vishwanathan www.znode.com Vish Vishwanathan is the Founder and CEO of Znode®, a Columbus, Ohio based ecommerce software company. Under his leadership, Znode has established itself as a pioneer and industry leader in Multi-Store Ecommerce. Znode’s innovative solution enables leading global brands to significantly increase their online footprint using Online- Franchising and Micro-Store strategies. Znode’s flagship product Multifront™ makes it easy for retailers to launch multiple online stores that can be managed by the storeowner or independent franchisees. Using the innovative multi-tenant system, online retailers can rapidly expand their business by delegating marketing to hundreds or even thousands of independent franchisees at a fraction of the cost it takes to build brick-and-mortar chain stores. Vish’s visionary strategies have helped Znode rise above the noise in a crowded marketplace. Since the launch in 2007, Znode has acquired 350+ customers and 50 development partners across 8 countries. Znode has consistently demonstrated 100% YOY revenue growth for the past three years. Executive of the Year (more than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period . American Municipal Power, Inc. - Branndon D. Kelley www.amppartners.org American Municipal Power is a nonprofit corporation that owns and operates electric facilities with the purpose of providing generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and energy to its members. Branndon Kelley has spent the last 15 months implementing programs and technologies focused on integrated IT within the business, providing the highest level of service, while ensuring the board and member communities funding is used wisely. These innovations include defining a new IT org chart, realigning IT functions back in IT, while moving non-IT functions back into the business, and embracing a aggressive strategy to adopt Cloud and “as a service” technologies. Branndon brings a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information System, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and over eleven years of experience managing, directing, governing and implementing technology programs and projects. His professional experience bridges many industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, consulting, industrial, government, energy, employer services, and education. Branndon is a seasoned professional with exceptional references. He has helped organizations realize business value through the implementation of strategic technology solutions40

Executive of the Year (more than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period . Astute Solutions - Joseph M. Sanda, President and CEO www.astutesolutions.com Through award-winning customer interaction and relationship management solutions, Astute Solutions enables companies to differentiate through service excellence. Its user-friendly ePowerCenter™ and RealDialog™ solutions provide the robust capabilities companies need to deliver efficient, high-touch, and high quality service; while ensuring consistent and accurate responses across all communication channels. Moreover, Astute’s solutions capture actionable “voice of the customer” insights that lead to improved products, services and operations. By partnering with Astute Solutions, leading companies across a variety of industries achieve exceptional ROI by reducing overall interaction and operational costs, improving agent performance, retaining more customers, delivering market-leading products and services and increasing revenue.Consolidated Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Doug Payauyswww.consolidatedelectric.coopConsolidated Electric Cooperative (CEC) is a member-owned non-profit electric cooperative established in 1936. CECfeels that bringing 21st century telecommunications to rural areas is analogous to the situation that existed regardingprovision of electricity to rural areas in the early 1900’s. CEC was the first Ohio recipient named to receive a portionof available American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants and loans to enhance broadband infrastructureand create a North Central Ohio Rural Fiber Optic Network. Doug Payauys coordinated efforts leading to the awardof just under $2.4 million for a project with a total budget of a projected $3.7 million to provide enhanced broadbandcapabilities to Delaware, Morrow and surrounding counties. Following the ARRA award, Doug continues to managethis middle mile project to ensure success leading to economic development, job opportunities, education and overallimproved communications services in underserved communities throughout Greater Central Ohio. This middle mileproject is integral to a Smart Grid initiative and broadband service that will bring urban connectivity to rural Ohio. Cott Systems, Inc. - Gary J. Ross, President www.cottsystems.com Cott Systems Inc., an innovator in technology solutions for land and court records management, continues to grow and increase profitability despite challenges of the economy. Cott attributes its success to staying focused on innovation through research and development, as well as excellent customer service. With experience in land and court records, and a strong reputation for listening and responding to customers, Cott continues to release new products that help county governments increase productivity and provide a return on investment. One of the key contributors to success is the continued focus on customers. Through an innovative research and development process, funded by a 4-5% re-investment of their yearly revenue and including significant customer involvement, Cott is driving new technologies and services for local governments by employing up-to-the-minute information and workflow automation. This includes land and court records management solutions, data management and migration services, backfile conversions, document redaction services, and Web Hosting/eCommerce/Disaster planning services. Cott specializes in understanding and responding to local government information management needs across the country by building a partnership with their customers and the public they serve.OCLC - Jay Jordan, President and CEOwww.oclc.orgJay Jordan was named the fourth president in OCLC’s 43-year history in May 1998. He has overseen a period ofremarkable growth for OCLC. Since 1998, the number of libraries participating in the OCLC cooperative has grown from30,000 to more than 72,000. The number of participating institutions outside the U.S. has increased from 3,200 in 64countries to more than 16,000 in 170 countries.Under Mr. Jordan’s leadership, OCLC has built a new technological platform, introduced new Web-scale services,created a library advocacy program, an Innovation Lab, and introduced new initiatives to make libraries more visible onthe open Web and through a variety of mobile devices.Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service andresearch organization dedicated to furthering access to the world’s information and reducing library costs. OCLC andits member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery oflibrary resources. 41

Executive of the Year (more than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is an executive (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, CLO, or President) of a COMPANY WITH 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES who has achieved significant business success within the Qualification Period, though the executive need not have been in the role of executive for the entire term of the Qualification Period . Progressive Medical, Inc. - Angelo Mazzocco www.progressive-medical.com Progressive Medical, Inc., one of the region’s most innovative and fastest-growing companies, offers cost management services and products to the workers’ compensation and auto no-fault insurance industries. Progressive Medical has more than 20 years experience developing innovative pharmacy management and ancillary solutions for its clients. By combining clinical expertise with access to an expansive network of pharmacies, home health care services and medical equipment, Progressive Medical enables clients to manage costs while providing quality care to injured parties. Progressive Medical’s rapid revenue growth has been fueled in large measure by the work of its IS team, which continues to develop solutions for clients. For the last five years, that effort has been overseen by CIO Angelo Mazzocco. Under his tutelage, the IS team has increased from 19 to 95 members, developed hundreds of critical solutions and is in the process of a successful conversion to Agile methodology, which has improved production time cycle productivity by up to 40 percent. In 2010, Progressive was named to InformationWeek 500, a listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates - Mark Alfonso, M.D. President www.riversiderad.com Under Mark Alfonso’s visionary leadership, Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates (RRIA) technological innovations have flourished. By providing a level of service and innovation unmatched in the marketplace, more than 24 additional clients have been acquired, 33 world-class radiologists have been successfully recruited and overall patient and referring physician satisfaction ratings consistently exceed national best practice scores in all categories measured. In addition, Dr. Alfonso led the group in achieving national recognition, including being ranked 11th by Radiology Business Journal’s 2009 50 Largest Private Radiology Practices in the nation; and serving as the official radiology group for the Columbus Blue Jackets. More recent national recognition includes being named in the top 50 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare and being selected a Top Connected Healthcare Facility by HealthImaging & IT. Regional accomplishments include selection by Columbus Business First as a 2009 and 2010 “Best Places to Work” and 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards finalist. Also in 2010. RRIA was invited to join Strategic Radiology, a national network of large, clinically-advanced groups. State of Ohio - H. Samuel Orth III http://oit.ohio.gov Imagine a corporation with a Fortune 50 level of IT spending, incredibly diverse technology systems implemented absent few enterprise standards by 102 autonomous business units, each with a unique, separate and distinct mission within the enterprise. Challenged by the most difficult financial environment within state government in decades, the challenge of the State CIO was to enable improved IT cost efficiencies across state government – and to do it in a short period of time. Given the tremendous complexity and diversity of the state’s IT systems, large-scale business transformation was out of the question in the short-term. What was possible were standards-based reforms that resulted in real reductions in the cost and a lower total cost of ownership of IT for state government. It could only be achieved if agencies worked together as an enterprise. Given the highly fragmented, competitive nature of state government, the collaboratively driven coalition of state IT professionals led by the state CIO, implemented IT governance strategies that resulted in over $80m enterprise savings, and laid the foundation for future efficiencies and enterprise IT business transformation.42

Outstanding Woman in Technology The winning Nominee is a woman who demonstrates a commitment and dedication to technology. AFS Web / ZOOM CMS - Christina Blenk www.AFSweb.net Christina Blenk transitioned from a private practice in counseling psychology into owning her own technology company in early 1997. She founded At First Site, Inc. to design and develop smart web sites for businesses and organizations. In 2002 her team developed Zoom CMS, web software for easily managing every aspect of a corporate web site and she later founded Zoom Web Software, LLC to manage the growing software firm. While growing AFS Web and Zoom CMS, Christina Blenk also founded WomanOwned, LLC and WomanOwned.com, a respected portal for women business owners promoted by Oprah.com and numerous media outlets. Christina’s work in technology and business has guided hundreds of businesses from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies and she has inspired hundreds of thousands women to start and grow their own firms through her WomanOwned.com web site.Dining In Denim, LLC - Michelle Galliganwww.DiningInDenim.comThe development of the “business casual” lifestyle has permeated far beyond the board room. As society becomesmore informal, so does the attire for many social situations. Business, special events and even traditionally formal affairshave all realized more relaxed atmospheres. Dining is no different. Consumers do not want to sacrifice experience, tasteor quality in exchange for comfort. Many restaurants recognize this societal shift and are catering to the consumer with adiscriminating palette and a less discriminating choice of dress.Dining in Denim was developed to provide a unique resource and online community for those who share similarlifestyles and preferences when it comes to dining and travel. In short, Dining in Denim is an online community whereusers can find editorial reviews of restaurants where they can get a great meal, a great glass of wine, and still wear theirjeans, as well as food and wine guides to enhance the restaurant experiences of our users. e-cycle - Tonia Irion www.e-cycle.com e-Cycle is changing the way that businesses purchase and dispose of wireless devices. The company started in 2004 when Columbus residents Chris and Tonia Irion decided they needed to tackle a growing problem – the lack of wireless recycling. Both veterans of the technology field, Chris and Tonia combined their passions for business and the environment to form e-Cycle – a wireless buyback and recycling company.Geben Communication - Heather Whalingwww.GebenCommunication.comBridging the divide between traditional and online communication, Heather Whaling is recognized as a national leaderwho leverages technology to create innovative PR 2.0 strategies that help business achieve their objectives.Building on a decade of traditional PR experience, Heather launched Geben Communication in Dec. 2009. Since then,approximately 75% of Geben’s new business can be traced back to social media. Taking an innovative, fresh approachto best practices, Heather provides PR, marketing and social media services to small- to mid-size businesses, start-upsand nonprofits. Heather’s blog was included among the top 20 PR industry blogs; she was named one of the top 30 PRpeople to follow on Twitter; and she moderates the popular PR 2.0 chat (#pr20chat on Twitter), a weekly conversationabout technology’s influence on PR. Heather regularly speaks about technology trends in communication. 43

Outstanding Woman in Technology The winning Nominee is a woman who demonstrates a commitment and dedication to technology. Leading EDJE, LLC - Joelle Rubcich www.leadingedje.com Joelle Rubcich has been in the IT consulting industry for over 20 years. Throughout her tenure, she has helped private and public sector organizations improve their businesses by providing innovative custom application solutions. Upon exiting a national integration company, she spent a large part of her career building a small consulting firm to $120M. In 2007 Joelle founded Leading EDJE and in three short years (during very challenging economic conditions) has built the company to 15 employees and increased revenues at an annual average of 196%. Most recently, the Ohio Department of Development awarded her the 2010 Keys To Success and 2009 Social Entrepreneur awards. Her firm was awarded Business First’s 2010 Fast 50 and the 2009 and 2010 Best Places To Work awards. Joelle is a board member for New Directions Career Center and chairs the IT committee. It helps women escape dire situations and put them back into the workforce. Joelle’s IT efforts (along with the help of GroundWork Group) has helped the center significantly grow and put thousands of women back to work. Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. - Caroline Crisafulli www.midsurgical.com Minimally Invasive Devices (MID), Inc has developed the FloShield laparoscopic visual clarity system, the first device ever that keeps the laparoscope clean during surgery so the operative team can work without constant interruption to clean the lens. The system allows the surgical team to concentrate without interrupting surgery as many as 10-times per hour to clean the lens. In 2010, the company launched FloShield across the US, grew revenue 9-fold, developed four new products, filed five patent applications, prepared for overseas launch, fully internalized engineering and manufacturing, won two prestigious national awards, raised $4M in capital, and passed an FDA audit. Neoprobe Corporation - Bonnie C. Abbruzzese www.neoprobe.com Neoprobe is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer surgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents including Lymphoseek® and RIGScan® CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection technologies and diversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective acquisitions. Neoprobe Corporation - Ann Maloney www.neoprobe.com Neoprobe is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer surgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents including Lymphoseek® and RIGScan® CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection technologies and diversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective acquisitions.44

Outstanding Woman in Technology The winning Nominee is a woman who demonstrates a commitment and dedication to technology. Neoprobe Corporation - Wendy Rich Metz, Ph.D. www.neoprobe.com Neoprobe is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer surgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents including Lymphoseek® and RIGScan® CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection technologies and diversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective acquisitions.Pearl Interactive - Merry Kornwww.pearlinter.orgMerry Korn launched Pearl Interactive Network, LLC in 2005 as a social enterprise with a mission to use technologyto create a virtual business process firm that provides career and job opportunities to people with skills and talentswho have challenges to work such as disabled veterans, military spouses and people with disabilities. Pearl InteractiveNetwork services Call Centers, Administrative Services, and Tier One Help Desks, among others.Pearl Interactive Network has fully integrated and created code between our VOIP Call Center software program andassistive technologies, enabling workers who are blind or cannot use their hands to access employment and businessesto access to high retention and high performing workforce.Merry Korn is an experienced businesswoman with a master’s degree in Social Work and success as Senior VicePresident of Marketing for American Health Holding, Inc., a national medical management firm based in Worthington,Ohio. As part of a team of four founders, Korn grew American Health’s business from a startup company in 1993 to a firmthat today has over 300 employees and 20 offices nationwide. People To My Site - Jennifer Ridenour www.peopletomysite.com Jennifer Ridenour is the chief executive officer of People To My Site (PTMS), a digital design, development, marketing and analytics agency that primarily targets businesses in the franchise industry. Under her leadership, People to My Site has experienced significant and steady growth, being named to the 2010 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S. As the CEO of PTMS, Ms. Ridenour spearheaded the research and development of the company’s innovative Digital Marketing Franchisee Platform service. This service, which brings enterprise-level technology and Internet marketing strategy to small business owners within franchise systems, consists of a customized website, a proprietary content management system, localized search engine optimization, and Adobe-based website and campaign analytics.Precise Resource, Inc. - Janis Mitchellwww.preciseresource.comA graduate of The Ohio State University in 1991, recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s SmallBusiness Person of the Year for Central Ohio in 2003, awardee of the Women for Economic Leadership andDevelopment’s one of “12 Women You Should Know, ” and honoree of the National Association of WomenBusiness Owners 2005 Visionary Award winners, Janis Mitchell is a serial entrepreneur recently nominated forinclusion in the roster of Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame, a statewide recognition of significant female contributorsto Ohio’s progress.Among her commercial achievements, she most recently founded Precise Resource, Inc. and her secondsuccessful business, an executive search and technical staffing firm that specializes in providing talent resourcemanagement to Fortune 500 companies and to rapidly rising businesses of all sizes. 45

Outstanding Woman in Technology The winning Nominee is a woman who demonstrates a commitment and dedication to technology. The Ohio State University, Food Science Department - Dr. Maria Monica Giusti, OSU Antho-Scyantific http://fst.osu.edu/Giusti.htm Antho-Scyantific, LLC is a company created to provide the industry and scientific community with a rich, pure, abundant and affordable source of highly pure anthocyanins, natural colorants of potent antioxidant power. Anthocyanins are a class of polyphenols responsible for most orange to red to purple colors of fruits, vegetables, leaves and seeds. The technology was developed at the laboratories of the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University, a leading institution in food science and in the study of functional foods. The Ohio State University - Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska http://ceg.osu.edu/ Geodetic and Geoinformation Science and Engineering (GGSE) at OSU has an over 50-year history of groundbreaking research, and is the top research program in the US, and one of the best in the world. Geoinformation, along with Biotech and Nanotech, are considered leading IT technologies of the 21st century. Prof. Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska is a recognized world leader and innovator in broad areas of GGSE, with primary expertise in precise positioning and navigation, including Global Positioning System (GPS) and its integration with other navigation methods to assure seamless and accurate positioning of emergency crews, soldiers, pedestrians, land and air vehicles. She leads the Satellite Positioning and Inertial Navigation Laboratory and is one of the leaders of the industrial Consortium of Ohio Universities on Navigation and Timekeeping (COUNT). She received numerous research and professional awards, serves as an expert for National Academies, and holds elected professional posts at international and national professional organizations. Her expertise and leadership have been recognized by numerous invited lectures, keynote speeches and workshops that she has presented in the US and worldwide. The Ohio State University - Umit S. Ozkan www.chbmeng.ohio-state.edu/people/ozkan.html Dr. Ozkan is a Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. Her research is focused on development of novel catalytic materials. While her research focuses on fundamental questions regarding surface chemistry and heterogeneous kinetics, it also addresses many critical problems facing our nation in the energy and environmental protection areas, novel electrocatalyst development for fuel cells, catalytic oxidation, emission control, and biomass conversion. While her federal funding (DOE-BES, NSF) demonstrates how well she competes in peer-reviewed competitions, her issued and pending patents and the industrial research support she has received demonstrate the relevance of her research for industrial applications. Dr. Ozkan is recognized as a leader in Heterogeneous Catalysis both nationally and internationally. She has published over 150 peer reviewed articles, edited seven books, written five book chapters. She has 4 patents. She has given 250 conference presentations and 125 invited lectures at various universities and research centers all over the world. The Ohio State University - Linda Weavers The Ohio State University Dr. Linda Weavers is the John C. Geupel Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science at The Ohio State University. In addition, Dr. Weavers is co-Director of the National Institute of Water Resources (NIWR) Water Resources Center for the State of Ohio. Dr. Weavers’ research investigates the fate and transformation of pollutants with research expertise in the area of advanced oxidation processes, sediment remediation, contaminants contained on fly ash and flue gas desulfurization by- product (FGD), and defouling of membranes for water treatment. Dr. Weavers has over 80 research publications including over 40 peer-reviewed publications and one patent. She has been an investigator on over $15 million in research funding since 1998. In addition to her research, Dr. Weavers founded and ran for six years an engineering summer camp for middle school girls. She has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Bush, and the American Association of University Women Emerging Scholar Award for her research.46

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Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. 3X Systems - 3X Remote Backup Appliance (RBA) www.3x.com 3X Systems uses a unique appliance delivery model to offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an all-in-one solution addressing their end-to-end data backup and disaster recovery needs in a single, affordable solution. It offers total data privacy with total freedom of mobility, essentially giving the client a private cloud solution for their backup network. Once installed, the 3X Remote Backup Appliance (RBA) delivers automated, offsite backups of any computer – including laptops – on one system without the need for another one to back up remote offices or offsite personnel. AFS Web - ZOOM CMS - ZOOM CMS Web Software www.ZoomCMS.com Zoom CMS is the culmination of more than seven years of Microsoft .NET software development focused on achieving our one goal: website and online business management more powerful than the competition and easier for the typical business person to use. Rather than causing more frustration, Zoom CMS solves the common problems that corporations face with web-content publishing: design consistency, user permissions, asset management, document management, flash and video integration, search engine optimization, social media connections, and site flexibility and growth. With the creation of the Zoom CMS brand and its stand-alone marketing site, the powerful tool created for clients of AFS Web is now available to a national clientele and will grow to “wow!” an even larger install base. Visit www.ZoomCMS.com to learn more. AlNik Solutions, LLC www.pmplan.com AlNik Solutions is a team consisting of Project and Contract managers that have developed a suite of software enterprise and desktop solutions called PMPlan with one primary focus; ”To provide great software tools for proposal / project and line management to those that need it the most: the project managers, their line managers and support executive & financial reporting and oversight requirements”. The products are simple enough to use (by anyone), flexible enough to accommodate governmental, corporate and client standards, and affordable at varying levels. At its core, PMPlan maintains Earned Value Measurement (EVM) as an important and innovative advantage to other project management software. Brand Thunder www.brandthunder.com Brand Thunder creates extreme makeovers for the Internet browser. Through an easy-to-install browser add-on, end users transform their drab web-browser into an immersive experience from their favorite sports team, entertainment franchise or Internet site. This experience remains in the browser regardless of the web site being visited. These interactive browser themes feature official logos, colors, images and style, plus content and functionality that extend browsers’ capabilities and can include video, music players or other Internet widgets. Brands enjoy new revenue streams, expanded sponsorship and advertising inventory, and enhanced ROI for their web site through this persistent communication channel to their online consumer.48

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees)The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Carmel Pharma, Inc. - David S. Schneider President, North America Carmel Pharma, Inc. www.carmelpharmausa.com Carmel Pharma is the manufacturer of the PhaSeal System, today’s only clinically proven closed-system drug transfer device (CSTD) for the safe handling of hazardous drugs. Supported by more than 15 years of experience focused solely on the development of PhaSeal, Carmel Pharma offers a level of trust, quality and confidence that is unparalleled in the safe handling industry. Carmel Pharma was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1994. In 1998 the company entered the U.S. market expanding its safe handling initiatives with the formation of Carmel Pharma, Inc. Carmel Pharma, Inc. operates its corporate office and distribution facility out of Columbus, OH. Today, the PhaSeal System is trusted by and implemented in more than 2000 cancer facilities, infusion centers and private practices across 30+ countries, including M.D. Anderson and Texas Children’s in Houston, TX; City of Hope in Duarte, CA; Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA; and The Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus, OH. DOmedia, LLC www.DOmedia.com DOmedia™ is the out-of-home advertising marketplace. The technology company has created a powerful algorithm that allows advertisers to perform highly targeted searches based on demographics, geography, media category and venue that makes buying alternative, traditional, and digital out-of-home (OOH) media as easy as buying television media. DOmedia has built the world’s largest database of OOH media complete with all the necessary information to make a media buying decision. Currently, over 600 agencies and advertisers are registered and searching DOmedia’s database of over 700 media selling companies and their media inventory. DOmedia’s technology products span the planning and buying processes typical in an advertising campaign. Epico, LLC - Alice Epitropoulos MD Epico, LLC was formed in 2007 by John Epitropoulos as President and Dr Alice Epitropoulos as Medical Director. Dr Epitropoulos is a Cataract and Refractive surgeon. The company was formed to promote development and sales of new medical products. Epico’s flagship product is the EpiGlare Tester which is a patented medical device used to accurately measure visual impairment experienced by cataract patients at night. The EpiGlare Tester aims to improve the quality and timing of medical interventions to address disabling glare and possibly prevent thousands of car accidents. Patients with cataracts experience exaggerated impairments under conditions of glare. Many patients tell us that they no longer drive at night due to this problem. These patients clearly have a visual disability, but may not be captured through standard visual acuity testing. EXCMR, Ltd. www.excmr.com EXCMR, Ltd. is an early stage Ohio-based medical device development company created in 2008 to commercialize cardiac imaging technology developed by the co-founders at The Ohio State University. The primary product is an innovative system which allows the combination of standard treadmill exercise stress testing with Cardiac MRI, resulting in a new diagnostic modality with potentially superior accuracy over existing alternatives. This “one- stop” exam provides comprehensive diagnostic information without the use of radiation and replaces multiple expensive and risky procedures. The key system component is a completely non-magnetic and non-electric treadmill; this device can be safely positioned in the strong magnetic field of an MRI system, facilitating magnetic resonance imaging immediately post exercise-stress. Diagnostic 12-lead electrocardiogram monitoring is performed throughout the exercise test. The system was designed to closely replicate existing stress test procedures, allowing ease of adoption by its similarity to the standard clinical exam format, while providing superior diagnostic imaging. 49

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. FourthFrame Technologies, LLC - Ty Jacobs www.fourthframe.com FourthFrame Technologies has been a software services provider in Columbus since 2003 and was founded by veterans of the Columbus technology community. Ty Jacobs, a co-founder of FourthFrame, began developing apps for the iPhone platform in early 2009. When the iPad was announced in 2010 Ty began work on a suite of Project Management apps to take advantage of the new platform. A veteran Project Manager as well as designer and developer, he was well positioned to deliver. Ty developed a clean-sheet design focused on leveraging the iPad’s unique capabilities. The result is Simple Genius Apps, the first suite of project management apps for the iPad. SG Project, the flagship app, rocketed into the top apps for iPad in the Business category and stayed there, selling over 5000 units across 64 countries in the first few months. The feedback on the design and app have been overwhelmingly positive and FourthFrame is building on that foundation. Future Path Medical, LLC www.future-path.net Future Path Medical (FPM) is expecting final approval from the FDA and will then begin delivering technology to automate the monitoring of clinical fluid and core body temperature to assists caregivers and patients. The innovative products and systems from Future Path Medical are passionately focused on patient safety giving early detection of changes in core body temperature and urine flow rate to caregivers and patients. FPM has given healthcare a solution to early detection of nosocomial infections that are no longer being reimbursed by Medicare since October ’08. FPM, which began with a tragedy when founder Ty Bryant lost his son Christopher has, with the help of Dr. Tony Boiarski and private angel investors, brought breakthrough products to save lives. Great Migrations, LLC - Fred Goodman, George Juras, Mark Juras www.GreatMigrations.com Great Migrations is a three-person software company based in central Ohio and founded in 2006 with the mission to become the leader in software translation technology. We develop, sell, and support commercial-off-the-shelf software analysis and reengineering tools and provide legacy modernization services. Our language processing technology combines proven principles of compiler design with advanced semantic linguistics algorithms to provide extremely accurate software translation. Our products are highly configurable and programmable so our customers may produce translations that fit the unique requirements of their legacy systems and target architecture. Under the hood, our products are powered by our high-performance information management system that offers unmatched processing speed and scalability. Great Migrations’ products enhance IT agility and minimize the cost, risk and disruption of system modernization efforts. Our analysis offerings enable customers to accurately assess and manage their enterprise systems. Our products help organizations more rapidly formulate and implement bold system modernization strategies in a way that preserves and enhances the value of their software assets. improveit! 360 www.improveit360.com Developed by home improvement experts for remodelers, contractors and home services professionals, improveit! 360 is a business management application transforming a fragmented industry. It’s designed to accelerate growth, improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs and support company success. With improveit! 360, home improvement companies of all sizes can close more leads while lowering costs, automate communications, track customer interaction from one centralized location, and get a 360 degree view of their operation. improveit! 360 provides a revolutionary new method for home improvement manufacturers to support and communicate with their dealers through the impower! 360 Corporate Portal. The portal provides a seamless method for manufacturers to share information with their dealers in real-time, removing fragmentation, reducing costs, and enabling even the smallest dealers to market, sell and manage their businesses like the leaders. improveit! 360 is the only home improvement application built on the force. com platform, the underlying technology of salesforce.com, and completely customized for the home improvement industry. Salesforce.com is the world leader in CRM (customer relationship management) systems, rated number in user adoption, ease-of-use and customer satisfaction.50

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees)The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. JumpMind, Inc. - Mark Hanes, Chris Henson, Eric Long, Greg Wilmer www.jumpmind.com JumpMind, Inc. a software development company based in Westerville, Ohio, specializes in developing and supporting open-source software products for the enterprise. In particular, JumpMind develops and supports SymmetricDS, a top-500 SourceForge project that provides database replication and change data capture across a wide variety of database platforms. SymmetricDS 2.0 was developed by JumpMind and released in early 2010. SymmetricDS is innovative in many ways and has achieved wide acceptance in industry despite being started less than four years ago. Installations of SymmetricDS can be found worldwide, with some installations consisting of 5000 or more database instances. JumpMind was formed two and a half years ago to provide services, support, and continued development of SymmetricDS, as well as other new, innovative, open-source products. Language Access Network - Martti Express www.lan.us Developed by Language Access Network, the Martti Express is designed to allow immediate interpretation within an arm’s reach. Video enables markedly improved efficiencies in communication: the average video segment is 33% faster than one solely over audio. Within a language services department, Language Access Network allows hospitals to expand services while controlling cost. Martti, or My Accessible Real Time Trusted Interpreter, is a stand-alone platform that is setting the precedent in trusted healthcare communication encounters. Wholly wireless and weighing less than 5 pounds, the groundbreaking Martti Express allows providers true mobility and connectivity offered by no other solution in the marketplace. Touchscreen enabled, the Martti Express is an all-in-one device enabling real time communication between Limited English Proficient (LEP), Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing patients and their healthcare providers. Language Access Network is a leader in providing remote language interpretation services to the healthcare industry. Targeted towards Limited English Proficient and Deaf/hard-of-hearing patient populations, LAN provides its rapidly growing client base with 24/7/365 access to the highest quality and trained interpreters available via our centralized video language centers. ListAfterList.com, LLC - Ryan Pratt, John Edwards, Rick Blair, David Evans, & Heather McKenzie Carlisle www.listafterlist.com With almost 20,000 user-created lists, ListAfterList.com now attracts over 300,000 people a month (and growing!) from search engines and other online sources by offering highly desired information around autos, music, books, news, movies, arts, health, money, love, science, sports, travel, TV and many other categories in a form people love – lists! ListAfterList.com is now the leading Web 2.0 site dedicated to the creation and sharing of lists, and with Google, Amazon and other advertisers contextually integrated, ListAfterList.com is cash-flow positive and making plans to accelerate its growth. MobileXpeditions, LLC - Mark Gilicinski & Sean Boiarski www.mobilexpeditions.com MobileXpeditions enables venues and brands to create mobile applications, delivering new ways to engage their customers. We deliver interactive, location-based experiences – multimedia tours, guides, and location-based games on consumers’ own smart phones, such as the Apple iPhone. Venues as diverse as cruise ships, universities, sports stadiums, theme parks, municipalities, museums, and consumer brands can use our software to increase customer satisfaction, promote repeat visits, and generate revenue. 51

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Nanofiber Solutions - Dr. Jed Johnson www.nanofibersolutions.com Nanofiber Solutions develops and markets electrospun polymer nanofibers for cell culture applications. Historically, cell culture for biological research has been performed on flat, tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS) because it is cheap, optically clear, and many cell types grow well on it. In reality, however, living organisms are made up of an extracellular matrix that presents both aligned physical structure and support to the cells. TCPS lacks this aligned three-dimensional (3-D) component and cells behave very differently on this flat, smooth substrate than they do in true biological settings. Not surprisingly, drugs developed using TCPS as an in vitro substrate experience approximately a 90% failure rate in clinical studies. Our aligned 3-D substrates better mimic in vivo environments and thus facilitate faster drug screening and more effective cancer research. As a result, researchers are able to more accurately study the effects of drugs on cell behavior. This is especially true as researchers attempt to model cell migration (i.e. metastasis). By measuring metastasis in a more realistic environment, earlier breakthroughs become possible while decreasing time to market. OnGuard Systems - The IntelligentID Development Team www.IntelligentID.com OnGuard Systems has developed an Identity Intelligence and Analytics solution called IntelligentID. Our software and hardware-based system is specifically centered on the end user and how their computer behavior affects a company. Using sophisticated methods of tracking and alerting, the IID system reduces the risks of IP Theft, Malicious Intent, Problem Personnel, Litigation, and Tarnished Reputation. We assure company productivity, compliance and protection. Our innovation lies within our policy enforcement engine which utilizes constant surveillance and analytics to assure end-user compliance in our globally connected and socialized networked world. PD Worx - Priority Designs: Design and Engineering Team www.dsolvbag.com dsolv® is a ventilated lawn / leaf bag made out of BPI Certified* compostable biopolymer. It is a “cradle to grave” product that has never been done before. Our company, PD Worx, (established in 2008) is an offshoot of an innovation and technology-driven design firm. Priority Designs, the parent company, is a central Ohio industrial design firm and PD Worx is charged with commercializing the innovative product designs of Priority Designs. Together, they have been developing the dsolv® bag project for the past year and a half. PD Worx and the dsolv® system have benefited from the experience of Priority Designs. Also a company with less than 50 employees, Priority Designs has a 20-year history of award-winning, internationally recognized product development. *BPI Certified: The Biodegradable Product Institute (BPI) certification signifies that a product is compostable under ASTM D6400, which is a standard specification for compostable plastics. Throughout the rest of this document, the term “compostable” used in reference to dsolv® is a reference to the product’s BPI Certification. PercuVision, LLC - Errol Singh, M.D., F.A.C.S. www.percuvision.com PercuVision® is a Central Ohio-based startup focused on developing leading-edge medical devices that center on the use of vision to improve patient care. Our first product, a visually guided urinary catheter, received FDA clearance in May 2009. PercuVision® was founded in 2007 by Dr. Errol Singh, a practicing urologist. His motivation to develop this innovative technology and achieve a first-to-market product position was driven from seeing patients in pain and with injuries from blind urinary catheterizations. Dr. Singh was motivated to develop a better and safer way to catheterize patients; as a result we now have DirectVision™.52

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees)The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Quanta BioDesign, Ltd. - Paul D. Davis, Ph.D www.QuantaBioDesign.com Paul Davis moved back to central Ohio in 1998 with the idea to build a new enterprise with his young family in mind. The untimely passing of Paul’s late wife, Susan, in 1999 from lung cancer (primary) and bone cancer (metastatic), occasioned a deeper passion and commitment on Paul’s part to work closely with both diagnostic (early detection) and therapeutic (control and cure) companies to find better and new solutions to the challenges that are faced in confronting all kinds of disease states. Quanta has created a new vision for PEGylation through the development of a technology based on dPEG®s. The dPEG® product line is a unique technology platform which can be custom tailored to meet specific physical, chemical and morphological requirements in a broad array of diagnostic and therapeutic applications. His previous experiences in both the R&D and manufacturing sides of the business gives him a very practical and broad background for this vision, as well as sound experience for running the business. RawVoice, Inc. - Angelo Mandato www.rawvoice.com RawVoice provides you the power to control your media. Our instant media network lets you meet distribution needs, create and publish audio, video or blog content channels and manage your users. Our easy-to-use stats system tracks thousands of media files. RawVoice technology is featured on our five content-driven media communities: Blubrry, Podcaster News, Tech Podcasts, Pro Med Network and TravelCastNetwork. And now, RawVoice community shows are accessible on televisions across the globe with Roku and Boxee and on mobile devices such as iPhone and Android. Rescentris, Inc. - Jeff Spitzner www.rescentris.com Rescentris is a software product company that develops and markets information control software for the Life Sciences research industry. Its flagship product CERF uniquely combines electronic lab notebooks (ELNs), enterprise content management (ECM), and record archiving for bio-medical and biopharma companies, as well as other corporate, government, and non-profit R&D organizations. The product platform is capable of serving the electronic lab notebook and information management needs for additional vertical sectors in multi-discipline R&D organizations. The company and the overall industry are experiencing substantial growth. CERF enables life scientists and healthcare research organizations to better manage their R&D information. CERF ELN facilitates the transition from paper-based to electronic recordkeeping and supports the entire research organization. CERF is the first product on the market to utilize semantic web and other innovative technologies to enable researchers to share and record information flexibly yet securely while ensuring that organizations are able to protect and leverage their R&D investments by increasing productivity and capturing intellectual property. Rescentris is leading the way with mobility solutions and new technologies for robust data management and collaboration. Switchbox, Inc. - Joel Stephens & Matt Bohach www.switchboxinc.com Switchbox is a company dedicated to improving our client’s businesses by helping them find and implement the right technology. We did this for The Buckeye Institute by helping them solve the problem of educating Ohio citizens about the cost of various government spending programs. The core problem was to find a way to provide data that Ohio citizens have a legal right to view but that is in a form that is virtually unusable by anyone who requests it. Our team of developers worked with The Buckeye Institute and members of various government agencies to collect, organize, and transform the data into a simple and easy to use format for anyone with Internet access. The result placed this data into the hands of over 135,000 citizens who performed more than 1.1 million search queries to the site within months of the site launching. 53

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. SyberMed Enterprises, LLC - David Sybert, M.D. Team SyberMed www.sybermed.com SyberMed Enterprises, LLC specializes in developing and bringing to market medical device innovations that improve the lives of patients and the healthcare practitioners who serve them. Our flagship product, Linebacker®, is a patented, tapeless device that safely and comfortably secures an intravenous (IV) tube to a patient’s hand, arm, leg, or foot with a hook and loop closure — preserving skin integrity and reducing the opportunity for catheter dislodgement or infection, both uncomfortable and costly occurrences. Syrus Restaurant Information Services www.syrusinfo.com Syrus is a leading provider of fully integrated back-office tools and above-store reporting to the restaurant industry. Its unique business model combines state-of-the-art technology with ongoing data review, cleansing, and integration services. This frees customers from these cumbersome technical and administrative tasks, and allows users to focus on analyzing and using the information and tools to improve operational and financial performance. Customers report that this combination of technology and services results in dramatic and sustainable returns on investment. Syscom Advanced Materials, Inc. www.amberstrand.com Syscom Advanced Materials is the leading design and manufacturing organization for metal clad polymer fiber. Syscom Advanced Materials was formed in 2005 to develop, manufacture and market high performance conductive fibers currently demanded in the marketplace. The company’s mission is to become the leader in advanced conductive materials known for our innovative technology and unique, high performance conductive fibers. In its short history, it has become a leader in providing materials to the aerospace industry and other industries. Our products are designed to meet the most technical design and application environments. We not only offer products that are top-quality, but have exceptional service and an extensive inventory to ensure our customers the products they need with the speed and accuracy they deserve. Therapeutic Rolling Platform System - Jeff VanBuren Jeff VanBuren has been a Physical Therpist for 16 years. Several years ago I had the initial idea for the TRPS (Therapeutic Rolling Platform System). I built my first prototype a few days later and I have been improving on my protoytpes ever since. The TRPS is simply a platform that a client stands on while it is being moved by a therapist or trainer. Currently available equipment such as stand-alone foams, air discs and wobble boards work on balance, but they do not work on reactive balance. Training on the TRPS improves a clients reactive balance. Research has shown that having improved reactive balance (improved neuromuscular response speed and appropriateness) decreases the risk of having falls and injuries.54

Outstanding Product (fewer than 50 employees)The winning Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Znode, Inc. - Vish Vishwanathan www.znode.com Znode®, a Columbus, Ohio based company, is a pioneer and industry leader in Multi-Store Ecommerce. Our innovative solution enables leading global brands to significantly increase their online footprint using Online-Franchising and Micro-Store strategies. Our flagship product Multifront™ makes it easy for retailers to launch multiple online stores that can be managed by the storeowner or independent franchisees. Using the innovative multi-tenant system online retailers can rapidly expand their business by delegating marketing to hundreds or even thousands of independent franchisees at a fraction of the cost it takes to build brick-and-mortar chain stores. A centralized administration tool gives both storeowners and franchisees the flexibility to customize and personalize the shopping experience to different customer segments, in real-time. Franchisees can even launch and manage their own Mobile Stores within days with zero startup costs. Multifront includes rich customer experience features, centralized administration and enterprise class scalability. Over 750,000+ lines of source code are included to provide the ultimate flexibility for developers. Zyvex Technologies - Piranha www.zyvextech.com Zyvex Technologies is the leader in unlocking the power of the carbon nanotube, small cylinders of carbon which are the strongest materials known to man. Zyvex incorporates nanotubes into many different materials, such as carbon fiber or adhesives, and significantly improves their strength. The Piranha is a 54’ vessel that was developed and built by Zyvex in 2010 to enter the maritime and defense markets with a product superior to the industry standard fiberglass or aluminum designs. The Piranha weighs 75% less than a similarly sized aluminum boat and offers an 80% reduction in fuel costs, all as a direct result of applying the new strong and lightweight ’nano-enhanced’ materials. Outstanding Product (more than 50 employees)The winning Nominee is a local company WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Assurex Global - Jim Haun, Vice President - Information Technology www.assurexglobal.com Passport is a web-based application used in collaboration among the Assurex Global insurance brokers to manage local and multi-national corporations’ risk management needs. Passport was designed and built in Columbus, Ohio, in partnership with TeamDynamix, a TechColumbus Incubator company. The application is built with the principles of project management and facilitates collaboration among the insurance brokers, insurance carriers and the insured. Assurex Global, headquartered in Columbus Ohio, is the world’s largest partnership of the top independent insurance and risk management brokers worldwide with annual premiums over $28 billion. Assurex Global has over 550 partner office locations in over 80 countries on six continents; they tailor client programs to meet specific regional or local needs nearly anywhere in the world. Passport has enabled the Assurex Global offices to better service their clients through collaborating on accounts in real-time and in multiple languages. Implementation of Passport has also enabled Assurex Global insurance brokers to better compete with the larger publicly traded brokers in the online servicing of large and international accounts. 55

Outstanding Product (more than 50 employees) The winning Nominee is a local company WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Commercial Vehicle group - FlameTEK - Flame Proof Interior Insulation - Jerry Armstrong www.cvgrp.com Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI) is a leading global supplier of fully integrated cab-related system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, which includes the heavy-duty truck market, the construction and agriculture markets and the specialty and military transportation markets. CVG’s products include suspension seat systems, interior trim systems (including instrument and door panels, headliners, cabinetry, molded products and floor systems), cab structures and components, mirrors, wiper systems, electronic wiring harness assemblies and controls and switches. FlameTEK is Flame Proof Interior Insulation, exceeds UL 94 V0, is self extinguishing, and meets Bombardier SMP 800 C Toxic Off Gassing Standards. It is designed for Military Vehicle Applications to negate secondary injuries in Blast Events. Cross-over applications include passenger rail / commercial bus / aviation / Naval vessels. Cott Systems, Inc. - Gary J. Ross www.cottsystems.com Cott Systems, an industry icon and innovator in public records management for over 120 years, is a leader today in technology solutions and services for recording, imaging, and searching land and court records across 19 states. Through an important research and development process, funded by a 4-5% re-investment of their yearly revenue and including significant customer involvement, Cott is driving new technologies and services for local governments by employing up-to-the-minute information and workflow automation. This includes records management and case management solutions, data management and migration services, backfile conversions, document redaction services, and Web hosting, eCommerce, and disaster planning services. Cott’s State Portal for County and Town Government offices allows a single subscriber access to land records and historical data across multiple towns, counties and jurisdictions - all from one easy-to-access location. The new Portals are particularly innovative in the land and historical records industry due to the real-time functionality and the speed at which they operate—all accessing numerous disparate systems. This has a significant positive impact on the accuracy and reliability of title searches. Engineered Profiles LLC, dba Crane Plastics - Spraydown USA www.spraydownusa.com Engineered Profiles LLC is a 63-year-old Columbus based plastic processing company still privately owned and operating under the Crane Plastics name. The company produces a variety of custom extruded plastic parts used in a wide range of manufacturer’s products as well as a select number of proprietary product lines. Engineered Profiles (dba Crane Plastics) employs over 175 people and is vertically integrated in engineering, product design, tooling and development. Spraydown is one of several proprietary products manufactured and sold by Engineered Profiles. The product is an aerodynamic device used to suppress spray in inclement weather while providing improved fuel economy for heavy trucks and trailers. While all of Crane’s products promote sustainability and low maintenance, Spraydown is unique in providing improved safety, aiding the reduction of carbon footprint and an extremely short time frame for return on investment. Spraydown represents a value add product in the transportation industry’s ever increasing challenge to comply with stricter safety and fuel consumption guidelines. Huntington Bank - David Schamer www.huntington.com Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $53 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its affiliated companies, Huntington has been providing a full range of financial services for 144 years. Huntington has created a unique, industry-leading service, 24-Hour Grace, which gives customers additional time during the next business day to cover overdrafts to their consumer bank accounts. Huntington will automatically waive overdraft fees as long as customers make a deposit or transfer during the next business day to resolve the overdraft. It is the first and only service of its kind that offers a more fair approach than other banks’ fee structures. Huntington is the first bank to work through the risk management, business process and technology challenges necessary to enable this kind of service across its entire consumer deposit customer base.56

Outstanding Product (more than 50 employees)The winning Nominee is a local company WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has designed, developed and produced a technology-based product. Through this product the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Mettler-Toledo, Inc. - Vehicle Scale Team www.mt.com/vehicle METTLER TOLEDO is a global manufacturer and marketer of precision instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. METTLER TOLEDO’s North American headquarters and two manufacturing facilities are located in the Columbus area. The POWERCELL® PDX® Vehicle Scale System is the most accurate and reliable vehicle scale in the world. The POWERCELL® PDX® Vehicle Scale System delivers enhanced value to customers from significant innovation found throughout the system in electrical, software, and mechanical enhancements or new revolutionary concepts. Six separate patents applications were made for innovations developed during this project. Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. AircraftLogs - Rob Baxter, Sean Davis, Tricia Gomoll, Bryan Hill, Doug Stewart, John Taylor, & Lori Williams www.aircraftlogs.com AircraftLogs provides Internet-based aviation data management systems for corporate and private business jets. The Company is located at Port Columbus International Airport, and it provides its software on SaaS basis (Software as a Service). Customers such as corporate flight departments and government agencies utilize AircraftLogs to manage many types of management reporting and compliance reporting associated with operating business jets and similar aircraft. Connecting a company’s flight department to its corporate headquarters, AircraftLogs was the first company in business aviation to connect utilization of corporate aircraft directly to the compliance reporting requirements of today’s large companies. It is the only software available which automates IRS and SEC reporting, providing a significant value to large companies and ensuring that corporate disclosures are quickly and accurately prepared. AircraftLogs also provides performance metrics to help companies better manage their aircraft. AircraftLogs aviation data management software is experiencing significant growth in both the corporate compliance and security areas and it anticipates additional growth and recognition in 2011. AltaSim Technologies - Jeff Crompton & Kyle Koppenhoefer www.altasimtechnologies.com AltaSim Technologies’ unique MultiPhysics computational analysis capabilities support product and technology development across the full spectrum of markets, technologies and companies. Our MultiPhysics Virtual Product Development (MPVPD) tools allow the customer to design, prototype and develop products, technologies and manufacturing processes in a fully digital environment thereby reducing the need for physical prototypes. MPVPD allows companies to gain insight earlier, make processes more efficient and ultimately, make better products that are more competitive. Benchmark studies have shown 50% reductions in the time for product development and 90% reductions in cost. AltaSim’s philosophy is to put powerful, practical, cutting edge tools into the hands of the end- user, positioning them to innovate new products, develop novel technologies more efficiently and create jobs. AltaSim’s services are being applied to the development of innovative renewable energy sources, advanced aeroengine materials, new medical diagnostic and treatment technologies, defense technologies and advanced semiconductor designs. Novel delivery mechanisms, including Mission Specific Domain Portals, enable access by engineers previously unable to make use of these powerful capabilities. 57

Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. American Business Solutions, Inc. - Mark Heidkamp www.abs-usa.com ABSI’s twelve year business track record is built on teamwork and a commitment to excellence. It is the Accounting team that keeps the organization running smooth in support of our consultants, customers and vendors. The Accounting team overcame challenges this past year and continues to strive to excel at customer service. By doing so, each representative of the team portrays a positive outlook on life and that translates to a productive work atmosphere both in the ABSI office and at our client accounts. ChaseTek, LLC - Chris A Wolfe and Kenneth Wallace www.chasetek.com ChaseTek is a business infrastructure management company specializing in managing voice and data networks. At the end of 2009, ChaseTek launched pro:active, a virtualized infrastructure management product that integrates the technical, inventory control and expense management aspects of managing a business telecommunications infrastructure. By offering two levels of pro:active, we are able to provide the basic services in the model at no additional costs to our customers, allowing us to deliver a customer experience that is unrivaled in our industry. Our fee-based subscription service allows us to provide financial controls in addition to our standard service suite, which enables us to provide both increased efficiencies in processing invoices and expert cost controls and containment on network expenses. We entered 2009 with four employees. Today, we have nine full-time employees. This rapid growth is a direct result of our success in the market place and strong validation that our product is being met with enthusiasm in the business community. Our plans to broaden the services offered in our pro:active product make additional growth likely. The Columbus Idea Foundry - Dr. Alexander R. Bandar www.ColumbusIdeaFoundry.com The Columbus Idea Foundry is a technical consulting and manufacturing resource for Ohio’s creative community. We are a community workshop that maintains fabrication resources from woodworking and welding to CNC machining, 3D printing and laser cutting, as well as offers classes to the general public in the use of our tools. Unlike most educational institutions, we also sell memberships to innovators and small businesses to use our resources for their own projects. In this way, we not only educate but empower people to design and create their ideas. Individuals and small businesses may rent studios in our workshop for their own production space, or may commission the CIF to produce parts for them. The prevalence of open-source DIY design, programming, and fabrication websites means that information is often no longer the bottleneck in realizing an idea – building it is. By providing a physical facility with manufacturing resources, instructional classes, and an exhibition space, the CIF accelerates grassroots innovation and exemplifies a novel model for democratized design, manufacturing and product introduction to market. Evolved Energy Solutions, Inc. - Zack Griffin - Evolved Energy Solutions www.evolvedes.com Evolved Energy Solutions provides commercial, industrial, municipal and other non-residential clients with comprehensive lighting and energy management solutions. Our turn-key solutions reduce energy use and costs while improving the lighting environment specific to the tasks performed in the space. Our proprietary audit process incorporates recording room occupancy and lighting schedule data which allows us to objectively define financial metrics before and after improvements. Our in-depth audit and design work is unmatched by our industry peers. With recent emphasis on energy efficiency, our operations have grown in 2010 from a staff of 2 to 4 with additional hiring anticipated in 2011. Quarter over quarter revenue growth beginning in 2010 was 636% in Q2, 252% in Q3 and is projected at 48% Q4. Diversity in our client base has also been beneficial and includes Mississinawa Valley Local Schools, the City of Dublin and the largest privately held pharmaceutical company in the world.58

Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. improveit! 360 www.improveit360.com Developed by home improvement experts for remodelers, contractors and home services professionals, improveit! 360 is a business management application transforming a fragmented industry. It’s designed to accelerate growth, improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs and support company success. With improveit! 360, home improvement companies of all sizes can close more leads while lowering costs, automate communications, track customer interaction from one centralized location, and get a 360 degree view of their operation. improveit! 360 provides a revolutionary new method for home improvement manufacturers to support and communicate with their dealers through the impower! 360 Corporate Portal. The portal provides a seamless method for manufacturers to share information with their dealers in real-time, removing fragmentation, reducing costs, and enabling even the smallest dealers to market, sell and manage their businesses like the leaders. improveit! 360 is the only home improvement application built on the force. com platform, the underlying technology of salesforce.com, and completely customized for the home improvement industry. Salesforce.com is the world leader in CRM (customer relationship management) systems, rated #1 in user adoption, ease-of-use and customer satisfaction.Jacadis, LLC - Jacadis HIPAA-HITECH Security Assessment WorkShop™www.jacadis.comJacadis, a specialized information security boutique, helps business leaders worried about keeping confidential datasafe and scared that their compliance efforts with government regulations are failing. We do this with a mix of consultingservices, products and innovative solutions. The company was founded to provide information security solutions fororganizations of all sizes with a focus on the big picture. This allows you to protect what’s important, know when it’sat risk, and promote a positive security stance to your stakeholders. We help those in the health care and supportingindustries protect patient information and meet HIPAA and HITECH compliance requirements. Leading EDJE www.leadingedje.com Leading EDJE is a WBE (Women’s Business Enterprise) certified IT consulting firm that provides superior technical and project management consulting services to assist our clients in implementing today’s ever increasing complex solutions. Our consultants provide expertise in creating innovative custom application development solutions utilizing leading edge technologies. We specialize in all phases of technology development; from inception to implementation our expertise in development of sound solutions is unsurpassed. In order to provide superior guidance and structure to our client’s custom solutions, we are continuously and rigorously educating ourselves on the latest technologies. Our team is unique in that we work proactively with our clients to help them gain a competitive edge via our innovative technical solutions.Lextant, Inc.www.lextant.comLextant is a Design Research and User Experience Design consultancy that helps companiesdiscover and understand their customers’ latent desires and aspirations and then translatesthose insights into meaningful, appropriate and engaging experiences. A few of Lextants’2010 client partners include Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Dell, Motorola,Chrysler, ClearSaleing, Samsung, Nationwide, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Medical,Victoria’s Secret, Quest Software, Ethicon Endo Surgery, and Kraft Foods, among others. 59

Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. LSP Technologies, Inc. - Jeff Dulaney www.lsptechnologies.com LSP Technologies, Inc. (LSPT) is a small, entrepreneurial business which pioneered the development of an innovative surface enhancement technology known as laser shock peening. Essentially, laser shock peening applies high-energy laser pulses to the surface of metals, toughening parts and making them more resistant to metal fatigue failures and more damage tolerant. Although originally developed for military aircraft engine blades, LSPT has now applied the process successfully to land-based electric power generation turbines used in many communities worldwide. LSPT’s process is increasing the life of turbine blades used in this critical equipment up to four times. Novellus Design, LLC - Richard D. Peters www.novellusdesign.com Novellus Design specializes in Design and Development of Medical and Consumer products for clients engaged in New Product Design, providing comprehensive Engineering support that spans from idea generation to design and development, to prototype and test, to commercialization preparedness / entry. Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center, Inc. - Thomas H. Lee, M.D. www.orthofootankle.com Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center (OFAC) is an innovative physician practice that continues to advance care through an active social media presence, an engaging patient-centered e-commerce Web site, and prolific physician researchers who are nationally and internationally recognized. Along with highly satisfied patients and excellent clinical results, the groundbreaking work of these visionary physicians has also resulted in equipment patents, FDA trials, and leadership roles in their professional organizations. Their surgery center is even wired to provide live video feeds for medical education. At the forefront of research, education and online consumer engagement, Orthopedic Foot & Ankle is leading the way in care. Outlook Media - Consulting Services team www.outlookmedia.com At Outlook Media our core purpose is to continually create relationships and dialog that promote, encourage and educate society to take up acceptance and equality. Our company lives by its core values of 1) advocacy and relevancy; 2) honesty, integrity, and gratitude; 3) being industry vanguards in both products and business model; 4) constantly building relationships, creating partnerships and a return on investment to all of our stakeholders; and, most importantly, 5) always having fun. Our brands include outlook: columbus magazine/ outlookcolumbus.com, High Street Neighborhoods Magazine/highstreetmoneysavers.com, Network Columbus, Radio Outlook, outlook TV, and outlook consulting where as experts in niche marketing, we offer our consulting expertise to teach the power of niche markets and to help businesses craft a customized niche outreach plan to achieve their marketing goals within a desired timeline and budget.60

Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. Pearl Interactive - Merry Korn www.pearlinter.org Merry Korn launched Pearl Interactive Network, LLC in 2005 as a social enterprise with a mission to use technology to create a virtual business process firm that provides career and job opportunities to people with skills and talents who have challenges to work such as disabled veterans, military spouses and people with disabilities. Pearl Interactive Network services Call Centers, Administrative Services, and Tier One Help Desks, among others. Pearl Interactive Network’s business model is unique from a technology perspective because we’ve fully integrated and a created code between our VOIP Call Center software program and assistive technologies. This integration enables workers who are blind or cannot use their hands to access employment and businesses access to a workforce with consistently high retention and high performance. Pearl Interactive has obtained certifications as a woman-owned business enterprise, service to disabled veterans, Ability One, and GSA Pending. That positions Pearl Interactive for great growth in the federal market, a market that continues to grow by an average of 8 % per year.People to My Sitewww.peopletomysite.comRecently named an Inc. 500 company, People To My Site is a digital design, development,marketing and analytics agency that primarily targets businesses in the franchise industry.Understanding the needs of small business owners in franchise systems, People To My Sitehas developed the Digital Marketing Franchisee Platform, which brings enterprise-leveltechnology and Internet marketing strategy to small business owners.This innovation consists of a customized website, a proprietary content management system,localized search engine optimization, and Adobe-based website and campaign analytics. TheDigital Marketing Franchisee Platform is customized to conjoin the needs of franchisees withthe brand and messaging integrity established by the franchisor to create a multi-faceted,effective Internet solution that consistently delivers revenue-generating opportunities. Due toits very nature as a replicable platform, People To My Site has developed economies of scalefor its franchise partners, ensuring cost effectiveness and rapid productivity. Pluto Networks - Larry Chaffin www.pluto-networks.net Pluto Networks is a worldwide leader in emerging technologies specializing in WAN Acceleration, Security, Networking, Voice and Video. We have earned a reputation with our customers for providing solutions that provide great return on investment. Pluto Networks offers an integrated family of core technology practices with a concentrated focus and a proven track record. Unlike many companies, we don’t have 25 or even 50 different vendors to sell to our customers. We offer a handful of products which provide value to our customers. We have the expertise to provide services for all of our products unlike larger or catalog companies who just want to sell a product.Project Solutions Group, Ltd - Randy Hall, President & Jim McCombs, BusinessDevelopment Managerwww.projectsg.comProject Solutions Group focuses only on IT Project Management and Analysis. While other companiesperform project oversight functions as a bi-product of their primary deliverable, we only work within theproject oversight market space. This unique approach not only produces a higher level of project control, butalso provides our Clients with a technical organization focused on their needs, instead of the needs of theVendor.Our non-traditional approach allows us to deliver part-time solutions for companies that could not justifythe luxury of a project management organization. We provide a customized framework that consistentlyproduces successful projects and the information needed to make informed, intelligent decisions, related topast, current, and future projects.Project Solutions Group’s no-nonsense product line is designed to identify specific control areas that increaseefficiency and lower the cost of project delivery. Coupled with our customizable on-line project managementtoolkit, implementing our services may cost less than doing nothing at all. 61

Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. QStart Labs, LLC - QStart Labs Team www.qstartlabs.com QStart Labs is a web development and start-up advisory services company that helps start-ups and their investors reduce the typical cash outlay, time-to-market, and risk associated with launching a new web based ventures. Their team has created a unique business model based on what a relationship would look like if there was a team that could remove barriers for start-ups, advise them in key business areas such as strategic planning, business model generation, sales and marketing, HR and Finance, and IT, and create alignment with their objectives and exit strategies. This alignment requires they share in their clients risk and rewards and can only succeed when their client succeeds. RawVoice, Inc. - Angelo Mandato www.rawvoice.com RawVoice provides you the power to control your media. Our instant media network lets you meet distribution needs, create and publish audio, video or blog content channels and manage your users. Our easy-to-use stats system tracks thousands of media files. RawVoice technology is featured on our five content-driven media communities: Blubrry, Podcaster News, Tech Podcasts, Pro Med Network and TravelCastNetwork. And now, RawVoice community shows are accessible on televisions across the globe with Roku and Boxee and on mobile devices such as iPhone and Android. Strategic Thinking Industries - Brian Olah www.st-industries.com Strategic Thinking Industries (STi) is a software services organization specializing in the healthcare industry. STi has over ten years of experience in providing leading edge solutions and services to hospitals, medical centers and health networks. Starting in Labor and Delivery, STi’s service offerings have expanded to all areas of a hospital. STi’s latest innovation, STi EMR Archiver, is a service that electronically extracts sensitive medical records from old and sometimes antiquated clinical systems to a reusable electronic medical record format such as PDF or TIFF. The solution not only reduces a hospital’s operating expenses but assists in meeting both American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) initiatives. Syrus Restaurant Information Services www.syrusinfo.com Syrus is a leading provider of fully integrated back-office tools and above-store reporting to the restaurant industry. Its unique business model combines state-of-the-art technology with an ongoing data review service, providing cleansing, and integration services. This frees customers from these cumbersome technical and administrative tasks, and allows users to focus on analyzing and using the information and tools to improve operational and financial performance. Customers report that this combination of technology and services results in dramatic and sustainable returns on investment.62

Outstanding Service (fewer than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. TalentRooster - David DeCapua & Joel Lilly www.talentrooster.com TalentRooster - the premier provider of digital video technology for talent acquisition. TalentRooster connects job seekers, recruiters and employers with state-of-the-art digital video profiles. A turnkey package allows you to shoot professional video interviews and create standardized job seeker profiles which can be uploaded to a national searchable database allowing job seekers to be located by thousands of employers across the country.tekOrange - IT Services Teamwww.tekorange.comtekOrange provides Internet services to individuals and small businesses. As Internet Experts we bring awareness onhow to best use Internet technologies to solve common problems. Webbed Marketing - Webbed Marketing VisiOne www.webbedmarketing.com While organizations are jumping into social media, big questions remain: how can companies mine social media to make real business decisions, determine customer needs, or better understand how customers are using social media? We believe that social media can help organizations answer the big questions, reach multiple audiences and drive real results, all with a data-driven approach. Webbed Marketing’s newest division, VisiOne, is the company’s response to the changing demands presented by today’s social media environment. Large businesses and organizations with multiple branches and divisions want to execute a social web strategy that connects all aspects of their online presence to their target audiences. But making sure each strand of a system is on the same page can be difficult. It’s detailed intelligence and planning that determines exactly what they should be doing, when they should be doing it and what it will take to get it done. VisiOne provides this information, backed by unique and exclusive data. The VisiOne strategy helps clients coordinate an actionable plan based on what their audience is trying to tell them through social media.Zukun Plan, LLC - Jason R. Ertelwww.zukun.comZUKUN PLAN is a Product Development Consulting Firm that offers industrial design and engineering services withmanufacturing intent. Our competitive advantage is that we offer the visual appeal of our ID contemporaries, but wepossess the knowledge and deliver the commitment to see our work through to production. Therefore, our processintegrates both major disciplines throughout the process. The product development offerings are tailored to the needsof our clients. We offer both a full product development plan or project specific services in the area of medical products,industrial products, consumer products, soft goods, youth products, and more.ZUKUN PLAN has provided design services for the EXCMR MRI Treadmill, from conceptualization and configuration,3-D CAD models, motion analysis of mechanism, FEA of structural components, DFMEA, Functional and Process FlowDiagrams, Design Requirements and Specifications, Sourcing and Staging, and are slated to continue the project throughthe first system builds and clinical installation and validation. With experience in the development and release of medicalproducts, ZUKUN PLAN has been able to provide design services from concept to production for EXCMR Ltd. 63

Outstanding Service (more than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche. AEP Ohio - American Electric Power - gridSMART from AEP Ohio www.gridsmartohio.com In 2009, AEP Ohio, a division of American Electric Power, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, developed a comprehensive customer energy efficiency education and outreach program known as “gridSMART from AEP Ohio.” Comprised of 13 new technologies and programs, and featuring the new digital Smart Meter, gridSMART helps AEP Ohio customers save energy and money, and allows the utility company to provide improved customer service through better distribution quality and reliability, all while helping the environment through energy conservation. In order to promote the gridSMART program and general energy efficiency strategies to targeted audiences, a two-pronged initiative was developed and continues to be executed. It consists of the Home Energy Savings Tour (HEST) which targets the 1.5 million AEP Ohio customers with energy saving strategies, devices and appliances; as well as the gridSMART Mobile Education Center, (gridSMART Mobile) a sophisticated traveling educational center comprised of interactive exhibits targeting the 110,000 customers who fall into the test demonstration project area in northeast central Ohio where Smart Meters whave been installed on their residence or place of business over the past 10 months. Battelle Memorial Institute: Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation - Validation Sampling Designs for Public Health Studies: Warren Strauss, Michele Morara and Louise Ryan (CSIRO - Australia). www.battelle.org As part of our work in support of the multibillion dollar National Children’s Study, Battelle developed innovative statistical approaches for gathering exposure information that focuses on assessing relationships between adverse health outcomes and complex environmental exposures. Compared to current methods, Battelle’s approach typically reduces study costs by two thirds with no loss in statistical power. This advance enables public health studies that previously were prohibitively expensive. It also will lead to studies that reduce the burden of expensive and sometimes invasive measures on the majority of study participants. The statistical techniques that have been developed concentrate on using a validation sampling approach in which detailed exposure and/or health outcome assessment information is collected on a carefully selected subset of the study population, while cheaper (and presumably less accurate and less burdensome) surrogate measures are collected across the entire cohort. Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit, independent research and development company, with headquarters located in Columbus, Ohio. Cardinal Health - Mark Taylor Supply Chain Solutions Pharma IT www.cardinalhealth.com Cardinal Health, Inc. is a Fortune 17 company that improves the cost-effectiveness of healthcare. As the business behind healthcare, Cardinal Health helps pharmacies, hospitals and ambulatory care sites focus on patient care while reducing costs, improving efficiency and quality, and increasing profitability. Cardinal Health employs more than 30,000 people worldwide. Our innovation success is focused on our new capabilities to provide secure, efficient supply chain capabilities in the monitoring and evaluation of controlled substance ordering through the legitimate supply chain within the US controlled substances pharmaceutical supply chain. We have partnered with IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center to deploy new, first of a kind technology that allows for the contextual, state-full traces of our policies, procedures, business process and data across business units that provides managerial oversight and monitoring of our controlled substance ordering environments. Ecommerce, Inc. - Fathi Said www. ecommerce.com Ecommerce, Inc. is a Columbus, OH based hosting company that provides Cloud, VPS, Dedicated, and Shared Hosting services in the global market to 115,000 customers. Our dedication to excellent service includes individual and personalized support for every customer no matter size or revenue.64

Outstanding Service (more than 50 employees) Nominee is a local company WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES that has defined, introduced and marketed a technology-based service. Through this service the company has shown success in addressing an industry need or market niche.FacilitySource, Inc.www.facilitysource.comFacilitySource was founded in 2005 to address a growing need in the retail and restaurant industries to streamline store and facility maintenanceprocesses. By utilizing state-of-the-art web-based software, 24/7/365 helpdesks staffed with live agents, service provider management methodologiesand statistical modeling to analyze facility-related spends, FacilitySource has been able to save customers on average 20% on their facility maintenancebudgets.FacilitySource current customers include Abercrombie & Fitch, Limitedbrands, Darden Restaurant Group (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LonghornSteakhouse), Family Dollar, The Children’s Place, American Eagle Outfitters, Pep Boys, Rite Aid, and many others. FacilitySource leverages over 50,000total locations with service providers and suppliers in the facility maintenance industry to drive down customers’ costs. In 2010, FacilitySource willmanage over $1B in expenses through its software applications, and has visibility to line item detail of each invoice for this total volume.Riverside Neuroscience Institute Stroke Center of Excellence - OhioHealthwww.ohiohealth.com/riversideThe Riverside Neuroscience Institute’s Comprehensive Stroke Center of Excellence was the firsthealthcare facility in Ohio certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission for exceptionalefforts to foster better outcomes for stroke care. The approach involves a new model of integrated careby specially trained stroke intervention teams. This model begins at or shortly after hospital admissionand continues beyond the period of acute medical care into the initial rehabilitation phase. The resultsof studies and randomized trials have shown lower mortality rates, shorter hospitalization and greaterlikelihood of discharge to home with patients treated in integrated stroke units compared to thosetreated in general medical units.The Stroke Center physicians are often the first in the world to research new stroke treatments throughclinical trials, providing patients access to the most leading-edge stroke treatments and preventiontechniques available. In addition to paving the way with these innovative stroke treatments, a StrokeNetwork is being implemented with two-way auditory and visual communication to outlying hospitals inrural areas throughout the state. Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates - IT Division www.riversiderad.com The Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates (RRIA) IT Division serves as the backbone of the practice. By providing a level of service and innovation unmatched in the marketplace, more than 24 additional clients have been acquired, 33 world-class radiologists have been successfully recruited and overall patient and referring physician satisfaction ratings consistently exceed national best practice scores in all categories measured. In addition, the RRIA IT Division has assisted the group in achieving national recognition, including being ranked 11th by Radiology Business Journal’s 2009 50 Largest Private Radiology Practices in the nation; and serving as the official radiology group for the Columbus Blue Jackets. More recent national recognition includes being named in the top 50 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare and being selected a Top Connected Healthcare Facility by HealthImaging & IT. Regional accomplishments include selection by Columbus Business First as a 2009 and 2010 “Best Places to Work” and a finalist in the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards. Also in 2010. RRIA was invited to join Strategic Radiology, a national network of large, clinically-advanced groups. 65

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. AEP Ohio - American Electric Power - AEP Ohio gridSMART Deployment Team www.gridSMARTOhio.com AEP Ohio is an operating unit of American Electric Power (AEP). AEP Ohio serves approximately 1.5 million customers in Ohio and the panhandle of West Virginia. For more than a century, AEP and its utility operating units, including AEP Ohio, have developed new ways to provide power for their customers today while preparing for the needs of tomorrow. The electric utility industry is facing simultaneous challenges which will affect the way utilities meet the electric demand of the future. These challenges largely include consumers’ growing electricity demand and society’s desire to reduce carbon dioxide emission from electric generation, while ensuring the continued availability of economical and reliable electricity. At AEP Ohio, we have challenged ourselves to look beyond the assumptions that have historically guided our expectations and search for solutions that dare us to think more creatively to advance policies and technologies, such as energy efficiency and smart grid technologies, that will stimulate growth, protect the environment and enhance communities. Agil IT - Wesley Gipe www.agilit.com Agil IT enables operational and clinical excellence for the ambulatory healthcare markets by providing a wide variety of business and IT solutions. Their comprehensive range of programs and services includes system implementation, integration, optimization, project management, remote monitoring, and EHR consulting. Agil IT consultants and principals listen, advise and strengthen their customers in the pursuit of their strategic IT initiatives. Columbus City Schools - Information Technology Organization - Columbus City Schools Information Technology Department. Technology refresh and virtualization project team. www.columbus.k12.oh.us The Columbus City Schools technology organization completed a massive desktop and server virtualization project in August 2010. The $8.3 million project - which also includes server virtualization in data centers and migration to a new operating system CCS also virtualized the 3 data centers, and converted their network operating systems and directory structure within 18 months. DNV Columbus, Inc. - ECFORM www.dnvcolumbus.com Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is a multinational company with a unit in Columbus. The ECFORM team, located in Columbus and in Oslo, Norway, has put together a unique set of tools to convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. The team worked across geographies to build a demonstration system to convert CO2 into formic acid sustainably. The significant accomplishments of the team include: continuous performance of the conversion reaction by a factor of at least 20 longer than anyone has accomplished previously in this area, reduction in the energy requirement by almost 50 percent, and the development of a novel reactor configuration. While the Columbus team focused on the demonstration system, the Norwegian team has focused on constructing a computer model of the reactor in order to scale up the process and do business risk analyses. Together this team has demonstrated that we can create a useful future with CO2 rather than just bury it and let our future generations take responsibility for it.66

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEARTIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. e-Cycle www.e-cycle.com e-Cycle is changing the way that businesses purchase and dispose of wireless devices. The company started in 2004 when Columbus residents Chris and Tonia Irion decided they needed to tackle a growing problem – the lack of wireless recycling. Both veterans of the technology field, Chris and Tonia combined their passions for business and the environment to form e-Cycle – a wireless buyback and recycling company. eSolutech - eSolutech team www.esolutech.com eSolutech combines vastly different IT and business skills into a cohesive team with a shared business ethic. We have successfully helped industry leaders from the financial, government, medical and educational sectors meet their IT goals. Despite the economic climate of the past year, eSolutech has managed to increase revenue and hire more employees and consultants, in addition to incubating a successful startup that was the brain child of the core team which solves real-world problems using innovative, mindful web and mobile technology. Franklin University - Academic Information Services, Department of Academic Affairs www.franklin.edu The Academic Information Services team, part of the Academic Affairs organization at Franklin University, works closely with the University’s Faculty on defining and implementing technology solutions that supplement the University’s unique pedagogical approach. The team’s innovation this past year was centered on two major initiatives: 1) upgrading the University’s learning management system to incorporate the use of the latest Web 2.0 technologies; and 2) expanding the University’s design technology infrastructure to support the online delivery of courses internationally. Through these initiatives Franklin University faculty and students have gained greater accessibility to the content and tools they need to be successful in an online environment. From students connecting with classmates who use thirty different languages from fifteen different countries across the world to faculty all across the globe synchronously co-authoring and publishing course content, this new innovation aims to put Franklin University ahead of the curve when it comes to online education. Future Path Medical www.future-path.net Future Path Medical (FPM) is expecting final approval from the FDA and will then begin delivering technology to automate the monitoring of clinical fluid and core body temperature to assists caregivers and patients. The invention that was focused on patient safety giving early detection of changes in core body temperature and urine flow rate has given healthcare a solution to nosocomial infections that are no longer being reimbursed by Medicare since October ’08. FPM, which began with a tragedy when founder Ty Bryant lost his son Christopher has brought, with the help of Dr. Tony Boiarski and private angel investors, breakthrough sensor technology to save lives. 67

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. Great Migrations, LLC - Fred Goodman, George Juras, Mark Juras www.GreatMigrations.com Great Migrations is a three-person software company based in central Ohio and founded in 2006 with a mission to become the leader in software translation technology. We develop, sell, and support commercial-off-the-shelf-software analysis and reengineering tools and provide legacy modernization services. Our language processing technology combines proven principles of compiler design with advanced semantic linguistics algorithms to provide extremely accurate software translation. Our products are highly configurable and programmable so our customers may produce translations that fit the unique requirements of their legacy systems and target architecture. Under the hood, our products are powered by our high-performance information management system that offers unmatched processing speed and scalability. Great Migrations’ products enhance IT agility while minimizing the risk, disruptions and cost of large-scale system modernization efforts. Our analysis offerings enable customers to accurately assess and manage their enterprise systems. Our products help organizations more rapidly formulate and implement bold system modernization strategies in a way that preserves and enhances the value of their software assets. Information Control Corporation & Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) - ODJFS and ICC Team: Ohio Back to Work Project www.OhioBackToWork.ohio.gov The ODJFS and ICC team was responsible for creating a new self-service website called “Ohio Back to Work” (OhioBackToWork.ohio.gov). The website assists the unemployed and other Ohio citizens looking for work. The team developed a training website that provides a mixture of dynamic video and software that engages any unemployed Ohioan and connects them to their local unemployment office. This innovative website provides detailed explanations of available services in Ohio’s unemployment offices, as well as provides self-directed training with how-to instruction on resume writing, interviewing skills and a self-assessment of capabilities. This interactive OhioBackToWork website prepares an unemployed citizen to develop a work search plan that will increase the likelihood of the individual finding a job and getting back to work. Intellinetics, Inc. - Software Products Group www.intellinetics.com/redactivue Intellinetics is a document management software development company which serves markets with significant security, compliance, and access control requirements. Intellinetics has recently brought to market a new platform called Redactivue, an advanced automated redaction engine with features previously unavailable. Redactivue represents a growing set of next generation data privacy tools which enable specific content to be extracted from unstructured digitial documents. Redactivue was recently selected by the Washington State Highway Patrol among other solutions offer from leading providers such as Lexis Nexis due to its market leading capabilities. Redactivue keeps private data private, while enabling users to be compliant with public information request or under discovery. Teamwork, innovation, and creativity build upon 16 years of delivering excellence created a new benchmark in content privacy technology. Nationwide Insurance Company - Catalyst - Daniel Greteman www.nationwide.com The Catalyst program brought together business and IT resources from multiple geographies and companies with a common goal to combine the products, business processes, and technology platforms of two billion dollar Commercial Insurance Property and Casualty companies. Catalyst had a project team of roughly 500 resources in Columbus, Ohio and across the nation. The overall Catalyst program began prior to August 2009 and consisted of over one-hundred major deliveries, 9 which were larger than 60,000 hours, for a total of 1.65 million IT hours. The final two Catalyst projects, known as build 8 and build 9, were completed between August 2009/2010 to complete the integration program. These final builds are considered the most complex with 33,829 and 31,019 system requirements respectively. To handle the complexities, the Catalyst team harnessed several innovative and unconventional concepts ultimately ending in a sterling development and implementation record. With an annual budget variance of less than 1%, zero production outages, and on-time delivery the Catalyst program is a prime example of an outstanding technology team that repeatedly delivered value above and beyond marginal improvement.68

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEARTIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. Navigator Management Partners/State of Ohio - OAKS - Business Intellgence Implementation Project Team www.navmp.com Navigator Management Partners and OAKS Service Assurance in conjunction with key State agency participants and implementation partners successfully rolled out the initial phase of an enterprise-wide business intelligence solution for the State of Ohio. The OAKS BI Team delivered outstanding project management, business analysis, technical design and implementation, and organizational change management services. The effort required the coordination of users from across over 100 state agencies, boards, commissions, colleges and universities and has provided an in-depth statewide BI reporting solution and capability. The success of the implementation exemplifies outstanding teamwork. Navigator Management Partners is a regional consultancy specializing in Project Management, Business Process Design, Packaged Software Implementation, Organizational Change Management, and Enterprise Technology Strategy services. The State of Ohio employs approximately 60,000 employees across more than 110 agencies. OAKS strives to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and integration of state government business functions through its ERP system. Neoprobe Corporation - Neoprobe GDS Team www.neoprobe.com Neoprobe is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer surgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents including Lymphoseek® and RIGScan® CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection technologies and diversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective acquisitions. Neoprobe Corporation - Lymphoseek Drug Launch Team www.neoprobe.com Neoprobe is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer surgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents including Lymphoseek® and RIGScan® CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection technologies and diversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective acquisitions. OCLC - OCLC Innovation Lab Mike Teets, Tip House, Rob Koopman, Willie Neumann www.oclc.org OCLC Online Computer Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to furthering access to the world’s information and reducing costs for libraries. More than 72,000 libraries in 171 countries use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials for their patrons. The OCLC Innovation Lab, formed in April of 2010, has dramatically accelerated the deployment of new services through the use of technology and extremely agile management practices. They have delivered diverse new services in mobile, social networks, big data analytics and under-served small public libraries with only four dedicated staff in just 7 months. 69

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities - The Division of Information Technology www.dodd.ohio.gov The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) is responsible for overseeing a statewide system of support and services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. This includes 88 county boards, 80,000 individuals with developmental disabilities and a billion dollar book of business in medicaid claims. The old IT environment to manage this was very siloed which does not support collaboration. In addition, the infrastructure was siloed and was vulnerable for failure and did. Most technology decisions were made for reasons other than what was best for the agency. The organization was reshaped top to bottom. New processes, infrastructure, security, team training, team organizational structure and development methodologies. A vision and a gameplan was put in place for Team IT to execute against. Ohio Shared Services - State of Ohio & Accenture ohiosharedservices.ohio.gov Ohio Shared Services (OSS) is the first state government shared services organization to process financial transactions. Implemented by the state of Ohio in partnership with Accenture—and driven by a high-performing, self-directed workforce—OSS is a proven shared services solution for the public sector. Innovative governance frameworks enable beneficial partnerships between OSS, state agencies, state employees, vendors and the state’s largest employee labor union. Streamlined processes and technologies deliver value and reduce costs while transforming the way the state does business. Ohio University - Ohio University Office of Information Technology www.ohio.edu/oit/realignment/index.cfm Established in 1804, OHIO University is the oldest public institution of higher learning in the state of Ohio and the first in the Northwest Territory. With the main campus, in Athens, Ohio, and regional campuses and centers located in Chillicothe, Lancaster, Pickerington, Zanesville, St. Clairsville, Ironton, and Proctersville, OHIO holds as its central purpose the intellectual and personal development of its 32,000 enrolled students. Tasked with a directive from President Roderick McDavis to centralize departmental network and server support, the Office of Information Technology implemented an ambitious program to modernize, standardize, virtualize and consolidate all non-specialized departmental servers. By doing so, OIT was able to tighten security and improve governance of scarce IT resources. Implementing this sort of organizational change within a university is challenging to say the least; however, OIT and its departmental partners were able to successfully migrate 218 servers and realign 17 departmental IT professionals. These moves substantially reduced costs and focused critical resources on improving the delivery of academic services to the citizens of Ohio. OhioHealth - OhioHealth Information Services Team www.ohiohealth.com OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit, charitable, healthcare organization based in Columbus. It is a family of 17 hospitals, 20 health and surgery centers, home-health providers, medical equipment and health service suppliers throughout a 46-county area. Doctors Hospital, a community- focused teaching hospital recognized for excellence in osteopathic medicine, is part of this system. In June 2010, the emergency department at Doctors Hospital experienced a major facility and technology update. The OhioHealth Information Services Team was charged with spearheading the technology updates associated with this project. This team went above and beyond the normal expectations by implementing a series of highly innovative technology upgrades to the system. Throughout the project’s 18-month timeframe, these IT professionals successfully implemented advancements that improved communication, increased safety, facilitated education, and ultimately saved time and money for the organization. The outcomes produced included increased volume in the emergency room, the result of increased patient satisfaction and decreased turnaround time. Upon completion of the project, the emergency department at Doctors Hospital increased its patient capacity.70

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEARTIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. Progressive Medical, Inc. - Progressive Medical Information Services Team www.progressive-medical.com Progressive Medical, Inc., one of the region’s most innovative and fastest-growing companies, offers cost management services and products to the workers’ compensation and auto no- fault insurance industries. Progressive Medical has more than 20 years experience developing innovative pharmacy management and ancillary solutions for its clients. By combining clinical expertise with access to an expansive network of pharmacies, home health care services and medical equipment, Progressive Medical enables clients to manage costs while providing quality care to injured parties. Progressive Medical’s rapid revenue growth has been fueled in large measure by the work of its IS team, which continues to develop solutions for clients. For the last five years, that effort has been overseen by CIO Angelo Mazzocco. Under his tutelage, the IS team has increased from 19 to 95 members, developed hundreds of critical solutions and is in the process of a successful conversion to Agile methodology, which has improved production time cycle productivity by up to 40 percent. In 2010, Progressive was named to InformationWeek 500, a listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. QStart Labs, LLC - QStart Labs Team www.qstartlabs.com QStart Labs is a web development and start-up advisory services company that helps start-ups and their investors reduce the typical cash outlay, time-to-market, and risk associated with launching a new web based ventures. Their team has created a unique business model based on what a relationship would look like if there was a team that could remove barriers for start-ups, advise them in key business areas such as strategic planning, business model generation, sales and marketing, HR and Finance, and IT, and create alignment with their objectives and exit strategies. This alignment requires they share in their clients risk and rewards and can only succeed when their client succeeds. Safelite AutoGlass® - Safelite AutoGlass TEC-E Team www.safelite.com Safelite AutoGlass® is the leading vehicle glass repair and replacement service provider in the U.S. The company is a pioneer in the industry in providing mobile service, and 85% of its 4 million customers choose to have technicians travel to their home or business to perform service. To enhance the customer experience, the TEC-E Team (Technology Enhancing the Customer Experience) developed a suite of mobile service fulfillment utilities, including - Dispatcher Software: A geospatial routing application to enable dispatchers to coordinate mobile service delivery more efficiently to reduce customers’ wait time by using real-time job status data and GPS from the technicians’ Blackberry; - Customer Confirmation Process: An email notification to confirm appointments and include photo of the mobile technician assigned to the job for customer safety and security; -Technician Mobile Apps: Customized technician Blackberry application integrated with the Dispatcher Software that allows a paperless process of vehicle pre-inspection, payment and more. These systems improve Safelite’s scheduling accuracy and improve customer delight. State of Ohio - Multi-Agency CIO Advisory Council oit.ohio.gov The Multi-Agency CIO Advisory Council (MAC), headed by Ohio’s State CIO and consisting of CIOs from 34 state agencies and key elected offices, advises on the state’s IT strategies and agenda. Ohio’s IT system is federated rather than centralized, and by law, the State CIO’s authority is limited to establishing administrative rules, policies, standards, and bulletins on state agencies’ acquisition and use of information technology. Yet, faced with the cost-cutting mandated by Executive Order 2009-07S, the MAC embraced an innovative model that transformed Ohio’s federated, agency-focused IT practices to one that fosters working collaboratively across the enterprise to create recommendations on key technology topics that ensure the responsible investment of taxpayer dollars in IT. Cost-savings have been significant but what is truly transformational for the state is the collaborative, cross-agency approach used to achieve these results. 71

Outstanding Technology Team Nominee is a team of TWO OR MORE individuals, each from at least one COMPANY that demonstrates successful implementation or development of A SINGLE innovative technology-based initiative or technological breakthrough. The innovation(s) by the TEAM should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. Special attention should be paid to describing how, within a ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME, the TEAM successfully operated to achieve the initiative. Nominees need not be, but may include multi-disciplinary teams in an organization or corporation. Nominees may also be joint, with two or more companies sharing the nomination. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital - Johnny Brown www.nationwidechildrens.org/ As one of the largest and most comprehensive pediatric hospitals and research institutes in the United States, Nationwide Children’s is a resource and an advocate for children and parents in central Ohio and far beyond. In fact, in a typical year, we see patients from across the country and around the world. As the architect of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s my team created a solution for the Ohio Perinatal Research Network (OPRN) using an ePortal framework to develop a Research Repository of Mother/Father and Baby data. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital - Research Informatics Core http://informatics.nchresearch.org/index.html The Research Informatics Core is a multidisciplinary informatics application development team dedicated to enhancing and expanding research through the scientific application of information management and informatics innovation. The Core is an award winning, service-oriented group which possesses the following capabilities in these diverse areas: custom computer application development, database design and development, data and environment integration, development of data mining and reporting tools, development of expert systems, image analysis, systems architecture, informatics consulting, and project management. The Research Informatics Core team has three focus areas which include: the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Cancer Cooperative Groups, and research initiatives (internal and external) to Nationwide Children’s Hospital For purposes of the nomination, the focus will be on The Cancer Cooperative Groups. The informatics support of the Cancer Cooperative Groups is centered on the Biospecimen Core: Biopathology Center, Molecular Genetics and Core Morphology. The innovation was the development and implementation of the STARS (Specimen Tracking And Reporting System) suite of products and utilization of the Agile Scrum Methodology.72

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