Wayne Norrie - Chair, NZ Hi-Tech Trust
“Some amazing new companies have made an appearance and it’s so exciting to see so many entries in the Start-Up and Young Achiever categories," says Wayne Norrie as he announces the finalists for the 2017 Hi-Tech Awards.
The 2017 finalists are:
PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year
· ARANZ Geo
· Invenco
· Pushpay Holdings
· Serko
· Vend
· Xero
Coretex Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year
· Figured
· Harmoney
· Link Engine Management
· SilverStripe
· Timely
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZVIF) Hi-Tech Start-Up Company of the Year
· AskNicely
· Dexibit
· Latipay
· Performance Lab
· Property
IBM Most Innovative Company
· Auror
· Pushpay
· RedShield Security
· Simplicity
Callaghan Innovation Maori Innovation Award
· Biolytix
· Navilluso
· Origins Software
· Pango Productions
Duncan Cotterill Innovative Hi-Tech Software Product
· Auror
· Moxion
· RedShield Security
· Spotlight Reporting
Kiwibank Hi-Tech Innovative Services Award
· EROAD
· MyBitcoinSaver
· Navilluso Medical
· RedShield Security
· Snowball Effect
Endace Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product
· Adherium
· DARC Technologies
· EROAD
· Shotover Camera Systems
Quick Circuit Innovative Hi-Tech Mobile Product
· beweb
· oDocs Eye Care
· Motim Technologies
NZTE Innovative Agritech Product
· Compac
· Figured
· PPP Industries
· StockX
Xero Hi-Tech Young Achiever
· Aleisha Amohia
· Jamie Beaton
· Kendall Flutey
· Aleisha Staples
ATEED Best Technology for the Creative Sector
· Dexibit
· Moxion
· Shotover Camera Systems
· Shuttlerock
Qual IT Best technology for the Public Sector
· Auror
· Dexibit
· EROAD
· Orion Health
The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the ANZ Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland on May 12.
International judges for the awards include Gary Hamel, Pascal Finette, Linda Jenkinson, Rohit Shukla, Savannah Peterson, Dr Catherine Mohr, Claudia Batten, Michael Boustridge, Katherine Corich, Erik Dijkstra, Pat Kenealy, Richard Keyse, Nick Lambert and Andy Lark.
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