The 2005 Tekne Recipients are...

Advanced Manufacturing--Advanced materials and chemicals, machinery and equipment, electronics and components, measuring instruments, photonics, optics and lasers, computer and peripheral equipment. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging Advanced Manufacturing Award Recipient is Micro Dynamics Corporation. Micro Dynamics offers the most innovative electronics contract manufacturing solutions and services to meet the needs of OEM customers who have technically and logistically challenging product requirements. Tekne judges were impressed with the company's ability to build over 2,000 different assemblies for its customers, which go into products that are used in every industrialized country in the world.
• The Established Advanced Manufacturing Award Recipient is Entegris. Entegris is a global market leader in materials integrity management - with products that purify, protect and transport the world's foremost technologies in their processing manufacturing. The company serves the semiconductor, data storage, life sciences and fuel cell industries worldwide.

Biotechnology--Agriculture, environmental, food science and pharmaceuticals. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues)

• The Emerging Biotechnology Award Recipient is Celleration. Celleration is a medical device company that develops and markets proprietary technology that delivers ultrasound waves to produce and energized mist of sterile saline to wound without direct contact.
• The Established Biotechnology Award Recipient is Cargill. Cargill Animal Nutrition's revolutionary approach to animal nutrition has significant benefits for animal health and producer profitability. Tekne judges view Cargill Animal Nutrition's breakthroughs as an important innovation for a vital part of Minnesota's economy.

IT, Software, Communications & Infrastructure--Software, networking, communications, and wireless equipment and products. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging IT, Software, Communications & Infrastructure Award Recipient is Gearworks. Gearworks' flagship product, etrace™, is a wireless and web-based software product for businesses that depend on dispatched mobile workers. Running on a new generation of low-cost, application-enabled cell phones, etrace is allowing companies to monitor and manage their field operations at the point of delivery.
• The Established IT, Software, Communications & Infrastructure Award Recipient is Fargo Electronics. Fargo Electronics is a global leader in the development of secure technologies for card identity systems, having more than 100,000 systems in 80 countries worldwide.

Innovation--The Innovation Award honors a “business, academic institution or business/ academic collaboration” that has demonstrated leadership, dedication and excellence in the development of an innovation. This award may be given to innovative or converging products or services. Examples of convergence include areas such as digital technology, nanotechnology, MEMS, medtech/biotech, genomics/bioinformatics or other areas of life sciences research. This award could also be given to an innovative program or collaborative partnership. Applicants must demonstrate the innovation’s potential to contribute significantly to Minnesota’s technology-based economy. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging Innovation Award Recipient is Virtual Radiologic Consultants. Virtual Radiologic Consultants (VRC)is a teleradiology services company recognized as a pioneer in the convergence of medical and digital technology. VRC connects 450 client healthcare institutions nation-wide with over 50 widely-distributed radiologists in a common, secure, proprietary network via the largest WAN of its kind in existence today.
• The Established Innovation Award Recipient is IBM. To support the mission of the computational biology group at IBM Research, IBM became committed to developing a supercomputer capable of calculating at rates approaching 1 petaflop. At this performance level, the Blue Gene/L supercomputer has established Minnesota, once again, as the leader in supercomputing.

Innovation in Teaching--The Innovation in Teaching Award recognizes excellence in education by creating exciting learning opportunities for students through the innovative use of technology. The educator cultivates experiences in the classroom not possible without technology, promotes the use and sharing of technology in classrooms to benefit learning, and expands opportunities for students to be successful in technology-related careers. One award was given.

• The Innovation in Teaching Award Recipient is Timothy Jump from Benilde St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park. By basing learning strategies on engineering models, Tim Jump deduced that he could teach students fundamental technical skills and prepare students for advanced study in engineering. This past summer, Jump's Advanced Competitive Science students competed against graduate-level college students in the U.S. Open RoboCup. Using robots to navigate a simulated disaster scene, the students were able to collect, analyze and provide data to rescue teams that enabled them to proceed into a disaster area with minimized risk. Under Jump's leadership, the students won the championship and represented the United States at the world championships in Japan.

Leadership--The Leadership Award honors an outstanding “individual” who, beyond a specific innovation or achievement, has contributed significantly to Minnesota’s technology expansion and sets an example for others to follow. One award was given to an individual from an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an individual from an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging Leadership Award Recipient is Win Wood, Vice President of Strategic Programs, Micro Dynamics Corporation. Win Wood has played a vital role in growing Micro Dynamics from 12 person electronic design shop to a 450 employee design and electronic manufacturing services company serving OEMs in the medical, industrial, telecom, computing and military/aerospace markets. Wood led efforts to bring a strong customer-focused approach to Micro Dynamics that has led to a 10 year compound annual growth rate of 22% and has consistently promoted a company environment that encourages hard work and fun.
• The Established Leadership Award Recipient is Janet Dolan , President and CEO, Tennant Company. Janet Dolan provides strong leadership both in her role as president and CEO of Tennant Company as well as in the broader community. Whether advocating for legislative issues or working side-by-side with production employees, Dolan contributes to the generation and discussion of new ideas, delivers positive encouragement and leadership to her employees and personally commits to leading by example.

Medical Technology--Devices, diagnostics and equipment. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging Medical Technology Award Recipient is Vital Images . Vital Images develops and markets advanced visualization and analysis software solutions for the healthcare market, with a primary focus on cardiovascular disease and cancer. Vitrea® 2 software that creates 2D, 3D and 4D anatomical images that help diagnose conditions more accurately, plan surgery less invasively, and screen for certain cancers and hear disease at an early, more treatable stage.
• The Established Medical Technology Award Recipient is SurModics. SurModics is a leading provider of surface modification technologies for the healthcare industry. InnoRx® Sustained Release System combines SurModics' drug delivery polymer coating technology with a non-biodegradable implantable coil for use with a variety of drugs.

Technology Services--Innovative use of processes, methodologies and applications of technology; innovative design or application of existing technology and processes. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging Technology Services Award Recipient is Magenic Technologies . Magenic is a Microsoft-focused custom application development firm whose core competency is designing, building and supporting applications throughout their entire lifecycle. Magenic works collaboratively with its customers and their solutions approach allows Magenic to perform shared-risk projects for its customers, ensuring that they achieve optimal results. Magenic has developed solutions to meet business and technology challenges for over 180 leading Minnesota companies.
• The Established Technology Services Award Recipient is Ingenix. Ingenix's pharmaceutical solutions business has created i3 Aperio, a registry of drug experiences of more than 11 million people that may ultimately help physicians write prescriptions with great confidence, and allow consumers to take new medications with added comfort and security.

Technology User--Innovative application of products or services resulting in dramatic business improvement or market advantage. One award was given to an Emerging Company (under $50 million in revenues) and one award was given to an Established Company (over $50 million in revenues).

• The Emerging Technology User Award Recipient is WindLogics. WindLogics, a world leader in atmospheric modeling and analysis, has developed innovative methodologies for assessing long-term financial risk associated with wind energy development. Through their benchmark technology and scientific resources, WindLogics delivers high quality, detailed and reliable analyses in weeks - significantly faster than the industry's traditional methods.
• The Established Technology User Award Recipient is Honeywell. Honeywell's vision with the PRO family of thermostats was to produce revolutionary products that would completely meet end-user needs and establish Honeywell's capabilities as a manufacturer of innovative high performance thermostats. Tekne judges viewed the revamping of a core product from a "Minnesota icon" as a major success.