Honorees Announced!
The TiE Atlanta Top Entrepreneur Awards recognizes top entrepreneurs and small businesses in Metro Atlanta area. The awards evaluate a company’s growth, profitability, and sustainability through applied strategies for success, management style, innovation, and culture.
The awards allow TiE Atlanta to continue fostering entrepreneurs and recognize the dedication and ambition of Atlanta's entrepreneurs, business owners and privately held companies.
Meet the 2019 Honorees!
The TiE Top Entrepreneur Awards recognize Atlanta entrepreneurs whose companies have been in business from January 2015 and made a minimum revenue of $2 million and no more of $100 million. The awards are based on revenue growth, profitability, sustainability, leadership, culture and innovation.
The honorees will be ranked and recognized at the 2019 TiECON Atlanta, the annual entrepreneur conference hosted by TiE Atlanta, on Sept. 27 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Dunwoody.
Timeline
- Nominations Open Now
- 6/28 – Nominations Close
- 6/1 – 7/15 – Entrepreneur Interviews
- 8/1 – Honorees Announced
- 9/27 – Award Rankings announced at TiECON Atlanta
Qualify
Nominees must have been in business January 1, 2015 and have a minimum of $2 million in 2018 revenue but no more than $100 million. The application process requests basic company contact and revenue information, which remains confidential and available only to TiE Top Entrepreneur Award’s Program Partner, Atlanta CPA Alliance.
The Process
An in-person interview will be scheduled between Atlanta CPA Alliance and the nominee. The interview will evaluate the company’s growth, profitability and sustainability. Additionally, it will allow the team to gain insight into strategies for success, management style, innovation and culture. These play into overall evaluation and ranking.
Benefits
- Investing opportunites with TiE Atlanta Angels
- One-on-One Mentoring Session with Council of Board Advisors program
- Speaking opportunities in TiE Atlanta 2020 programming
- TiECON VIP Dinner Invitation
- TiE Atlanta Charter Mentor Invitation
2018 Honorees
2018 Upper Market Honorees (in alphabetical order):
- Tammy Cohen, InfoMart
- Sandeep Gauba, Metasys Technologies
- Gururaj Rao, nuVizz
- Mitch Reiner, Capital Investment Advisors
- Sanjay Sehgal, MSys Technologies
- Gary Simat, Total Server Solutions
2018 Middle Market Honorees (in alphabetical order):
- Adrian Cronje, Balentine
- Yaser Hameed, Syrainfotek
- Kelly Kierans, Celtic Testing Experts
- Eric Spett, Terminus
- Moira Vetter, MODO MODO Agency
2018 Trailblazer Honorees (in alphabetical order):
- Dave Currie, List Partners
- Gregory McGraw, MacStadium, Inc.
The rankings will be announced at TiECON Atlanta on September 27, 2019.
