Press Release
Finalists Announced
April 17, 2008
Fredericton, NB -- Roll out the carpet and get the tux ready, the finalists have been announced for the 10th annual KIRA Awards, hosted by Enterprise Fredericton. With just a few weeks left before the May 1st gala, the Awards Selection Committee have finished their review and have provided the list of the finalists to the KIRA Awards Organizing Committee. The Awards Selection Committee, which remains separate and confidential from the Organizing Committee, is comprised of representatives from the Public and Private Sectors and are located both within New Brunswick and across Canada.
And the finalists are:
Export Product
DOVICO Software (Moncton)
LuminUltra Technologies (Fredericton)
TSi Auto Solutions (Saint John)
Export Service
Red Hot Learning Inc. (Fredericton)
Spheric Technologies (Moncton)
Xplornet (Woodstock)
Employment Growth
Chalk Media Corp (Fredericton)
Spheric Technologies (Moncton)
SwiftRadius (Fredericton)
Most Promising Start-up
Gogii Games (Moncton)
Radian6 Technologies (Fredericton)
Your Team Online (Saint John)
Industry Person of the Year
Gene Fowler, Fatkat
Krisan Palmer, Atlantic Heath Sciences Corporation
Roxanne Fairweather, Innovatia
Technological Advancement/Innovation – Private Sector
Chalk Media Corp (Fredericton)
C-Therm Technologies Ltd. (Fredericton)
TrustMe Security Inc. (Moncton)
Technological Advancement/Innovation Public Sector
Canadian Forces Base Gagetown
New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture
River Valley Health
“It is hard to imagine, but we have again broken our record for the number of nominations submitted,” said KIRA 2008 Co-Chair, Heather-Anne MacLean. “This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the KIRA Awards and there is a significant buzz in the air. With record nominations, record sponsorships and an even earlier sell out…this is going to be a fantastic event.“
“It must have been a difficult decision for the Awards Selection Committee to narrow the nominations down to just these finalists,” said Lori MacMullen KIRA 2008 Co-Chair. “If all of the nominations were of this calibre, it would have been a difficult process indeed.”
For more information on the 2008 KIRAs, visit www.kiraawards.com
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About Enterprise Fredericton
Enterprise Fredericton is the premier regional economic development agency for the Greater Fredericton Region which includes Fredericton, Oromocto, New Maryland and Lincoln. Enterprise Fredericton is dedicated to improving economic performance in the Greater Fredericton Region. For more information, please visit www.enterprisefredericton.ca.
Media Contact:
Heather-Anne MacLean
macleanh@nbnet.nb.ca
506-458-6618
