A GREAT Time at the GREAT Awards

We wrote a few weeks ago about our nomination for Digital Rochester’s “Rising Star” GREAT Award category.  We were honored to be included in the company of terrific organizations in the Rochester area.

We didn’t win the award — that honor goes to C47 films — but we had a very nice time, nonetheless.  The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has put together a list of all the winners and nominees:

Communication Technology Award: Soleo Communications. Finalists: equaTEK Interactive, KidsOutAndAbout.com.

• Going Green Award: Nazareth College. Finalists: Stokoe Farm, Sunnking.

• Healthcare Technology Award: Carestream Health. Finalists: Healthcare Originals, iCardiac Technologies.

• Technology Services Award: Optimation. Finalists: CloudSmartz Inc., The Rochester Group.

• Optics, Photonics and Imaging Technology Award: Ovitz Corp. Finalists: Special Optics, LighTopTech.

• Student Achievement Award: Melika Alipour Leili and Kevin Lewis, Rochester Institute of Technology. Finalists: Felix Kim, University of Rochester; Zuhdi Abdelkarim, RIT.

• Rising Star Award: C47 Film Associates, Josh Pies. Finalists: Ovitz Corp., Felix Kim; iVEDiX, Rajesh Kutty.

• Visionary Leadership Award: Michael Pavia, Sydor Instruments. Finalists: David Mammano, NextStepU; Mike Riedlinger, High Tech Rochester.