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INETIUM ANNOUNCED AS FINALIST FOR 10TH ANNUAL TEKNE AWARDS
MHTA will recognize Minnesota’s top technology companies and individuals at the Oct.22 awards ceremony
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 5, 2009 – The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Inetium as a finalist in the Technology User category for the 2009 Tekne Awards, which will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 22. The Tekne Awards recognize Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership.
“We are excited to be a finalist for the Tekne Awards for our work with getSTEM (www.getstem-mn.com)” said Keith Rachey, Inetium’s President. “getSTEM has truly been a team effort and is a great example of a public and private partnership. We are proud to be recognized as an innovative technology leader.”
Presented by the MHTA in partnership with LifeScience Alley and Enterprise Minnesota, the Tekne Awards annually recognize Minnesota’s best and brightest technology users and developers in innovation, development, education, commercialization and management. A full list of finalists is available online at http://www.tekneawards.org.
“For 10 years the Tekne Awards have recognized those who make groundbreaking contributions to the growth of technology in Minnesota,” said Kate Rubin, president of MHTA. “This year’s finalists should be extremely proud of their role in helping Minnesota excel at producing cutting-edge technology and continue to be a great place to do business.”
Recipients of the 2009 Tekne Awards will be announced at the award ceremony on Oct. 22. The event will begin with a VIP reception at 4:30 p.m., followed by general registration and reception at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., the awards ceremony at 7 p.m., and a post-Tekne party at 8:30 p.m. The event will be emceed by John Sweeney, author of Innovation at the Speed of Laughter, and owner of the Brave New Workshop, the nation’s oldest satirical comedy theatre.
To register for the 2009 Tekne Awards ceremony, visit www.tekneawards.org or contact Lonni Ranallo at 952-230-4555 or lranallo@mhta.org.
About Inetium
Inetium, www.inetium.com, is a technology consulting company focused on customer relationship management (CRM), portals and collaboration solutions, application development, infrastructure, business intelligence, and creative services. Inetium’s vision is to empower their customers to work measurably smarter by applying their technology solutions.
Founded in 1998, Inetium has a commitment to the Microsoft software platform and serves a broad base of long standing customers from their headquarters in Minneapolis.
About Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA)
The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) accelerates the growth, sustainability and global competitiveness of Minnesota's technology-based economy through public policy advocacy, member collaboration and education, and community outreach. MHTA is the only membership organization that represents Minnesota’s entire technology-based economy. MHTA members include organizations of every size − involved in virtually every aspect of technology creation, production, application and education in Minnesota. MHTA works in partnership with TechAmerica, which represents Minnesota's technology organizations nationally. Find out more online at www.mhta.org or follow MHTA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MHTA.
Contact: Beth Ingebretson
Inetium, LLC
(952) 646-0780
bingebretson@inetium.com