On Friday, January 11th, Cantech Letter opened the TSX trading day with the winners of the 2012 Cantech Letter Awards, representatives from the TMX and many of the analysts who acted as judges for the awards.
The winners were presented their hardware at a gala dinner the evening prior in downtown Toronto. This year was the first to feature separate categories for the TSX and the TSX Venture.
This year’s winners were:
TSXV Tech Executive of the Year: David Baazov, Amaya Gaming
TSXV Tech Stock of the Year: Amaya Gaming
TSX Tech Executive of the Year: Thorsten Heins, Research in Motion
TSX Tech Stock of the Year: Avigilon
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This year awards were our third annual. Here’s the official release with detail on past winners.
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Wi-LAN CEO Jim Skippen, Cantech Letter’s 2011 Canadian Tech Executive of the Year.
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We’re very pleased to announce that this year’s Cantech Letter Awards, the third annual, will be hosted and sponsored by the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange.
Cantech Letter and the award winners will open the trading day on TSX and TSXV on Friday, January 11, 2013, with an official Market Open Ceremony.
Here’s the official release:
VANCOUVER, Sept. 18, 2012 /CNW/ – Third annual Cantech Letter Awards to be held in January 2013
Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange support technology sector awards
Cantech Letter is pleased to announce that the third annual Cantech Letter Awards will take place on January 11, 2013 at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.
The event will be hosted and sponsored by Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV). The Cantech Letter Awards recognize excellence in Canadian technology stocks. The awards are voted on by a panel of Canada’s top technology analysts and the readers of Cantech Letter. Cantech Letter and the award winners will open the trading day on TSX and TSXV on Friday, January 11, 2013, with an official Market Open Ceremony.
This year’s awards will feature four separate categories: Canadian Tech Stock of the Year (TSX), Canadian Tech Stock of the Year (TSXV), Canadian Tech Stock Executive of the Year (TSX) and Canadian Tech Stock Executive of the Year (TSXV). This is the first year awards will be presented in a separate category for TSX Venture listed companies. All companies listed in the Technology, Clean Technology and Life Sciences sectors on TSX and TSXV are eligible for awards.
Mark Thierer, SXC Health (now Catamaran Corp), Cantech Letter’s 2010 Canadian Tech Exec of the Year.
“We’re very pleased to partner with Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for this year’s Cantech Letter Awards,” said Nick Waddell, Founding Editor of Cantech Letter. “The exchanges are home to many world class technology companies and I’m particularly excited by those emerging on TSX Venture Exchange. We’re proud to be championing a sector we think will have growing relevance in the years to come.”
“We are pleased to support to the Cantech Letter Awards as well as the technology sector as a whole,” said Robert Peterman, Director, Business Development, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. “We are excited to be a part of these awards and are proud to see listed companies receive recognition.”
Past winners of the Cantech Letter Awards include MOSAID, 2011 Canadian Tech Stock of the Year, and James Skippen, Wi-LAN (TSX:WIN), 2011 Canadian Tech Stock Executive of the Year, Glentel (TSX:GLN), 2010 Canadian Tech Stock of the Year, and Mark Thierer, Catamaran Corp (TSX:CCT), 2010 Canadian Tech Stock Executive of the Year.
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