KPMG High-Tech Awards

Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Banquet

Austin Under 40

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Profiles in Power

Angelou Economics Annual Forecast

KPMG Austin High Tech Awards
KPMG has for the past five years hosted the KPMG Austin High Tech Awards program, honoring the leading innovators of industry and products in the high tech community. The awards banquet, which is sponsored by Baker Botts, R.R. Donnelley Financial, SicolaMartin, and IKON Office Solutions, attracts over 700 people each year. The 2001 winners were Applied Science Fiction, Cirrus Logic, ClearCube, 724 Solutions, The Athens Group, Dell Computer Corp., Grande Communications, and Evacyte. For more information call Fred Tedesco, Partner at KPMG, at (512) 320-5211.

Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Banquet
Each March, the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce celebrates the accomplishments and highlights of the year before, outlines their plan for the coming year, and honors the "Austinite of the Year." Over 800 Chamber members and guests attend this function each year; The Thompson Group typically hosts two to three tables for our clients and guests. For more information, call Joanna Munson at (512) 322-5682.

Austin Under 40
Join Young Women's Alliance (YWA) and Young Men's Business League (YMBL) to honor Austin's outstanding leaders under the age of forty who exemplify superior leadership ability, extraordinary community involvement, or otherwise demonstrate an outstanding contribution to their field of endeavor. The event features a dinner, awards ceremony and entertainment. Past honorees include Lance Armstrong, Reid Ryan, Michael Dell, Representative Dawnna Dukes, Will Wynn, Christy Jones, and Rachel Muir. The fourth annual event was held in February 2002. For more information call 512-474-4YWA or visit www.youngwomensalliance.org and www.austinunder40.org.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
For more than ten years, the Austin office of Ernst & Young has hosted the Entrepreneur of the Year competition, recognizing our community's outstanding entrepreneurs. Over 700 members of the Greater Austin business community consistently attend the awards gala, and the winners, who represent a diversity of industries, go on to the regional and national competitions. The winners of the 2002 program included Meals On Wheels and More, BroadJump, Ambion, and Main Street Homes. For more information, call Amy Warmke at Ernst & Young at 512-473-3471.

Profiles in Power
For 8 years the annual Profiles in Power seminar and awards luncheon has been an opportunity to elevate women achievers that have shown excellence in the workplace and in the community. The Profiles in Power women demonstrate outstanding achievement in business, are business owners or members of top management with a company of any size, and hold a position that contributes to the success of a for-profit business in the Austin area. 2002 winners included Madlin Mangrum of 911 Air Cargo Inc., Toya Cirica Cook Haley of Winstead Sechrest and Minick PC, Johanne Ibsen-Wolford of Siemens Information and Communication Networks, and Kate Brown of H.E. Butt Grocery Co. For more information or event details, contact Bonnie Eberhardt at 512-494-2548.

Angelou Economics Annual Forecast
Each year Angelos Angelou, Principal of AngelouEconomics, authors and presents a two-year economic and technology forecast on the Austin area. The Annual Forecast is an opportunity to network with area leaders, and the sell-out event highlights the trends and possibilities appearing throughout the country, with a special emphasis on Central Texas and how those industries will continue to mold Austin into one of the nation’s leading cities for innovation and technology. For more information, contact Beth Gleason at 512-482-9322.