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TEKSIA
INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES ITS 2004 EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Menlo
Park, CA – March 6, 2004 – Teksia, Inc.
revealed its winners Wednesday night of its 2004 Excellence
Awards held at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel.
Teksia’s
Third Annual SiliconIran Excellence Awards Ceremony
celebrated and paid tribute to the successes of 12
Iranian-American entrepreneurs in 12 categories and
technology companies that have yielded impressive
results.
“Teksia
recognizes that the success of Iranian-Americans is
integral to future successes for our communities.
Our Excellence Awards honors those individuals that
lead their organizations, as well as those that have
lead their industries through technology,” says
President of Teksia, Susan Akbarpour. ”
California's
State Treasurer was the keynote speaker and said "I
welcomed the opportunity to speak to the business
and civic leaders of the Iranian-American community
who attended the SiliconIran event. The contributions
of the Iranian-American community and the entrepreneurs
with whom I met are helping to build California’s
economic success in the 21st Century. It is clear
that all of us, working together, can make California
strong if we invest in education, in our communities
and in our people.”
Teksia,
Inc. judged efforts in 12 categories and the winners
are as follows:
2004 SiliconIran’s Community Advocacy Award
Mr. Hassan Nemazee
CEO and Chairman of Nemazee Capital Corporation,
2004
SiliconIran’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jaleh Daie
Managing Partner of Aurora Equity
2004
SiliconIran’s Outstanding Leadership Award
Mrs. Mahvash Yazdi
Senior Vice President of Business Integration and
CIO of Edison International
2004
SiliconIran’s Venture Capitalist of the year
Award
Mr. David Nazarian
Co-founder and Managing Member of Smart Technology
Venture
2004
SiliconIran’s Legend in Technology Award
Mr. Ahmad Bahaei
Chief Technology Officer and Fellow of National Semiconductor
2004
SiliconIran’s Woman Entrepreneur of the year
Award
Mrs. Maryam Rofougaran
Co-Founder of Innovent Systems
2004
SiliconIran’s Public Company of the year Award
Mr. Mahmud (Mike) Assar
Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Technology
of Lexar Media, Inc.
2004
SiliconIran’s Enterprise of the Year Award
Mr. Ross Haghighat
Founder and Senior Vice President of Technology of
Triton Systems, Inc.
2004
SiliconIran’s Start-up of the Year Award
Mr. Akbar Shokouhi
Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Technology
of QThink, Inc.
2004
SiliconIran’s Corporate Philanthropy of the Year
Award
Mr. Michael Hildreth
America’s Biotechnology Leader of Ernst &
Young
2004
SiliconIran’s High Growth International Company
of the Year Award
Mr. Ardeshir Montaseri
President and CEO of Fourstars.net LLC
2004
SiliconIran’s Teen Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Mr. Saied Ghafari
Co-founder and Managing Member of JouniorJobs.com
Judge Jim Gray for U.S. Senate presented the lifetime
achievement award and his prior views of the Iranian-Americans
were under-appreciated until the award ceremony "What
an amazing assembly of gifted, talented and successful
people. No wonder people from this 5000 year-old civilization
are so proud!" and he added "the only thing
that is missing from the accomplishments of Iranians
in the U.S. is for them to have elected someone from
their heritage to Sacramento and Washington. I believe
strongly that Iranians should find, support and elect
one of the many qualified people from its community
to public office. Only then will the rest of our society
begin to see Iranian-Americans for what they are:
kind, peaceful, educated, professional and succesful
contributors to our great country."
“We congratulate the winners of this year’s
Excellence Awards for their commitment to excellence
in advancing technology,” Co-founder and CIO
of Teksia, Cyrus Akbarpour.
About
Teksia, Inc.
Teksia
is the premiere business and technology information
source providing news, analysis, and opinions on the
high-tech industry for the Asian-American community.
Through the establishment of a high-tech magazine
(print & online), developing an interactive website,
and by building the most extensive databank of high-tech
professionals worldwide, Teksia is the center for
high-tech information exchange. The office is located
at 3723 Haven Avenue, Menlo Park, California, 94025.
The Teksia team can be reached at 650.701.0007.
Teksia Contact:
Susan Akbarpour
(650) 701-0007
Press
Contact:
Najibi Communications
Neda Najibi
(310) 922-8329
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California
Governor Proclamation for SiliconIran
Gala 2004:
"California
is a leader in technology and science,
and I command the valuable contribution
of Teksia and SiliconIran
to this vital industry in our state. As
thriving technological depositories and
distribution centers, you serve thousands
of professionals and hundreds of businesses
in their hi-tech marketing endeavors".
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3rd
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Menlo
Park, CA- February 19, 2004- SiliconIran,
the premiere information source on the
high-tech industry of Teksia, Inc.,
will be holding its Third Annual SiliconIran
Workshop & Excellence Awards Gala
on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004 at the
Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel.
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