Debra Lucht nominated as CEO of the Year by technology group
WOODWARDMOINES, Iowa — Minburn Communications CEO Debra Lucht has been selected as a CEO of the Year finalist in the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) Prometheus Awards, the Woodward-based telephone and internet provider announced Tuesday.
Nominations were submitted to earlier this year, and entries were narrowed to the top five. The winner will be announced during the TAI 2022 Prometheus Awards ceremony in Des Moines in November.
Lucht, CEO of Minburn Communications since, is vying with four other technology company CEOs for the title: CEO Aaron Horn of NewBoCo, CEO Austin Mac Nab of VizyPay, CEO Heidi Nebel of McKee, Voorhees and Sease PLC and CEO Aaron Warner of ProCircular.
The TAI 2022 Prometheus Awards unite innovators and leaders from technology, business, education and government to celebrate the year’s most momentous achievements in technology in Iowa.
Winners will be announced at the Prometheus Awards presented by UHY on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Downtown Des Moines.
Tickets and tables can be purchased at the TAI website. Along with the CEO of the Year Award, finalists have also been chosen in the following award categories:
- Startup Technology Company of the Year
- Emerging Technology Leader of the Year
- IT Service Provider Technology Company of the Year
- Software Development Technology Company of the Year
- Agtech and BioTech Company of the Year
- Manufacturing Technology Company of the Year
- FinTech and InsurTech Company of the Year
- Creative Technology Solution of the Year
- Best Technology Company Culture
- Technology Community of Year Award
- Computer Science Educator of the Year
- CIO/CTO/CISO of the Year
- Small/Medium Iowa Technology Company of the Year
- Large/Enterprise Iowa Technology Company of the Year
To learn more about the 2022 Prometheus Awards nominees, visit the website. The awards events is sponsored by UHY, Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), Bow & Arrow Communications, Carrier Access, CIRAS, America’s Cultivation Corridor, Dentons Davis Brown, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., FORVIS, Google, Next Level Ventures, Nyemaster Goode, P.C., ProCircular, Renew Rural Iowa, Trility, LightEdge Solutions and SHAZAM.
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