The Tech Titans Corporate CEO award recognizes the CEO or Division President of a technology company having a corporate headquarters or a division office in North Texas. The company has a 2025 operating revenue of more than $200 million.

The Tech Titans Corporate CIO/CTO award recognizes the Chief Information Officer or Corporate Technology Officer or Chief Science Officer or Chief Digital Officer of a North Texas based technology or non-technology company for exceptional technical leadership that fostered the development or deployment of new technology resulting in significant value for the company. The company has 2025 operating revenue of more than $200 million.

The Tech Titans Corporate Innovation award recognizes a company for outstanding innovation and unique accomplishments through recent or potential breakthrough technology or approach within the technology industry in North Texas for which the company owns the intellectual property or proprietary property/method OR innovated by adopting another company’s intellectual property. The company must have a corporate headquarters or a division office in North Texas with 2025 operating revenues of more than $200 million.

The Tech Titans Emerging Company CEO award recognizes the CEO of a technology company headquartered in North Texas with 2025 operating revenues of at least $2 million but not more than $200 million.

The Tech Titans Emerging Company CIO/CTO award recognizes the Chief Information Officer or Corporate Technology or Science Officer of a North Texas based technology or non-technology company for exceptional technical leadership that fostered the development or deployment of new technology resulting in significant value for the company. The company must have 2025 operating revenues of at least $2 million but not more than $200 million.

The Tech Titans Emerging Company Innovation award recognizes exceptional innovation and distinctive achievements in North Texas. This includes recent or potential breakthrough technologies developed in-house with proprietary ownership, as well as innovation achieved through the adoption of other companies' intellectual property. The company must be headquartered in North Texas and have 2025 operating revenues of at least $2 million but not more than $200 million.

Fast Tech, a Tech Titans Award, recognizes the fastest growing technology, telecommunications and/or life sciences company in North Texas. Fast Tech Award finalists are determined based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2023-2025.

By submitting the nomination form, the company agrees to publicly disclose its percentage revenue growth. The percentage revenue growth is computed as :[( FY’2025 revenue - FY'2023 revenue) / FY'2023 revenue] x 100%. Tech Titans will not disclose actual current and base year revenue amounts.

The Tech Titans Hall of Fame award honors a North Texas technology visionary for outstanding leadership in assisting, advancing and accelerating the performance of the technology industry and/or adoption of technology in North Texas; spanning more than one decade and reaching far beyond the individual’s company/organization. Only individuals are eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame including corporate leaders and technologists, non-profit individuals, venture capitalists, educators, entrepreneurs, inventors and individual contributors. The award may be given posthumously. The frequency and selection of inductees is at the discretion of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

The Tech Titans Start Up Company CEO award recognizes the CEO of a technology company headquartered in North Texas with 2024 operating revenues of no more than $2 million.

The Tech Titans Technology Inventor award recognizes the pioneering accomplishments of a person, team or group responsible for the creation of technical breakthrough ideas, processes or products which have advanced the discipline. The nominee is with a North Texas company or institution.

The Tech Titans of the Future University Level award recognizes an accredited educational institution in the North Texas area that encourages and supports students to choose engineering and technology related disciplines as a preferred career path. This award category spotlights North Texas higher educational institutions' technology related curricula and incentives to perpetuate tech-related knowledge transfer. The award finalists display creative, innovative approaches that reach out to students and other learning-minded professionals and related institutions. The nomination requires testimonials from two current or former students, educators or other individuals who have excelled or benefited from this program.

The Tech Titans of the Future High School Level Award recognizes a North Texas high school (grades 9-12) math or science teacher for development and implementation of an innovative teaching technique or program that inspires student interest regarding further educational and/or career pursuits in science, technology, engineering or math. The teaching technique or program must demonstrate opportunity for students to gain applied knowledge. Only one teacher per school may be nominated. A lesson plan may be included in the nomination. The nomination requires testimonials from two current or former students.