Judging
Each year, SoftwareCEO/CompTIA forms a select panel of industry experts to evaluate the nominations and determine finalists and Software Innovation Award winners. These industry experts, the Software Innovation Award Judges, are industry analysts, consultants, industry writers and trade press, and subject-matter experts. Judges must submit an application which is reviewed for experience and expertise.
If you are interested in being a Judge, please submit your resumé and what categories you would like to judge to Dave Sommer, Publisher, SoftwareCEO. Judges are recognized on the SoftwareCEO website and at the award ceremony. It’s also a very good resumé credential and way of networking with your peers.
Two levels of judging are performed. The Judges, during the first level of judging, use the information given on the nomination form and apply the Award Criteria, as explained earlier, to determine finalists. Every nomination is thoroughly reviewed. Selected review of websites and other industry information may be performed during this level of judging.
After the finalists are determined, the second level of judging is based on supplemental materials (demos, etc.) submitted by the nominees. Winners are determined from a composite of the first and second levels of judging.
SoftwareCEO encourages the judges to provide comments on the nominations. Our goal is to make the judging process as transparent as possible. SoftwareCEO will provide back to nominees all constructive comments made by the judges. We recognize that constructive feedback is important to the nominees and to their improvement of their products and services. However, we can not guarantee that every nomination will have comments from the judges. After the finalists have been announced, nominees may request judge feedback by contacting Dave Sommer.
Award winners will be determined by this panel of esteemed software industry experts:
- Winton Churchill, Churchill Method, Inc.
- Jim Geisman, MarketShare, Inc.
- Gordon Graham, Editor, Software CEO
- Charles Mills , Strategic Due Dilligence
- Bruce Hadley, Founder, SoftwareCEO
- Robert Dubicki, TP Systems Ltd.
- Dave Sommer, Publisher, SoftwareCEO
Award finalists will be recognized and the Award winners will be presented their
awards at The Software Marketing Perspectives Conference & Expo scheduled for
May 7 - 9, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The SMP
Conference and Expo brings together software and service company executives to
discuss new business models for delivering software products and services, and
strategic directions in product management, market management, marketing communications
and public relations.
Criteria for the awards include:
- Scope - What business problem or opportunity does the software innovation address? What is the size of the problem/opportunity?
- Impact - What practical results, such as sales, users or profits, has the innovation had on a software product or on the software industry? The innovation must be new and have both a current and future impact.
- Novel - How does the innovation break with traditional ideas or processes?
Got what it takes?
Use this handy link to nominate today.
For more information on the Software Innovation Awards:
