Apparo Presents: Charlotte's Prestigious Blue Diamond Awards
The Charlotte Area Technology Collaborative has transfered this prestigious award program to Apparo.
The Blue Diamond Awards have been a prestigious part of Charlotte's technology community tradition for decades. After many transitions in program leadership, we are proud to make Apparo their final home. The Blue Diamond Awards recognize organizations that have developed innovative technology to better realize their mission and achieve their business goals. As such, they provide a highly regarded way to celebrate and support Charlotte’s thriving technology community, critical as our city grows in its technological prominence.
Under Apparo’s leadership, we have extended the Blue Diamond Awards. No longer one event, but rather a year-long celebration, the program now provides the technology community with six opportunities for leaders and practitioners to gather together in person to applaud recent accomplishments and share ideas and best practices. The wide variety of finalists and award recipients is one of the highlights of the Blue Diamond Awards. All organizations, regardless of company size, structure, or industry, are invited to apply.
Our panel of judges include C-Suite technology leaders from Ally Financial, Honeywell, TIAA, Wells Fargo and more.
Read about our 2023-2024 Blue Diamond Award Winners here...
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The Blue Diamond Awards are now a yearlong series of events.
2025 Blue Diamond Award Series
| AWARD | EVENT DATE |
| 1. Community Solutions - For the company/organization that demonstrates the greatest social impact through a community service program that leverages technology and/or addresses a technology related need | January 15, 2025 – at Apparo CXO Tech Insights forum* |
| 2. Business Impact Corporation - For the individual or team from a company/organization of >750 employees that achieves the greatest business value via the deployment and use of an information technology solution | March 12, 2025– at Apparo CXO Tech Insights forum* |
| 3. Business Impact SMB - For the company/organization of up to 750 employees, or an individual or team from that company/organization, that achieves the greatest business value via the deployment and use of an information technology solution | |
| 4. Business Impact Analytics, AI and Big Data - For the company/organization, individual or team that achieves the greatest business value through the use of an analytics, artificial intelligence and/or big data based technology solution | |
| 5. TechExec Community Impact - For a local technology leader with a proven track record of donating their time, talents and treasure to support area nonprofits in need | |
| 6. Cool Innovation - For the individual or team from a corporate, nonprofit or government organization that demonstrates the best example of creativity, execution and applied innovation, which delivers a new approach to a problem that will make lasting and meaningful impact and change | |
| 7. IT Entrepreneur - For the individual entrepreneur who has turned a creative vision into a profitable and enduring business through the direct application of information technology |
*Learn more about Apparo’s CXO Tech Insights series here.
