A dean at UCI, an angel investor with a popular audio podcast on innovation, executives in two medical companies and the leader of a high-tech equipment company were some of the individuals honored by the local chapter of the AeA electronics trade group at its awards dinner tonight.

Corporate winners included three Irvine companies — patient-monitoring equipment maker Masimo Corp., named outstanding medical device company; cell-phone power amplifier maker Axiom Microdevices, outstanding private company; and business software developer Epicor Software Corp., outstanding public company.

Individual honorees included:

• Dr. Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos (pictured), dean of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine, who won the AeA Engineering the Future Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Frank Peters of The Frank Peters Show, named High-Impact Person of the Year.
• Anita Bessler, corporate vice president for heart valve and cardiac surgery systems at Edwards Lifesciences in Irvine, Outstanding Woman in Technology.
• Kevin McDonald, Alvaka Networks, who won the Excellence in Government Advocacy Award.
• Fred Poska, Deloitte, winner of the Greg Ross Community Service Award.
• Raymond Cohen, head of cardiac therapy company Symphony Medical of Laguna Hills, Outstanding Private Company CEO.
• Jim McCluney, head of networking data storage equipment maker Emulex Corp. of Costa Mesa, Outstanding Public Company CEO.

At the awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, the AeA also announced the following honorees, who were selected by judges from the local high-tech community:

Harvey Mudd College Green Engineering Award
Incuity Software, Inc. – Inquity CEM

Product of the Year – Discreet Hardware
EON Reality, Inc. – ICATCHER Mini

Product of the Year – Internet
WebVisible, Inc. – Geneva

Product of the Year – Medical Technology
Edwards Lifesciences – PediaSat Oximetry Catheter

Product of the Year – Semiconductors
WiSpry, Inc. – RF-MEMS

Product of the Year – Software
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. – eBridge Re-Search
eAgency Mobile Solutions – RADAR

Product of the Year – Systems Hardware
QLogic Corporation – 8 Gb Fibre Channel Storage Network

Product of the Year – Telecommunications
Comarco, Inc. – QoS

Project Tomorrow: Emerging Student Innovator
Michael Jitosho, 12th Grade, Sonora High School, Fullerton Joint Union School District

Project Tomorrow: High-Impact Teacher in Science, Math and Technology
Stephen McCormack, biology teacher, Laguna Hills High School, Saddleback Valley Unified School District

Project Tomorrow: Innovative School Program in Science, Math and Technology
Dr. Helene Cunningham, principal, Mariposa Elementary School, Brea-Olinda Unified School District

These were the finalists for the awards, all of them from enterprises and schools in Orange County and the Inland Empire:

Harvey Mudd College Green Engineering Award
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Incuity Software, Inc.
ORYXE Entergy International
Smarthome, Inc.
SYSPRO
Western Digital Corporation

High-Impact Person of the Year
Joey Benadretti – SYSPRO
Frank Peters – The Frank Peters Show

Outstanding Medical Device Company
Masimo Corporation
Symphony Medical, Inc.

Outstanding Private Company
Axiom Microdevices, Inc.
DATAllegro
Eclypse International Corporations
Enclarity Inc.
SiliconSystems, Inc.
SYSPRO
Where 2 Get It Inc.

Outstanding Private Company CEO
Hong Bui – Memeo Inc.
Raymond Cohen – Symphony Medical, Inc.
Sean Downs – Enclarity Inc.
C. Alan Ferguson – Eclypse International Corporation
Michael Hajeck – Silicon Systems, Inc.
Sampson Yang – IOGEAR

Outstanding Public Company
Epicor Software Corporation
Kofax
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Outstanding Public Company CEO
John Coyne – Western Digital Corporation
George Klaus – Epicor Software Corporation
Jim McCluney – Emulex Corporation

Outstanding Woman in Technology
Anita Bessler – Edwards Lifesciences
Kirsten Mangers – WebVisible, Inc.

Product of the Year – Discrete Hardware
CMS Products
D-Link Systems, Inc.
EON Reality
IOGEAR
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