The City of Fishers had a very good night last Saturday at the Mira Awards, the top honor in Indiana tied to high-tech. The City of Fishers was named as Rising Tech City, the first time event sponsor TechPoint has ever handed out such a Mira Award.
John Wechsler, founder of Launch Fishers and the Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers, was singled out by Mayor Scott Fadness as one reason Fishers won this honor, along with many others.
“From the leadership of the City Council and Launch Fishers and Indiana IoT Lab co-founder John Wechsler to entrepreneurs like Emplify’s Santiago Jaramillo and Clear Object’s John McDonald, this accomplishment is the culmination of the hard work and dreams of the entire Fishers business community,” said Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness. “We are fortunate to have a close-knit community in Fishers that is willing to share lessons learned and celebrate the successes of our peers. It’s an honor to have been recognized as Rising Tech City.”
The Rising Tech City award was created this year to recognize cities, towns, regions or communities in Indiana, by celebrating the projects and people behind them who have championed the location’s advancement with particular emphasis on tech friendliness.
Several Fishers-based tech companies were finalists for Mira Awards in several categories including:
- Mobile reCell – Tech Service of the Year
- Scott Fadness, Mayor of Fishers – Community Champion of the Year
- John McDonald, CEO, ClearObject – Community Champion of the Year
- Six Feet Up – Community Champion of the Year
- BLASTmedia – Exceptional Employer Award
- Jobvite – Scale-up of the Year