The first 50 honorees into the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame were inducted in 2000 at CES. Each year, a new group of inventors, engineers, business leaders, retailers and journalists are inducted at CTA’s annual awards dinner. The Innovation Entrepreneur Award winners are also honored at the dinner.
The awards dinner was held on Thursday evening, November 11 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Both the 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame and Innovation Entrepreneur Award inductees were honored during the ceremony. Watch highlights from the 2021 Hall of Fame Dinner below.
The Hall of Fame celebrates the rich history of the consumer technology industry by honoring the leaders that have made it possible. Each year nominations are submitted online by manufacturers, retailers and journalists. These nominees are reviewed by a panel of judges that include industry professionals and media.
The entrepreneurs in the Hall of Fame are an extraordinary group. Although their achievements are different, they each had a vision, and their imaginations and hard work have created technologies, products and services to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Submit a nomination for the 2022 Hall of Fame below.
Sponsored by It Is Innovation (i3) magazine and the CTA Small Business Council, the Innovation Entrepreneur Awards program recognizes inspiring entrepreneurs, leading businesses and exceptional startups in the consumer technology industry with revenues under $30 million.
Awardees demonstrate innovation, dedication to the industry, community outreach and the tenacity to persevere through business and economic challenges. One consumer technology company, one startup company and one individual consumer technology executive are selected by a panel of industry judges for the Innovation Entrepreneur Awards each year.
Submit a nomination for the 2022 Innovation Entrepreneur Awards below.
2021Mike Fasulo: Sony Electronics Nancy Klosek: Dealerscope Bill and Barbara Pearse: Ultimate Electronics Roberta Williams: Sierra Online |
2020Vint Cerf: Developed TCP/IP at DARPA Frank Conrad: Westinghouse Peter Fannon: Panasonic Kazuo Hirai: Sony Corp. Robert Kahn: Developed TCP/IP at DARPA James Meyer: Sirius/XM, RCA, DirecTV Robin Raskin: LIDT/journalist |
Lancelot Braithwaite
Journalist, 2011 HOF
Carol Campbell
Technology Insider Group
Henry Chiarelli
Chiarelli and Associates, 2019 HOF
Peter Fannon
Former Panasonic Corp., 2020 HOF
Deena Ghazarian
Austere
Jeremy Kaplan
Future
Mara Lewis
ID8 Innovation
Daniel Pidgeon
Sears Home Services
Megan Pollock
Samsung Electronics America
John Shalam
VOXX International
Murray Slovick
Tech writer
Steve Smith
Former editor-in-chief, TWICE, 2016 HOF
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Lancelot Braithwaite Journalist, 2011 HOF |
Carol Campbell Technology Insider Group |
Henry Chiarelli Chiarelli and Associates, 2019 HOF |
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Peter Fannon Former Panasonic Corp., 2020 HOF |
Deena Ghazarian Austere |
Jeremy Kaplan Future |
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Mara Lewis ID8 Innovation |
Daniel Pidgeon Sears Home Services |
Megan Pollock Samsung Electronics America |
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John Shalam VOXX International |
Murray Slovick Tech writer |
Steve Smith Former editor-in-chief, TWICE, 2016 HOF |
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John Taylor LG Electronics USA |
Stewart Wolpin Technology writer/historian |
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2021Executive: Dr. James (Jim) Mault |
2020Executive: Vicki Mayo |
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Kim Folsom: Founders First Capital Partners LLC Connie Guglielmo: CNET Robert Heiblim: Bluesalve Partners Jeremy Kaplan: Future Mara Lewis: ID8 Innovation |
Frank Parrotto: Matrix Advisors John Quain: Tech writer Larry Richenstein: WePower Technologies Gary Yacoubian: SVS | Specialty Technologies |