Mta Hosts Stellar Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Gala

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Palmer took the top honor - the Legends Award. * Edward Barq Sr. (posthumously) (Excellence Award), who pioneered carbonated drinks at Barq's Root Beer in Biloxi * Dr. Arthur Guyton (posthumously) (Excellence Award), ground-breaking physician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson * Jimmy Creekmore (Excellence Award), who owns TELAPEX Inc., the parent company of Cellular South in Jackson * Hartley Peavey (Excellence Award), founder of Peavey Electronics in Meridian * Nathan McNeill (Leadership Award), co-founder and vice president of product strategy at Ridgeland-based Bomgar Corporation (formerly NetworkStreaming) * Bill Rayburn (Leadership Award), co-founder of FNC Inc. in Oxford * Chip Slack (Leadership Award), chairman and CEO of Intechra Holding Corporation of Jackson * Maury Knowlton (Leadership Award), CEO of Cleveland-based InTime Inc. * Dean Bertram (Leadership Award), president of KDL Solutions in Hattiesburg * Jeff Casady (Leadership Award), president and CTO of SemiSouth Laboratories Inc., which was founded in Starkville * Stephen Johnston (Leadership Award), CEO of Jackson-based SmartSynch Inc. * Mark Rodgers (Leadership Award), chairman and CEO of Samarion Inc. of Jackson.

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Mta Hosts Stellar Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Gala

On May 13, an event was held at the Mississippi TelCom Center in downtown Jackson that was like no other before it. The occasion was the inaugural Innovators Hall of Fame induction cer...

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