The Washington Technology Industry Association today announced nominees for the 16th annual Industry Achievement Awards, a big technology bash which is slated to draw some 800 members of the tech community on February 24th. As in years past, I'll be making my picks of those companies who I think will win. (Based on last year's results, I've got some work to do).

Here's a look at the nominees:

Commercial Product or Service of the Year: DocuSign; Isilon Systems; thePlatform for Media, Inc.

Consumer Product or Service of the Year: Bonanza; Logos Bible Software; Swype.

Service Provider of the Year: Concur; HasOffers; Hubspan.

Best Early Stage Company of the Year: Ground Truth; Lockerz; Off & Away, Inc.

Best Seed Stage Company of the Year: Sparkbuy; SPARQCODE.COM; WhoCanHelp.com.

Innovative Manufactured Product of the Year: Intermec Technologies Corporation; Precor Incorporated; XKL, LLC.

Best use of Technology in the Government, Non-profit or Educational Sector: CityClub - Living Voters Guide; OpenDataKit.org (part of UW/CSE); Washington State Ferries.

Technology Leader of Tomorrow: Gizan Gando of Asa Mercer Middle School (sixth grade), Tyler Wong of Asa Mercer Middle School (sixth grade), Mariah Fernandez of South Shore K-8 (seventh grade).

Award for Excellence in Teaching: Barbara Franz, Moses Lake School District (math); Nancy Pfaff, Lake Washington School District (math); Debra Strong, Everett School District (science); Dawn Sparks, Thorp School District (science)