Iteris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITI), the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, today announced it has been named a finalist in the Los Angeles Business Journal 2016 Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Awards for technological and scientific advancements achieved with its digital agriculture platform ClearAg.

Additionally, Iteris will present at the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Awards Morning Symposium at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on Thursday, November 17.

“It is an honor to be named a finalist in the Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Awards, hosted by the Los Angeles Business Journal,” said Iteris CEO Joe Bergera. “Iteris has been innovating in a wide array of technological fields for decades from its headquarters here in Southern California, across the country and around the world.”

According to the event website, “The Los Angeles Business Journal is proud to host the 2016 Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Awards this November. Los Angeles is the innovation capital of the world and the Los Angeles Business Journal recognizes the importance of supporting this initiative to foster the economic competitiveness of the region. We are proud to have a partner in Dr. Soon-Shiong who shares our vision and who himself is a true innovator.”

Winners will also be honored at an awards dinner the evening of Thursday, November 17. Tickets can be purchased here.

ClearAg is a leading digital agriculture platform that delivers weather, water, soil and crop health data and advisory services to growers, researchers and other agribusinesses who need accurate, location-based information available on a worldwide basis. Iteris is the only weather information and data science company to apply Land Surface Modeling (LSM) technology to agronomic problems.

About Iteris, Inc.
Iteris is the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, turning big data into big breakthrough solutions. We collect, aggregate and analyze data on traffic, roads, weather, water, soil and crops to generate precise informatics that lead to safer transportation and smarter farming. Municipalities, government agencies, crop science companies, farmers and agronomists around the world use our solutions to make roads safer and travel more efficient, as well as farmlands more sustainable, healthier and productive. Visit www.iteris.com for more information.