Pittsburgh Technology Council has released a list of this year's rising regional tech stars.
The Council will again honor the region's top tech CEOs and companies during its annual Tech 50 Awards ceremony, which kicks off October 29 at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh, Downtown. This year's list comes with several new categories and a focus on innovation.
"We're always trying to make the awards reflect what's going on in the marketplace and in previous years we've gotten a lot of submissions in the innovation category," PTC’s Director of Visibility Jonathan Kersting said.
Awards for organizations with the best work environments is another new category. "A lot of companies are trying to develop awesome work cultures to retain these great employees so for the first time in 19 years we said we want to put a focus on companies making a good work environment.
In addition to acknowledging companies, the night is intended to highlight the sector's impact on Western Pennsylvania’s economy.
"It is truly a night to celebrate our region's technology companies and the contributions they have made to our economic vitality," PTC’s President and CEO Audrey Russo said in a news release.
The 2015 Tech 50 finalists are:
Innovator of the Year-Consumer Products
- Diamond Kinetics
- MAYA Design
- Naturi
- Rinovum Women's Health
- Trusst Lingerie
Innovator of the Year-Health IT
- Health Monitoring Systems
- Iagnosis
- Intelomed, Inc.
- M*Modal
- Net Health
- Omnyx
- Touchtown, Inc.
Innovator of the Year-Advanced Manufacturing/Materials, Energy, Environmental
- Advantech U.S. Inc.
- EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc.
- Industrial Scientific Corporation
- kWantera
- US Liner Company
- WindStax Wind Power Systems
Culture Leader of the Year
- Confluence
- Deeplocal
- Industrial Scientific Corporation
- LunaMetrics
- Newton Consulting
- Schell Games
- Summa Technologies
CEO of the Year
- Ron Bianchini- Avere Systems
- Patrick Daly- Cohera Medical, Inc.
- Gabriela Isturiz- Bellefield Systems, Inc.
- Greg Petro- First Insight, Inc
- Ware Sykes- NoWait
- Jason Wolfe- GiftCards.com
Startup of the Year
- Acrobatiq
- BloomBoard
- BOSS Controls
- Identified Technologies
- PHRQL
- Thread
- Treatspace
Solution Provider of the Year
- Chorus Call, Inc.
- C-leveled
- Cybergenetics
- RDX
- Regulatory & Quality Solutions, LLC
- SDLC Partners, L.P.
Technology Business Product of the Year
- Bellefield Systems Inc.
- creehan and company
- Jazz
- Matrix Solutions
- SCA Technologies
- Seegrid
Innovator of the Year-Life Sciences (Medical Devices, Therapeutics, Drug Discovery/Pharmaceuticals, Health Services)
- Aesynt Inc.
- Cognition Therapeutics
- Cohera Medical, Inc.
- Helomics
- Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
First Published: August 10, 2015, 3:48 p.m.
