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The inaugural Pittsburgh Inno Fire Awards at The Assembly was held on Sept. 15.
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Reception for the Fire Awards at The Assembly on Centre Ave. in Pittsburgh.
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Tim White of RIDC and award winner Jorgen Pedersen of RE2 Robotics/Sarcos Technology.
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Kelley Benson of Innovation Works, Kathleen Rawlins of Training Works Inc. and Ernestine Watts-Taylor of Training Works Inc.
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Gabby Payne, Pittsburgh Innovation District, Xu Wang and Robbie Wang of XYZ Technology Corp.
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Mike Moran, vice president of regional sales at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, makes some opening remarks at the Fire Awards.
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Joe Cardosi, founder and CEO of Free Market Health, accepts his Fire Award.
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Ingrid Cook Moravitz and others pose with their Fire awards folllowing the program.
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Remarks by Mike Velette, senior account executive with DQE Communications, at the Fire Awards.
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Jennifer Apicella, the director of strategic partnerships and programs for the Pittsburgh Robotics Network, accepts her award.
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Kelley Benson, vice president of human resources and inclusion for Innovation Works.
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Jason Griess, the ecosystem director for InnovatePGH, accepts his award.
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Matt Harbaugh, co-founder and managing director of Mountain State Capital, accepts his award from Pittsburgh Business Times editor Jen Beahm.
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Award winner Dave Mawhinney, executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University, is recognized by the attendees during the Fire Awards.
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Justin Kaufman, Pittsburgh office managing partner with PWC, makes remarks during the Fire Award ceremony.
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Josh Fabian, CEO and co-founder of Metafy Inc., displays his Fire Award.
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David Brumley, co-founder and CEO of ForAlllSecure, with their Fire Award.
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Matt Blackburn, senior manager, government relations at Aurora, accepts their award.
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Sophie Wodzak, research communications specialist, and Basim Baig of Duolingo accept their Fire award.
Jorgen Pedersen of RE2 Robotics Sarcos Technology poses with his Fire Award.
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Career Achievement Winner Rich Lunak, president and CEO of Innovation Works, receives the first ever Fire Award Blazer from Evan Rosenberg, publisher of the Pittsburgh Business Times.
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Many prominent people in the tech and innovation community gathered at the Assembly in Bloomfield on Sept. 15 to honor the 23 winners of the first-ever 2022 Pittsburgh Inno Fire Awards.
During the event, Rich Lunak, president and CEO of Innovation Works, was honored as the Career Achievement Award Winner and received the Fire Award Blazer. Lunak will be retiring from his role at Innovation Works at the end of the year.
To see photos from the event, click on the photo above.
To read profiles of all of the winners, view the 2022 Pittsburgh Inno Fire Awards page.
