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PACT recognizes top technology
and life sciences companies and entrepreneurs at the 18th Annual Enterprise Awards
With music, toasts and video salutes, the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) announced the winners of the 18th Annual Enterprise Awards at a glittering black tie gala on May 4.
As the premier business recognition ceremony in the region, the Enterprise Awards celebrates achievement, innovation, and the success of technology, cleantech, medtech and life sciences companies, leaders and entrepreneurs. More than 900 business leaders and executives attended the gala at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue to salute 15 of the region’s best.
The 2011 Enterprise Awards program was the first since the merger of the Eastern Technology Council and the MAC Alliance led to the formation of PACT a year ago. It also was the first to be held in springtime.
In other ways, it was everything gala attendees have come to expect: a lavish cocktail hour with plentiful hors d’oeuvres, followed by the awards dinner and a lively after-party — all designed to afford multiple opportunities for networking.
Longtime emcee Rob McCord, now Pennsylvania’s State Treasurer after years as a venture capitalist, shared the podium with three other presenters: PACT’s Board Chair Frank Hermance, CEO Dean Miller and Vice President Dianne Strunk.
If you missed the gala or want to revisit favorite moments, PACT has the entire event video posted online. A menu enables you to select any segment of the evening — including the innovative opening matrix clip, finalists’ videos and winners’ acceptance speeches.
Click here to view a photo gallery of the 2011 Enterprise Award winners.
Click here to view a photo gallery of attendees celebrating and connecting at the 2011 Enterprise Awards gala.
The winners and honorees were:
Life Sciences Startup Company: CareKinesis
Technology Startup Company: Monetate
Emerging Life Sciences Company: NuPathe
Emerging Technology Company: SevOne
CleanTech Companies to Watch: ElectroPetroleum, NovaThermal Energy, Viridity Energy
MedTech Pioneering Company: Teleflex Medical
MedTech Product Innovation: Siemens Healthcare
Legend Award: Stephen M. Goodman
IT Innovator Award of Excellence: Lockheed Martin, Information Systems & Global Solutions — Defense
Investment Deal of the Year: Safeguard Scientifics
Technology CEO of the Year: James Walker, Octagon Research Solutions
Life Sciences Company of the Year: Health Advocate
Technology Company of the Year: ICG Commerce
Sponsors of the 18th Annual Enterprise Awards included:
Judging Partner/Tribute Journal Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Title Sponsor: Fairmount Partners
Award Sponsors: Alliance Global Services; Ballard Spahr; Ben Franklin Technology Partners; Blank Rome; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Cephalon; Cozen O’Connor; Fish & Richardson; LiquidHub; PECO, an Exelon Company; Safeguard Scientifics; University City Science Center; and SorinRoyerCooper
Event Sponsors: Ernst & Young, EvolveIP, Garfield Group Public Relations, GrantThornton, Morgan Lewis, NewSpring Capital and Pepper Hamilton
Print Sponsor: RR Donnelley
