Philadelphia, PA., May 13, 2019 – PACT, the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies, celebrated the Philadelphia region’s technology and healthcare innovators and leaders tonight at the 2019 PACT Enterprise Awards. The sold-out event recognized 29 outstanding individuals and organizations through nine competitive categories, as well as the Legend Award Honoree (Howard Ross, LLR Partners) and Digital Innovation Honoree (SEI).
“The Enterprise Awards continues to be the region’s most prestigious business awards program for technology and healthcare companies, leaders and entrepreneurs,” said Dianne Strunk, Vice President, PACT. “We are so proud to award our local investors, entrepreneurs and businesses who are transforming healthcare, technology and their related fields worldwide.”
Judges sorted through more than 500 award submissions to select the 2019 Enterprise Awards winners:
- Healthcare Innovator: Micro interventional Devices – Newtown, PA
- Healthcare CEO: Joseph Capper, BioTelemetry – Malvern, PA
- Healthcare Emerging: Allevi – Philadelphia, PA
- Healthcare Startup: Tmunity Therapeutics – Philadelphia, PA
- Technology Company: Frontline Education – Malvern, PA
- Technology CEO: Chris McNabb, Dell Boomi – Chesterbrook, PA
- Technology Emerging: AppBus – Philadelphia, PA
- Technology Startup: DrayNow – Conshohocken, PA
- Investment Deal: Capgemini – Wayne, PA
In addition to the competitive award categories, PACT recognized Howard Ross of LLR Partners as the Legend Award Honoree for his impact on Philadelphia’s entrepreneurial and capital ecosystem throughout his career. In 1999, Howard co-founded LLR Partners, a middle market private equity firm committed to creating long-term value by growing its portfolio companies. Howard is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Agility Recovery Solutions, Key2Act, Numotion, Rapid Ratings and Rizing.
PACT also recognized SEI as the Digital Innovation award honoree for the launch of SEI Trade. The web-based solution digitizes and streamlines the end-to-end processing of investor transactions and onboarding, while facilitating the review, approval, tracking and delivery of subscription documentation and investor data.
About Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)
PACT’s vision is to be the go-to resource for fast growing companies, and a driver of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Philadelphia region. PACT provides its members with valuable content and connections to capital, coaching, and customers that will accelerate their growth and success, and to collaborate with other organizations to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. Please visit www.PhiladelphiaPACT.com for more information.
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