Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards

Since 2014, the Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards recognize the top executives of the 50 smartest companies in the Greater Pittsburgh region for their ability to effectively build and lead successful organizations. All 50 winners will be honored at a special celebration, and three organizations will receive specialty awards for their achievements in three category areas – innovation, impact and sustainability.

The Smart 50 Awards currently takes place in the cities of ClevelandColumbus and Pittsburgh.

Eligible Smart 50 nominees must be a top executive of an organization with a physical office in the Greater Pittsburgh region. Specialty award winners will be recognized for Innovation, Impact and Sustainability.

Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards • Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Presented by: Smart Business

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The Westin Pittsburgh• 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Congratulations to the 2024 Honorees!!

S. Singh Ajmani
Logix Guru

Dimitrios Apostolopoulos
ProtoInnovations, LLC

William Baker
Irwin Car and Equipment

Richard Bauer
Oral & Facial Surgery of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Bertetto
Trib Total Media and 535media

Nisha Blackwell
Knotzland

Molly Blasier
Sybil Wellness

Steve Blossom
ACA Group

Joel Burstein
BEAM Collaborative

Madison Campbell
Leda Health

Logan Carmichael
Pittsburgh Water

Mark Caskey
Steel Nation, Inc.

Christina Cassotis
Pittsburgh International Airport

Alyssa Cholodofsky
412 Food Rescue

Rocco Cozza
Cozza Law Group

Deborah Cunningham
Federated Hermes

Daniel Desko
Echelon Risk + Cyber

Kinesh Doshi
Accion Labs, Inc.

John Erkert
PiovanGroup North America

J.D. Ewing
COE Distributing

Sreekar Gadde
BlueTreeVC

Johnathan Garlow
Ford Office Technologies

Jeffrey Giuggio & Anthony Wincko
Citadel Construction Group, LLC

Ryan Green
Gridwise

Anil Gupta
DiamondLife

Donald Hall
Zipcorp

Jennifer Honig
Techstra Solutions

Kristy Knichel
Knichel Logistics Inc.

Luke Kriger
LKICORP®

Randal Lutz
Baldwin-Whitehall School District

Dave Mastovich
MASSolutions, Inc.

James Mauler
Cadnetics

Kyle McCormick
Blueberry Pharmacy

Charlie McIlvaine
Coen Markets, Inc.

Jessica Minkus
Bookminders

Shawn Nairn
ACORx Pharmacy

Nadyli Nunez
Ascender

Ryan Osterberg
eNGINE LLC

Mona Pappafava-Ray
General Carbide Corporation

William Polacek
JWF Industries

Colin Powell
Pinnacle Consulting & Recruitment

David Radin
Confirmed

Michael Skirpan
Locally Grown (D/B/A Community Forge)

Mike Stafiej
ERIN

Jonathan Steckbeck
Peptilogics

Amy Strano
Achieva Family Trust

Gordon Vanscoy Jr.
RareMed Solutions

Craig Waller
Rewyndr

Jane Werner
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

Dennis Wilke
Rosedale Technical College

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For more information, contact Lisa Dore at [email protected] or 440.250.7050

VIEW PAST SMART 50 AWARDS COVERAGE:

The 2023 Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards was held on November 29, 2023 at The Westin Pittsburgh.

CLICK HERE to view the 2023 Honorees!

The 2022 Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards was held on November 1, 2022 at The Duquesne Club.

CLICK HERE to view the 2022 Honorees!

The 2021 Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards was a Virtual Conference held on November 18, 2021.

CLICK HERE to view the 2021 Honorees!

The 2020 Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards was a Virtual Conference held on November 19, 2020.

CLICK HERE to view the 2020 Honorees!

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