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Vol. XXXI, No. 1   January 2010

News and Features

Rob McCord, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, was the emcee of the 2009 Enterprise Awards.

Enterprise Award winners exemplify region’s best in technology and life sciences
Slideshow of gala photos attests to a memorable night of celebrating and connecting

The latest edition of the Eastern Technology Council Enterprise Awards was a festive testament to the strength of the region’s business community in a historically challenging year.

Though a sudden cold snap threatened to keep the revelers away, droves of technology and life sciences movers and shakers filled the elegant ballrooms of the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue on December 3.

Their efforts were well rewarded. Throughout the evening, gala attendees took full advantage of the ample networking opportunities to forge connections that will help the region, its companies and employees make 2010 a year of resurgent growth.

The fast-paced evening began with a lavish cocktail reception sponsored by Evolve IP. The awards ceremony — held during a multi-course dinner sponsored by The Garfield Group — brought eight remarkable winners to the stage to accept the coveted Techie trophy from their category sponsors. An “Extending the Network” after-party, sponsored by Internet Capital Group, kept the good times rolling late into the evening.

Council CEO Dianne Strunk hosted the event, while Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord, a former Council CEO and Board Chair, emceed the glamorous awards ceremony.

“Hosting the Enterprise Awards is a huge undertaking and the Council could not do it without the generosity of our sponsors,” Strunk says. “We are extremely grateful to all of them, and especially to our Title Sponsor, Fairmount Partners, our Tribute Journal Sponsor & Judging Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.”

Below are photos of the award winners and the presenters representing the category sponsors.

Click here to view a photo gallery or slideshow of the 2009 Enterprise Award winners receiving their Techies from the sponsor of their category.

Click here to view a photo gallery or slideshow of attendees celebrating and connecting at the 2009 Enterprise Awards gala.

Life Sciences Startup Company Healthy Humans L: Dr. Russell DiGate, Provost, University of the Sciences R: Anthony Gold, CEO, Healthy Humans Wayne, Pa. www.healthyhumans.com Healthy Humans offers comprehensive online wellness solutions that address the underlying causes of chronic disease and encourage prevention through education and self-care. The company’s proprietary portal technology combines state-of-the-art medical protocols with evidence-based therapies that leverage the world’s top integrative medical doctors and clinical practitioners, as well as Health 2.0 delivery and collaboration technologies.

Technology Startup Company SevOne L: Mike Harrington, Partner, Fox Rothschild; R: Michael Phelan, CEO, SevOne Newark, Del. www.sevone.com SevOne provides a Web 2.0-based network, server and application performance management solution that enables enterprises and service providers to manage IT performance easily and accurately. SevOne’s Performance Appliance Solution is built on a distributed, peer-to-peer architecture and is capable of automatically monitoring millions of devices and applications — out of the box. The SevOne solution monitors any performance indicator on any device and offers faster reporting and broader scalability than any competing solution.

Life Sciences Emerging Company PuriCore L: William Marsden, Managing Principal, Fish & Richardson; R: Greg Bosch, CEO, PuriCore Malvern, Pa. www.puricore.com PuriCore is developing and commercializing green proprietary products that safely, effectively and naturally kill contagious pathogens such as H1N1, MRSA, e.Coli and Salmonella. PuriCore’s systems mimic the human body’s own biochemistry to kill infectious pathogens using just water and salt. PuriCore employs its patented technology to develop a variety of systems that produce this powerful yet completely safe antimicrobial. Hospitals, supermarkets, dental offices and hotel resorts use PuriCore systems to protect patients, workers, customers and guests from the spread of infectious disease.

Technology Emerging Company Portico Systems L: Stephen Goodman, Partner, Morgan Lewis; R: Ned Moore, CEO, Portico Systems Blue Bell, Pa. www.porticosys.com Portico Systems provides health insurance companies with an end-to-end solution for managing their network of participating health care providers. Through process automation, data exchange and analytics, Portico’s proprietary technologies improve efficiency, reduce costs and strengthen provider relationships. Ten of the top 50 US health plans are among the insurers using Portico’s enterprise platform to drive greater value out of provider relations, ultimately improving the delivery of health care and enhancing the patient experience.

Life Sciences CEO of the Year Mike Cardillo, Health Advocate L: Fritz Bittenbender, VP Government & Corporate Affairs, Cephalon; R: Michael Cardillo, CEO, Health Advocate Plymouth Meeting, Pa. www.healthadvocate.com Health Advocate is the nation’s largest healthcare advocacy and assistance company, serving more than 15 million people. Health Advocate’s five founders, led by CEO Mike Cardillo, envisioned a way to help simplify the experience that many individuals and companies face when confronting healthcare- and insurance-related issues. In realizing that vision, Health Advocates has helped to reduce healthcare costs while improving the healthcare experience.

Technology CEO of the Year Jeff Westphal, Vertex L: David Fenske, Dean, The iSchool at Drexel University; R: Jeff Westphal, CEO, Vertex Berwyn, Pa. www.vertexinc.com Vertex is a leading provider of corporate enterprise tax solutions to manage complex indirect and direct tax processes across entire organizations. In 15 years, CEO Jeff Westphal has led Vertex through two complete reinventions of its original sales tax product line, entered new markets via acquisition, and developed a profitable consulting practice to complement its flagship software business. As a result, he has grown the company from 29 employees to more than 650.

Life Sciences Company of the Year Fujirebio Diagnostics L: Phillip Eastman, Director Economic Development, PECO Energy; R: Paul Touhey, CEO, Fujirebio Diagnostics Malvern, Pa. www.fdi.com Fujirebio Diagnostics is a premier diagnostics company and the industry leader in cancer biomarkers. The company specializes in the clinical development, manufacture and commercialization of in vitro diagnostics products for the management of human disease states, with an emphasis in oncology. Fujirebio’s proven biomarkers for the management of ovarian cancer, breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer have become the gold standard.

Technology Company of the Year BioClinica L: Kevin Kemmerer, Executive VP Technology Group, Safeguard Scientifics; R: Mark Weinstein, CEO, BioClinica Newtown, Pa. www.bioclinica.com BioClinica is a global clinical trials service organization, providing medical image management and eClinical services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. BioClinica’s remote image reading systems and integrated electronic data capture improve data quality while providing customers with a faster and more reliable process for conducting clinical trials.