It was a star-studded night at the 2022 Community Innovation Awards! Thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate our community’s bright lights. Special thanks to our sponsors and partners, TechPoint and the Herald-Times, for supporting innovation and celebrating with us! All the winners were featured in a special magazine insert to the Herald-Times. (If you missed it, sign up for notifications to be part of next year’s event!)
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FAST 15 MVP AWARDS
The Fast 15 Awards recognize the MVP employees who drive innovation at our companies. Chad Giddens from the Herald-Times presented the awards to some truly outstanding people.
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ABBY ADAMS
Senior Manager, Digital Marketing, Cook Medical
Marketing & Events Director, Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington
Hiring Coordinator, Stone Belt, Arc
Endeavor Hospitality/WOW Food Group
Chief Engineer, Blue Burro Technology, LLC
Marketing/Operations Coordinator, Student First Technologies
Best places to Work
The Best Places to Work Awards recognize the area’s best employers and provide organizations with valuable employee feedback. Our own Andy Lehman, Head of Accelrator Programming, presented the awards.
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3. Hylant—5th year on the list
HONORARY MEMBERS
IU Credit Union—2022 Best Place to Work in Indiana
Weddle Bros. Construction—2022 Best Place to Work in Indiana
Fuse Business Innovation Awards
The Fuse Business Innovation Awards recognize the accomplishments of both companies and individuals in our community’s thriving technology and innovation scene. This year’s awards were presented by Dennis Trinkle of TechPoint.
Ravi Bhatt
Bill & Gayle Cook Entrepreneur of the Year
NOMINEES
Ravi Bhatt
Adam Quirk & Jeff Wuslich
Jessica Bussert
Brad Wislwer
SecondSight
Rising Star of the Year
NOMINEES
Kupros
SecondSight
Terran Robotics
Traduality
Elise Young
Mentor of the Year
NOMINEES
Mike Trotzke
Elise Young
Audrey Wessel
Jeff Wuslich
NSWC Crane
Partner of the Year
NOMINEES
Elevate Ventures
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IU Innovation & Commercialization Office
NSWC Crane
Periodic
Company of the Year
NOMINEES
Folia
Periodic
TEN31 Marketing
Ziptility
Bill Stephan
Community Leader of the Year
NOMINEES
Steve Bryant
Jenna Dix
Bill Stephan
Simran Trana
Periodic Acquired by Exclaimer
Newsworthy Event of the Year
NOMINEES
Periodic acquired by Exclaimer
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