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Public Sector Innovation and Leadership Award Winner
Connecticut Secretar...
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Public Sector Innovation and Leadership Award Winner
Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz
The Women of Innovation Planning Committee 2009 presented a special award to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz
First elected in 1998, and then re-elected in 2002 and 2006, Secretary Bysiewicz is the chief elections official and business registrar for the State of Connecticut. She is an ardent advocate for election integrity, job creation, and saving taxpayer dollars. She has transformed her office through the innovative use of technology. Among her accomplishments, she has led the nation in implementing the CONCORD system to allow for searches on the more than 340,000 companies registered in Connecticut. She also created the Connecticut Voter Registration System to streamline registration, protect voter rights, and prevent voter fraud.
About the 2009 Women of Innovation Program:
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The Connecticut Technology Council held its fifth annual Women of Innovation Awards Dinner and Program on Thursday, January 29th 2009 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. This occasion celebrates and honors the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of 52 women working in Connecticut's science, engineering and technology community. This event salutes all the nominees and finalists - women who are innovators, role models and leaders. Students at both the high school and college level are also recognized. This years list of 52 finalists includes researchers, educators, managers, business owners and service providers who work in biotech, pharmaceuticals, telecom, software, computer hardware, electronics, alternative energy, nanotech, medical devices and IT.
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Community Innovation and Leadership Award Winner
Joy Wulke, Founder and C...
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Community Innovation and Leadership Award Winner
Joy Wulke, Founder and Creative Director
Projects for a New Millenium, Branford
Joy Wulke is a nationally recognized sculptor whose work bridges visual art and architecture through technology and ecology. Since receiving her Masters of Environmental Design degree from Yale, she has had exhibitions around the world, received numerous awards, been widely published, and is in museum collections. Her commissions focus on making natural elements visible. As founder of Project 2k she has initiated collaborative multi-media projects and educational programs across the country.
Award presented by Diane Smith and Elizabeth Alquist
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Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership
Bala Krishnamurthy, CEO
Aoelean,...
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Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership
Bala Krishnamurthy, CEO
Aoelean, Inc. , Danbury
Bala Krishnamurthy is a pioneer in the robotics industry. She has held various engineering and management positions and was recently honored as the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Engelberger Robotics Award. At Aeolean, Inc., she has personally led teams that designed robotic vision systems, work-cell transfer robots, an RFID/Biometrics based asset tracking system for the U.S. Navy, and a safety system for a nuclear power plant.
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The Connecticut Technology Council held its fifth annual Women of Innovation Awards Dinner and Program on Thursday, January 29th 2009 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. This occasion celebrates and honors the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of 52 women working in Connecticut's science, engineering and technology community. This event salutes all the nominees and finalists - women who are innovators, role models and leaders. Students at both the high school and college level are also recognized. This years list of 52 finalists includes researchers, educators, managers, business owners and service providers who work in biotech, pharmaceuticals, telecom, software, computer hardware, electronics, alternative energy, nanotech, medical devices and IT.
"After five years, we now have an alumni group of over 250 finalists. By gathering together this accomplished community, we hope to support and encourage women and girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math, and foster a collaborative network, said Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council. Connecticut has an extraordinary pool of talent at its technology companies. We are proud to provide them with a professional network of other women who strive for excellence.
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Academic Innovation and Leadership
Liisa Kuhn, Assistant Professor, Depar...
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Academic Innovation and Leadership
Liisa Kuhn, Assistant Professor, Department of Reconstructive Sciences
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
Liisa Kuhn's laboratory investigates bone repair and cancer therapy. She mentors a diverse team of students from various disciplines. Liisa was Director of Development for a small orthopedics company, ETEX Corporation in Boston. Prior to joining the Health Center, and co-owner of her own start-up company prior to that. Her Ph.D. is from US-Santa Barbara in Materials Engineering, Liisa lives in West Hartford with her two children.
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http://www.ct.org...
The Connecticut Technology Council held its fifth annual Women of Innovation Awards Dinner and Program on Thursday, January 29th 2009 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. This occasion celebrates and honors the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of 52 women working in Connecticut's science, engineering and technology community. This event salutes all the nominees and finalists - women who are innovators, role models and leaders. Students at both the high school and college level are also recognized. This years list of 52 finalists includes researchers, educators, managers, business owners and service providers who work in biotech, pharmaceuticals, telecom, software, computer hardware, electronics, alternative energy, nanotech, medical devices and IT.
"After five years, we now have an alumni group of over 250 finalists. By gathering together this accomplished community, we hope to support and encourage women and girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math, and foster a collaborative network, said Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council. Connecticut has an extraordinary pool of talent at its technology companies. We are proud to provide them with a professional network of other women who strive for excellence.
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Collegian Innovation and Leadership
Zoe Cournia, Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale ...
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Collegian Innovation and Leadership
Zoe Cournia, Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University, New Haven
Zoe Cournia is presently a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, working on the discovery of novel anti-cancer agents, and a lecturer at Yale College, teaching "Computer Modeling of Biomolecules." She studied Chemistry at the National University of Athens, Greece, and holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. In 2007-2008, as the Co-President of the Yale Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Society (YBPS), she promoted constructive interaction among numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, professors, students, and postdocs. She also serves on the board of the Postdoctoral Advisory committee at Yale, where she helped develop the Postdoctoral Travel Fund, which was launched in the Fall of 2008.
More info at:
http://www.ct.org...
The Connecticut Technology Council held its fifth annual Women of Innovation Awards Dinner and Program on Thursday, January 29th 2009 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. This occasion celebrates and honors the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of 52 women working in Connecticut's science, engineering and technology community. This event salutes all the nominees and finalists - women who are innovators, role models and leaders. Students at both the high school and college level are also recognized. This years list of 52 finalists includes researchers, educators, managers, business owners and service providers who work in biotech, pharmaceuticals, telecom, software, computer hardware, electronics, alternative energy, nanotech, medical devices and IT.
"After five years, we now have an alumni group of over 250 finalists. By gathering together this accomplished community, we hope to support and encourage women and girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math, and foster a collaborative network, said Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council. Connecticut has an extraordinary pool of talent at its technology companies. We are proud to provide them with a professional network of other women who strive for excellence.
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