TechVibe Pittsburgh
Curious about Pittsburgh's growing technology and innovation industry and the opportunities it has for you? This podcast gives you a front-row seat to the companies, people, and institutions that are making Pittsburgh's tech industry thrive. Discover the newest tech startups emerging from Pittsburgh; Meet dynamic entrepreneurs driving innovation and creating a rich landscape for tech company growth; and Stay on top of the latest trends from recognized industry experts and thought leaders. Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council have interviewed thousands of tech entrepreneurs and business experts across the tPittsburgh region's tech and innovation ecosystem. Get...
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PaceSetters: Matt Beale on 50 Years of Daedalus, Industrial Design & Engineering in Pittsburgh
<p>Jonathan Kersting interviews Matt Beale of Daedalus on TechVibe's PaceSetter series about the Pittsburgh-based industrial design and product development firm's nearly 50-year history and evolving, multidisciplinary approach. Beale explains Daedalus' work across robotics, energy, healthcare, medical devices, and safety, and how the team shifted to include more engineers than designers as projects require full execution from concept to done.</p> <p>He recounts roots tied to Westinghouse-era companies and long-running client relationships including Medrad (now Bayer), Automated Healthcare (now Omnicell), Fresenius Kabi (formerly Renal Solutions), and Industrial Scientific. Beale describes how Daedalus plugs into client teams, supports startups from...
PaceSetters: Andrew Moore on Love Lace Building Investigative AI in Pittsburgh That's 100x Faster
<p>Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council's TechVibe interviews Andrew Moore of Lovelace AI about why Pittsburgh is a place to "build something that works" versus the Bay Area's "big splash." Moore explains Lovelace AI's name (Ada Lovelace) and its focus on investigative AI that brings together massive amounts of evidence to answer complex, chain-of-reasoning questions.</p> <p>He describes a "context engine" that sits between an agent and vast data sources to rapidly identify relevant information, run probabilistic reasoning, and maintain secure, traceable sourcing. Moore says Lovelace matched the quality of Google Gemini Deep Research while using tens...
PaceSetters: MESCIUS Powers AI-Powered Spreadsheets, Developer Tools, and Saving Time with SpreadJS
<p>Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council interviews Chris Bannon of MESCIUS on TechVibe Pace Setters about the Pittsburgh-rooted company's evolution from ComponentOne to GrapeCity to MESCIUS and its mission of building developer tools—charts, data grids, spreadsheets, reporting, and document services—that "sell time" by accelerating application development. Bannon explains why spreadsheets remain central to business-critical decisions despite attempts to move away from them, and how AI assistants layered on spreadsheets can build pivot tables, analyze trends, and answer questions quickly without deep Excel expertise. He shares MESCIUS's work adding AI features to SpreadJS and using AI to gene...
Pittsburgh's Gecko Robotics on Building Technology That Works in the Real World
<p >What happens when you stop building technology for the lab and start building it for the people working in some of the toughest environments imaginable?</p> <p >On this episode of TechVibe Radio, Gecko Robotics founder and CEO Jake Loosararian joins Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey Russo for a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, industrial innovation and why Pittsburgh gives Gecko a powerful advantage.</p> <p >Loosararian traces Gecko's roots back to a Pennsylvania power plant, where he saw workers risking their lives to inspect aging infrastructure with outdated tools. That experience sparked an idea: build robots that...
What Is Your Business Really Worth? Pittsburgh-based Fragasso on Equity, Value and the Exit
<p >What is your business really worth, and are you building it to thrive without you?</p> <p >Fragasso Financial Advisors' Christine Robinette and Bryan Reft join TechVibe to unpack equity compensation, ESOPs and the fundamentals of smart exit planning. They explain how ownership strategies can help attract and retain great employees, why founders need to understand both the wealth gap and value gap, and how factors like leadership depth, customer concentration, documented processes and company culture can dramatically impact what a business is worth.</p> <p>Hit play for practical insights on building value now, reducing risk and creating...
Defense, AI and the Future of Pittsburgh Technology
<p >What happens when Pittsburgh technology companies get a direct path to defense leaders, investors and potential partners?</p> <p >Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey Russo headlines TechVibe Radio for an inside look at Sen. Dave McCormick's Defense and Innovation Summit, where approximately 40 Council member companies connected with decision-makers from government, the military and industry. Audrey explains why the summit's emphasis on collaboration could help Pennsylvania companies move beyond pursuing opportunities alone and begin building stronger teams capable of winning major defense contracts.</p> <p >The conversation also offers an early glimpse at findings from the Council's upcoming...
Pittsburgh Tech Community! Can You Help Jamie's Dream Team Dream Bigger?
<p>Jamie Ward has spent more than 20 years making dreams come true for people facing life-threatening illnesses, serious medical needs and extraordinary challenges. Through Jamie's Dream Team, she and her team have impacted more than 30,000 individuals, providing everything from dream experiences and bedroom makeovers to housing, food, basic necessities and support for families navigating some of the toughest moments imaginable.</p> <p>But in this episode of TechVibe Radio, Jamie has a dream of her own, and Pittsburgh's technology community may be able to help make it happen.</p> <p>Jamie's Dream Team is looking for technology expertise that can h...
Pittsburgh's Angela Domhoff Helps Businesses Survive Their Own Growth
<p >A great idea can launch a company. Smart operations keep it from flying apart when growth hits the accelerator.</p> <p >Angela Domhoff, founder of Advantage Operations, joins TechVibe to explain how entrepreneurs and business leaders can turn their vision into a sustainable, scalable operation. Drawing on more than 25 years of healthcare and corporate leadership experience, Angela shares why nearly anything can be "operationalized" when you clearly understand where you are, where you want to go and the systems needed to connect those two points.</p> <p >Angela also takes us inside her leap from a successful corporate career...
Is AI making Hiring Faster, or Simply Making It Harder to Know Who Is Real?
<p >Jen Frazier of Prequel Solutions joins Jonathan Kersting on TechVibe to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping resumes, interviews and candidate assessments. While AI can streamline parts of the process, it can also inflate qualifications, help candidates generate interview responses in real time and cause strong applicants to be overlooked by automated screening tools. The result is a hiring landscape where human judgment, verification and a well-designed process matter more than ever.</p> <p >Listeners will learn three key takeaways:</p> Why AI can add risk instead of speed. AI-generated resumes and automated screening can weaken the traditional signals...
Stop Meeting. Start Solving: Makeway's Workshop as a Service Jumpstarts Digital Transformation
<p >Is your next digital project ready to launch, or is it trapped in a meeting about scheduling another meeting?</p> <p >Josh Lowery and Greg Cunneyworth of Makeway join TechVibe Radio to introduce Workshop as a Service, a fast-moving, highly structured approach designed to help organizations turn complicated ideas into clear, actionable plans. By bringing the right stakeholders into the room, asking deeper questions and challenging hidden assumptions, Makeway helps teams find alignment before they invest serious time, money and energy into a new website, touchscreen experience or digital transformation initiative.</p> <p >And these are definitely not ordinary...
