Nominations are currently open for the 2024 Pearcey Queensland Entrepreneur Award. The award is presented to an outstanding individual who has "taken a risk, made a difference and is an inspiration to others" in the Queensland ICT industry.
The nomination process involves submissions from the public and the Pearcey Foundation network. Selection is made in consultation with past award recipients to ensure the continued integrity and quality of this peer based recognition.
Important: All applications must be submitted via the 'Submit Nominations' button below. The deadline for nominations is Monday 9 September 2024.
To avoid any issues please save your responses to the selection criteria elsewhere as a backup. If the form submission fails, all the data entered is lost. We strongly recommend preparing nominations offline and copying and pasting into the relevant fields in the nomination form.
For assistance please contact Debra Krause on pearceyqld@anagramevents.com.au or on 0468 443 868
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Queensland Award Announcement / National Awards Dinner
This year the Pearcey National Awards will be held in Queensland, and the announcement of the 2024 Queensland ICT Entrepreneur Award
will take place during the National Gala Awards Dinner on Tuesday 19 November.
The National Awards recognise lifetime contributions and outstanding achievements in Australian ICT, including:
The Gala Dinner promises to be a significant networking event on the industry calendar, attended by key industry figures and VIPs from the
private sector, government, and major ICT associations.
Brisbane, Australia – 18 October 2023 – The Pearcey Foundation today announced Yas Grigaliunas, founder and chief evangelist of Circonomy, as the recipient of the 2023 Queensland ICT Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The Pearcey Foundation also gave a highly commended award to Geoff Augutis.
The 2022 Queensland Pearcey Entrepreneur Award was presented jointly to Rebecca McDonald, founder and CEO of Library for All, and Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann, managing director and owner of ATech. The awards were presented in Brisbane by Jill Martin, Director of Start Up & Scale Up Programs, Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport at an event hosted by Monica Bradley.
Brisbane, Australia - 6 October 2021 - The Pearcey Foundation today announced Michael Holmstrom, CEO and co-founder of STEM Punks as this year's recipient of the Queensland Pearcey ICT Entrepreneur Award.
2020 Queensland Pearcey Award winner Nick Therkelsen-Terry, CEO and Founder of Max Kelsen. Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry - CEO and Co-Founder, Max Kelsen - was awarded the 2020 Queensland Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award at a gala dinner held on the 6 th October at the St Lucia Golf Club in Brisbane.
The 2019 Pearcey Queensland Entrepreneur Award was presented to Tim Neale, co-founder and managing director of agtech company DataFarming. The award event was held in Brisbane on 15 October 2015 in collaboration with CICTA (Council of ICT Associations in Queensland).
