The National Awards were held on 11 Nov 2022 in Hobart in conjunction with ACS Tasmania and TasICT, at the C3 Convention Centre, Hobart.
The 2022 Pearcey Medal was presented to John De Margheriti, widely seen as a founding 'father' of Australia's video games industry.
The 2022 Pearcey Hall of Fame inductees were John De Margheriti, Len Rust and Bevan Slattery.
The 2022 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award was presented to Dr Mark Englund, founder and CEO of FibreSense.
The Pearcey State Awards recognise outstanding entrepreneurs in ICT within each Australian State who have "taken a risk, made a difference and are an inspiration." The Pearcey Foundation is proud to have made the following awards:
| State | Award Recipient(s) |
| ACT | Ben Bromhead and Adam Zegelin, co-founders of Instaclustr |
| NSW |
Dr Mark Englund, founder and CEO at FiberSense |
| QLD |
Rebecca
McDonald,
founder and CEO of Library for All Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann, founder and Managing Director of ATech |
| SA | Flavia Tata Nardini, co-founder and CEO of Fleet Space Technologies |
| TAS | Andrew Davies, founder and CEO of Taz Drone Solutions |
| VIC | Jason Lohrey, founder and CEO of Arcitecta |
| WA | Mahmood Hussein, founder and CEO of Global Drone Solutions |
John de Margheriti awarded the 2022 Pearcey Medal; Len Rust and Bevan Slattery inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame; Dr Mark Englund receives National Entrepreneur Award
The Pearcey Foundation today announced Andrew Davies, founder and CEO of Taz Drone Solutions, as the recipient of the 2022 Tasmanian Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The Tasmanian Pearcey Entrepreneur for 2022 was presented to Andrew Davies, founder and CEO of Taz Drone Solutions, by Hon Madeleine Ogilvie MP, Minister for Science and Technology. The presentation was part of the Pearcey Foundation's National Event at the TasICT Conference Gala Dinner on the evening of Friday November 11th at the C3 Convention Center in Hobart.
The Pearcey Foundation today announced co-founder and CEO of Fleet Space Technologies, Flavia Tata Nardini, as the recipient of the 2022 South Australian Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
