[ { "post_id": "477", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2025 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2025 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award presented to Sam Kroonenburg<\/strong>, co-founder and CEO of A Cloud Guru, co-founder\nand co-CEO of Cuttable. Award was presented at a special dinner in Melbourne, by Professor Eduard Hovy, Executive Director of Melbourne\nConnect at the University of Melbourne. This was the flagship event of the Melbourne Connect Innovation Week.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/477\/Pearcey2025-62.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/vic\/2025-vic-award\/", "post_date": "2025-09-07 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "470", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2024 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2024 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Ian Croser AM<\/strong> and David Gaul<\/strong>, founders of\nCEA Technologies. The presentation was made by Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM at the Pearcey Foundation National Event on 19 November 2024\nin Brisbane.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/470\/ian-croserplusroy-green.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2024-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2024-11-19 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "460", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Pearcey Award Recipient on TV", "post_content_short": "Chris Piastri<\/strong>, recipient of the 2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award is interviewed by 9News about his Pearcey award\nand the work he has done to receive this prestigious recognition.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/460\/Chris-Piastri-9News-27-10-2024-(1920x1080).jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/pearcey-award-recipient-on-tv\/", "post_date": "2024-10-30 13:00:00" }, { "post_id": "459", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award presented to Chris Piastri<\/strong>, co-founder and CTO of HP Tuners. Award was presented at a special dinner in Melbourne, by Professor Eduard Hovy, Executive Director of Melbourne Connect at the University of\nMelbourne. This was the flagship event of the Melbourne Connect Innovation Week.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/459\/Pearcey2024Vic-1515.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/vic\/2024-vic-award\/", "post_date": "2024-09-05 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "456", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2023 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2023 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Didier Elzinga<\/strong> founder and CEO of Culture Amp, by Rick\n\tHarvey, National Awards Director of the Pearcey Foundation at the prestigious 2023 Pearcey National Awards gala dinner, in Sydney.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/456\/Didier-Presentation-1593x1358.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2023-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2023-10-30 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "406", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2022 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2022 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Dr. Mark Englund<\/strong> founder and CEO of FiberSense, by Hon\nMadeleine Ogilvie MP, Minister for Science and Technology. The award was presented in Hobart as part of the prestigious 2022 Pearcey\nNational Awards held in conjunction with the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and TasICT.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/406\/Mark-EnglandplusMadeleine-Ogilvie.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2022-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2022-11-11 08:30:00" }, { "post_id": "403", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2021 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2021 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to the co-founder and CTO of DTEX Systems Mohan Koo <\/strong>by\n\tSouth Australian Premier Steven<\/strong> Marshall<\/strong>. The presentation was broadcast live on a national Zoom\n\tcall, as part of the Pearcey Foundation's National Awards event.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/403\/2021-Pearcy-National-Award-from-Premier-Marshall.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2021-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2021-11-24 05:00:00" }, { "post_id": "61", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2020 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2020 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Grant Petty<\/strong>, CEO of Blackmagic Design. The announcement was made during the 2020 Pearcey Foundation National Event, this year being a ‘virtual’ celebration held on 25 November 2020 on a national Zoom\nbroadcast.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/61\/Grant-Petty.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2020-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2020-11-25 07:04:00" }, { "post_id": "62", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2019 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2019 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award<\/strong> was presented to Craig McDonald, CEO and Founder of MailGuard<\/strong>,\nat the annual Pearcey national Awards gala dinner on 14th November 2019 in Melbourne.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/62\/ResizedImage300199-Craig-McDonald-2.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2019-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2019-11-14 07:10:00" }, { "post_id": "63", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2018 Pearcey Entrpreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2018 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Tony Clark<\/strong> at the ACS 2018 Digital Disruptor Awards gala\r\ndinner on 1 November 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/63\/Tony-Clark-2018.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2018-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2018-11-01 07:13:00" }, { "post_id": "114", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2017 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2017 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Cyan & Collis Ta'eed<\/strong> at the ACS 2017 Digital\nDisruptor Awards gala dinner on 2 November 2017 at Sydney's Star Ballroom in Pyrmont. The Award was presented by Dr Mary O'Kane,\nNSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, and also the 2014 Pearcey Medallist.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/114\/Vic-Cyan-Collis-Taeed-2017-.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2017-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2017-11-02 12:30:00" }, { "post_id": "115", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2016 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2016 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Aaron Birkby<\/strong> at ACS's Digital Disruptor's gala dinner on 1st\nDecember 2016. The Award was presented by Dr Alex Zelinsky AO, Australia's Chief Defence Scientist and also the 2013 Pearcey Medallist.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/115\/Aaron-Birkby.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2016-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2016-12-01 00:15:00" }, { "post_id": "116", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2015 Benson Award", "post_content_short": "Tim Power<\/strong> was awarded the 2015 Benson Entrepreneur Award at the 2015 gala ACS Reimagination dinner held on Tuesday\nNovember 14th 2015 in Sydney.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/116\/Tim-Power.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2015-benson-award\/", "post_date": "2015-11-17 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "117", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2014 Benson Award", "post_content_short": "John De Margheriti<\/strong> was awarded the 2014 Benson Entrepreneur Award at the 2014 gala national iAwards event held on August\n29th 2014 in Melbourne", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/117\/John-De-Margheriti.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2014-benson-award\/", "post_date": "2014-04-29 13:30:00" }, { "post_id": "118", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2013 Benson Award", "post_content_short": "Leni Mayo<\/strong> was awarded the 2013 Benson Award at the 2013 gala national iAwards event held on August 8th 2013 in Melbourne.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/118\/2013-Benson-Leni-Mayo.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2013-benson-award\/", "post_date": "2013-08-08 13:30:00" }, { "post_id": "119", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2012 Benson Award", "post_content_short": "Bevan Slattery<\/strong> was awarded the 2012 Benson Entreprenuer Award at a gala dinner as part of the 2012 iAwards event held in\nMelbourne on Thursday evening 9th August.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/119\/Bevan-Slattery.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2012-benson-award\/", "post_date": "2012-08-09 13:00:00" }, { "post_id": "120", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2011 Benson Award", "post_content_short": "At the 2011 iAwards gala dinner held in Melbourne on the 4th August 2011, the 2011 Benson Entrepreneur Award was given to Lars and\nJens Rasmussen<\/strong>.\nThe Lars brothers accepted the award via a video from Google headquarters in San Fransisco in the presence of the Governor of Victoria,\nHis Excellency Alex Chernov and his wife Elizabeth, some 800 guests.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/120\/Lars-and-Jens-Rasmussen.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2011-benson-award\/", "post_date": "2011-08-03 13:45:00" }, { "post_id": "326", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2007 National Award", "post_content_short": "The 2007 Pearcey National Award for Young Achievers was presented to Brett Hooker<\/strong> at the Pearcey National event dinner,\nCarlton Crest Hotel King George Square in Brisbane.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/326\/1191375984_Brett-Hooker-headshot-colour-300dpi.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2007-national-award\/", "post_date": "2007-11-01 11:15:00" }, { "post_id": "350", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2006 National Award", "post_content_short": "The 2006 National Pearcey Award for Young Achiever has been awarded to Luke Bereznicki<\/strong> of Tasmania. This national award\nrecognises a particularly outstanding winner of the State Pearcey Award Winners from 2006.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/350\/Luke-Bereznicki.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2006-national-award\/", "post_date": "2006-09-28 04:13:00" }, { "post_id": "351", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2005 National Award", "post_content_short": "At the 2005 National Pearcey Dinner the inaugural presentation of the National Award for Young Achiever was presented to Luke Howard<\/strong>.\r\nFinallists were drawn from the previous year State Award winners from NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/351\/Luke-Howard.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2005-national-award\/", "post_date": "2005-10-14 04:15:00" } ]