[ { "post_id": "481", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2025 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2025 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient is "robot nerd turned drone lover turned CEO\/cofounder" (in his\n\twords) Rory San Miguel<\/strong>. The award was presented at a special Pearcey Foundation event on Tuesday 14 October in Sydney by Emma\n\tWeston<\/a>,\n\tthe 2023 NSW award recipient.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/481\/rory-san-miguel.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2025-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2025-10-14 06:00:00" }, { "post_id": "462", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2024 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "At a special Pearcey Foundation awards night in Sydney on Thursday 7 November 2024, Prof Michael J. Biercuk PhD<\/strong>, CEO and founder of Q-CTRL, was announced as the recipient of the 2024 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  Professor Biercuk\nis a global science and technology innovator building the greenfield quantum technology industry.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/462\/prof-michael-biercuk.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2024-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2024-11-06 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "425", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2023 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2023 Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year award for NSW was presented to Emma\nWeston<\/a>,\nco-founder and CEO of AgriDigital, on 4 October at ASX. The award was presented by Wayne\nFitzsimmons<\/a>, OAM. Under Emma's leadership, AgriDigital has become a pioneering force in digitalising global agricultural supply chains, connecting\nfarmers directly to consumers.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/425\/ASX_Pearceyawards-181.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2023-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2023-10-04 06:30:00" }, { "post_id": "397", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2022 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2022 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to Dr. Mark\nEnglund<\/a> of FiberSense, by David Thodey<\/a>, AO, on October 31 at the Sydney Startup Hub. Founded in 2015, FiberSense provides SONAR like sensing capabilities over optical fiber telecoms cables, providing awareness of objects and events near the fibre cable infrastructure. The service is being taken up by the world’s most valuable companies including Amazon, Google and Meta..", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/397\/David-Thodey+Mark-Englund.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2022-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2022-10-31 07:00:00" }, { "post_id": "131", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2021 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The NSW Entrepreneur of the Year was awarded to brother and sister team Jordan\nO'Reilly<\/a>\nand Laura O'Reilly OAM<\/a>. The presentation was held online on October\n14, as part of Spark Festival<\/a>. Jordan and Laura have cofounded both not-for-profit and\nprofit-for-purpose businesses helping people with disabilities and their families manage their needs and support services. Over the last\nten years, they have helped hundreds of thousands of people and proven that for-purpose business can have significant social impact.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/131\/Jordan-Laura-OReilly.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2021-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2021-10-14 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "28", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2020 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "In a widely attended Pearcey virtual event, Jamila Gordon<\/strong> received the 2020 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.\nJamila is the CEO and founder of Lumachain, a technology platform using AI, IoT and blockchain to bring transparency to global supply\nchains, benefitting producers, enterprises and consumers. Jamila was presented with her award by 2014 Pearcey Medallist and inaugural Ada\nLovelace Medallist Professor Mary O'Kane.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/28\/Jamila-Gordon.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2020-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2020-10-13 12:00:00" }, { "post_id": "29", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2019 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2019 NSW ICT Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to Ashik Ahmed, co-founder, CTO and CEO of Deputy. The award was presented at a\nspecial Pearcey Awards event at the NSW Startup Hub<\/a> on 10 October 2019.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/29\/Ashik-Ahmed.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2019-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2019-10-10 11:45:00" }, { "post_id": "30", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2018 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2018 NSW Pearcey awards was presented at a ceremony on November 1 at the NSW Startup Hub<\/a>. Nick\nMolnar,<\/strong> co-founder\nand CEO of Afterpay<\/a> was recognised as the 2018 NSW Tech Entrepreneur of the Year.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/30\/ResizedImage600372-Pearcey-NSW-2018-winners.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2018-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2018-07-27 14:17:00" }, { "post_id": "132", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2017 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2017 NSW Pearcey Tech Entrepreneur of the Year was awarded to Airtasker<\/a> co-founders Tim Fung\nand Jonathan Lui. Several other Awards were presented in a packed PowerHouse Museum on Tuesday October 24. The Pearcey award was presented\nby Chairman of Jobs for NSW and Chair of CSIRO David Thodey.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/132\/Airtasker-boys.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2017-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2017-10-24 12:00:00" }, { "post_id": "133", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2016 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The NSW Pearcey Tech Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were presented in a packed NSW Parliament House on Tuesday 18th October at NSW\nParliament House, at 5.30pm by the Hon Victor Dominello, NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation. The overall winner, was\nRichard White, Founder and CEO of WiseTechGlobal with Hall of Fame Awards going to the founders of Avoka, Digivizer, Expert360,\nInvoice2Go, Saasu, Sentral Education, Showpo, Tyro and WiseTech Global.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/133\/Richard-White.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2016-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2016-10-18 11:45:00" }, { "post_id": "134", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2015 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2015 NSW Tech Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were presented at NSW Parliament by the Hon Victor Dominello, NSW Minister for Innovation\nand Better Regulation, on behalf of the Pearcey Foundation and the technology industry with the pinnacle award, the winners special\nrecognition award, going to Melanie Perkins<\/strong>, co-founder and CEO of Canva.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/134\/Melanie-Perkins.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2015-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2015-10-20 11:45:00" }, { "post_id": "135", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2014 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2014 NSW Tech Entrepreneur of the Year Award was presented to Ben Richardson and Dave Greiner<\/strong>, founders of Campaign\nMonitor and Tim Power<\/strong>, managing director for 3P Learning.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/135\/2014-NSW-Winners.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2014-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2014-11-06 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "136", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2013 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "On 23th October 2013 the 2013 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were presented by Mr Paul Toole, Parliamentary Secretary for the\nDeputy Premier, to joint winners Simon Clausen<\/strong>, founder of Startive Ventures and PC Tools, and Naomi Simson<\/strong>,\nfounder of Red Balloon.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/136\/nsw-2013-winners.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2013-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2013-10-23 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "137", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2012 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey NSW 2012 "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award was jointly presented to Mitch Harper and Eddie Machaalani<\/strong>\r\n(founders of BigCommerce) and Jo Burston<\/strong> (founder of JobCapital and other companies).", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/137\/Pearcey-NSW-2012-Winners.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2012-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2012-10-17 12:30:00" }, { "post_id": "138", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2011 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2011 NSW ICT Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to Simon Poole and Steve Frisken<\/strong>, founders of optical\ncommunications company Engana and now Finisar Australia by the Hon Andrew Stoner MP, NSW Deputy Premier in front of over 150 industry\nleaders. The event was held at NSW Parliament on Wednesday 12th October 2011 in Sydney.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/138\/Simon-Poole-and-Steve-Frisken.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2011-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2011-10-12 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "139", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2010 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2010 NSW ICT Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to Lars and Jens Rasmussen<\/strong>, founders of Google Maps and\nGoogle Wave by the Hon Eric Roozendaal MLC, NSW Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development in front of over 220 industry\nleaders. A further 9 entrepreneurs were inducted into our Hall of Fame. The event was held at NSW Parliament on Tuesday 19th October 2010\nin Sydney in conjunction with National ICT Australia's NICTA @ NSW Parliament research showcase.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2010-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2010-10-19 11:45:00" }, { "post_id": "140", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2009 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2009 NSW ICT Entrepreneur of the Year was awarded to Ian Gardner<\/strong>, founder of online video and digital media specialist\nViocorp.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/140\/Simon-Poole-and-Steve-Frisken.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2009-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2009-11-12 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "141", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2008 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2008 NSW Pearcey Young Achiever's Award were presented to two young entrepreneurs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar<\/strong>,\nco-CEO's of Atlassian Software Systems by the NSW Minister for Education & Training, the Hon. John Della Bosca. The presentation\noccurred on the 11th of September 2008 as part of the 2008 National Pearcey Event in Sydney at the Westin Hotel.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/141\/Mike-Cannon-Brookes.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2008-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2008-09-11 13:45:00" }, { "post_id": "142", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2007 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The winners of the 2007 NSW State Pearcey Award were Pia and Jeffrey Waugh<\/strong>, a husband and wife team who work in their\njointly owned software design and consulting business based in Sydney. This is the first time a joint award has been made and the\nrecognition of their joint contribution to the Australian ICT industry makes their award all the more meaningful. They were presented with\ntheir certificate at a ceremony held on 6th December 2007 at the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney. This presentation was made at the\nconclusion of the VC Connect conference at the Museum and was made by Mr Ian Dennis, Chairman of the Pearcey Foundation.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/142\/jeff-and-pia-waugh.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2007-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2007-12-06 12:45:00" }, { "post_id": "143", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2006 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2006 NSW Pearcey Award has been won by Dr. Matt Barrie<\/strong>. Dr Barrie is currently the CEO and Founder of Sensory Networks\r\nand still maintains time to lecture at the University of Sydney.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/143\/Matt-Barrie.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2006-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2006-09-13 13:15:00" }, { "post_id": "144", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2005 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2005 New South Wales Pearcey Award was presented to James Dalziel<\/strong> by The Hon. John Della Bosca, Minister for Commerce.\r\nThe presentation was made at the Pearcey Cocktail Function at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo. The Award forms part of the ICT Outlook\r\nForum initiated by CSIRO, DSTO, NICTA and the ICT Council of CRC's.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/144\/James-Dalziel.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2005-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2005-08-31 13:15:00" }, { "post_id": "145", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2004 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2004 NSW State Pearcey Award was presented to Hugh Durrant-Whyte<\/strong>, by Loftus Harris, Director General of the NSW\nDepartment of State and Regional Development, on behalf of Minister John Della Bosca.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/145\/Hugh-DurrantWhyte.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2004-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2004-11-04 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "146", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2003 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "On Tuesday 25th November Lyndsey Cattermole, National Pearcey Medallist for 2003, presented the 2003 NSW Pearcey Award to Dr. Ted\nDunstone<\/strong>,\nManaging Director of Biometix. The award was presented at the NSW State Library.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/146\/Ted-Dunstone.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2003-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2003-10-25 10:45:00" }, { "post_id": "147", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2002 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2002 NSW Pearcey Award was presented to Alex Hartman<\/strong>, by NSW Minister for Information Technology, Kim Yeadon, on 11th\nNovember 2002. The award was presented at the gala dinner for the Moving Towards The Knowledge Economy Conference held in Homebush Bay,\nSydney.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/147\/Alex-Hartman.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2002-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2002-11-11 10:45:00" }, { "post_id": "148", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2001 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "The 2001 NSW Pearcey Award was presented to Derek Renouf<\/strong>, of Adaptive Arts, by NSW Minister for Information Technology, Kim\nYeadon, on 12th November 2001.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/148\/Derek-Renouf.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2001-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2001-11-12 12:00:00" } ]