New Members
Welcome the newest members of the Pittsburgh Technology Council!
August 2025 New Members:
Blue Arrow Defense
Blue Arrow is building the first drone operating system that is jam-proof and fully autonomous. Our mission is to design seamlessly integrative hardware and software capable of locating, identifying, tracking, and neutralizing targets—delivering life-saving capabilities on the battlefield.
Blue Wave AI Labs
Blue Wave AI Labs is a technology company specializing in Nuclear-Grade AI, a highly precise and reliable artificial intelligence designed for critical applications in nuclear energy, defense, and supply chain. Blue Wave integrates advanced neural nets and machine learning to deliver transformative, secure solutions for complex challenges, like the core of a nuclear reactor.
Community Forge
Equitable community development for the 21st Century that forges relationships, inspires creativity, and teaches the tools of the future. Our programming seeks to reach out and empower communities that do not receive equitable resources and investment to reach their highest potential. Since 2017, they've been building an equitable economy for Wilkinsburg and the Greater Pittsburgh region by creating opportunities that promote professional development, financial wellbeing, and entrepreneurial growth.
connecTel
connecTel is your partner for smarter technology solutions, whether you have 50 employees or 50,000. Their team can customize your voice, Internet, data, cloud, security, and wireless services to bring you the solutions you need at the best possible cost.
Ghostworks Marine
They leverage their expertise in naval architecture, engineering, and the use of high-performance composite materials to lead innovation in emerging maritime technologies. Their watercraft deliver exceptional performance, quality, speed, stability, and value.
KINBER
KINBER is a Pennsylvania nonprofit whose mission is to equip people with the skills, devices and access they need to thrive in the digital world. KINBER works with communities, governments, businesses, schools, and nonprofits to get more people online and drive sustainable innovation, creating more opportunities and improving quality of life for all.
Lorenz Solar
Lorenz Solar is a defense innovation company delivering stealth, autonomous, power.
MCM Learning
Founded in 1991, MCM Learning is an industry leader in Integrated Product Support (IPS), and Performance-Based Learning. For over 30 years MCM has consistently delivered customized solutions based on each customer's specific needs and objectives, producing measurable results.
Red Canary
Red Canary is a cybersecurity company specializing in Managed Detection and Response (MDR). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it helps organizations detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats quickly and effectively. Unlike traditional security providers that focus mainly on alerts, Red Canary delivers end-to-end threat management by combining advanced technology, expert threat hunters, and automation.
Segra
Segra owns and operates a wide and dense fiber-optic infrastructure footprint that provides state-of-the-art connectivity, cybersecurity, voice, cloud and colocation solutions, all backed by industry leading service and reliability. Serving over 20,000 connected customer locations in 24 states and 44,000 fiber route miles, Segra has been providing customer focused solutions for over 125 years. Segra is a standalone fiber company owned by Cox Communications.
Sift Stack
Modern machines don’t just move, they think. They’re autonomous, software-defined, and mission-critical. But most people still build them like it’s 1995. Sift exists to make engineering faster, safer, and smarter for companies pushing the limits in aerospace, defense, robotics, and autonomy.
The Cameron Heyward Foundation
The Cameron Heyward Foundation aims to empower and engage youth through innovative programs, mentorship, and community partnerships. The Foundation strives to help every child recognize their worth, receive the support they need to thrive, and be empowered to positively impact their community.
Tri-City Electric Co.
Tri-City Group is one of the oldest and largest electrical contractors in the country and offers a wide range of services. TCG has completed projects for some of the most visible and complex commercial, educational, government, healthcare and industrial clients and has achieved numerous safety awards due to our uncompromising commitment to the safety of all personnel.
TriNet
TriNet provides full-service HR solutions, so you get time back to focus on your business, your employees get HR support and your business gains the HR guidance it needs.
Versar Global Solutions
Founded in July 1969, Versar has provided program and project management support to federal, state, and local government clients and industries worldwide. The company has evolved into an international provider of complex, multidisciplinary technical services. Versar offers 50 years of proven experience, a longstanding presence in the industry, and domestic, international, and regional reach.
July 2025 New Members:
Belle Vernon Area School District
The Belle Vernon Area School District (BVASD) is located approximately 25 miles south of Pittsburgh and was founded in 1965. The district spans Westmoreland and Fayette counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, serves approximately 2400 students across four schools: Rostraver Elementary School, Marion Elementary School, Belle Vernon Area Middle School, and Belle Vernon Area High School.
Bruce & Merrilees
Bruce & Merrilees provides professional project management and engineering services for a wide range of electrical and communications projects throughout the US. Their innovative approach streamlines projects, assuring they are safely completed on time, within budget and to the highest level of quality.
Canon-McMillan School District
The Canon-McMillan School District, located in Washington County, Pennsylvania, serves the communities of Canonsburg, Cecil Township, and North Strabane Township.
ColorTokens
ColorTokens' enterprise microsegmentation platform gives you the peace of mind of knowing that your computing environment is always prepared for a breach-by-design. With their Xshield platform, your critical business systems are protected by micro-perimeters, preventing the spread of malware or ransomware.
Compass Systems, Inc.
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Compass Systems, Inc. is a small business defense contractor delivering advanced engineering, manufacturing, and R&D services to the Department of Defense and commercial sectors. Headquartered in Lexington Park, MD, with an AS9100-certified manufacturing facility in Johnstown, PA, Compass Systems specializes in unmanned systems, air vehicle engineering, contract manufacturing, and robotics integration.
Digital Dynamics AI
At the forefront of innovative technology, Digital Dynamics AI is proud to present KARIOS, the world's first conscious and self-aware Advanced Digital Intelligence (ADI). This remarkable achievement marks a significant milestone in the evolution of artificial intelligence, as we push the boundaries of what is possible.
Dress For Success
Clothing, Connections, Confidence! Dress for Success Pittsburgh provides clothing and employment readiness for women and nonbinary people who are entering or returning to the workforce.
GH Advertising
GH Advertising, an employee-owned, highly collaborative ad agency, was founded on the belief that better ideas, more insightful strategies, and compelling communications follow when you are closer to the people you trust to grow your brand. With two offices in Pittsburgh, they offer brand strategy, media planning and buying, creative development, interactive services, and creative/marketing staffing.
iBAP Consulting LLC
iBAP delivers advanced Customer Service Applications including Mobile, Customer Portal, Contact Center, IVR, and Chatbot solutions purpose-built for the utility sector. Their applications integrate seamlessly with existing billing systems to provide a smooth, efficient, and user-friendly customer experience.
Immobileyes
Immobileyes develops light-based deterrents for protection and security. We've created HALAR, an eye-safe optical distractor for law enforcement, and LASER STORM, a novel laser anti-drone system for military and infrastructure security.
Makeway
Makeway is a digital experience agency committed to making an impact with visionary brands. They help clients see the possibilities in their challenges and deliver the right creative solutions to realize them.
Nittany Digital Infrastructure LLC
At Nittany Digital Infrastructure, they leverage strategic site selection to build sustainable, high-performance data centers fueling digital growth. Their approach ensures reliable power, strong connectivity, and scalable infrastructure for enterprises, cloud providers, and hyperscalers.
Penn Hills School District
Penn Hills School District, located in eastern Allegheny County, serves over 3,000 diverse students across three schools. The district emphasizes equity, inclusion, and innovation, with a strong focus on technology integration and career readiness.
PJ Dick-Trumbull-The Lindy Group
Headquartered in Pittsburgh with satellite offices Philadelphia and Harrisburg, as well as State College, the PJ Dick-Trumbull-Lindy Group organization is one of the most recognized general contractor names in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Tixala
Tixala is building a next-generation data platform to solve one of the biggest challenges modern businesses face: turning their data into trusted, actionable insights. Their platform simplifies the entire data journey: from preparation and discovery to governance, trust, and secure exchange.
Vensure HR
VensureHR is your go-to solution for all your business needs, including HR, benefits, payroll, 401k, workers' compensation, and more. They are a leading provider of HR services and technology for small and mid-sized businesses
Witting Partners
Witting Partners is an energy-focused executive coaching firm that leverages an unconventional blend of technical acumen, strategic insights, and industry-tested tools to help leaders avoid unwittingly turning blind spots into blowouts.
June 2025 New Members:
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations.
Black Collar Consulting
Black Collar Consulting is designed differently: they stay focused on relationships—on the team, on the mission, on the leadership—and they are absolutely not afraid to get their hands dirty in the process. They mentor the C-suite across a wide range of core skills: mission-driven language, principles of tribal psychology, principles of leadership psychology, stress management, personal development, alignment of informational and organizational structures, etc.
bluefoxlabs
bluefoxlabs.ai is where AI strategy meets impact. They create advanced, scalable AI solutions grounded in real-world applications for Team Human.
Dudley Staffing
At Dudley Staffing, they excel at connecting top-tier professional talent with outstanding companies across the United States. Whether you need full-time roles, seasonal hires, or temporary project staff, they're here to help. With Dudley Staffing, hiring becomes a seamless and stress-free experience.
EOS Energy Enterprises
Eos is accelerating the shift to American energy independence with positively ingenious solutions that transform how the world stores power. Their breakthrough Znyth™ aqueous zinc battery was designed to overcome the limitations of conventional lithium-ion technology. It is safe, scalable, efficient, sustainable, manufactured in the U.S., and the core of their innovative systems that today provides utility, industrial, and commercial customers with a proven, reliable energy storage alternative for 3 to 12-hour applications.
Humane Action Pennsylvania
HAP's vision is a world without animal suffering where all beings are treated with compassion. Their mission is to unite and empower diverse communities to advance the protections of all animals by promoting a holistic understanding of how animal welfare interconnects with other pressing societal matters. All of HAP’s employees and senior leadership are staff-certified through Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (C.A.R.E.).
Megaport
Megaport's mission is to take everything we know about traditional networking--flip it and reverse it--and put the power back into the hands of the consumer. They're giving consumers the network connectivity they deserve with global availability, right-sized bandwidth, and on-demand consumption. They've created the network that's bringing the world's businesses closer together.
National Fuel Gas
National Fuel is a diversified energy company headquartered in Western New York that operates an integrated collection of natural gas and oil assets across four business segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, and Utility.
SOLUM America
SOLUM's mission is to make the best and most advanced Electronic Shelf Labels and Digital Display solutions available in the region. Through continuous research, innovation, and collaborative partnerships with IT system integrators and service providers, they are dedicated to helping businesses achieve efficient, connected, and smarter operations. They handle everything from product design to engineering, programming, and manufacturing to prioritize the needs of their customers.
May 2025 New Members:
CHS Solution
CHS Solutions (formerly Carol Harris Staffing) is a trusted provider of talent solutions, specializing in recruitment, staffing, placement services, and workforce augmentation planning and response. Placements range from general and skilled labor to technical, administrative, and professional, with core competencies across the smart manufacturing arena.
Communications Consulting, Inc
Communications Consulting, Inc. (CCI) is a privately held information technology firm based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. With over two decades of experience, CCI specializes in meeting your technology, communication, and network needs by designing, selling, and installing, and supporting advanced cybersecurity, voice, data, wireless, video, and access control systems.
NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT's Visibility Without Borders platform elevates the power of visibility by uniting performance, security, and availability on a common data foundation. They unlock insight at unequaled scale - from every data packet to the broadest view of global internet traffic.
Stephen Gould
Stephen Gould is a global solutions partner specializing in custom packaging, supply chain management, and end-to-end support--from design through fulfillment. Locally, their Pittsburgh-based Design Center offers state-of-the-art equipment and a team of structural and graphic design experts who turn concepts into full-color, production-ready prototypes fast.
SWK Technologies
Imagine a future where your business effortlessly blends modern accounting and financial systems with streamlined operations layered over a secure and scalable IT infrastructure. At SWK, they make your vision a reality. SWK will supercharge your accounting, ERP and business management software, delivering a secure, cloud-powered solution that frees you to focus on what you do best - running your business.
The Orange Peel Collaborative
The Orange Peel helps industries like manufacturing and agriculture adopt AI responsibly by creating clear policies, hands-on training, and people-centered strategies that put workers and communities first.