A September to Remember: Top Pittsburgh Tech News, Features and Podcasts
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Meet the 2026 ATHENA Award Recipients
On September 11, the Pittsburgh Technology Council hosted the 2026 ATHENA Awards Program of Greater Pittsburgh at the Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh Hotel. The awards recognizes exceptional women who demonstrate excellence in their profession, contribute to their community, and help other women and girls to succeed through mentorship.
Metal With a MissionWhat if the steel in your next flight's landing gear, the components in NASA's Artemis rocket, and even the "chopsticks" catching SpaceX rockets were all forged by a family-owned company in Western Pennsylvania? In this episode of AMP'd Pittsburgh, host Jonathan Kersting sits down with Anna Barensfeld, fifth-generation leader of Ellwood Group — a 115-year-old specialty metals and forgings company headquartered in Ellwood City, PA.
Can Technology and AI Make Health Care More Human?
What if your health plan could spot that you need help before a missed appointment, medication gap or health issue turns into something much bigger? On this episode of Health Care Reinvented, we talk with Judy Arrow, VP of Health Engagement at Highmark, and Matt Putilla, VP of Product Development at enGen, about how Highmark is combining technology, data and human expertise to make navigating health care easier and more personal.
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Mountain State Cyber Summit: The State Line Is Not an Innovation Line
Pittsburgh and Morgantown are only about 75 miles apart. For Melissa McKenna of Trilogy Innovations and Bill Walker of West Virginia University, that distance should feel even smaller when it comes to technology, talent and opportunity. That idea is driving the Mountain State Cyber Summit and Tech Yeah conference, coming to Morgantown on October 28.
Pennsylvania's Data Center Rules Are Rewriting Deal Terms
In July 2025, more than $90 billion in new investment in AI infrastructure was announced. The message was that Pennsylvania is uniquely positioned in the national AI data center economy due to its natural gas production, industrial redevelopment sites, available land, strategic location and skilled workforce. A year later, that remains true. What has changed is the nature of the questions.
PGH Pacesetters: Building What Comes Next
The Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Pacesetters series goes inside companies that are doing more than simply adopting the latest technology. They are applying it to real problems, building businesses around it and pushing their industries forward. Across these conversations with Cook MyoSite, Woolpert, MESCIUS, Lovelace.ai, VSP and Daedalus, a common theme emerges: Pittsburgh remains a place where deep technical expertise meets practical problem solving
Women In Work: Progress But Clearly Not Perfection
Women have made undeniable gains across business, government, higher education and other leadership roles, but the numbers show that progress still falls well short of parity. Chris Allison looks at where the gaps remain, why they persist and how decades of hard-fought progress continue to reshape who gets the opportunity to lead.
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Equity, Exit Planning and Business Value
What makes a business truly valuable? It’s more than revenue. More than growth. And definitely more than hoping someone writes a big check when you’re ready to move on. In this three-part 10 Minute Tech Talks series, Jonathan Kersting sits down with Christine Robinette and Bryan Reft of Fragasso Financial Advisors to unpack how smart companies build value from the inside out.