Congratulations!!! Huntsville wins big at EDPA’s Innovation Awards Huntsville entrepreneurs took home half of the awards given out at the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama’s Innovation Awards on Sept. 25 in Birmingham, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. Lonnie McMillian, co-founder of telecommunications giant ADTRAN and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, was honored for his entrepreneurial efforts as well as his generous heart. Other Huntsville recipients were: • Inventor of the Year: Emil Jovanov of the University of Alabama in Huntsville for his “SmartBottle” technology. T • Outstanding Product or Service: Conversant Bio, a company launched in 2006 and located in HudsonAlpha noted for exceeding the standards for developing and producing an innovative product. • Outstanding Woman or Minority in Innovation: Gwen Fewell, co-founder and chief commercial officer of TransOMIC Technologies Inc., located in HudsonAlpha.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:20:53 +0000