As CEO of a company that helps counterparts in the power industry streamline operations, he has made some of the biggest names in the country his clients--as well as pioneered an innovative application that gives renewable energy a big boost.
It's not everyday that a college student engineers a product that could help billions of people around the world. But for this Penn State grad's small cook stove, the promise is big.
A new device developed and made in PA that retails for $48 could help stem the country's annual wasting of more than $10 billion in electricity due to appliances being left on or in standby mode.
Learning the business from her father, she has risen to become the leader of the family business as well as an industry leader in distributing eco-friendlier products like a cleaner diesel fuel and waste oil furnaces.
Working for the nation's most active driller of new natural gas wells, she has the sometimes difficult task of explaining the process, benefits and precautions in shaping the future of Marcellus Shale development.
A chance meeting meeting while waiting tables in Washington, D.C., has led Ian Smith on an improbable path back to his native Erie County, where he is selling solar across the western part of PA, including his child home.
State grants, Penn State, and a visionary new leader have turned this tiny Montour County town into a hip, forward-thinking place to call home. And they're nowhere near done with their must-see Main Street makeover.
A fresh influx of funding and promising technology are helping the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation and a local small business continue one Erie man's improbable fight against the disease.
The charitable arm of Erie's largest employer is arming the entire school district here with new tools to create a seamless K-12 math and science curricula and strengthen the future of the region's economy.
The center for high-growth tech startups, located on the campus of Gannon University, pushes entrepreneurs near and far closer to their lofty dreams and the surrounding community forward.