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TechVibe Pittsburgh
by Jonathan Kersting
Curious about Pittsburgh's growing technology and innovation industry and the opportunities it has for you? This podcast gives you a front-row seat to the companies, people, and institutions that are making Pittsburgh's tech industry thrive.Discover the newest tech startups emerging from Pittsburgh; Meet dynamic entrepreneurs driving innovation and creating a rich landscape for tech company growth; and Stay on top of the latest trends from recognized industry experts and thought leaders.Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council have interviewed thousands of tech entrepreneurs and business experts across the tPittsburgh region's tech and innovation ecosystem. Get an inside look at the companies, people, and trends that are making Pittsburgh a worldwide center of technology innovation.Start by diving into Pittsburgh's tech ecosystem with a fan-favorite episode: "Meet the New Head of CMU's Machine Learning Department." Don't miss out—click to listen now!T
Episodes
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$24 Billion and Counting: Inside Pittsburgh's 2026 Tech Economy
Pittsburgh's technology sector now generates $24 billion in annual payroll — more than 28% of all wages across the region's 13 counties. In this episode, we break down the six numbers from the Pittsburgh Technology Council's 2026 State of the Industry Report that reveal where the region stands...
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Empire of Lights: Power, Permits & Playbooks for Data Center Development in Pennsylvania
Data centers are coming to Pennsylvania — but getting them built is a whole different story. In this episode of The Empire Lights, powered by Comcast Business and Babst Calland, host Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council sits down with Kate Cooper, shareholder at Babst Calland…
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RIDC's Don Smith: Building Pittsburgh's Tech & Manufacturing Future
What do a shared-use SCIF, autonomous driving test track and one of Pittsburgh's top advanced manufacturers have in common? They are all currently under the wing of the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC). Jonathan Kersting sits down with Don Smith of the RIDC for a wide-ranging...
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The Power of Partnership: How RedChair Pittsburgh Helps Women Move Forward in Tech
What can happen when one person gives you the encouragement to take the next step? For Geeta Tahiliani, a simple connection to RedChair Pittsburgh helped change the trajectory of her career and eventually inspired her to help other women find their own path forward. TechVibe Radio sits down with...
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Pittsburgh Builds Tomorrow: Pittsburgh Is Getting a Quantum Computer. Here's Why It Matters!
Pittsburgh is getting a quantum computer. But what exactly does that mean, how does quantum computing work, and why is Pittsburgh one of the places helping push this strange and potentially transformative technology forward? In the debut episode of Pittsburgh Builds Tomorrow, TechVibe's Jonathan...
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Building the Pittsburgh-to-Morgantown Tech Corridor
What if Pittsburgh and West Virginia stopped thinking like neighboring regions and started acting like one connected technology corridor? TechVibe Radio goes back to West Virginia with Melissa McKenna of Trilogy Innovations and Bill Walker of West Virginia University for a wide-ranging…
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How Titan Robotics' Autonomous Systems Handle the Dull, Dirty and Dangerous Work
Stuart Lawrence, founder and CEO of Titan Robotics, joins Jonathan Kersting and Audrey Russo from the Huntington Bank Studios to share the remarkable story behind his Pittsburgh-based robotics company. What started as a Carnegie Mellon / Air Force Research Lab project to strip paint off fighter...
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Inside Pittsburgh's New Quantum Computer
Quantum computing has spent years being described as the technology that's always 10 years away. In Pittsburgh, that future is getting a lot closer. University of Pittsburgh Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob Rutenbar joins Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey Russo to…
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Health Care Reinvented: 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, hosts Jonathan Kersting and Audrey Russo talk with Judy Arrow, VP of Health Engagement at Highmark, and...
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Metal With a Mission: Ellwood Group's Anna Barensfeld on Space, Steel, and Workforce in Western PA
What 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...
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The State Line Is Not an Innovation Line, Why Pittsburgh and Morgantown Are Better Together
What happens when two major West Virginia technology conferences join forces and invite Pittsburgh to the party? TechVibe Radio talks with Melissa McKenna of Trilogy Innovations and Bill Walker of West Virginia University about the October 28 Mountain State Cyber Summit and Tech Yeah conference…
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Pittsburgh's Neya Systems Puts Autonomous Mining Vehicles in High Gear
Can a Pittsburgh robotics company really make massive mining trucks drive themselves — with no human behind the wheel? In this episode of Tech Vibe, Jonathan Kersting sits down with John Porter, Senior Robotics Engineer at Neya, to unpack how this Pittsburgh-based off-road autonomy company is...
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15 Years of Assemble: Building Pittsburgh's Next Generation of Makers, Creators & Technologists
Nina Marie Barbuto, founder of Assemble in Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood, joins TechVibe this Sunday to celebrate 15 years of building community through arts, technology, and hands-on maker education. What started with a backpack and a bicycle has grown into an organization that has impacted...
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Empire of Lights: Powering and Cooling the AI Factory
How Do You Power and Cool an AI Data Center? The processors inside modern data centers are becoming more powerful, more dense and a whole lot hotter. Keeping them running requires an entirely new generation of power and cooling infrastructure. Chris Massetti of Donwil joins Empire of Lights to...
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AI Beyond Chatbots: EY on Agents, ERP Transformation, and the Skills That Matter
Is AI more than just chatbots — and are you leaving serious business value on the table by thinking it isn't? Jonathan Kersting hosts TechVibe from the Pittsburgh Technology Council, sitting down with EY's Natalie Freedline and Aaron Rakes for a high-energy conversation about the real-world AI...
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Empire of Lights: The Concrete Behind the Cloud
What Does Precast Concrete Have to Do With the Data Center Boom? Turns out, quite a lot. Marshall Sorensen of Metromont joins Empire of Lights to take us deep into one of the most overlooked parts of the data center supply chain: the concrete structures that have to be designed, manufactured and...
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SoftLedger Founder Ben Taylor on Building Fintech in Pittsburgh
What happens when an accountant gets frustrated enough with clunky software to build something better? You get SoftLedger. This week on TechVibe, we sit down with co-founder Ben Taylor to talk about how a problem he experienced firsthand turned into a growing fintech company. Ben and his…
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PaceSetters: How Woolpert Uses GIS + AI to Build Digital Twins, Indoor Maps & Smarter Utilities
In this PaceSetters episode from the Pittsburgh Technology Council and TechVibe, host Jonathan Kersting talks with Jodie Gosselin of Woolpert, a geospatial-focused architecture and engineering firm founded in 1911, about Woolpert's growth in Pittsburgh following the Dawood Engineering acquisition...
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Empire of Lights: Building Data Centers With the Community, Not Around It
Can Data Centers Earn the Trust of the Communities Where They're Built? Data centers are bringing billions of dollars in investment to Pennsylvania, but what does responsible development actually look like? On this episode of Empire of Lights, Brian Regli of Dynamo takes us inside the company's...
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PaceSetters: How VSP Vision Uses AI, RPA & Eyefinity to Improve Eye Care Access and Patient Experience
In this TechVibe PaceSetters episode from Huntington Bank Studios, Jonathan Kersting talks with VSP Vision leaders Emily Traupman and Kathleen (Kat) Lovett about how VSP—one of the nation's largest eye healthcare providers serving 80+ million members with 42,000+ private practice doctors and 700+...
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Empire of Lights: Turning Stranded Infrastructure Into Digital Opportunity
Could Pennsylvania's Industrial Past Become Its Data Center Advantage? Across Western Pennsylvania, former power plants, steel mills and industrial sites still contain valuable infrastructure that was built decades ago. Kenneth Birkenstock of Nittany Digital Infrastructure believes those assets...
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PaceSetters: Matt Beale on 50 Years of Daedalus, Industrial Design & Engineering in Pittsburgh
Jonathan Kersting interviews Matt Beale of Daedalus on TechVibe's PaceSetter series about the Pittsburgh-based industrial design and product development firm's nearly 50-year history and evolving, multidisciplinary approach. Beale explains Daedalus' work across robotics, energy, healthcare…
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PaceSetters: Andrew Moore on Lovelace Building Investigative AI in Pittsburgh That's 100x Faster
Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council's TechVibe interviews Andrew Moore of Lovelace AI about why Pittsburgh is a place to "build something that works" versus the Bay Area's "big splash." Moore explains Lovelace AI's name (Ada Lovelace) and its focus on investigative AI that…
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PaceSetters: MESCIUS Powers AI-Powered Spreadsheets, Developer Tools, and Saving Time with SpreadJS
Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council interviews Chris Bannon of MESCIUS on TechVibe Pace Setters about the Pittsburgh-rooted company's evolution from ComponentOne to GrapeCity to MESCIUS and its mission of building developer tools—charts, data grids, spreadsheets, reporting, and...
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Pittsburgh's Gecko Robotics on Building Technology That Works in the Real World
What happens when you stop building technology for the lab and start building it for the people working in some of the toughest environments imaginable? On this episode of TechVibe Radio, Gecko Robotics founder and CEO Jake Loosararian joins Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey...
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What Is Your Business Really Worth? Pittsburgh-based Fragasso on Equity, Value and the Exit
What is your business really worth, and are you building it to thrive without you? Fragasso Financial Advisors' Christine Robinette and Bryan Reft join TechVibe to unpack equity compensation, ESOPs and the fundamentals of smart exit planning. They explain how ownership strategies can help attract...
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Defense, AI and the Future of Pittsburgh Technology
What happens when Pittsburgh technology companies get a direct path to defense leaders, investors and potential partners? Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey Russo headlines TechVibe Radio for an inside look at Sen. Dave McCormick's Defense and Innovation Summit, where...
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Pittsburgh Tech Community! Can You Help Jamie's Dream Team Dream Bigger?
Jamie Ward has spent more than 20 years making dreams come true for people facing life-threatening illnesses, serious medical needs and extraordinary challenges. Through Jamie's Dream Team, she and her team have impacted more than 30,000 individuals, providing everything from dream experiences…
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Pittsburgh's Angela Domhoff Helps Businesses Survive Their Own Growth
A great idea can launch a company. Smart operations keep it from flying apart when growth hits the accelerator. Angela Domhoff, founder of Advantage Operations, joins TechVibe to explain how entrepreneurs and business leaders can turn their vision into a sustainable, scalable operation. Drawing…
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Is AI making Hiring Faster, or Simply Making It Harder to Know Who Is Real?
Jen Frazier of Prequel Solutions joins Jonathan Kersting on TechVibe to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping resumes, interviews and candidate assessments. While AI can streamline parts of the process, it can also inflate qualifications, help candidates generate interview responses in...
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Stop Meeting. Start Solving: Makeway's Workshop as a Service Jumpstarts Digital Transformation
Is your next digital project ready to launch, or is it trapped in a meeting about scheduling another meeting? Josh Lowery and Greg Cunneyworth of Makeway join TechVibe Radio to introduce Workshop as a Service, a fast-moving, highly structured approach designed to help organizations turn…
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Fork in the Road: How Pittsburgh-Based TerraVive Is Replacing Single-Use Plastic
What if the fork you use for five minutes did not stick around for the next 500 years? Terravive Founder and CEO Julianna Keeling and President Joe Swider join Jonathan Kersting and Audrey Russo on TechVibe Radio to explore how the company is building a healthier, more sustainable alternative to...
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AI Is Changing Hiring: How to Validate Candidates and Reduce Risk
Is AI making hiring faster, or simply making it harder to know who is real? Jen Frazier of Pittsburgh-Based Prequel Solutions joins Jonathan Kersting on TechVibe to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping resumes, interviews and candidate assessments. While AI can streamline parts of the...
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Hit Record and Go: Inside Pittsburgh-Based StudioMe's Content Creation Technology
What if you could walk into a studio, hit record and walk out with a polished, multi-camera video ready to roll? That's the idea driving StudioMe, and TechVibe Radio gets a firsthand look at the technology making high-quality content creation faster, easier and a whole lot less intimidating.…
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DQE's Nikki Marsh Details Why Fiber Is Pittsburgh's New Gold
What happens when Pittsburgh's nearly 30-year fiber powerhouse gets a jolt of fresh investment, new leadership and an AI-fueled market that can't get enough connectivity? Nikki Marsh, Chief Revenue Officer of DQE, joins TechVibe to pull back the curtain on why fiber has become the new gold in...
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Branding Beyond Logos: Pittsburgh's Carlos Tribino Talks About Storytelling That Builds Movements
What if your brand isn't really your logo, your tagline or even your product features? In this episode of TechVibe, Jonathan Kersting hangs out with Carlos Tribino of The Machine for a fired-up conversation on what truly builds lasting brands: story, belief, authenticity and the emotional glue…
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Vintage Cars, City Streets and the Spirit of Pittsburgh
What happens when vintage race cars, Pittsburgh streets and one of the region's most beloved summer traditions all converge at full throttle? Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Executive Director Dan Del Bianco joins Mike Broeker of Bedford Management Partners to preview another action-packed year of...
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Beyond Vibe Coding: Adam Wynne's APES Method Builds Software Ready for the Real World
Can AI help you build software faster without leaving your business swinging from a technological tree branch? Adam Wynne, founder of Pittsburgh-based Wynne Technologies, joins TechVibe to explain how his APES methodology, short for AI Project Engineering with Specs, takes AI-powered development...
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Is Pittsburgh Entering Its AI Investment Era?
What happens when outside investors begin placing major bets on Pittsburgh's AI founders, ideas and talent? On this episode of TechVibe, Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey Russo joins Jonathan Kersting to unpack a remarkable wave of AI investment sweeping across the region.…
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AHN President Mark Sevco on AI, Startups and the Future of Health Care
Allegheny Health Network President Mark Sevco is helping shape one of the most important conversations in Western Pennsylvania: how health care evolves in a time of rapid technology change, financial pressure and growing community need. In this episode of TechVibe Radio, Jonathan Kersting and...
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AMP'd Pittsburgh: Clark Testing, Nuclear Power, Space and Serious Innovation
Plug in and turn it up. The debut episode of TechVibe's AMP'd Pittsburgh kicks off with Paul Heffernan of Clark Testing, a company proving that some of the world's most critical products are tested, validated and battle-hardened right here in the Pittsburgh region. Host Jonathan Kersting goes...
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Pittsburgh's Echelon Risk + Cyber Cracks the Inc. 5000 at 433! Learn How They Did it
Want some amazing business-building insights to crack the Inc. 5000? Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and TechVibe sits down with Dan Desko, founder of Echelon Risk + Cyber, to talk about the company's rapid growth and Inc. 5000 ranking at #433. Desko explains Echelon as a...
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Pittsburgh's SoftWriters Brings AI to Long-Term Care Pharmacy
What happens when AI moves beyond buzzwords and starts helping pharmacists get critical medications to patients faster, safer and more accurately? On this episode of TechVibe Radio, we welcome LiAna Tschen, VP of Platform Operations at SoftWriters, and Danielle Greer, VP of Product, to explore…
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AHN President Mark Sevco on Tech, AI and the Future of Health Care in Pittsburgh
It is not every day you get to sit down with someone helping shape the future of health care across Western Pennsylvania. In this special TechVibe conversation, Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council talks with Mark Sevco, President of Allegheny Health Network, ahead of his…
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Pittsburgh's Ecotone Renewables Turns Food Waste Into Fertilizer
Can food waste become one of Pittsburgh's next big innovation stories? On this episode of TechVibe, we're talking with Dylan Lew, Co-Founder of Ecotone Renewables, a Pittsburgh company turning discarded food into data, fertilizer and serious climate impact. Ecotone's Zeus biodigesters are built...
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AlphaLab Demo Day Returns With 21 Pittsburgh Startups
What happens when 21 startups spend five months getting sharpened, challenged and prepared for the real world? Innovation Works' AlphaLab Demo Day is back for the first time since COVID, and TechVibe takes you inside the room where Pittsburgh's next wave of startups stepped into the spotlight.…
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Comcast's Goal: A Better Way to Watch the World Cup
What if the best seat for the 2026 FIFA World Cup isn't in the stadium, but right on your couch? In this episode of TechVibe, Jonathan Kersting talks with Vito Forlenza, VP of Sports and Entertainment at Comcast, and Kelly Wright, Director of Sports Marketing at Comcast, about how Xfinity is...
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The Wild West of AI: Cybersecurity Lessons from Pittsburgh's CUSTOS IQ
Artificial intelligence is racing into every corner of business, but too many organizations are still treating it like a shiny productivity toy instead of a serious cybersecurity and business-risk issue. On this episode of TechVibe Radio, Jonathan Kersting talks with Isabelle Syring and Robert...
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Circling Back With Pittsburgh's Cybersecurity Super Force: Qintel
What happens when national security, advanced data technology and a culture of "people first, mission always" all collide inside one fast-moving Pittsburgh company? That is exactly what we're digging into on this episode of TechVibe as we welcome back Damon Mathews of Qintel. The last time Damon...
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Top Takeaways From Cyburgh's Keynote Featuring the FBI
Last week's Cyburgh's keynote address brought together law enforcement, legal prosecution and frontline cybersecurity perspectives to deliver a ransomware reality check rooted in action, timing and preparation. Featuring Richard Evanchec, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Pittsburgh Field…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Curious about Pittsburgh's growing technology and innovation industry and the opportunities it has for you? This podcast gives you a front-row seat to the companies, people, and institutions that are making Pittsburgh's tech industry thrive.Discover the newest tech startups emerging from Pittsburgh; Meet dynamic entrepreneurs driving innovation and creating a rich landscape for tech company growth; and Stay on top of the latest trends from recognized industry experts and thought leaders.Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council have interviewed thousands of tech entrepreneurs and business experts across the tPittsburgh region's tech and innovation ecosystem. Get an inside look at the companies, people, and trends that are making Pittsburgh a worldwide center of technology innovation.Start by diving into Pittsburgh's tech ecosystem with a fan-favorite episode: "Meet the New Head of CMU's Machine Learning Department." Don't miss out—click to listen now!T
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Curious about Pittsburgh's growing technology and innovation industry and the opportunities it has for you? This podcast gives you a front-row seat to the companies, people, and institutions that are making Pittsburgh's tech industry thrive.Discover the newest tech startups emerging from...
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