PixelMEDIA Inc.

An active supporter of the University of New Hampshire and the Whittemore School of Business, web strategy and design agency PixelMEDIA is giving its PixelMEDIA Web Marketing Services Award to three entries in the 2009 Paul J. Holloway Prize Innovation-to-Market Competition.

The PixelMEDIA award provides a complete set of strategy, design, and development services, valued at approximately $50,000, to the first- and second-place winners as well as to a third entry selected by PixelMEDIA. Scheduled to be launched by the end of the summer, each recipient will have new tools to assist with bringing the winning plans and products to market.

According to Dan Innis, the Dean of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, “The Holloway competition is a great opportunity for our students to present their ideas to a panel of experienced business people. Their input helps the students improve the work they have done. We’re excited to have PixelMEDIA as a partner in the Holloway competition. PixelMEDIA’s support of the student’s web marketing needs will enable the students to communicate and market their products and ideas to investors and companies.”

This year’s first place winner was PhD candidate Christopher Suprock of Suprock Technologies. His product, the Wireless Sensor Integrated Metal Cutting Tool Holder, combines metal cutting tools and wireless sensors and enables customers to solve complex machining problems and manufacture parts more quickly and safely. The second-place prize was awarded to Whittemore School students Jason Norton, Michelle Pirro, and Cole Connolly for ComposiMold, a reusable mold-making material derived from a safe, natural polymer designed for at-home crafters, artists, and artisans.

In addition to the winning entries, PixelMEDIA chose the work of graduate student Alexander Shyrokov as the third recipient of the PixelMEDIA Award. Shyrokov’s project, the Software Skydiving Simulator, is a PC-based training tool that can be used by individuals at all experience levels, from the person about to make their first jump to the skilled jumper who wants to experiment with more intricate and expensive jumps.

The PixelMEDIA Web Marketing Services Award was established to provide a professional set of web marketing tools to future business leaders and groundbreaking not-for-profit organizations. The award offers full strategy, design and development services as well as professional consulting and channel guidance.

PixelMEDIA cofounder and CEO Erik Dodier participated in the judging, and co-founder Thomas Obrey will provide strategy and oversight of the three initiatives. “Everyone at PixelMEDIA is looking forward to working with the Holloway prize winners,” says Obrey, “It gives us a chance to support some amazing ideas and talented students, but also all the great work UNH and the Whittemore School do to build our economy and community.”

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