Jerry Jendusa, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded New Berlin-based EMTEQ, then offered it and co-founded a enterprise advisory firm, has invested in a number of companies together with Muskego-based biotech firm Xiogenix and stars as a mogul on the TV present Mission Pitch It, will obtain a Lifetime Achievement Award for entrepreneurship on the annual BizTimes Media Innovation + Entrepreneurship Forum on Nov. 30.
The occasion will probably be held from 2 p.m. to six:30 p.m. on the Italian Group Heart in Milwaukee. Click here to register.
Jendusa co-founded EMTEQ, a producer of plane inside and exterior lighting programs and plane cabin administration and energy programs, in 1996. Jendusa grew EMTEQ right into a $100 million firm and offered the enterprise in 2014.
He is without doubt one of the majority homeowners and chairman of the board for Xiogenix, which earlier this 12 months moved to a brand new facility in Muskego. The corporate was acknowledged this 12 months as a Future 50 firm, one of many 50 fastest-growing privately-held companies in southeastern Wisconsin.
Jendusa has been a fixture as a mogul on the TV present Mission Pitch It, a Wisconsin model of the ABC TV present Shark Tank, offering perception and recommendation to entrepreneurs who seem on the present to current their enterprise. Mission Pitch It’s heading into its eighth season subsequent 12 months.
Additionally on the Innovation + Entrepreneurship Discussion board, Dean Amhaus, the president and chief govt officer of Milwaukee-based The Water Council will probably be acknowledged with the Regional Spirit Award. Amhaus has led The Water Council since 2010. The group works to additional set up the Milwaukee area as a world hub for water-related analysis, training and financial growth. Beforehand, Amhaus served because the president of the nonprofit group Spirit of Milwaukee, which promoted Milwaukee as an important place to stay, work and play, from 2001 to 2010.
As well as, 4 people will probably be introduced with awards recognizing excellence in entrepreneurship, together with:
4 firms will probably be introduced with awards recognizing excellence in innovation:
The Innovation + Entrepreneurship Discussion board is sponsored by Johnson Financial Group.
