ID Senior, Sean Petterson, and his business partner, Justin Hillery, are continuing to win awards for the Strong Arm Lifting System. The duo were among the top four at the MassChallenge entrepreneurship competition, and received a $100,000.00 Diamond Prize. Their enterprise, StrongArm Technology, Inc., was built around a wearable vest to aid workers in lifting heavy loads safely. The StrongArm has previously been awarded several prestigious awards, including being runner-up NY state business plan competition, coming in 1st place at RIT’s business plan competition, Chicago 10xecellerator nominee, and they have received $17,200 in NCIIA advanced e team grant awards.
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