Palencia receives Mansmith Innovator Award
Date Posted: March 29, 2021 at 11:02 AM
Prof. Merlinda A. Palencia, PhD of the Chemical Engineering Department received her award as Enterprise Innovator of Technology from the First Mansmith Innovation Awards last March 4.
Dr. Palencia, Chief Operating Officer of the University’s spin-off company, Envigor, was selected as one of the awardees for the Enterprise Innovators (Product Innovation) category for her Vigormin Technology.
She was chosen for the feat last May 2020 but awarding ceremonies were delayed due to limitations brought by the imposed community quarantine as safety measure against the CoViD-19 pandemic.
Other awardees under the same category include Rene Ledesma, Jr. (Business Model Innovation), owner and founder of food and lifestyle market Mercato Centrale, Barnaby Chong (Product Innovation), president of CHG Global Inc., Neogin Evangelista (Business Model Innovation), president of Philusa Corp., Maria Rosario Ilao (Technology Innovation), founder and CEO of digital marketing and software development company Mobile Optima, and Katrina Rausa Chan (Business Model Innovation), director and co-founder of Qbo Innovation Hub.
