01.23.2026
2025 Innovation Award & Past Recipients

The Innovation Award was introduced in 2021 to recognize individuals who highlights, promotes, and celebrates excellence in innovation and collaborative technology-based projects and initiatives that positively impact the MCNC Community.
Innovation Award Recipients
2025
- Charley Kneifel, Chief Information Officer, Duke University
2023
- Ray Zeisz, Senior Director, Technology Innovation Lab, The Friday Institute
2021
- Ray Zeisz, Senior Director, Technology Innovation Lab, The Friday Institute

