Pittsburgh, PA— February 9, 2015 — Identified Technologies has been named a finalist in the ‘New Technology Development – Product’ category for the annual Northeast Oil & Gas Awards.

 

Identified Technologies use their Proprietary Boomerang mapping drones to automate the 3-D surveying and monitoring of construction job sites. They’ve been expanding quickly throughout the energy sector, for applications including pipelines, aggregate piles, drilling, excavation, and impoundment ponds.This mapping work is generally done slowly and dangerously by hand, or expensively by chartered aircraft. These unattractive options often force crews to risk using old, out of date information.

 

The Oil & Gas Awards recognize outstanding achievements made within the upstream and midstream sectors of the North American oil and gas industry. Entrants in the competition are judged by a distinguished panel of oil and gas industry leaders. Winners will be announced at the Northeast Oil & Gas Industry Summit and gala dinner on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel in Pittsburgh.

 

“I am grateful to accept this recognition on behalf of our talented and dedicated family at Identified Technologies. It is a blessing to work with such a gifted and positive team,” said Identified Technologies CEO Dick Zhang.

 

Identified Technologies found its market niche in using self-piloting drones to quickly and accurately perform near real-time aerial site mapping and monitoring that traditionally has been done by manned helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, or ground level survey crews. These expensive or slow options often forced companies to risk using outdated and inaccurate information, resulting in costly mistakes and miscommunications. Now their clients enjoy faster, more efficient work, thanks to near real-time precision progress updates securely available for all project stakeholders.

 

The Oil & Gas Awards are a platform for the oil and gas industry to demonstrate and celebrate the advances made in the key areas of environment, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and health and safety. They showcase the industry’s motivation to develop by recognizing and rewarding the efforts of companies and individuals.

 

Zhang founded Identified Technologies in 2013 while studying mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was involved with the school’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Laboratory and its research into small unmanned aerial vehicles. The company won Penn’s Y-Prize Business Plan Competition in 2013 after developing a software and hardware platform based off SUAVs. Zhang moved to Pittsburgh in late 2013 after being accepted into AlphaLab Gear’s inaugural class. Since then, Zhang has been selected as a Pittsburgh Business Times Fast Tracker, Ernest and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, a Pittsburgh TECH 50 ‘Start Up of the Year’ Finalist and raised over $2 million in venture capital funding.

 

Zhang credits the support of Alphalab Gear, Innovation Works, Birchmere Ventures, Carnegie Mellon University, and the region’s entire entrepreneurial ecosystem for ID Tech’s success.

 

“None of what we have achieved would have been possible without the Pittsburgh start-up community. We are thankful to be a part of it,” said Zhang.

 

Identified Technologies has grown to more than a dozen full-time employees and moved out of AlphaLab Gear’s accelerator to its present location near Bakery Square last April.

 

About the Oil & Gas Awards

 

The Oil & Gas Awards recognize the outstanding achievements made within the upstream and midstream sectors of the North American oil and gas industry. The Awards are a platform for the industry to demonstrate and celebrate the advances made in the key areas of environment, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility and health and safety. The Awards show the industry’s motivation to develop by recognizing and rewarding the efforts of corporations and individuals. For more information about the Oil & Gas Awards visit the website: www.oilandgasawards.com
 

About Identified Technologies

Industrial leaders use Identified Technologies fully-managed commercial drone solution to increase project visibility and team productivity. Construction and excavation companies reduce their costs and win more business using job site data and analytics. Identified empowers ENR 400 companies, including PJ Dick, EQT, Vulcan, and Casella, with the ability to track progress on highways, well pads, mines, and landfills in near real-time. Identified’s integrated software and services take care of everything from FAA compliance and flight planning to advanced analytics.