June 28, 2019

Innovation winners announced at Fieldays

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Senior Associate

We are proud to partner with Fielday’s Innovations. The Winner of the 2019 James & Wells Innovation Award was Genevieve Griffin-George, founder of PICMI.

Born out of personal experience, PICMI’s platform for hiring and on-boarding seasonal worker is looking to address a widely felt industry problem in an innovative and accessible way.

Genevieve Griffin-George, founder of PICMI, with Jason Tuck, Senior Associate.

Newshub cover the awards here.

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