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Terri Glueck, Innovation Works

Posted Dec 16, 2018

Terri Glueck, Director, Communications, Innovation Works, talks about helping companies get their start, helping to bring ideas to life and the hot bed of technology and research in Pittsburgh. Sheila Hyland hosts from the Xfinity Store in McCandless Crossing, Pittsburgh. innovationworks.org

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