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Innovate Manitoba’s third annual Pitch Day attracted 30 entries from students to scientists to seasoned industry veterans who made a two-minute pitch to a panel of judges. The winners were: (l-r) • Best New Product - Chris Maycher - Home Snowboards - hand made, environmentally friendly snowboards; • 2nd place - Matthew Doak - GameChangr - on-line match-making for gamer coaching; • 1st place - Chris Karasewich - Cattle Track - a mobile app for cattle ranchers’ log books; • People’s Choice, Best Technology Pitch and Best Researcher Pitch - Andrea Kraj and Noel Ferrer - Core Renewable Energy Inc. - software that provides customized optimal power strategies; and • Best Student Pitch - Pablo Steinberg - N’leashed - collar training pet control (dog-walking) by smartphone. 141112 - Thursday, November 13, 2014 - (MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)