Rick Voight, CEO, Vivid-Pix Wins Gold Stevie Award 2024 for Maverick of the Year

SAVANNAH, Ga. - May 2, 2024 - PRLog -- Vivid-Pix, a technology leader specializing in scanning, restoring, and archiving treasured memories, announced today that Vivid-Pix CEO Rick Voight has won the coveted Gold Stevie Award^® 2024 for Maverick of the Year - Consumer Products & Services in the 22nd Annual American Business Awards^®. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration.

Rick Voight is an AgeTech maverick, working tirelessly to help older adults reminisce about their history and combat loneliness, traveling throughout the U.S. to conduct free events at libraries, senior living facilities, genealogical and historical societies, and other community locations, where people of all ages can relive and recover lost memories and tell their stories. With the motto "Don't Let Your Memories Fade," Voight guides seniors on how to scan, restore photos, and share stories with Vivid-Pix Memory Station, inspiring older adults to learn and document their past for themselves and generations to come. Voight has presented at many prestigious locations across America, including The National Press Club, Allen County Public Library, National Genealogical Society, Friendly Senior Living, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and more.

Developing AgeTech technologies, Voight has also worked with The National Institute for Dementia Education to conduct research culminating in the report: "Cognitive Benefits of Photo Reminiscence Therapy for Dementia Patients" which studied the treatment power of photos and concluded that Photo Reminiscence Therapy (pRT) can improve the quality of life, minimize social isolation, and general cognitive performance for those living with dementia or memory impairment. The study was conducted by the National Institute for Dementia Education, the CERTUS Institute, Vivid-Pix, Tellegacy, and achi.

About Rick Voight

A pioneer in imaging technology, Rick Voight, CEO and Co-Founder, Vivid-Pix and Publisher, Reunions magazine, is a lifelong photography and imaging visionary with leading photography companies, such as Hewlett-Packard and Kodak. Voight was instrumental in bringing digital technology to market at Kodak and creating the HP Retail Publishing Solutions Division, connecting photo use across home, store, and online.

He then co-founded Vivid-Pix to restore decades-old, faded photos, bringing back precious memories that were thought to be long gone due to the passage of time or cognitive decline. With the new Memory Station with Stories specially designed for seniors and the mobility-challenged, it is simple to scan multiple images, documents, and memorabilia, and then restore and record audio. For more info, visit https://www.vivid-pix.com/.

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