About Us

Barbara VanKirk’s success has not gone by unrecognized. She is the winner of the 2020 Tech50 CEO of the Year Award, was selected as one of “Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business” by the governor in 2003 and in 2008, and is an Enterprising Women of the Year Award winner. In 2007, Barbara received the Monroeville Chamber of Commerce ROC’s (Recognizing Organizations and Companies that Shine in our Community) Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Barbara was awarded Point Park University’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement for 2010, Seton Hill University’s 2009 E-Magnify ATHENA® Award, and 2009 Friend of the Family by the Parental Stress Center of Pittsburgh.

IQ Inc. was named the 2009 Pittsburgh Business Ethics Award (small business category) by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh. IQ was honored as The Western Pennsylvania Woman-Owned Business of the Year in 2011.

Barbara served on the executive committee of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and the Murrysville Personnel Board. She is a member of Point Park University Dean’s Advisory Council for the School of Business, the Forbes Health Foundation Board of Directors of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital Forbes Regional Campus, and is a founding member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Council (Westmoreland County). She is an active member of the Women’s Presidents’ Organization, Pittsburgh Technology Council, and the Society of Women Engineers. Barbara has most recently been appointed to the Westmoreland County Forum for Workforce Development as a Chair on the Internships, Externships and Apprenticeships Task Force.

Customer focused manager with over 25 years of experience developing electrical and software products across a wide spectrum of industries. Superb project management, problem solving, judgement and decision making skills. Extensive knowledge of all design stages from inception to final product delivery.

Position: Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Sr. Software Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Test Engineer

Industries: Medical Device, Electric Utility, Process Control, Automotive, Consumer Appliance

Competencies: Project Management, Software Development, System Integration, Manufacturing, Subcontractor Management, Process Improvement, Risk Management, Formal Test

She has accumulated over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, commencing as a developer and later transitioning into verification and validation engineering. During this journey, she assumed managerial and directorial positions in V&V Testing, including a role as a CSV manager.

She embarked on a 5-year consulting career with a prominent software consulting firm and later gained experience in various companies in the Pittsburgh area including Highmark, FreeMarkets, Philips, Cook Myosite, and Smith & Nephew. Throughout her career she navigated different software development methodologies, including waterfall and SAFE agile.

Bill comes to IQ Inc. with over 35 years of experience in product development and business management. He has extensive experience creating new innovative products, improving existing products, creating strategic processes, and building teams.

Previously, Bill was the Director of Engineering and later Marketing Manager at CSE Corporation, developing gas detection and IoT products for the coal mining industry.

Prior to CSE, Bill founded PixController, Inc. where he developed and manufactured low-power motion-activated electronics for wildlife research, law enforcement and military surveillance, as well as remote IoT environmental monitoring products. During his time as owner, PixController, Inc. won numerous local and international awards.

Bill is an active member of the Kent State University, Arts & Science Advisory Board.

Justin joins IQ Inc. with over 12 years of financial experience. He began his career in public accounting for 10 years leading teams that performed external audits for an array of industries. These industries included manufacturing, software development, records storage, and food processing. He transitioned to corporate accounting as the controller of a company focused on renewable energy. During his time he oversaw numerous financial audits, oversaw a team that prepared annual budgets and forecasting exercises, handled investor communication, and various presentations of financial information to investors.

Justin has experience in budgeting, construction/development project tracking, forecasting, accounts receivable, standard cost accounting, and accounts payable.  

Justin is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated from Duquesne University with a major in Accounting and a minor in Information Systems Management.