Amy Liao Richie Etwaru - EverythingBenefits

New Jersey Tech Council | njtechcouncil.org Spring 2019 Issue | $3.50

Amy LiaoPresident, GENEWIZHonor Amy on June 7th at our CFO Awards

Rachel LyubovitzkyCEO @ Everything BenefitsLearn more about Everything Benefits’ extraordinary growth!

Richie EtwaruFounder and CEO, Hu-manity.co

[president’smessage]

Connect with the Tech Council@NJTechCouncil

njtechcouncil.org

SPRING 2019 3 WWW.NJTC.ORG

[contents]

On the Cover4 CORNER OFFICE: Spotlight Profile: Rachel

Lyubovitzky, EverythingBenefits, Interview with Rachel Lyubovitzky from EverythingBenefits.

6 CORNER OFFICE: Spotlight Profile: Forefront, Read about Forefront’s amazing growth.

Member Profile9 Hu-manity.co, Set to Transform Healthcare by

Bringing “Dark Data” into the Light with Patient Consent.

Highlights11 CFO Awards Honorees Announced, Join us on

June 7 for our CFO & Investor Awards.

12 Our Community, 12 Hear what our members are saying about their experience with the Tech Council!

Plugged In14 Plugged In: Conduent, Conduent Launches

Innovation Center to Drive Customers’ Digital Transformations.

16 Plugged In: NJEDA, Thriving Innovation Ecosystem & Networking Opportunities. Attract Startups to Coworking Space at Bell Works.

Feature17 Education Highlight: Rocket Club, Building the

First-Ever Robotic Lemonade Stand

Council Connections18 Photo Gallery

19 Calendar of Events

20 New Members

TechNews is published by the NJ Tech Council and The Education Foundation. We are located at 96 Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. ©2019 NJTC. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use, without permission, of editorial or graphic contents in any manner is prohibited. To obtain permission, contact 732-456-5700. TechNews is published quarterly and is free to all NJTC members. Unqualified subscribers pay $29.99 per year, $39.99 for two years. Reprints are available for a fee upon request.

To contact a staff member, see the staff box for email addresses. Submissions for New Jersey TechNews are welcome. All editorial copy published is at the discretion of the editor. Send submissions to [email protected]. The views expressed in New Jersey TechNews do not necessarily reflect those of the NJ Tech Council or New Jersey TechNews.

Advertising information: Ana Mazumdar at 732-456-5700 Subscription information: njtechcouncil.org

SPRING 2019 • VOL. 27 NO. 1NJ Tech Council & The Education Foundation96 Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901Ph: (732) 456-5700 / njtechcouncil.org

TECHNEWS

PUBLISHERJames Barrood • [email protected]

CONTRIBUTING EDITORSAna Mazumdar • [email protected]

ADVERTISINGAna Mazumdar • [email protected]

DESIGN AND PRODUCTIONMahesh Nair and Team • EssEmm Arts

We’ve kicked 2019 off on a high note with two incredible signature events and a bunch of successful programs. Our first event this year was our annual Venture Conference hosted at NJIT. This event allows us to celebrate the region’s entrepreneurial spirit. We had 48 startups that took the stage and pitched the next unicorn to a room full of investors and business leaders! In addition, we had Fanduel’s David VanEgmond sit down with Richard Gearhart to talk about what makes Fanduel stand out

from all of its competitors. The energy from this flowed right into our next signature event, the Future Forum. We spent the day at Bell Works where we discussed the latest in HealthTech with Joseph Scott from RWJBarnabas. We also discussed AI Innovation with Chris White from Nokia Bell Labs. The evening concluded with 42 rising stars in STEM honored in our fun Game of Thrones inspired reception!

With another amazing spring under our belt, we are ready for the rest of 2019. We’ll

kick off the summer with our CFO + Investor Awards on June 7th in Princeton and we also have our Leadership Summit lined up for June 26th in Teaneck! Make sure you join us for both. See you soon!

– James C. Barrood, President and CEO, NJ Tech Council


Spotlight Profile: Rachel Lyubovitzky, Everything BenefitsNew Jersey Local Leads Us Into New Era Of Workplace Benefits

Over the past decade, we’ve seen just about every part of the business world overhauled by technology and innovation. One of the last departments to see drastic changes and improvements is benefits. The technology company leading the charge in this space is located right here in New Jersey.

EverythingBenefits recently celebrated its fourth year of “Making Life Simpler.” The company offers unique solutions that enable companies to focus on what they do best and accomplish more with EverythingBenefits taking care of helping to manage their employee benefits. The employers clearly resonated to this value offering as EverythingBenefits is proud to announce share that its solutions impact over 3,000 corporate clients, more than 200 channel partners, and over a Million users.

The team has led the benefits space since 2015, driving the much needed technological overhaul of what was previously a highly fragmented sector plagued with manual, paper-based processes. Recent company accomplishments include:

• Increased customer and user base: In the past year, EverythingBenefits doubled its customer base to over 3,000 clients while crossing the one million user mark.

• New Solutions: Since inception, EverythingBenefits has continued building out its products to provide customers with the most complete solution set. Most recently, the company expanded its suite of benefits administration solutions with the Consolidated Billing + Payments product, which gives employers the ability to generate, manage, and process consolidated carrier invoices.

• Expanded Partnerships: EverythingBenefits has realized year-over-year growth of over 37 percent within its distribution and technology partner base. Recent additions include Transamerica, Benetech and Ban-Koe Companies.

• More Platform Integrations: A partner of choice for some of the industry’s largest platforms, EverythingBenefits most recently added integrations with ADP and PrismHR to help expand the breadth of solution offering and close experience and feature gaps for the joint customers.

With the goal of expanding its world-class technology, EverythingBenefits now partners with hundreds of payroll/HCM platforms and resellers; its reach spans over 600 insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and brokerage agencies. The technology they’ve created allows companies to focus on what they do best, instead of having to face the distractions of administrative hurdles often associated with employee benefits.

It’s not just great for employers, EverythingBenefits also helps employees. The

[corneroffice]


company eliminates frustration and confusion when employees select workplace benefits. The platform’s key features include:

Carrier Connectivity:

EverythingBenefits ensures data and any relevant updates get to insurance carriers quickly, accurately and without manual or redundant processes. Employee enrollment data is securely communicated from clients’ solution to insurance carriers using digitized enrollment forms or electronic data interchange (EDI). The best part is Carrier Connectivity is easy to integrate and lives on top of clients’ existing technology.

Carrier Connectivity Benefits:

• It’s Paperless: EverythingBenefits solutions allows clients to completely eliminate paper and manual benefits processes. Clients benefit from total automation including delivering enrollment and benefits data to insurance carriers for open enrollment, life change events, new enrollments, address changes, and terminations.

• No Overpayments: Clients can rest assured that they won’t be overpaying for employees terminated from coverage. On average, one month of overpaid premiums cost $520 for a single employee plan and $1,462 for an employee family plan. That doesn’t even include overpayments for coverage beyond health insurance.

Types of Connectivity Provided:

• Insurance: The data is securely and automatically communicated to insurance carriers for health, dental, life, short-term disability, long-term disability and other supplemental insurance.

• 401K: The necessary data and ongoing contributions are securely delivered to 401(k) providers.

• Savings Accounts: Administrators and banks receive enrollment and contribution data for HSA’s, FSA’s, HRA’s, PRA’s.

EverythingBenefits COBRA Administration

EverythingBenefits COBRA Administration handles the entire COBRA implementation process from distributing notices to maintaining communication with beneficiaries, monitoring coverage periods to managing premium payments. Implementing COBRA Administration allows organizations to save time and resources eliminating time-consuming, manual, and paper-based processes. The best part is that this and all other EverythingBenefits solutions are simple to integrate and live on top of clients existing technology.

Product Features:

• Automated Notifications: EverythingBenefits can automatically track for qualifying events and eligibility, and stakeholders are immediately notified of these events.

• Two-Click Approval: In as little as two clicks, stakeholders can review and approve (or reject) beneficiary’s qualifying events.

• Compliance Reporting: Stakeholders can track notifications through the USPS, review initial and qualifying events, and see virtually everything audited within the system through the standard reports.

EverythingBenefits Automated New Hire Reporting

EverythingBenefits’ Automated New Hire Reporting solution allows companies to automatically and securely deliver notices of their recent hires to the local state authorities as laid out by the requirements of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. EverythingBenefits proactively monitors for new hire events in payroll/HR systems and generates new hire reports to be sent to the respective reporting authority, helping companies maintain compliance

standards.

Product Features:

• Flexible Integrations: Using a standard Application Programming Interface (API), EverythingBenefits connects with any HR/Payroll platform and pulls data to generate a new hire report.

• Proactive Monitoring: The solution proactively monitors for new hires and notifies clients when their report is generated in the system.

• Auditing Capabilities: Keeps track of sent notices and forms.• Consolidated View: See the data in a single report that includes all new

hires and which actions to take.

EverythingBenefits Benefits Reconciliation

Benefits Reconciliation from EverythingBenefits is an automated reconciliation platform that combines relevant invoice data from benefit service providers with internal information on the company payroll and enrollment systems. The result is a fully reconciled benefits premium report that highlights discrepancies and tells users exactly where to find them; the automated process takes mere seconds. Benefits Reconciliation helps to effectively manage benefits costs and reduce liability issues by addressing some of the following common benefits billing concerns:

• Overpayment – even after an employee leaves the company or drops coverage, carriers continue to charge their monthly premium.

• Underpayment – an employee enrolls in benefits, but this information doesn’t get reflected in carrier billing.

• Under-deductions – an employee increases coverage, but deductions don’t change, leaving the company to cover the cost.

• Incorrect enrollments – during open enrollment or following a qualifying life event, an employee’s enrollment conflicts with carrier invoices.

• Historical Trends – companies already know their current monthly premium, but need to see the analysis of historical benefits spending that will help with planning for future costs.

• Link with accounting & ERP platforms – companies often need to export billing data and incorporate it more fully into their enterprise financial management systems.

Following key business wins and technology product improvement, EverythingBenefits recently opened a 17,000 sq-ft headquarters in New Providence, New Jersey.

Furthermore, the company has taken a thought leadership position in the industry, releasing its latest eBook, “Get Your Escalating Benefits Costs Under Control,” to help business better understand, measure and manage their benefits and associated costs.

“Four years ago, Dan, Dmitry, Bill and I were united by our passion to build great benefits tech that would help people lead more meaningful lives,” said Rachel Lyubovitzky, Chief Executive Officer at EverythingBenefits. “As we celebrate our fourth anniversary, we reflect on our growth and the successes we have experienced since our founding days, and remain committed to continue our mission, to better the lives of our customers and their employees.”

Rachel is no stranger to successful technology companies in New Jersey. She is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with leadership experience that spans the full spectrum of strategic and tactical activities in the software technology industry. She’s an investor in TechStars, 2048 Ventures and several other tech innovation ventures. She also holds a Wharton Executive MBA and a Brandeis Computer Science degree.

The team isn’t done leaving its mark on the industry either. EverythingBenefits is close to accouncing a major addition to their suite which will transform the playing field for the entire industry. Stay tuned! I’m sure we’ll see continued changes to the benefit space over time and I’m confident we’ll see the team at EverythingBenefits continue to lead the way.


Spotlight Profile: Forefront Telecare Inc. Forefront Telecare, Behavioral Health Solution for Rural Americans, Completes $15 Million Growth Equity Funding Round. Company adds new investors, clients, and headquarters as part of growth plans.

Forefront Telecare, Inc. (Forefront), the leader in behavioral telehealth solutions for vulnerable seniors in rural communities across the United States, today announced that it added two new investors to a growth equity funding round. The investors, Tech Council Ventures and Boston Millennia Partners, join lead investor Spring Lake Equity Partners and the Ziegler Link●Age Fund in the round totaling $15 million. In addition, the company opened an office in Hamilton, New Jersey, to complement its California offices as it attracts leaders in healthcare, technology, data and analytics, and other functions.

“Serious problems including the shortage of psychiatrists nationwide, the lack of access to high- quality behavioral health options in rural communities, and the mental health crisis among older Americans point to the burning need for Forefront as a critical part of the healthcare ecosystem,” said Rob Rebak, Chief Executive Officer. “As we continue to expand, Forefront is pleased to add new client facilities for several of the nation’s largest healthcare services companies that offer

our technology- enabled solutions to rural hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other partners across 26 states.”

Rural America, Seniors Facing Behavioral Health CrisisAmerica’s psychiatrist shortage is well-documented and points to serious issues

for people living in low-access areas. For example, a recent study by Merritt Hawkins concluded that “the shortage of psychiatrists is an escalating crisis of more severity than shortages faced in virtually any other specialty.” Research published by the New American Economy found more than 60 percent of all counties in the United States, including 80 percent of all rural counties, do not have a single psychiatrist. The study also found that in rural counties just 590 psychiatrists serve more than 27 million Americans. Lastly, a troubling recent CDC report titled “The State of Mental Health and Aging in America” found that at least 20% of Americans over 55-years-old experience a mental health problem every year.

[corneroffice]


Investment in Scaling OperationsForefront plans to use this investment to grow its nationwide network of

psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, further develop its HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform and expand into new states. The company’s new office in Hamilton, New Jersey will house senior management team members across several functional areas. Mr. Rebak has been a leader of multiple high growth,

health tech businesses and will attract proven and passionate talent who share in Forefront’s mission.

“Forefront’s ability to leverage technology and services to improve the capacity of psychiatrists to serve their patients will help bridge the gap between behavioral health provider supply and patient demand. We are encouraged to work with this talented team to solve a complex problem that affects millions of Americans,” said Frank Silva, Principal at Boston Millennia Partners.

About Forefront Telecare, Inc.Forefront is a pioneer and U.S. leader in the delivery of behavioral health services

via our unique HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform which incorporates software, hardware, and comprehensive service protocols developed over years in the field. Our national provider network of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and other behavioral health professionals work with Forefront to serve the behavioral health needs of our clients and patients. Through flexible scheduling technology, management systems, and logistics support combined with our deep behavioral health experience, Forefront is able to deliver solutions that effectively integrate with existing client systems and workflows.



Hu-manity.co Set to Transform Healthcare byBringing “Dark Data” into the Light with Patient Consent

It is rare that a simple announcement should have such a transformative impact on an industry, but that is exactly what happened on April 30th when Princeton, NJ based Hu-manity.co announced it is acquiring Brooklyn, NY based Betterpath Health.

Why Better Data Matters

Healthcare data sets are at best limited and at worse vague and inaccurate. The data works pretty well for marketing but when it comes to research and/or establishing a clinical trial… there is a lot to be desired. The data lacks depth as well as any meaningful connection between the patient (the human) and those doing the research.

A solution to this challenge would be transformational for the healthcare industry. It would mean a more streamlined research process with potential benefits ranging from higher cure rates to a reduction in the cost of medicine, while simultaneously increasing profits for pharmaceutical companies.

This is exactly what the pharmaceutical industry gains from Hu-manity.co’s acquisition of Betterpath. And, it can all happen with the patient in the center of this new data economy.

The History of ‘Dark Data’

What has eluded the healthcare system are the deep clinical datasets from hospitals, clinics, and laboratories which are often still on paper, behind fax machines, unstructured and referred to by Andreessen Horowitz’s general partner Vijay Pande, as healthcare’s “Dark Data.” This data would provide the context for a patient’s symptoms and help to give perspective for eventual diagnosis, treatments and prognosis.

Right now, up to 80% of all healthcare data remains shrouded in this darkness, inaccessible to patients, providers, and researchers. When an organization’s ability to collect data overwhelms its ability to analyze that data, it becomes hugely detrimental to the core essentials of the practice of medicine – innovating new treatment modalities and more effective drugs and diagnosing, treating and


curing patients. Researchers, pharmaceutical companies or doctors trying to draw conclusions from the limited amount of clinical data available is like trying to write a cogent book review after only reading 20% of the book. Turning dark data into ‘smart data’ would enable healthcare professionals to provide the meaningful context that is required in order to learn what work best, for whom, when and why.

For the past seven years, Betterpath has relentlessly focused on helping healthcare consumers coordinate their personal data by providing the tools to look at everyone’s healthcare data as an asset. The goal is to take on the enormous challenge of helping patients find a way to own their data and in the process increase the speed of research, diagnostics and treatment.

A Personal Story

This has been a personal mission for Matt Sinderbrand, CEO and co-founder of Betterpath. He experienced first-hand his sister’s struggle with accessing her own healthcare data while she battled Crohn’s disease, and as a result prioritized the training of Betterpath’s Lumos medical natural language understanding to learn more than 100,000 biomedical-terms, synonyms, relationships, and structured codes. In honor of his sister’s condition, the first disease vocabulary programmed was Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

An Acquisition where 1+1=3

By combining Betterpath’s innovative technologies with Hu-manity.co’s consent and authorization capabilities, not only will the dark data come into the light. but now the patient will be personally involved in the supply chain.

“The trust, track and trace of consent and authorization model that Hu-manity.co has brought to market has been what is missing in healthcare data from the inception,” says Sinderbrand. “The simple idea that we should put the consumer (the patient) into the center of the healthcare data supply chain with ownership rights literally at their fingertips is both powerful, and timely.”

As part of the acquisition, Sinderbrand will join Hu-manity.co as Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer as well as a member of the Hu-manity.co board of directors.

“I’ve seen and evaluated technology for two decades. The Betterpath architecture, stack, and scalability is one of the best I have seen to date in healthcare data retrieval,” says Richie Etwaru, CEO of Hu-manity.co. “Matt is a first class citizen in the new cohort of healthcare data experts, he has learned more over the past four years while getting the technology ready than most of the healthcare venture community combined.”

The Betterpath technology core includes Amazon Web Services, React, Datomic, Docker, Cassandra, and Scala wrapped by fax automation, real time APIs, trained Optical Character Recognition, the NPI database, the Unified Medical Language System and a patented process of medical natural language training and understanding.

With this acquisition, Hu-manity.co adds two patents to its intellectual property portfolio and now operates an IRB approved observational research cohort that enables healthcare’s dark data to be used for FDA regulated clinical trials powering the discovery of transformational medicine.

Financier of the Year

Tony Dimun, Nascent EnterprisesKelly Ford, Edison Partners

Gina Tedesco, JumpStart Angel Network

CFO of the Year

Bill Korn, MTBC, Inc.Rex Liu, Modern MeadowBill Vogt, Discovery Data

Deal of YearSuuchi, Inc. CEO Suuchi Ramesh

Genewiz CEO/Pres, Steve Sun/Amy LiaoCrossriver Bank CAO, Elliott Rothschild

Hall of FameCommvault, Brian Carolan

Panasonic, Mike RiccioPNY Tech, Mark Ciano

CFO + INVESTOR AWARDSHONOREE LIST

June 7 - Princeton


OUR COMMUNITYCall 732.456.5700 or e-mail [email protected] for more info!


Become a

DataScientistMaster’s Degree inData Sciencewith a Concentration inBusiness AnalyticsAt Saint Peter’s University, our Master’s in Data Science curriculum provides you with a rigorous course of study, research collaboration with industry partners and internship opportunities in the field of analytics.

(201) 761-6470saintpeters.edu/graduate-programs


Conduent Launches Innovation Center to Drive Customers’ Digital TransformationsState-of-the-Art Facility Creates a Curated, Customized Experience for Current and Prospective Clients

Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT), a digital interactions company, today announced the grand opening of its Innovation Center at Conduent’s corporate headquarters in Florham Park, NJ. The Innovation Center is a technology-driven collaborative space that will help current and prospective clients shape the future of their respective industries.

Through data visualization, touch table exploration,

dynamic videos, interactive demonstrations and digital workshop sessions, visitors will be guided through an immersive experience, where they will discover solutions to key industry problems, helping them to transform their operations to stay ahead of technological disruption and remain competitive in their sectors. The Innovation Center offers new ways to workshop ideas and interact with technologies firsthand, while engaging with Conduent’s business portfolio.

“We are committed to providing digital experiences for our clients’ end users that are individualized, immediate, and intelligent,” said Ashok Vemuri, Chief Executive Officer, Conduent. “The Innovation

Center showcases our unique ability to develop and deploy tailored solutions across industries to help our customers prepare for the future and enable their own digital transformations.”

The Innovation Center journey will begin by focusing on the end-user each visitor serves, and then exploring and workshopping opportunities to improve the end-user experience as they make their way through the center.

The solution demonstrations highlight Conduent’s capabilities in AI, automation, blockchain, cognitive, data analytics, and mobility that power the company’s solutions

[pluggedin]


Examples include:• AI-powered chatbots such as Dara and our recruitment bot as well as our

employee portals such as Life@Work to deliver human-centric experiences.• Blockchain solutions to improve clients’ supply chain management as well

as help healthcare payer clients resolve inefficiencies related to provider credentialing – an issue that costs the healthcare industry more than $2 billion annually.

• Mobility analytics platforms that combine interactive data visualization and analytics to optimize public transportation solutions.

About ConduentConduent creates digital platforms and services for businesses and governments to manage millions of interactions every day for those they serve. We are leveraging the power of cloud, mobile and IoT, combined with technologies such as automation, cognitive and blockchain to elevate every constituent interaction, driving modern digital experiences that are more efficient, helpful and satisfying.

Conduent’s differentiated offerings touch millions of lives every day, including two-thirds of all insured patients in the U.S. and nearly nine million people who travel through toll systems daily. Whether it’s digital payments, claims processing, benefit administration, automated tolling, customer care or distributed learning – Conduent serves a majority of the Fortune 100 companies and more than 500 government entities. Learn more at www.conduent.com.


Thriving Innovation Ecosystem & Networking Opportunities Attract Startups to Coworking Space at Bell Works

In 2017, TrueConnect founder Michael Glaicar was deciding whether to start his company in New York City or New Jersey. After touring Colab, Bell Work’s coworking space in Holmdel, he immediately knew that it would be a natural fit for his cloud-based software startup.

Among the things that impressed Glaicar was the magnitude of the innovation ecosystem forming at Bell Works. He noticed technology companies like iCIMS and WorkWave were flourishing at Bell Works and saw the potential for a fast-growing tech company to thrive in Monmouth County. The decision to locate at Bell Works was also based on his feeling that the impressive building and its resources would be valuable for recruiting talent, and the opportunity to network with entrepreneurs from a broad range of industries would be beneficial to his company’s growth.

Glaicar’s sentiments are echoed by many of the more than 170 entrepreneurs currently calling Colab home.

“We’ve experienced exponential growth in the past year as more people realize the value of the

‘metroburb’ work-shop-play environment taking shape at Bell Works,” said Colab Managing Director Sean Donohue. “We attribute this growth to word-of-mouth referrals and are optimistic that the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (NJEDA’s) NJ Ignite Program will help attract even more tenants to the coworking space.”

NJ Ignite supports technology and life sciences startups moving to collaborative workspaces by offering rent support, making lab and office space more affordable, and providing eligible startups with greater access to environments where they can work alongside other growing technology and life sciences companies. For incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces, the program serves as a tool to help attract young businesses to their facilities, while encouraging the creation of new collaborative workspaces throughout the state. Colab is one of 14 collaborative workspaces currently approved by NJEDA to participate in NJ Ignite.

“Governor Murphy often talks about how forming technology hubs where entrepreneurs can gather and

collaborate is essential to reclaiming New Jersey’s role as a leader in innovation,” NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan said. “The community of innovators at Bell Works is a representation of this model in action. Through NJ Ignite, we aim to make collaborative workspaces more accessible to New Jersey technology and life sciences companies in their earliest stages.”

TrueConnect was one of 22 companies that participated in New Jersey Founders & Funders this past November. New Jersey Founders & Funders enables early-stage businesses to meet with potential investors in 10-minute, one-on-one “speed dating” sessions to discuss strategy, business models, and funding opportunities. Each participating entrepreneur meets an average of six investors in curated one-on-one meetings during the event.

To learn about the various resources available to support the technology industry, visit http://www.njeda.com/tls and follow @NewJerseyEDA on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

[pluggedin]


30 N.J. kids Co-Found an After School Company: Building the First-Ever Robotic Lemonade Stand

All great entrepreneurs start somewhere, but these 30 New Jersey kids, aged between 9 - 14 years old, of Rocket Club are getting an early start in start-ups. Giving the old lemonade stand a 21st-century squeeze, the babyfaced co-founders unveiled their new company, Robotic Lemonade Stand Co.,during the NJ Tech Council’s Venture Conference 2019. The stand is a first-of-its-kind self-autonomous lemonade mixer and dispenser that offers refreshing drinks at the click of a switch, both machine and company are built and operated by the kids.

The Hoboken headquartered Rocket Club, guided its members on all the aspects of entrepreneurism through its proprietary curriculum on how to conceptualize, build, operate, and scale a real successful business. The kids first conducted extensive market research on competitor brands, developed a financial model on profit per cup, created their ideal mix of the Robotic Lemonade, and built their very own robotic lemonade stand -- that comprises of a mixer and dispenser.

The stand is designed with a self-autonomous robotic arm that continuously stirs the lemonade mix when prompted via switch, then self-pours into a cup that manually self-rotates on a conveyor belt-styled contraption. The robot was built entirely using pieces of Lego MINDSTORM EV3 kits and other mechanical parts.

The young developers showcased their invention at this year’s NJ Tech Council’s Venture Conference, where they sold lemonade to VCs, investment bankers, and angel investors. The members accepted digital Point Of Sale transactions, where customers bought a cup for $1, with an option to donate any amount they wish. All profits were donated to St. Jude’s Research Hospital and Kode with Klossy.

“People think lemonade stands are a kid’s game. Well, that’s awesome, because drinks have a high-profit margin,” said Kayden Jones, who just turned 11 and is a Robotic Lemonade Co. Co-Founder and Rocket Club Member. The next step in the Robotic Lemonade business plan is to pinpoint potential locations for future expansion and explore merchandising opportunities.

The Robotic Lemonade Stand Company has already piqued the interest of Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, and Daymond John. The trio congratulated the members on making history by filming personalized videos. “I think it is fantastic for kids to get involved in business as early as possible, and that’s why I want to give a huge shoutout for the Rocket Club members.” said Kevin O’Leary aka Mr. Wonderful.

“Entrepreneurs are crucial to a successful future

society because young people will have so many different careers. Their entrepreneurial skill sets will come in very handy as the digital economy changes everything. We are so impressed by Rocket Club and I look forward to getting my daughters involved as well!,” said James Barrood, President & CEO, NJ Tech Council.

“We knew our members would enjoy developing and coding the robotic lemonade stand, but we had no idea how excited they would be to do market research, design their own product, and discuss their company’s financials.” said Rocket Club’s Owner Alex Hodara. “We are blown away by what our members have done so far with Robotic Lemonade and we want to do whatever we can to connect them with industry leaders and push them to continue to hone these rare STEM & entrepreneurship skills.”

“We want Rocket Club members to graduate from our club with a network that is stronger than 99% of college graduates,” said Paulo Nunes, Director & President of Rocket Club. “Our members are proving to have very few limiting beliefs on what they can accomplish, leading to them to develop innovations beyond most people’s comprehension, all while networking with industry leaders. Today they are building the world’s first robotic lemonade stand, but who knows what they will accomplish by the time they reach high school.”

[educationhighlight]


[photogallery]

Venture Conference 2019

HealthTech - Technology Panel - Chris Sullens, CentralReach, Alastair Binnie, BMS, Jack Quigley, Horizon BCBS. Judy Comitto, Trinitas Medical Center. Gary Rosenblum, Oticon

HealthTech - Innovation Panel - Dan Tinkoff, McKinsey, Sanjay Macwan, Vonage, Kurt, Bettenhausen, Siemens, Ibrahim Mohamed, Google, and Merwan Mereby, Panasonic

Innovation Forecast - The Challenges Ahead - Steve LeVine, Axios, K.P Subbalakshmi, Stevens, Chris Pfaff, Tech Media LLC, Anastassia, Loukina, ETS, and Brian Laughlin, Rutgers

The Night King visited the rising stars in STEM at our rooftop reception!

WIT - Forum - Elaine Zundl WiT Forum discussing “Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome” with Moderator: Stephanie Kennedy, JP Morgan Chase Panelists: Shelley Goldman, AT&T (Retired) / Analisa Allen, JP / Morgan Chase / Jim Barnoski, Sandler Training / Mala D. Deodharim, Legacy Counseling

Future Forum 2019

Women in Tech Forum, Jersey City

Keynote by Richie Etwaru from Hu-manity.co

BLOCKCHAIN, Newark

Funding Panel: (Left to Right) Kange Kaneene, SAP, Steve Socolof, Tech Council Ventures, Kathleen Coviello, NJEDA and Kelly Ford, Edison Partners.

Welcome by Joel Bloom, NJIT Keynote chat with Richard Gearhart, Gearhart Law and David VanEgmond, Fanduel.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

May 22Clean and Sustainable Technology Round Table and Networking / Slam Event, New Brunswick Hear from NJ business and government leaders - Meet with oth-ers active in the clean and sustainable tech ecosystem, including early stage business entrepreneurs, established companies and cleantech investors - Sign up to make a short, informal “slam” presentation on your work in the cleantech field

May 22Spring Social, New BrunswickEnjoy the warm weather with the Council as we host a variety of special guests to enjoy drinks, networking and more!

June 7CFO Awards, Princeton The Tech Council is pleased to announce the 2019 CFO + Investor Awards, an annual event recognizing the accomplishments of financial executives from our region’s diverse tech and life sciences communities. The Council is pleased to honor and celebrate the outstanding contributions of these leading CFOs/Investors.

June 25Growing NJ’s FinTech Ecosystem, Fort Lee New Jersey’s highly educated and high skilled workforce, tech and finance-focused programs at top universities, striking prime real estate and strategic location in the center of the Northeast, and its forward thinking leadership makes it an ideal and viable attraction for fintech companies.

Join us as we discuss the role of Fintech in our economy and explore ways to create more opportunities in New Jersey and the Fintech Ecosystem

June 26Leadership Summit, Teaneck Leading and maintaining a high performing enterprise before, during and after management changes is critical to the short and long term strength of the company, particularly in today’s uncompromising global business environment. This year’s Summit will include a keynote from Cognizant, Frank D’Souza. A CEO panel will follow and offer additional insights and perspectives on managing pre and post leadership changes. Discussion groups will follow to further share best practices among attendees.

NEW MEMBERS

Additive Orthopaedics, Monmouth Beach - www.additiveorthopaedics.com - Additive Orthopaedics integrates advanced manufacturing and biologics for the benefit of a better patient outcome. The company is laser focused on leveraging the patient, technological and cost benefits of additive manufacturing into the global orthopaedics market.

Chromis Fiberoptics, Warren - www.chromisfiber.com - Chromis is the leading provider of high-bandwidth, low-at-tenuation, tight-bending GigaPOF® graded-index polymer optical fiber made from amorphous fluropolymers. Proudly engineered and manufactured in New Jersey, you will find our patented materials and fiber technology in thousands of advanced products and applications worldwide.

TreasuryApps LLC, Princeton Junction - www.treasuryapps.com - TreasuryApps is a SAS Treasury Management System for Corporates set to improve Treasury processes automating daily tasks.Bitbean, Lakewood - www.bitbean.com - Bitbean does not set out to provide software. It sets out to provide solutions. Solutions that encompass all operational problems, existing and potential, that are hindering the growth of the company. Problems unseen or not focused on by the client.

MudShare, Galloway - www.mudshare.com - MudShare provides custom marketing solutions using direct mobile messaging.iBC Insights LLC, Belle Mead - www.ibcinsights.com - Consulting and advising organizations in the high-tech Information Technology domain such as Startups, SME’s, Innovation Incubators of large corporations, Academic Institutions and Government Agencies in their innovation strategy, innovation policy, business plan, funding acquisition, commercialization and creation of organizational innovation culture.HSBC Bank, Parsippany - www.us.hsbc.com - HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. We serve more than 38 million customers through four global businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. Our network covers 66 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, North America and Latin America.VMS Group, Princeton - www.vmsfa.com - VMS is a service company that provides individualized Venture Capital & Private Equity accounting services provided by experienced people supported by an integrated technology platform.Atlantic Metro Communications, Parsippany - www.atlanticmetro.net - Atlantic Metro offers an integrated platform consisting of three vital components of IT infrastructure - cloud hosting, high-speed network connectivity, and colocation.Quest, Mount Laurel - www.quest.com/ - Our solutions simplify the IT operations at more than 100,000 organizations worldwide. Rely on us to help you turn data into insights quicker, modernize your infrastructure faster for the cloud, optimize the application experience and get control of every device that touches your network.Corsis, Livingston - www.corsis.com - Corsis provides a revolutionary new way to objectively visualize the health, risk and opportunity within an organization’s technology operations.Per Scholas, Newark - www.perscholas.org - Per Scholas was founded more than 20 years ago with a mission to open doors to transformative technology careers for individuals from often overlooked communities. We accomplish this mission today by: CREATING OPPORTUNITY, CLOSING THE SKILLS DIVIDE and ACHIEVING DIVERSITY.INAP, Shrewsbury - www.inap.com - INAP provides colo,

cloud and network solutions tailored to the present and future of your IT strategy. Datarak, North Brusnwick - www.datarak.com - Datarak is a mobile application firm specializing in creating multi-platform apps for our clients.MAINGEAR, Kenilworth - www.maingear.com - MAINGEAR is an innovative high performance PC system builder that offers custom desktops, custom built laptops, pc workstations, small form factor PCs, media center PCs, SteamOS powered steambox’s, and VR ready systems.College Hunks Hauling Junk, Hillsborough - www.collegehunkshaulingjunk.com - College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving is THE premier moving, junk hauling, and hourly labor service you?ve been looking for.Invidi Technologies, Princeton - www.invidi.com - INVIDI provides cable, satellite and IPTV operators the opportunity to position their services as the most comprehensive source available for targeted television advertising and promotion.R&J Strategic Communications, Bridgewater - www.randjsc.com/ - R&J Strategic Communications is a full service integrated marketing and public relations agency that helps businesses discover, define and articulate their value to a target audience. We provide services to both consumer and business-to-business focused firms in the New Jersey metro area and beyond. OasisVRX, Holmdel - www.oasisvrx.com - OasisVRX is a state of the art VR center at Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ.Valley National Bank, Wayne - www.valley.com - Valley National Bank is a regional financial institution with over $30 billion in assets and more than 200 branches located throughout New JerseyKeegan Consulting, LLC, Somerset - www.linkedin.com/in/ronkeegan - Boutique supply chain consultancy developing blockchain capabilities for future business.Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, Princeton Junction - www.meagheremanuel.com - Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP specializes in patent licensing, counseling, prosecution, and litigationBond and Lead, Bridgewater - www.bondandlead.com - Bond & Lead recognizes that people are seeking adaptive apparel and accessories. Inspired by art, technology and dismantled social boundaries,there shall be nothing less than Fashion with Function.Zenfi Networks, Morristown - www.zenfi.com - ZenFi Networks is an innovative, locally-owned and operated communications infrastructure company focused on enabling fiber optic network, distributed colocation and wireless siting solutions in the New York and New Jersey metro region.Brook Hollow Ventures, Gladstone - www.brookhollowventures.com - We provide acceleration and value creation services all along the continuum – from initial concept-based startups, to thriving, profitable companies. Our services include planning, product innovation, marketing, sales, technology, financial advisory, and M&A.Springboard.ai, Gladstone - www.springboard.ai - Our task is to help organizations plot the future, build AI functions, with multi-disciplinary and cross-functional expertise, and align them with business growth strategies.Apteo, New York - www.apteo.co - Apteo is an AI-driven investment analytics company.CareSwitch, New York - www.careswitch.com - CareSwitch is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) serving the home care market.Cloudonix, New York - www.cloudonix.io - Cloudonix is an SDK and cloud-based platform for in-app voice, messaging, and video communications.Iterate Labs, New York - www.iteratelabs.co - Iterate Labs is an IOT company for workplace safety.Soundmind Intelligence, New York - www.soundmindinc.com - Soundmind is a platform that provides conversational A.I. voice assistants to senior care providers.

[calendarofEvents]


Join the NJ Tech Council Dan Sullivian • 732.456.5700 • [email protected]

njtechcouncil.org

Smirta Innovations, Holmdel - www.smirta.com - Smirta Innovations is a HealthCare IT, technology startup that has developed multiple solutions using AI and Data Science technologies.Paul Commons, CFO, Princeton - www.wpcworldwide.com - Technology CFO with over 25 years of global venture capital backed high-growth, start-up and turnaround experience in both private and public companies.CrowdCG, Asbury Park - www.crowdcg.com - CrowdCG is a full service development and design shop, that focuses on helping higher education institutions, non-profits, and niche brands cultivate engaging online experiences and communities.Advisor Connect, New York - www.advisorconnect.co - advisorCONNECT is a network intelligence platform that helps financial sales professionals identify and engage with new clients.Agolo, New York - www.agolo.com - Agolo helps readers get to the point faster, by applying the world’s most advanced summarization software to news, chat, voice, and video.API Fortress, New York - www.apifortress.com - API Fortress is an API “testing as a service” provider. We use our unique platform to test and monitor APIs, immediately notifying customers with detailed reports when an error or other issue occurs.Basepair, New York - www.basepairtech.com - Basepair is a SaaS platform for genomic data analysis that lets researchers quickly analyze raw data.Daivergent, New York - www.daivergent.com - Daivergent is a technology platform providing human intelligence to support development of AI products through our exceptional remote workforce: adults with autism.Eventable, New York - www.eventable.com - Eventable is a marketing automation platform for the calendar. We help brands engage their audiences through any calendar, enabling them to promote events–from sports schedules to retail sales to TV programming.Vetty, New York - www.vetty.co - Vetty is an automated screening solution delivering fast, affordable and highly personalized background checks.Angelwish, Hoboken - www.angelwish.org - Angelwish is an organization that seeks to help you support the most vulnerable of children living with chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, among many others in an impactful way.Suuchi, North Bergen - www.suuchi.com - Suuchi Inc. is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and ships clothing for forward-thinking American apparel fashion brands and Fortune 1000 companies.Rapunzel Creative, Park Ridge - www.rapunzelcreative.com - Rapunzel Creative is a boutique marketing and consulting firm committed to helping you reach your marketing goals by providing the highest quality of services.Effectual, Hoboken - www.effectual.com - Effectual is a team of highly experienced professionals who are passionate about solving business challenges and enabling digital transformation, innovation and scale.Landit, New York - www.landit.com - Landit is a technology platform created to increase the success and engagement of women in the workplace, and to enable enterprises to attract, develop, and retain high-potential diverse talent.The Agency Guy, Cherry Hill - www.theagencyguy.com - The Agency Guy helps brands navigate a crowded marketing agency landscape. Our seasoned collective of marketing consultants match brands with agencies based on needs, scope, resources and personality.Uniken, Chatham - www.uniken.com - Uniken makes connecting safe by enabling a full unified defense in depth solution with a phenomenal user experience. Their security model protects against the modern threat environment and is completely invisible to the user, enabling a consistent experience across all interactions between the business and its customers.

Launch Pad, Newark - www.lp.co - 24/7 Coworking Space in Newark.Incutate, Sewell - www.incutate.com - Incutate is a coworking space in Gloucester County, South Jersey.1776 Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill - www.1776.vc/1776-cherry-hill-mall - 1776 at Cherry Hill Mall is an exciting new workspace concept where entrepreneurs, makers, and businesses can work together in a collaborative environment.Equal Space, Newark - www.equalspace.co - A premium co-working SPACE located in Newark for intellectuals, techies and entrepreneurs.PrimeWork, Somerset - www.primework.com - PrimeWork is a short-term all-inclusive office space solution where a fledgling company can scale upwards without compromising the proprietary nature of its business, commuters can maintain 24-7 access to a fully functional and furnished workspace close to home, or traveling sales rep?s can maintain a home base of operations.The (Co)Working Space, Woodbridge - www.coworkinginjersey.com - A co-working space in Woodbridge home to freelancers, consultants, programmers, small business owners, telecommuters, independent professionals and more.Indiegrove, Jersey City - www.indiegrovejc.com - A coworking space for entrepreneurs and independent professionals to work and grow in downtown Jersey City.C3 Workplace, Montclair - www.c3workplace.com - For 20 + years providing back office support, bookkeeping, advanced education and meeting & office space to help you start and grow your business.WorkSocial, Jersey City - www.worksocial.works - Shared Office & CoWorking Space in Jersey CityHireClix, Asbury Park - www.hireclix.com - HireClix is a recruitment marketing agency that helps companies advertise and fill tech roles all over the globe. We’re helping companies find the most efficient ways to source & advertise tech roles and shorten time-to-fill.Fusion Recruiting Labs, Red Bank - www.fusionrl.com - Fusion RL builds employment tools that accelerate hiring processes and increase the efficiency of recruitment advertising campaigns for the fast-growing needs of Human Resources Departments.EverythingBenefits, New Providence - www.everythingbenefits.com - EverythingBenefits automates every facet of Benefits Administration for 3,000+ mid-to-large organizations reducing compliance risks, eliminating paperwork and lightening workloads.Alt Legal, New York - www.altlegal.com - Alt Legal’s intuitive cloud-based software makes it easy to prepare and manage intellectual property.Woveon, New York - www.woveon.com - Woveon helps enterprises take control of their conversations - to provide exceptional customer experience, audit for compliance and maximize revenue. By prioritizing customer inquiries with artificial intelligence and automating aspects such as complaint investigation and analysis, Woveon enables companies to strategically interact with customers and engage in effective courses of response.Trendalytics, New York - www.trendalytics.com - Trendalytics is a product intelligence engine that decodes and enriches retail industry data to surface what consumers want today and tomorrow. As your personal data scientist, Trendalytics’ proprietary machine learning and image recognition technology superpowers clients with a 360° lens on consumer demand and market supply inflection points by classifying and translating data across social influencer buzz, online product searches, consumer shopping patterns, and SKU data into actionable merchandise insights. Our clients have increased sales, conversions, margins, and brand discoverability by incorporating Trendalytics insights into their workflows.Threshing Floor Security, New York - www.threshingfloor.io - Threshing Floor Security is a cybersecurity company. Our product integrates with the most widely-used enterprise security products, enabling security teams to find the alerts

that matter in their network.StrayBoots, New York - www.strayboots.com - Strayboots is a global provider of mobile team building games and scavenger hunts, that are being used by more than 1,000 worldwide companies, such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, eBay, Oracle, and more, in over 50 cities worldwide!Incyree Inc., Skillman - www.linkedin.com/company/incyree/about/ - Cyber Risk Management Products and Services SGA Business Systems, Inc., Hillsborough - www.sga.com - SGA develops strategies and solutions which improve business performance and protect critical data. We are certified cybersecurity professionals and AWS Certified Solutions Architects.3rd Space Coworking, Newark - www.3rdSpaceCowork.com - 3rd Space is the first family-owned, boutique coworking space with high-end amenities in the heart of Newark.Thrive, New York - www.thrivenetworks.com - Thrive is ranked among the top 100 IT Managed Service Providers globally. Our Mission is to become the most respected and referred technology solutions firm serving mid-market, enterprise, and emerging customers in the Northeast United States.The Nikoo Group, LLC, Holmdel - www.thenikoogroup.com - The Nikoo Group connects people, innovation and technology through consulting, team building, program & product management, process improvement, knowledge & change management, optimizing customer, user, patient and caregiver experiences.Rocket Club, Hoboken - www.officialrocketclub.com - Robotics, coding & entrepreneurship club for the next generation of innovators.Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell - www.lauletta.com - Lauletta Birnbaum is a nimble, business-smart boutique law firm. We combine the expertise and results of the larger firms, with the high-level engagement and value consciousness of a smaller boutique.Insitu Bilogics, Woodbury, MN - www.insitubiologics.com - InSitu Biologics is an emerging biotech company, with a highly developed non-opiate painkiller that is expected to be studied in people this year. InSitu believes that AnestaGel can create a change in non-opioid surgical pain management with AnestaGel.Clover Communications, Morristown - www.clovercore.com - Clover Communications is a full service telecommunications agency. We operate as an extension to clients’ telecom department.NJ Small Business Development Center, Newark - www.njsbdc.com - The 11-center network provides comprehensive small business assistance services including free management consulting and affordable business training for small businesses in all 21 countiesNJSBDC at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft - www.mosbdc.com - SBDC New Jersey at Brookdale Community College (MOSBDC) serves the Monmouth and Ocean County business communities in launching and growing their small businesses.NJSBDC at Kean University, Union - www.sbdckean.com - The Small Business Development Center at Kean University offers nascent entrepreneurs and small business owners the assistance they need to plan, develop and run successful and profitable ventures.NJSBDC at New Jersey City University, Jersey City - www.sbdchudsoncounty.com - We provide counseling services at no charge to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Our services include: Business Start-Up, Business Planning, Funding, Marketing, and More.NJSBDC at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah - www.sbdcbergen.com - The NJSBDC of Bergen County (SBDC) Small Business Development Centers services are available to all small business populations offering free counseling services to those considering opening a business and to those already in business seeking strategic growth initiatives; also a

[newMembers]


conduit to capital access.NJSBDC at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg - www.sbdcrvcc.com - To contribute to the economic vitality of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties by providing small businesses with the tools they need to reach their goals.NJSBDC at Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Piscataway - www.business.rutgers.edu - The mission of the New Jersey Small Business Development Center @ Rutgers New Brunswick is to provide entrepreneurs and business owners throughout Middlesex County with training and technical assistance.NJSBDC at Rutgers University - Newark, Newark - www.business.rutgers.edu - The mission of the New Jersey Small Business Development Center @ Rutgers Newark is to provide entrepreneurs and business owners throughout Middlesex County with training and technical assistance.NJSBDC at Rutgers Universty - Camden, Camden - www.business.rutgers.edu - The mission of the New Jersey Small Business Development Center @ Rutgers Camden is to provide entrepreneurs and business owners throughout Middlesex County with training and technical assistance.NJSBDC at Stockton University in Atlantic City, Atlantic City - www.stockton.edu/business/centers-institutes-partners.html - The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) of Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties, located at the Carnegie Library Center in Atlantic City, provides business assistance services to establish new enterprises and promising start-ups with the objective of increased economic activity.NJSBDC at The College of New Jersey, Ewing - www.sbdc.tcnj.edu - The NJSBDC at The College of New Jersey services are available to all small business populations offering free counseling services to those considering opening a business and to those already in business seeking strategic growth initiatives; also a conduit to capital access.NJSBDC at William Paterson University, Paterson - www.wpunj.edu/sbdc - Our goal is to assist entrepreneurs and business owners in establishing and growing sustainable, successful small businesses—saving you time, money, and effort in finding the best solutions for your business needs.NJSBDC of Northwest New Jersey, Hackettstown - www.nw-njsbdc.com - Northwest NJSBDC represents an interesting mixture of rural, retail, professional and industrial businesses. Our staff is prepared to handle the diverse skill/experience of the business owners participating in industries ranging from agriculture to biomedical research to consumer products/services.Endless Pools, Ashton, PA - www.endlesspool.com - Endless Pools is the world leader in compact counter-current swimming pools and swim spas. Endless Pools provide all the benefits of traditional swimming pools, in a fraction of the space.FanTazTech, Pennington - www.fantaztech.com - FanTazTech is the 1st ever remote on-demand tech support company that connects consumers at home with U.S. based vetted technicians to solve their issues via. Smartphone video chat or Remote Desktop all for a set price.Grid32, Newark - www.grid32.com - Grid32 protects our clients from hackers and malicious cyber-threats with information security services including penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, software code audits, and training.DefinedLogic, Red Bank - www.definedlogic.com - DefinedLogic is a business and technology consultancy providing the following services: Business & Technology Consulting, Portal implementations, Content Management, Custom Web Application Development, and Web Design.iJourna, Lafayette - not yet active - Early-stage startup focused on health and wellnessTATA Communincations, Matawan - www.tatacommunications.com - Tata Communications is a leading global digital infrastructure provider that powers today’s fast growing digital economy.Snyderman Law Group, Cherry Hill - www.snydermanlawgroup.com - Our mission is simple: provide practical legal and business solutions to help you grow your business at always affordable rates. Ultimate Experience LLC, Newtown, PA - not yet active - Health and wellness pop up activations for corporate and public sectorsQuintrix Solutions, Jersey City - www.quintrixsolutions.com - Quintrix sources visa-independent tech talent for the Fortune 500 and funded startups alike.

ZaGO Manufacturing, Newark - www.zago.com - ZaGO is a leading manufacturing company specializing in sealing products that play a defining role in protecting our clients mission-critical equipment.DXE Technologies, Mullica Hill - www.dxetech.com - First class consulting firm that brings a personal and effective approach to every project we work on.Koffie Straw, Mullica Hill - www.koffiestraw.com - A reusable and biodegradable product for coffee drinkers.QMeTech LLC, Mullica Hill - www.qmetech.com - Quantum membership engagement technologyfitDEGREE, Sewell - www.fitdegree.com - Reliable yoga studio management softwareMarque360, Sewell - www.marque360.com - We aim to help businesses understand and navigate a digital transformation strategy to take advantage of disruption.Amelioration LLC, Mullica Hill - www.aimtoimproveameliorate.com - HR and Back Office Support Solutions for all organizations.Halcyon IT, Philadelphia, PA - www.halcyonit.com - Delivering the very best in IT talent and consulting for private, public and federal sector clients since 1992.Prinsta, Brooklyn - www.prinsta.io - Desktop circuit board printer startup companyWorking Man LLC, Brooklyn - www.workingmandigital.com - We work with some of the largest enterprise, brand and non-profit partners in the world, driving innovation through experimentation, unique startup engagement models, emerging tech-focused events, and strategy.Boundless Innovations, Lake Hiawatha - www.BoundlessInnovations.co - Boundless Innovations is an award winning product design and development company. We specialize in creation of intellectual property by patenting new inventions, business methods, innovative services and trade secrets to sell, license or commercialize.Dynagarde, Mullica Hill - www.dynagarde.com - Dynagarde LLC specializes in cutting-edge technology focused on providing security and challenging boundaries.Scriptertainment, Hoboken - www.scriptertainment.com - Scriptertainment is a mobile app designed for screenwriters to sell their scripts directly to the reader as literature.Wapanda, New York - www.wapanda.co - Name your price ride sharing appLifeCuff Technologies Inc, Phildelphia - www.lifecufftech.com - An innovative medical technology company that will significantly improve outcomes for patients with chronic diabetic wounds and other ischemic disordersQwikScript, New York - www.qwikscript.com - QwikScript is the first, completely transparent prescription marketplace via the patient’s insurance.Upside Health, New York - www.ouchie.com - Ouchie is the digital platform to help people who are hurting by providing them with the tools to track their pain, celebrate daily milestones, and connect with others.eCare21, Inc, West Windsor - www.ecare21.com - eCare21 has developed an Digital Population Health Platform for digital therapeutics and chronic care management.VibeGather, Wayne - www.vibegather.com - We provide a service that helps people to meet and socialize, which can help prevent suicide or any mental illness that may develop from isolation.TrueConnect, Holmel - www.trueconnect.io - TrueConnect is a sales engagement platform bringing humanity back to business!Krow Network, New York - www.krownetwork.com - The Krow Network is a platform that connects employers and employees from around the world and stores everything in one secure space.Amadis Technologies, Princeton - www.amadisglobal.com - We enable customers to be the best cloud consumers they can be.Ritech Solutions, Boonton - www.ritech.co - Ritech Solutions is a creative, hardworking, and value conscious design and development partner for your web and mobile technology solutions.EZPro Enterprises LLC, Union City - www.ezproetool.com - Professional Services firm for the home improvement industry.Lambent Data, Princeton - www.lambentdata.com - Improving child & family well-being via user-friendly

software & data analytics that equip social services & families.Life Skills Software, Hoboken - www.lifeskillssoftware.tech - Life Skills Software is a SaaS company that has developed a suite of games for children with special needs which is paired with an analytical teacher dashboard.Oculomotor Technologies, Newark - www.oculomotortechnologies.com - OculoMotor Technologies combines virtual reality based vision therapy with on board eye tracking to provide therapeutic effect to patients suffering from convergence insufficiency.Sporttrade, Philadelphia - www.sporttrade.io - Delivering a transparent, frictionless and customer-centric betting experienceWearWorks, Newark - www.wear.works - WearWorks builds products and experiences that communicate information through touch.TLCengine, Piscataway - www.tlcengine.com - A new way to search for your perfect home, based on your lifestyle and a little TLC (‘’true lifestyle costTM’’). We help solve real problems for real people.SRL Group (aka Big Magic, LLC), Newark - www.srlgroup.co - Our skilled advisors will optimize every aspect of your practice’s sales & marketing strategy. We deliver complete online marketing & reputation management services.Nutrivide, North Brunswick - www.nutrivide.org - Providing nutrient solutions through innovationMedifVU, LLC, Mendham - www.medifvu.com - MedifVU is a specialized advanced healthcare analytics company. Using patent pending algorithms the company has designed mobile apps to assist consumers and medical professionals decide on treatment options using personalized healthcare intelligence.Totally Pregnant, Brooklyn - www.iamtotally.com - Totally Pregnant is your full pregnancy service for moms-to-be.MARCo Technologies, Monroe - www.marcohealthtech.com - MARCo Technologies mission is to introduce a line of cost-effective, therapeutic robotic companions to assist those suffering from mental illness.Ribbit.io, Jersey City - www.ribbit.io - Ribbit.io is an interactive crowdsourced mobile web app that will serve as a guide for healthy and sustainable dining by connecting people to restaurants that support health, happiness, and environmental responsibility.PeerChecked, Inc, Mullica Hill - www.peerchecked.com - We are replacing the traditional PDF resume of college students with data backing the items normally found on it.Medality Medical, Midland Park - www.MedalityMedical.com - Medality Medical is pursuing surgical reversal of Type-2 diabetes and associated obesity, the worlds largest healthcare issue.Vikar Technologies, LLC, New York - www.vikartech.com - We create advances in both innovation and efficiency to add real value to your customers and provide you with the competitive edgeMalbek, Somerset - www.malbek.io - Malbeks vision is to be the unified platform of choice for all applications (suite) that exist between CRM and ERP with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) as the core engine.Verstill, Palinsboro - www.verstill.com - Verstill uses state of the art technology to produce the best spirits possible in a fraction of the time and costCommerce Blitz, LLC, Union - www.commerceblitz.com - CommerceBlitz is the engine that powers every angle of business logistics in the online world.PlayDate, New York - www.playdate.io - PLAYDATE is an online dating site/app that requires member interaction before they can chat with one another for the first time.XPEED Turbine Technology, Piscataway - www.xpeedturbinetechnology.com - XPEED Turbine Technology LLC is an engineering service company dedicated to provide cost effective technologies to make wind turbines more efficient, to make wind energy more competitive and to drastically improve wind farms profitability.Pochette, Rahway - www.pochette.us - Our mission is to help bring jobs back to the United States with the production of the Pochette pocket and fashion line.Genomic Prediction, North Brunswick - www.genomicprediction.com - Genomic Prediction provides advanced genetic testing for IVF. We have developed a novel, genome-wide molecular genotyping methodology for pre-implantation genetic testing of embryos.ROAR for Good, Philadelphia - www.hotels.roarforgood.com


- ROAR for Good is a woman- and minority-led social impact company leveraging technology to foster equality through safe work environments.Indie Art World, Jersey City - www.indieartworld.com - Indie Art World is the network for the art community, breaking down the walls of what constitutes art together as movers and shakers in the art world.Elemeno Health, California - www.elemenohealth.com - We are dedicated to improving the practice and delivery of healthcare through technology that matches the quality and convenience used in everyday life. Our SaaS platform is accessible from any device, from desktop to mobile.BloqCube Inc, Piscataway - www.bloqcube.com - Leveraging Blockchain to accelerate Clinical TrialsCaregiver Smart Solutions, Pompton Plains - www.caregiversmartsolutions.com - We use ‘’Smart’’ Technology to help people Age-In-Place while giving their caregivers less stress through peace of mind.MYXR Events, Somerset - www.myxrevents.com - Early-stage tech startup in the hospitality/events spaceParaTrees, Newark - www.paratrees.com - ParaTrees Technology is an advanced technology firm looking to solve the issue of land and resources management.Speak2 Software, Morganville - www.speak2software.com - Speak2 Software is a voice command solution for Health Care.Gamefuly, Newark - www.gamefuly.com - Gamefuly enables esports video game skill development through a peer-to-peer online marketplace connecting gamers who want to learn with esports experts who want to earn.Entractiv, East Brunswick - www.entractiv.com - Bringing you the next generation of mirrors.pullup.io, Newark - www.pullup.io - Reward-based app for parking situations.Cimquest, Inc, Branchburg - www.cimquest-inc.com - Cimquest is the leading resource for SolidWorks, Mastercam, and the complete line of 3D Printers including Fortus 3D Production Systems, Dimension 3D printers and the new uPrint line of personal 3D printers.Fisher & Phillips LLP, Murray Hill - www.fisherphillips.com - The attorneys at Fisher Phillips are committed to providing value to our clients. We do one thing - represent employers in labor and employment matters.Camden Dream Center, Camden - www.kflcamdendreamcenter.org - Empowering children and families to uplift their communities thru techHomesin.com, Keyport - www.homesin.com - Real Estate Media Creating Community ConnectionsSysazzle, Union - www.sysazzle.com - Sysazzle, Inc. is expert in helping key executives decrease or completely eliminate the burden and risks in hiring world class personnelBlue Ocean Benefits & Consulting, Red Bank - www.blueoceannj.com - Helping small to medium-sized businesses keep, attract, and retain great staff through building stronger employee benefits plans.

Lookprior, Mullica Hill - www.lookprior.com - A mobile video classified ads marketplace where people can post listings of products or merchandise for saleFortunato IP Law, LLC, Morristown - www.fortunatoip.com - Legal Services Specializing in Intellectual Property LawHogan Advisors, Bernardsville - www.hoganadvisors.net - Independent Consultant targeting strategic advisory opportunities in Financial Services and Investment Management.Directlink Technologies, Reading, PA - www.directlinktechnology.com - Directlink offers a full portfolio of Fiber Optic Transport Services, Data Center Integration & Colocation Services that address today’s business needs.Forefront Telecare, Hamilton - www.forefronttelecare.com - Forefront is a recognized national leader in Behavioral Telehealth, developing a service that enabled family members worldwide to visit virtually with residents in senior living facilities across the United States.BrainSell Technologies, LLC, Topsfield, MA - www.brainsell.net - BrainSell uses a proven process, called Ready? Set. Grow! to help growing businesses identify the clearest areas of potential growth and improvement in their processes.

RENEWALSAgilenceVoxware, IncSouth Jersey Technology ParkEdison PartnersMorford & DoddsPrinceton PartnersWithum Smith+BrownBilltrustBoxedStockton UniversitySynchronoss TechnologiesActivate Venture PartnersLyftThomas Edison Stste UniversityStrykerGenslerAcretoUniversity City Science CenterAtlantic Health SystemCBIZQuaestio GlobalRegional Personal ServicesGo!Foton CorporationHorizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJNIKSUNMarketsmithBoxcarNightstar PartnerseMazzanti TechnologiesSobel & Co LLCVeriskAT&TTenFourBristol Myers SquibbComcastMerrill Corporation

Mindshift TechnologiesAudibleBrother InternationalInstamedECI TechnologySiemens Technology CorporationOlibraSiLASAlvarez & MarsalDigital RealtyIEEEDiversantSymPhoTekCoranetPrincetelQualcommSantander BankKirusaGlen Mills BOARD OF DIRECTORSChairman of the Board Diana Kyser, SWK Technologies

Co-Chair Virginia Alling, PNC Bank BOARD MEMBERSJames Barrood, New Jersey Tech Council Robert Bardusch, COO/CIO, Valley National BankJim Bourke, Shareholder, WithumSmith+BrownJoel Bloom, President, New Jersey Institute of TechnologySkip Braun, Partner, Grant ThorntonCharlene Brown, RVP, AT&T External Affairs, AT&TMark Clifton, Former General Manager, Princeton IdentityKathleen Coviello, Dir. Tech & Life Sciences, NJ Economic Development AuthorityNariman Farvardin, President, Stevens Institute of TechnologyKelly Ford, Partner, Edison PartnersRonald Gaboury, CEO, YorktelMark Giamo, Partner, BDO USA, LLPAlex Gonzalez, VP - Corporate Development, VerizonRita Gurevich, President & Founder, SPHERE Technology SolutionsDarren Hammell, Co-Founder & EVP, Princeton Power SystemsPeter Harris, Founder & CEO, The Harris AgencyGarth Holsinger, Founder, Working ManJohn Kennedy, CDO (former CMO), ConduentSarah Knapp, EVP, Spruce TechnologyAli Houshmand, President, Rowan UniversityJohn Lanza, Partner, Natl Life Sciences

Leader, RSM USA, LLPDan McGrath, Integro/Maloy Risk ServicesPaul Mlynarski, DeloitteVenu Myneni, Radiant Systems, Inc.Ben Novak, Morgan LewisSimon Nynens, NJITEd O’Connell, WithumSmith+Brown, PCGregory Olsen, GHO Ventures, LLCAri Rabban, Phone.comMarianna Rabinovitch, ECI TechnologyJeff Rosedale, BakerHostetler LLPInderpal Singh Mumick, KirusaChris Sullens, CentralReachRobert Trenery, KPMG LLPJohn Vernazza, TierpointGene Waddy, Diversant/Alpha PayrollStephen Waldis, Synchronoss TechnologiesJianping Wang, Mercer County Community College Alan Wink, EisnerAmper LLPAlison Yablonowitz, EYMahesh Yadav,Optima Global Solutions

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSGeorge Abraham – Rhodium StrategiesVijay Ajuwalia – Edward JonesTor Alden – HS DesignPhil Antoon – Alvareza & MarsalKevin Askew – TechXtend Moreen Beshara – EYAlissa Cadigan – RSM USMichelle Capezza – Epstein Becker & GreenRichard Cleaveland – Eisner AmperScott Cowan – DLA PiperMichael Crafton – Alvarez & MarsalMatt DeJesus – ViaWestChris DeMayo – WithumMichael Dietze – TierPointTim Dluoik – KPMGMike Funk – Alliant TechMichael Galkin – VoiceNextChristina Giglio – Robert HalfJoshua Goldberg – NathlawBlake Goodman – JLLBin Guan – YorktelPhil Kennard – FuturestayJennifer Lee – Edison PartnersMarc McCabe – Crystal & CompanyBret Morgan – CoWerkingBadri Nittoor – eureQaBenjamin Novak – Morgan LewisTimur Pakay – FDUDavid Powell – Mission50Mike Profit – WorkWaveParag Pruthi – NiksunHitesh Ramani – DeloitteKevin Richards – Princeton IdentityBlake Roberts – BDOPhil Romero – Grant ThorntonAshley Sarohkian – Capital One

Council Team PRESIDENT and CEOJames C. Barrood • [email protected]

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Paul A. Frank III • [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT, EVENTS & OPERATIONS Poonam Balani • [email protected]

EVENTS AND OUTREACH MANAGER Nikey Pierre • [email protected]

MEMBER SERVICES & PARTNERSHIPS COORDINATOR Daniel Sullivan • [email protected]

MARKETING & EVENTS COORDINATORAna Mazumdar • [email protected]

ACCOUNTING Peggy Reeve • [email protected]

NJTC CHARTER MEMBERS Deloitte Edison Partners KPMG LLP Maloy Risk Services Morgan Lewis PNC

NJ TECH COUNCIL njtechcouncil.org 96 Albany Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732-456-5700

Documents

Amy Liao Richie Etwaru - EverythingBenefits