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Message from the Board
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Dear vtTA Members & Supporters,
We were pleased to meet with and help visitors to last month's Tech Jam find tech job openings and contacts in Vermont. We shared 175 job openings from our members and met job seekers from Vermont and the region, but also from outside the state, including Ohio, Boston, and the metro DC area. (You can find updated job openings year-round in our Career Center.) We also talked with several entrepreneurs who are considering opening or expanding businesses in Vermont, including Burlington, Rutland and White River Junction area. It's good to see that our efforts to raise awareness of Vermont as a place for tech careers and entrepreneurs is gaining traction.
We were also excited to present the fifth annual Tech Jam Awards, which this year featured four awards, 78 nominations and 895 ballots cast by the public.
Congratulations to ThinkMD, winner of both the Innovation Award and Startup Award; VCET, winner of the Ambassador Award; and Sara Simon at VPR, winner of the Newcomer Award. You can more read about the winners
here
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The vtTA thanks the many businesses and organizations that sponsored our full-page Tech Jam - their support enables us carry out our mission. You can see a copy of the ad
here
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We also want to thank all those who joined us for our Vermont tech business CEO and leaders' dinner where we discussed the political landscape for the coming year in Montpelier, and vtTA's
public policy priorities
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These events and the recent news items in this issue, underscore that Vermont's tech sector continues to be active and growing.
Jeff Couture
Executive Director, Vermont Technology Alliance
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[November 19, 2016 - UVM Davis Center, Burlington]
The University of Vermont and the creators of the Champlain Mini Maker Faire will host Vermont's first statewide K-12 Maker Faire at UVM's Davis Center. Embedded in the event will be the annual Aiken Engineering Challenge, presented by UVM's College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
Meet, interact and network with more than 500 VCs, corporate VCs, angel investors, investment bankers and CEOs of early stage and emerging growth companies. The vtTA is a partner and our network receives $100 off the current rate. To take advantage, use discount code " VTTAVIP " by December 1st.
The CS Fair is a UVM event where computer science students submit and showcase their computer projects to their peers and professionals in an open and exciting environment.
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Inntopia Recognized in OUTSIDE's Best Places to Work
[November 16, 2016 - Source: Press Release]
Inntopia has been named to OUTSIDE's 2016 Best Places to Work list. Each year OUTSIDE, recognizes the top 100 companies in the U.S. that help their employees strike the ideal balance between work and play. Also recognized is Ryan Solutions, which was recently acquired by Inntopia. This marks the rare occasion of one company making the list twice in the same year.
School Hack Solutions, a Bristol-based education technology firm, has been awarded a $350,000 loan from the Vermont Economic Development Agency to add new jobs and help more schools in Vermont and across the US implement personalized learning for students. The new funding will help SchoolHack expand its sales and customer service team, including adding new jobs in Brattleboro.
The Public Service Department issued request for proposals under the second round of the 2016 Connectivity Initiative. The RFP invites internet service providers to submit proposals to serve eligible locations identified by the department as needing improved access to broadband Internet service. The department will offer $550,550 in funding to support the extension of broadband facilities in underserved communities.
Infiswift
, an enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) platform leader, has acquired Burlington's
Smart Resource Labs
(SRL), a provider of technical asset management tools and performance solutions for complex power systems. The acquisition rounds out infiswift's end-to-end IoT platform by accelerating development of analytics and visualization capabilities. AJ Rossman, Director of SRL, will join infiswift as senior director of performance solutions and lead infiswift's East Coast office in Burlington.
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company has created a VTSTEAMspace on its campus, in conjunction with Doug Webster of Champlain Maker Faire. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. The new space opened last week as an afterschool robotics program for 9-12 year olds and is a permanent, dedicated space on the Vermont Teddy Bear campus.
Chroma Technology, a 128-employee company founded in 1991, is expanding its Bellows Falls facility where it produces its world renowned optical filters. The employee-owned company and its CEO, Paul Millman, are also earning accolades for Chroma's socially responsible stance.
[November 2, 2016 - Source: Seven Days]
What do these items have in common: a set-piece for Phish's 2015 Magnaball festival, a device to hold staples, a high-end motorcycle frame, and beautiful stools with reclaimed-lumber seats? They were all designed - and some were manufactured - by Matt Flego and Erik Cooper of M//E Design. The name of their game is industrial design and prototyping - with cutting-edge technologies and sustainability in mind.
[October 27, 2016 - Source: Burlington Free Press]
Space isn't what it used to be, says Ryan McDevitt, co-founder and lead research and design engineer for GreenScale Technologies, a new company in South Burlington making propulsion systems for small satellites. What began as the purview of NASA and giant corporations has become an entrepreneurial endeavor for private companies. McDevitt believes that small satellites weighing less than 100 pounds will lead the next wave of commercialization in space.
iSystems announced a new integration and partnership with its lead product Evolution HCM and eBenefits Network (eBN). This allows Evolution HCM service providers to offer a cloud-base service that automates communication of employee benefit enrollment information for their customers and their insurance carriers.
[October 27, 2016 - Source: Vermont Business Magazine/Press Release]
Green Mountain Power's Stafford Hill Solar Farm in Rutland, one of the nation's first micro-grids powered solely by solar and battery back-up, is now the first in the region to use battery storage to reduce peak power usage, benefiting customers by saving $200,000 in one hour. Stafford Hill is also the first and only project currently providing fast-acting power when the grid needs it as renewable energy fluctuates during the day and night.
What are the secrets to business success? The Burlington Free Press sat down with three people twho should know - Ted Adler, founder of Union Street Media; Melissa Dever, founder of C2 (Competitive Computing); and Brian Leffler, senior vice president of Instrumart. The trio anchored a panel for Innovation Week in Burlington, sponsored by the Vermont Technology Alliance and C2, called "From Startup to Success - Insights Into Growing a Tech Business in Vermont."
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Ascension Technology Corp. in Shelburne is a leading innovator and manufacturer of advanced 3D measurement technology systems, with over 45,000 installations worldwide. For more than 30 years, their optical measurement and electromagnetic tracking solutions have been trusted by the world's foremost organizations and institutes in medicine, industry, simulation, and academia. Ascension's electromagnetic tracking technology is known for its exceptional ease of integration and customization, real-time tool tracking and navigation.
In 2012 Ascension was acquired by Roper Industries Inc., becoming an affiliate company of Northern Digital Inc. - also owned by Roper Industries. NDI is based in Ontario, Canada with additional offices in the United States, Germany, and Hong Kong.
Ascension is experiencing significant growth, in part due to advanced research and development of wireless wearable solutions to support virtual/augmented reality markets, both medical and commercial. There are several open positions on the company's talented, hardworking and diverse R&D team. With more than 190 employees in four offices across the globe, their teams work collaboratively to innovate and continue the tradition of providing industry leading products for our customers and partners.
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Vermont Technology Alliance Membership Update
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The Vermont Technology Alliance thanks the following new and renewing business members:
The Vermont Technology Alliance welcomes businesses and individuals to join our non-profit business association. Members benefit from vtTA's advocacy and programs and services, including job postings in our
Career Center
, invitations and discounts to events, and networking and business opportunities. To find our more and to discuss membership, contact Jeff Couture,
[email protected]
, or sign up to be a new member
here
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Vermont PBS has launched Season 2 of InnoVaTe, a tech-centric series that profiles some of Vermont's most innovative and creative businesses.Six new episodes highlight entrepreneurial Vermonters, and Vermont companies, including Greensea, VELCO, John Churchman, Qor360, Vermod and Game Theory. The new season launched is available at
vermontpbs.org/innovate
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Vermont HITEC
is collaborating with the University of Vermont's College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) to support its certificate programs and to engage employers who are interested in supporting internships and work-related experiences for students in those programs.
Tech and other businesses are sought who are interested in hosting one or more interns from UVM during the spring semester and/or over the summer. The spring semester opportunity would run mid-January through April, and the summer period would run from June through mid-August.
For businesses considering bringing an intern on part-time, the spring semester is an ideal time to do so, since many students will also be attending classes and employers could potentially continue the internship into the summer. Providing internship opportunities to area students is one way to help address the need to attract and retain talent locally.
Find more and how to participate
here
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Score continues to offer free education sessions for small business on the second Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the New England Federal Credit Union in Williston. This series is targeted to those who are either thinking about getting into business or have a new business, and could use some information and education to help them be successful.
The next workshop is Dec. 14: "How to Fund My Small Business."
Find more information
here
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vtTA's Career Center
Vermont Technology Alliance member companies are hiring, and when you visit the
Career Center
on the
Vermont Technology Alliance website
you can browse and search for these job openings
. We currently have more than 150 job openings for both tech and non-tech positions, making it a great source for finding an opportunity with growing Vermont tech businesses.
Are you looking for business services, meet-up groups, government information or funding sources? Find this and more at vtTA's
resources page
posted on the
Vermont Technology Alliance website
. And be sure to let us know if there's something we should add.
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