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TALENT NETWORK May Was Entrepreneur’s Month! Technology Internship Grants Awarded NJTC, the Technology and Entrepreneurship Talent Network, and Rutgers University partnered with the State of NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) to award a $1,500 grant to sixteen companies to help support a student intern for the summer. We congratulate the following Technology Intern Grant Recipients: • Antenna Software • Blue Sky Power • Datapipe • DoughMain • Factor Systems Inc. • NJ Center for Biomaterials • Nistica • PortaScience • Raritan Inc. • SnapMyLife Inc. • Soligenix • Speech Trans • Synchronoss Technologies • TimeSight Systems Inc. • VectraCor Inc. • Viocare Inc. The background and interests of students who applied have been matched with these companies according to the company’s workplace performance objectives. Stay tuned for a mid-summer update! N JTC Tech and Entrepreneurship Talent Network and Rutgers University kicked off the month May with the statewide 2012 Entrepreneur Bootcamp on May 2nd for pre-seed to early stage entrepreneurs. Topics covered included More Elements of a Successful Business Plan, the ABC’s of Raising Capital, IP Protection, Recruiting and Retaining a Winning Team, Legal Considerations, Accounting Issues, Making the Transition from Corporate Employee to Entrepreneur, Picking the Right Business and Reducing Failure, and CEO Success Stories. Entrepreneurs brought plenty of questions for lively interaction with presenters from beginning to end! Many thanks for a successful event go to Rutgers University, sponsors SorinRoyerCooper LLC, WithumSmith+Brown PC, Morgan Lewis, NJ EDA, the expert presenters, supporting organizations for early stage companies, and enthusiastic entrepreneurs. L to R: Rutgers Deborah Silver and Aleta You; NJTC Joan Praiss, Johanna Zitto, and Maxine Ballen. N JTC, NJIT, and New Jersey’s Talent Networks collaborated on another statewide event May 16th -- the People to Business (P2B) Talent Network Meet-Up to match early stage entrepreneurs in need of professional guid- ance with highly skilled volunteer talent. “Many early stage companies have the need for professional guidance, but not the means to afford it,” according to Gale Spak, NJIT associate vice president of continuing and distance education in her open- ing remarks. More than 70 start-up and early-phase companies attracted approximately 350 skilled professionals, many unemployed, across all Talent Network sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Technology & Entrepreneurship, and Transportation Logistics and Distribution. It was by far the larg- est P2B event held to date! Talent Network Leaders L to R:Vicki Gaddy, Joan Praiss, Layli Whyte, Johanna Zitto, Meredith Aaronson, Christina Herzog, Bob Crawford. Talent Matching Meet-ups LifeSci Trends | www.njtc.org | June 2012 5
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FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CEOMaxine Ballen • [email protected]
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERJoan C. Praiss • [email protected]
VP MEMBERSHIPPaul A. Frank III • [email protected]
VP Publications/Business DevelopmentLeo Mennitt • [email protected]
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EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATORKaren Lisnyj • [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATEEllen Stein • [email protected]
OFFICE ADMINISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP SERVICES - CONNECTIONS EDITORJudy Storck • [email protected]
EVENTS MANAGERMeredith Meyer • [email protected]
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IT COORDINATORErwin Racimo • [email protected]
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Council ConnectionsThe temperatures outside aren’t the only things rising. The NJTC has several upcoming events that are going to heat up your summer months. On June 8th, join us
to recognize the accomplishments of financial executives from New Jersey and the surrounding region’s diverse technology companies at the CFO Awards.
Mark your calendars for the member only Annual Meeting on July 12th, where you’ll be treated to this year’s featured guest speaker, Jon Gertner. He is contributing
writer for the New York Times Magazine, an editor at Fast Company, and author of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Gertner will explain how Bell Labs was able to nurture its team to consistently deliver the pioneering products needed to advance technology.
Next up, the Health Information Technology Summit: Connected Healthcare, a full day expo. On July 19th, we’ll focus on a sector that is growing by leaps and bounds. Come examine the current challenges facing healthcare providers and the future rewards of HIT in an evolving care setting. Be in the know about new developments such as how technology is making it possible to develop “digital medicine” that is potentially more precise, more effective, more experimental, more widely distributed, than current medical practice.
And finally the number one networking event-the NJTC Gala Awards will be here before you know it. Nominate a New Jersey technology company and/or its leaders for the November 15th event.
Don’t delay. Come out to an NJTC event this summer; you’re bound to learn something new while making some great connections. I look forward to seeing you there.
— Maxine Ballen, NJTC, President & CEO
WHY MY COMPANY IS AN NJTC MEMBER:NJTC has a true heartbeat on the technology
businesses and industry trends in New Jersey.
NJTC is committed to providing professional
and leading events, networking programs
and forums for technology focused business
executives, on all levels, that allow companies
to stay informed, stay connected and grow
quickly. Herrington Technology has found these
programs to provide the necessary framework
in New Jersey for a strong technology presence.
Having a strong technology presence is a real
benefit for Herrington Technology. Herrington
Technology connects with NJTC and provides
world-class clients, partners and affiliates with
a new level of technology for business.
NJTC provides a big technology win for New
Jersey business. Herrington Technology is
proud to be a member of NJTC, a premier
technology organization with industry leading
members and supporters.
– Valery Herrington, CEO-Tech Business
Solutions Leader, Herrington Technology
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TALENT NETWORK
May Was Entrepreneur’s Month!
Technology Internship
Grants AwardedNJTC, the Technology and Entrepreneurship Talent Network, and Rutgers University partnered with the State of NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) to award a $1,500 grant to sixteen companies to help support a student intern for the summer.
We congratulate the following Technology Intern Grant Recipients:
• Antenna Software
• Blue Sky Power
• Datapipe
• DoughMain
• Factor Systems Inc.
• NJ Center for Biomaterials
• Nistica
• PortaScience
• Raritan Inc.
• SnapMyLife Inc.
• Soligenix
• Speech Trans
• Synchronoss Technologies
• TimeSight Systems Inc.
• VectraCor Inc.
• Viocare Inc.
The background and interests of students who applied have been matched with these companies according to the company’s workplace performance objectives.
Stay tuned for a mid-summer update!
NJTC Tech and Entrepreneurship Talent Network and Rutgers University kicked off the month May with the statewide 2012 Entrepreneur Bootcamp on May 2nd for pre-seed to early stage entrepreneurs. Topics covered included More Elements of a Successful Business Plan, the ABC’s of Raising
Capital, IP Protection, Recruiting and Retaining a Winning Team, Legal Considerations, Accounting Issues, Making the Transition from Corporate Employee to Entrepreneur, Picking the Right Business and Reducing Failure, and CEO Success Stories. Entrepreneurs brought plenty of questions for lively interaction with presenters from beginning to end! Many thanks for a successful event go to Rutgers University, sponsors SorinRoyerCooper LLC, WithumSmith+Brown PC, Morgan Lewis, NJ EDA, the expert presenters, supporting organizations for early stage companies, and enthusiastic entrepreneurs.
L to R: Rutgers Deborah Silver and Aleta You; NJTC Joan Praiss, Johanna Zitto, and Maxine Ballen.
NJTC, NJIT, and New Jersey’s Talent Networks collaborated on another statewide event May 16th -- the People to Business (P2B) Talent Network Meet-Up to match early stage entrepreneurs in need of professional guid-ance with highly skilled volunteer talent. “Many early stage companies have
the need for professional guidance, but not the means to afford it,” according to Gale Spak, NJIT associate vice president of continuing and distance education in her open-ing remarks. More than 70 start-up and early-phase companies attracted approximately 350 skilled professionals, many unemployed, across all Talent Network sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Technology & Entrepreneurship, and Transportation Logistics and Distribution. It was by far the larg-est P2B event held to date!
Talent Network Leaders L to R: Vicki Gaddy, Joan Praiss, Layli Whyte, Johanna Zitto, Meredith Aaronson, Christina Herzog, Bob Crawford.
Talent Matching Meet-ups
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