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08 Like Father, Like Son
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CONNTACT interviews Webster Bank scion James C. Smith on the state of Connecticut banking
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16 Back-to-Basics Marketing B2B
Three b2b CMOs tell how it’s done
Going green may not always be as easy as it looks
How one company made more space costs less.
50 Tiny Tech Titans
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26 We Wuz Robbed
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22 Off the Grid
42 Real Estate Building In CT today
I first person account of a crime that changed this business
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30 Healthcare: Body & Soul
Start-up fever has gripped Connecticut campuses.
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Keeping employees happy with in a chaning healthcare marketplace
32 CTemployment
A slow economy, but jobs for the properly trained.
58 Public Companies
The Nutmeg State holds on to Corporate titans and a few wannabees.
62 Last Word from A CEO
All aboard to make Connecticut more business friendly
BOOK OF LISTS CT From advertising agencies to law firms, engineering to the bioscience. Research on hundreds of leading Connecticut companies.
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Architectural Firms
Ranked by No. Registered Architects Reg. Architects No. F/T CT Employees
Rank Name
1 Centerbrook Architects and Planners 860-767-0175 67 Main St. Centerbrook 06409 centerbrook.com 203-786-8600
2 Pickard Chilton
2011 Billings (000s)
Current Projects
Principal(s)
37 66
WND
Architecture, planning, interior design
Jackson Library for Genomic Medicine, Farmington; Campus Master Plan for Berkshire School, MA; Science Bldg, SCSU; Fitness Center, Colgate Univ.
J. Riley, M. Simon, C. Floyd, J. Childress
35 42
$4,500
Full service design and architectural firm
River Point Office Complex, Chicago; Eighth Avenue Place, Calgary, Alberta
Jon Pickard, William D. Chilton, Anthony J. Markese
$10,000-$24,999
Architecture, engineering, interior design
Goodwin CT River Academy Magnet School
Casinelli, Oliveto, Marcinek, Szeker, Costa, Clegg, Voelker
Architecture, planning, interior design
Slover Memorial Library, Norfolk, VA; Headington Residence Hall, Univ. of Okla.; East Rock School, New Haven; Rutgers-Newark Housing Master Plan
Newman, Schiffer, Munday, Newman, Terry
Focus on exteriors of existing structures, diagnosis & resolution
U.S. Capitol Dome, MasterCard, UBS, Travelers
John J. Hoffmann
Architecture, interior design,
Quinnipiac Bank&Trust, Hamden; Naugatuck
TB HE BI IG IDEA G 980 Chapel St.
New Haven
3 Fletcher-Thompson Inc. 3 Corporate Dr.
Shelton
4 Newman Architects PC 300 York St.
New Haven
8 BL Companies Inc. 355 Research Pkwy.
64 18 40
$5,000-$10,000
WND
06511 newmanarchitects.com 203-239-6660
13 21
203-377-1300
06604 antinozzi.com
11 30
$2,500-$4,999
Bridgeport
10 37
$5,000-$9,999 5,000-$9,999
203-230-9007
7 Silver Petrucelli & Associates 3190 Whitney Ave.
30
203-772-1990
06518 hoffarch.com
6 Antinozzi Associates 271 Fairfield Ave.
203-225-6500
06484 fletcherthompson.com
Hamden
5 Hoffmann Architects Inc. 2321 Whitney Ave.
06510 pickardchilton.com
Hamden
06518 silverpetrucelli.com
Meriden
203-630-1406 06450 blcompanies.com
Source: Individual Firms
Services
Statewide Accounting Firms Architectural, mech., electrical,
Rank Name
9 120
Chatfield Elem. School, Seymour; Branford Fire HQ; No. CT CPAs No. Partners
$24,175,074 1 Deloitte
185 Asylum St.
Hartford
P. Antinozzi, G.
06103
deloitte.com 860-725-3000
411 181
F. M. Ayles, P. Lisi Ranked by No. of CT CPAs D. Petrucelli, B. Silver,
Source: Individual Companies
Separate Mgt. Total Emplys. Consulting Practice?
Additional CT Offices Headquarters
Yes
Stamford, Wilton Wilton
1,308
Managing Partner
Londergan (Htfd), Gallucci (Stmfd), Schillaci (Wilton)
USINESS NTELLIGENCE TO ROW YOUR BUSINESS 203-624-0662
9t Kenneth Boroson Architects LLC 315 Peck St.
New Haven
9t Svigals & Partners LLP 84 Orange St. New Haven
Recreational Centers
6
06513 kbarch.com
16
203-786-5110 06510 svigals.com
6 19
Lazarus & Sargeant, Ltd., Architects 203-265-3194 Ranked byWallingford, 2011 Attendance 50 North Main St. St 06492 lazarusandsargeant.com
2 PwC 185 Asylum St.
$1,000-
3 J.H. Cohn LLP1 180 Glastonbury Blvd.
Hartford
Glastonbury
1 Hammonasset Beach State Park 1288 Boston Post Rd. Madison
Description
5 7
sportscenterct.com 06484 203-929-6500
1,700,000
Ice rink, driv. range, mini golf, batting, golf, hock. & skating lessons, bowling, laser tag
Varies w/ activity
Year round
3 Lighthouse Point Park & Carousel 2 Lighthouse Rd. New Haven
cityofnewhaven.com 06512 203-946-8019
1,200,000
84-acre site, swimming, picnic areas, antique carousel, splash pad
$20 non-New Haven registered vehicle, 50 cents carousel
7 a.m-sunset daily, year round
4 Lake Compounce Amusement Park
lakecompounce.com 06010 860-583-3300
700,000
Family theme park, attractions, water park
$36.99 52”& taller, $26.99 under 52,” $18.99 seniors, 3 & under free
May-Oct, see Web for schedule
Indoor/outdoor athletic & recreation facility, arcade, laser tag, batting cages
$1-$42 varies per activity
Beach, swimming, fishing, field sports, picnic, nature cntr., 9/11 Memorial, concessions
Fees vary
784 River Rd.
271 Enterprise Dr.
Shelton
Bristol
5 Connecticut Sports Plex LLC 216 Foxon Rd. North Branford 06471 6 Sherwood Island State Park Sherwood Is. Connector Westport
06880
ctsportsplex.com 203-484-4383
600,000
ct.gov/dep 203-226-6983
485,000
107 34
205
blumshapiro.com 860-561-4000
98 43
250
75 35
393 120
06103
New Haven
06511
marcumllp.com 203-777-1099
60 19
06510
mcgladrey.com 203-773-1909
54 17
06106
whcpa.com 860-522-3111
40 15
06001
slbcpa.com 860-678-9200
26 9
06034
budwitzmeyerjack.com 860-677-4697
24 5
37
06851
citrincooperman.com 203-847-4068
24 8
31
06511
mhpcpa.com 203-789-1040
21 4
40
06518
wa-cpa.com 203-397-2525
20 5
31
06067
smlcpas.com 860-529-5600
20 5
Dworken, Hillman, LaMorte & Sterczala PC Shelton 06484 Kaye Williams
dhls.com 203-929-3535
20 9
06510
bhco.com 203-787-6527
19 8
06033
fmlcpas.com 860-657-3651
18 6
6 Marcum LLP 555 Long Wharf Dr. Senior Officer Title
Open
2,000,000
2 SportsCenter of Connecticut
06033
jhcohn.com 860-633-3000
8 am-sunset daily
New Haven William Mattioli Parkhittlesey supervisor& Hadley PC 147 Charter Oak Ave. Hartford Saslow, Lufkin & Buggy LLP Avon
Budwitz & Meyerjack PC Robert Levine Farmington Director Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP Norwalk Pete McAneny
President Meyers, Harrison & Pia LLC New Haven Open year round, see Vincent Candelora einstein & Anastasio PC Web for hours OwnerAve. 2319 Whitney Hamden Simione, Macca & Larrow LLP2 William Mattioli 175 Capital Blvd. Rocky Hill Supervisor
8 am-sunset year round
Empowered by the Internet and the need for more companies to generate interest and social connections, data quality as well as information distribution improves. 7 Captain's Cove Seaport 1 Bostwick Ave.
captainscoveseaport.com 06605 203-335-1433
400,000
Bridgeport
North Haven
06473
theonlygamect.com 203-239-4653
Trumbull
thesportszone.net 06611 203-268-1214
8t Only Game In Town
275 Valley Service Rd.
8t Trumbull Sports Zone 29 Trefoil Dr.
10 Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo 1875 Noble Ave. Bridgeport
Fishing charters, wknd boat rides, sailing schl., restaurant, shops, concerts, spec. events
Free
300,000
Batting cages, 40 tee lighted driving range, 9 & 18 mini golf, go-karts, arcade
Free admission, activities vary w/ sport
300,000
Indoor multi-sport facility
285,000
winnersonthewire.com 06511 203-946-3201
250,000
New Haven
Broadcasts of horse, harness, greyhound racing, jai-alai & parimutuel wagering
12 Connecticut Sports Center 21 S. Bradley Rd. Woodbridge
ctsportscenter.com 06525 203-387-1181
240,000
Volleyball & soccer leagues, birthday parties & courts avail. to rent
11 Sports Haven
600 Long Wharf Dr.
13 Quassy Amusement Park Rt. 64 Middlebury
Varies according to season, see Web
23
Filomeno & Co. PC 9-4 daily Gregg Dancho No. F/T CT Employees Mkt. Capitalization1 No. Researchers R & D Spending
33-acre zoo showcasing 120 species, $12 adults, $10 children & seniors rainforest, carousel, walk-thru aviar Rank Name
quassy.com 203-758-2913
225,000
golfquestranges.com 06489 860-621-3663
182,000
limerock.com 860-435-5000
180,000
Racetrack that stages sports car events
essexsteamtrain.com 06426 860-767-0103
150,000
1920s vintage steam train & riverboat ride thru Connecticut River Valley
16t Stafford Motor Speedway staffordmotorspeedway.com 860-684-2783 55 West St. Stafford Springs 06076
150,000
NASCAR auto racing
18 Sleeping Giant State Park
ct.gov/dep 203-287-5658
140,000
19 CoCo Key Water Resort 3580 E. Main St. Waterbury
cocokeywaterbury.com 06750 203-706-1000
90,000
20t Ansonia Nature & Rec. Center
ansonianaturecenter.org 06401 203-736-1053 ct.gov/dep/dinosaurstatepark 06067 860-529-8423
06762
Beers, Owner Hamerman & Co. PC New Haven Olek Golinowski Fiondella Milone & LaSaracina LLP Owner 300 Winding Brook Dr. Glastonbury
Bioscience Companies
beardsleyzoo.org 203-394-6565
06610
Marina daily; rest., shops, boats May-October
20-acre amuse. park on Lake Quassapaug, new “Wooden Warrior” roller coaste
1 Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 352 Knotter Dr. Cheshire 06410 2 Celldex Therapeutics Inc. 700 State St. New Haven 06511
alxn.com 203-272-2596
celldextherapeutics.com 203-764-4826
3 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company 15 Commercial St. 454.com Branford 06405 203-871-2300
Ranked by No. filomeno.com of Researchers
West Hartford 06107 860-561-0020 Strategic Alliances
18 5 Products
WND Soliris, anti-inflamatory anti-bodies
Stamford New York, NY
Keith Hubert (Hartford) Laurie Schupmann (Stamford)
1890
Yes
Farmington, N. London, Stamford Roseland, NJ
Frank Longobardi, CPA (Regional Managing Partner, New England)
1919
Yes
Shelton West Hartford
Carl R. Johnson
1980
No
Stamford New York, NY
Amelia Caporale (Hartford) Bud McDonald (Stamford)
1918
Yes
Hartford New York, NY
Anthony P. Scillia (Partner-in-Charge New England)
1973
Yes
Stamford Minneapolis, MN
Tony Ceci
1926
Yes
N/A Hartford
Andrew G. Andrews
1961
No
N/A Avon
Richard A. Buggy
1999
No
Cheshire Farmington
Michael A. Ziebka
1971
Yes
N/A Norwalk
Mark L. Fagan
1979
Yes
Glastonbury, Greenwich New Haven
Mark Harrison
1960
Yes
N/A Hamden
Roger J. Sciascia
1927
No
Hamden Rocky Hill
Carmen J. Macca
2000
No
N/A Shelton
Eric N. Hendlin
1990
No
N/A New Haven
David C. Migani, CPA
1962
No
New Haven, Stamford, Bristol Glastonbury
Jeff Fiondella, CPA
2002
Yes
N/A Westborough, MA
David A. Platt
1918
West Haven West Hartford
Thomas Filomeno
1966
Essex, Middletown Glastonbury
James Mahoney
1990
N/A Farmington
David S. Federman
1991
N/A Southport
David J. Fuchs
1950
New London North Haven
Executive committee
1919
N/A Glastonbury
Yvonne Dussol
1975
New Canaan, Wilton Ridgefield
Frank Rowella
1985
N/A Fairfield
Edward P. Burger
1959
N/A Woodbridge
Gordon R. Oberempt
1918
N/A Branford
David Y. Bailey, CPA
1992
N/A Farmington
Steven M. Levin
1978
135 90 52
35 36 28 48
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NoCompanies Source: Individual 32 CFO Chief Science Officer Ownership Dr. Leonard Bell, MD Dr. Stephen Squinto Public (NASDAQ: ALXN)
CEO Year Founded
325 150
$16,210,000,000 $137,421,000
7 79
$290,948,000 $32,439,000
GlaxoSmithKlein
180 71
WND WND
N/A
48 39
$481,080,000 $35,441,000
Yale University, Gilead Sciences Inc.
Research & development of antiinfectious agents & anti-viral therapeutics
Mary Kay Fenton Dr. Elizabeth A. Olek Public (ACHN)
Michael Kishbauch 2000
70 32
$2,000,000 $4,000,000
WND
Medical research
Jack Mariotti John Seibyl Private
Kenneth Marek 2000
100 30
WND $3,300,000
Nosan
Influenza vaccine, human & veterinary vaccines, research antigens, protein production
Brenda Sullivan WND Private
Manon Cox 1983
50 29
WND WND
Yale University
New antibiotics for serious drug resistant infections
Robert Conerly Scott Hopkins, MD Private
Mark Leuchtenberger 2000
32 28
$39,280,000,000 $1,229,151
WND
Kinase research and development programs
Robin L. Washington Norbert W. Bischofberger Public: NASDAQ GILD
John F. Milligan 1998
N/A Rocky Hill
David Horowitz
1987
22 20
N/A $2M-$2,500,000
WND
Diagnostic research services to measure protein biomarkers, clinical diagnostic assay devel.
Rana K. Gupta Richard Carroll, Ph.D Private
Rana K. Gupta 2004
N/A Hamden
Frank Jordan, Ed Cleary
1919
Bruce M. Del Conte
1988
Yale University Research in circulatory, respiratory & exercise physiology, sensory neuroscience
N/A Barry Green, Ph.D. Non-profit
Anthony Scillia 1933
N/A Farmington
Therapeutics to treat pain & inflammation
Josef Schoell
Derek Chalmers 2004
WND Systems for targeted drug delivery, targeted imaging tracers
N/A Joseph M. Backer Private
Immunotherapy drugs & targeted vaccines for cancer & infectious disease treatments Next-generation DNA sequencing technology
Leonard Bell, MD 1992
Avery Catlin Tibor Keler Public (NASDAQ: CLDX)
Anthony S. Marucci 1983
Peter J. Dacey
Christopher McLeod 2000
Public (Swiss: RO.SW)
Great data packaged with dynamic business content CONNTACT is Connecticut’s business address. 14 Golf Quest Family Sports Center 125 Jude La.
Southington
15 Lime Rock Park
497 Lime Rock Rd.
Lakeville
16t Essex Steam Train & Riverboat 1 Railroad Ave. Essex
200 Mt. Carmel Ave.
10 Deerfield La. 20t Dinosaur State Park 400 West St. 22t Stratford Speedway 725 Barnum Ave. Cutoff
Hamden
Ansonia
Rocky Hill
06039
06518
4 Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 300 George St. New Haven 06511
5 Molecular NeuroImaging LLC 60 Temple St. New Haven 06510
achillion.com 203-624-7000
mnimaging.com 203-401-4300
6 Protein Sciences Corp. 1000 Research Pkwy. Meriden 06450
proteinsciences.com 203-686-0800
7 Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Inc. 300 George St. New Haven 06511
rib-x.com 203-624-5606
32 mi. of nature trails, stream fishing picnicking, stone observation towe
8 Gilead CT 36 East Industrial Rd. Branford 06405
cgipharma.com 203-315-1222
Key West themed paradise, 40-foot body & raft slides, lazy river, state of the art arcade
9 HistoRx Inc. 35 Northeast Industrial Rd. Branford 06405
historx.com 203-498-7500
50,000
Nature trails, gardens, fishing pond, picnic pavilions on 150 acres
10 John B. Pierce Laboratory 290 Congress Ave. New Haven 06519
jbpierce.org 203-562-9901
50,000
Jurassic-period dinosaur tracks housed under geodesic dome on 60 acres
11 Cara Therapeutics 1 Parrott Dr. Shelton 06484
caratherapeutics.com 203-567-1500
12t SibTech Inc. 115A Commerce Dr. Brookfield 06804
sibtech.com 203-775-5677
12t Ciencia Inc. 111 Roberts St. E. Hartford
ciencia.com 860-528-9737
stratford-speedway.com 06614 203-375-1171
20,000
24 Gouveia Vineyards, LLC 1339 Whirlwind Hill Rd. Wallingford
gouveiavineyards.com 06492 203-265-5526
16,000
25t Boothe Memorial Park & Museum 5744 Main St. Stratford
boothememorialpark.org 06614 203-385-4052
15,000
Stratford
Family golf center & year-round heated bays
Go-kart trac
Vineyard & winery
06108
12t Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders 60 Temple St. indd.org National Register, rose garden, New Haven 06510 203-401-4300 clocktower & homestead museum 15t Genomas Inc. 67 Jefferson St. genomas.com Hartford 06106 860-545-4574 15t Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc. 21 Business Park Dr. Branford 06405
marinuspharma.com 203-315-0566
17t Recombinant Technologies LLC 1090 Meriden/Waterbury Tpk. Cheshire 06410
recombtech.com 203-271-3125
17t BioSensory Inc. 107 Providence St. Putnam 06260 19t Nature Plus Inc. 55 Rachel Dr. Stratford
06615
biosensory.com 860-928-1113 nature-plus.com 203-380-0316
19t Vicus Bioscience LLC 24 Farmington Dr. Hamden 06518
N/A 203-623-7851
21 Ipsogen Inc. 700 Canal St. Stamford
ipsogen.com 203-504-8585
NR CE3 Inc.1 246 Goose La. Guilford
06902
06437
NR Monsanto Company1 2 62 Maritime Dr. Mystic 06355 NR Biodel Inc.1 100 Saw Mill Rd. Danbury
06810
NR NanoViricides Inc.1 135 Wood St. West Haven 06516 NR Optherion Inc.1 555 Long Wharf Dr. New Haven 06511 NR MannKind Corp.1 1 Casper St. Danbury
06810
ce3inc.com 203-404-7500 monsanto.com 860-572-5200 biodel.com 203-796-5000 nanoviricides.com 203-937-6137 optherion.com 203-781-0072 mannkindcorp.com 203-790-3121
1895
No
764
Hartford
Source: Individual Facilities
Admission
Swimming, camping, fishing, biking, Wkdays $9 CT veh., $15 non-CT; wknds boating, nature trails & holidays $13 CT veh., $22 non-CT
221 65
ey.com 860-247-3100
Ernst & Young LLP2 225 Asylum St.
ct.gov/dep 203-245-2785
06443
pwc.com 860-241-7000
4 Blum, Shapiro & Company, P.C. 29 S. Main St. West Hartford 06107
IS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER 2011 Attendance
Rank Name
06103
Year Founded
46 12
WND WND
9 6
WND WND
5 5
WND $700,000
WND
BIG DATA Private
WND WND
WND
Contract R & D, optics, instrumentation & engineering services
Arturo Pilar Ernie Guignon Private
Arturo Pilar 1992
6 5
$2,000,000 $3,000,000
Michael J. Fox Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association
Medical research
Jack Mariotti Kenneth Marek Private
John Seibyl 2001
5 3
WND WND
Hartford Hosp., Univ. of Conn., Hosp. of Central CT, Univ. of Puerto Rico
DNA Guided PhysioType Systems for personalized prescription
Robert Scherrer Andreas Windemuth Private
Gualberto Ruano 2003
6 3
WND WND
Purdue Pharma, Yale University
Drugs to treat neurological, psychiatric & pain disorders
Kenneth Shaw, Ph.d, SVP Virinder Nohira, MD, Ph.D Private
Gail Farfel Ph.D. 2003
2 2
WND WND
Yale, Rutgers, Albert B. Sabin Institute, Medimmune Inc.
Contract research organization
Pazhani Sundaram Pazhani Sundaram Private
Pazhani Sundaram 1998
3 2
WND WND
U.S.D.A.
Environmentally friendly pest control products
James Nolen N/A Private
James Nolen 1996
4 1
WND WND
WND
Specialty enzyme formulation
N/A Sheldon R. Murphy Private
Jon Sedgwick 2005
1 1
WND Clinical diagnostic WND manufacturers & pharmaceutical drug discovery groups
Molecular diagnostics for improving therapeutic outcomes
N/A Joseph Kaufman Private
Joseph Kaufman 2004
1965
N/A East Haven
Ralph L. Ricciardelli
1983
EXTENSIVE HUMAN RESEARCHED DATA on HUNDREDS of COMPANIES
9 0
WND $3,531,497
15 na
WND WND
84 WND
$38,450,000,000 $386,000,000
N/A
Agricultural products
Pierre Courduroux Brett D. Begemann Public (NYSE: MON)
Hugh Grant 1901
38 WND
$29,580,000 $13,901,000
N/A
Specialty pharmaceuticals
Gerard J. Michel WND Public (NASDAQ:BIOD)
Errol De Souza 2003
4 WND
$104,040,000 $1,582,000
WND
Anti-viral therapeutics
Dr. Eugene Seymour Dr. Randall Barton Public (OTC BB: NNVC.OB)
Dr. Eugene Seymour 2005
WND WND
WND WND
Sequenom, Inc.
Diagnostics & therapeutics for treating Age-related macular degeneration
WND WND Private
Colin J. Foster 2005
139 WND
$271.570,000 $99,959,000
WND
Therapeutics for diabetes and cancer
Matthew Pfeffer Dr. Juergen A. Martens Public (Nasdaq: MNKD)
Alfred Mann 1991
1. Not ranked; WND number of researchers. 2. Info via Website and Yahoo Finance.
Paul M. Scionti
Joseph M. Backer 1993
7 5
WND
N/A Middlebury
Diagnostic products for treatment options in cancer
Pascale Boissel N/A Private
Vincent Fert 2005
Pharma Clinical AG, Northeast Contract research organization that specializes in the management of Bioanalytical Laboratories Phase 1-4 clinical trials for biotech
Holly Ohanesian Coulter Deborah Church, MD private
Holly Ohanesian 2005
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EI Startup Gets Zuckerberg $$ NEW HAVEN — A promising startup that emerged from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) last year has been profitable since the beginning, Panorama, a cloud-based platform for schools to admini has now raised $4 million from a group of investors that includes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education fund, as well as Yale, Google Ventures, and actor Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade Investments. Water Authority Goes Solar HAMDEN — The South Central Regional Water Authority is having a 4,000-panel, 1-megawatt groundmounted solar system installed at its Hamden facility to save on utility costs, pollution and water use. The system would be one of the state’s largest.
JOHN FITZPATRICK’S Applivate, released its debut offering, ShugaTrak, in late October, just shy of two years after forming.
STARTUP – WEEKEND COs LAUNCH
Shuga trak is a success of the new “start-up culture”
T N E T N O C E
By John Mordecai
D
“You just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.”
L P SAM Principio Gets Series B Money
NEW HAVEN — Cancer diagnostics lab Precipio Diagnostics has attracted additional financing. The bioscience company completed a $1.8 million funding, $750gs Connecticut Innovations Inc., Ironwood Capital, Enhanced Capital and Kuzari Capital.
That quote from author Ray Bradbury likely strikes a chord with any entrepreneur on the precipice of launching a startup, and it’s one John Fitzpatrick identifies with. His startup, Applivate, released its debut offering, ShugaTrak, in late October, just shy of two years after forming.
ShugaTrak is a mobile app designed to help parents keep track of their diabetic children’s glucose levels. It has attracted the attention of the local startup community since it won New Haven’s first Startup Weekend (a weekend event that gives teams two days to pitch, develop and present a tech company in the hopes of winning investment capital and resources) in November 2011. Fitzpatrick entered that competition with merely a vague idea; drawing upon a background in
biology and the fact that his wife Sandra was diagnosed just a few years earlier with Type I diabetes, he wanted to explore the possibility of an app that could help people manage the disease.
By the end of the weekend, the blueprint for the ShugaTrak app was complete. A Bluetooth antenna that hooks into a standard glucose meter communicates with the app on the smartphone. Once a child user checks his or her blood glucose levels, it automatically sends a text message to the parent’s phone with the readings — and a little peace of mind. “It’s a constant worry,” Fitzpatrick says. “But also when a kid with diabetes gets home from school, it’s the first thing you talk about. One mom said to me that this will put diabetes in the background, so instead of, ‘What was your blood sugar?’ it will be, ‘How was school?’”
Such a task fits in with the “instant and effortless”
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UCS (under cohort size) COs. with fewer than 20 Employes
SPECIAL CIRCULATION
250
Legislators and staff
50
State Officials Muni Econ and Lead Officials
250
Other Government
25
Education - Higher
125
Chambers
100
Facility Managers
250
Outside CT
175
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EI Startup Gets Zuckerberg $$ NEW HAVEN — A promising startup that emerged from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) last year has been profitable since the beginning, Panorama, a cloud-based platform for schools to admini has now raised $4 million from a group of investors that includes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education fund, as well as Yale, Google Ventures, and actor Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade Investments. Selling STEM Cell Research
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Next Generation Connecticut initiative is poised to send $1.54 billion to support the growth of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, facilities and jobs. The initiative was passed by the General Assembly earlier this year and was given final approval in October. Principio Gets Series B Money NEW HAVEN — Cancer diagnostics lab Precipio Diagnostics has attracted additional financing. The bioscience company completed a $1.8 million funding, $750gs Connecticut Innovations Inc., Ironwood Capital,
GREATER NEW HAVEN’S REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY A,4000 -panel,
1-megawatt ground-mounted solar system installed at its Hamden facility
WATER AUTHORITY GOES SOLAR 1.4 million kilowatt hours of energy to be generated per year, By John Mordecai
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AMDEN — The South Central Regional Water Authority is looking to the sky.
The company is having a 4,000-panel, 1-megawatt ground-mounted solar system installed at its Hamden facility to save on utility costs, pollution and water use. The system would be one of the state’s largest.
The initiative was passed by the General Assembly earlier this year and was given final approval in October; the investment money will be channeled into three University of Connecticut campuses in Storrs, Stamford and Hartford.
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The system, being installed by Rocky Hill-based Solar City, is expected to provide more than 1.4 million kilowatt hours of energy per year, enough to power more than 120 average-sized homes.
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The installation fits in with Hamden’s ongoing “Clean and Green” initiative. STEM Selling
education, facilities and jobs.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Next Generation Connecticut initiative is poised to send $1.54 billion to support the growth of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
Next Generation Connecticut (given the hashtag #NextGenCT) will portion out the $1.54 billion in bonding to construct new STEM facilities, improve labs, upgrade IT and renovate and build additional housing. Expansions at UConn will accommodate a 30-percent enrollment increase, with 6,580 students and 259 faculty added in Storrs and Stamford, and a 70 percent increase in enrollment in the School of Engineering; creation of a STEM honors program and addition of 50 doctoral fellowships. Stamford’s Digital Media and Business degree programs will increase by 110 percent (adding
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