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very paper- and mail-based process and turned it into an efficient, electronic process. In doing so, with the volume of paper we have removed from the confirmation process, Confirmation.com saves our planet more than 22,000 pounds of paper, 213,000 gallons of wastewater, 6,500 gallons of gasoline, 373,000 pounds of greenhouse gases and 65,000 square feet of deforestation per year.”
CONEXESS GROUP LLC
2817 West End Ave. (Nashville) Website: conexess.com CEO: Jerry Baker Background: Conexess Group LLC was founded two years ago and works in staff augmentation in information technology and accounting. It covers Nashville, Detroit and Richmond, Va. Employees: 40 Baker speaks: “We offer our employees the ability to become a partner Jerry Baker in the business. This allows our team to feel involved in the decisions we make regarding the direction of our company as well as giving them the entrepreneurial journey without the huge risk.”
CORECOMMERCE
144 SE. Parkway, Suite 260 (Franklin) Website: corecommerce.com CEO: Matt DeLong Background: CoreCommerce provides “easyto-use tools to quickly set up your own online store — no coding or design experience required. The company also gives away 10 free “stores” to nonprofit agencies every month. Matt DeLong Employees: 19 DeLong speaks: “When we first entered this industry there were several competitors, but very little or very slow innovation. We were the first to introduce Google Checkout integration. We also were the first cloud e-commerce provider to integrate our software with Twitter and Facebook.”
EMIDS TECHNOLOGIES
624 Grassmere Park Drive (Nashville) Website: emids.com CEO: Saurabh Sinha Background: The CEO has served as a board member for the Nashville Technology Council and has spoken to various management classes at universities, including the Owen Graduate School of
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Management at Vanderbilt University and the Xavier Institute of Management in Bangalore, India. What company does: Takes complex work flows for health-care IT clients and streamlines operations.
Employees: 550 Sinha speaks: “We are an IT solutions, services company … that acts as a thought-partner for clients.”
HCTEC LLC
7105 South Springs Drive, Suite 208 (Franklin) Website: hctec.com CEO: Matthew Tant Background: Tant has several years of experience in the health-care industry, which has helped him amass clients. Tant was vice president of business development at HCCA International, a healthcare consulting and staffing firm. What company does: Provides hospital technology staffing and large training initiatives for clients. Employees: 125 Tant speaks: “We have been blessed to start a business on the heels of the Great Recession where government spending
in health-care technology is at an all-time high.”
PEAK 10
425 Duke Drive, Suite 400 (Franklin) Website: peak10.com CEO: David Jones Background: Peak 10 is a managed services and cloud provider via its state-of-the-art data centers. It hosts and manages complex information technology infrastructure for a range of clients. Though Peak 10 has its headquarters in North Caroline, its Nashville location operates with an David Jones entrepreneurial attitude of its own and strives to maintain “mission-critical data and applications” to help businesses operate at peak efficiency. Employees: 276 Jones speaks: “Peak 10 has experienced incredible growth over the last 10 years in terms of revenue and geographic expansions. Each individual here plays a huge role in our success.”
PURESAFETY
730 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400
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