Copyleaks is a leading AI text analysis platform empowering businesses and educational institutions to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of genAI confidently. With an award-winning suite of AI-powered tools trusted by millions, Copyleaks ensures AI governance, empowers responsible AI adoption, safeguards IP, protects intellectual property, and maintains academic integrity with comprehensive AI and plagiarism detection.

CI is Connecticut’s strategic venture capital arm and is the leading source of financing and ongoing support for innovative, growing companies. By offering equity investments, strategic guidance and introductions to valuable partners, we enable promising businesses to thrive.

IntelliBoard provides analytic and reporting services to education communities and institutions that want expanded reporting and analytics for their LMS platform. We help extract the statistical data gathered within the LMS and present it on a single dashboard in the form of printable charts, graphs, and analytics.IntelliBoard is the most comprehensive reporting and analytics platform of any LMS on the market today. Feel empowered to deliver better, more effective, more engaging learning informed by what your data is telling you. Our mantra: provide the best instantly available, easy-to-use, point-and click access to your data.

Davra provides a complete Industrial IoT platform that allows System Integrators, Product Builders, OEMs, Cities and our end customers to define, build and rapidly bring to market industrial grade IoT applications on a single reliable, secure and scalable IoT platform. Davra is the only IIOT Platform available on both AWS and Azure Marketplace.

Arccos Golf is the first ever, fully-automatic, real-time GPS and shot-tracking system. Arccos records every aspect of your game, and, through the proprietary Tour Analytics platform, it analyzes all of your stats -- uncovering your strengths, weaknesses and trends -- to give you game-changing knowledge so you can make better decisions on the course. Arccos stats are available instantly as you play or after your round on any tablet or computer, anytime, anywhere.

Engage121 provides a combination of technology and professional services to help its clients use social media to grow their brands. Through social media engagement, its clients are able to amplify their brand messages, manage their reputation, and leverage their local store customers and community to drive growth through increased foot traffic, brand loyalty and interactions – resulting in increased spending. Engage121 is an enterprise-class social media management solution built on technical innovation focused on its clients’ requirements. Engage121’s functionality is seamlessly integrated to allow everyone in the enterprise to view the customer in the same way and to respond in one voice, across every location, function, team, department, division and country.

Triax Technologies is committed to transforming the most challenging work environments and industries through intelligent, innovative technology and real-time data collection and analytics to make worksites run safer, faster and smarter.To achieve this, Triax delivers a fully connected Internet of Things (IoT) platform through a proprietary communication hub designed for Construction, Oil & Gas, Energy, Heavy Industrial and other challenging IT environments. Our flagship Spot-r system elevates worksite visibility, safety, security and risk, connecting workers, equipment and operations through a scalable, minimal infrastructure network, wearable and sensor devices, and a cloud-based dashboard. By providing real-time, data-driven visibility into site access, worker and equipment location, manpower, safety incidents, and evacuation and muster procedures, Spot-r enables actionable insights, helping firms streamline processes and work safer and smarter.

**Sold to Kubient, Inc.**Powered by its proprietary MX Platform™, MediaCrossing is the independent digital media trading firm reinventing media buying and selling. The company was founded to bridge buyers and sellers easily, effectively and efficiently. MediaCrossing delivers exceptional value, execution, transparency and liquidity in tradeable ad inventory for publishers, marketers and agencies. Unlike other marketplace players, MediaCrossing may take principal positions on behalf of publishers, marketers and their agencies, thus assuming the risk of unsold inventory for the benefit of its partners. A world-class team of hands-on employee-owners leads the company with proven, successful and relevant Madison Avenue and Wall Street business, technology and marketing experience in the U.S. and EMEA. Headquartered in Stamford, CT, MediaCrossing is funded and advised by some of the world’s leading media, marketing and trading innovators, as well as Connecticut Innovations and Rialto Bridge Partners.

Member - Audit CommitteeChairman - Compensation CommitteeChairman - Nominating and Governance CommitteeRecruiter.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCRT) is an on-demand recruiting platform providing flexible talent acquisition solutions that scale from startups to the Fortune 100. With an on-tap network of thousands of recruiting professionals and recruitment marketing automation, Recruiter.com helps businesses solve today's complex hiring challenges.

NorthPage is a provider of digital marketing analysis services.Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Southbury, Connecticut, NorthPage is a technology-driven digital marketing analysis firm. The company's core centers around Digital Marketing Analysis Services that its clients and partners leverage to improve Digital Marketing programs and results.To rapidly deliver high-value services to marketers, the firm develops and utilizes advanced digital marketing technologies and methodologies including the NorthPage Digital Marketing Analysis Platform.

**Sold to K1 Investment Management**Logicbroker Inc. delivers logicbroker, the most complete eCommerce platform available. logicbroker is a cloud-based integration hub that connects the fragmented systems your business relies on and automates the exchange of everything from inventory and purchase orders, to tracking information and invoices. With logicbroker, you can reduce your cost per transaction and effortlessly exchange procurement information electronically with your website, ERP, suppliers, and EDI trading partners. For more information, visit www.logicbroker.com.

**Sold to TransUnion**Tru Optik identity resolution powers the streaming media ecosystem. Tru Optik’s patented Household Graph™ of more than 80 million U.S. homes enables the world's leading brands, agencies, media companies, and platforms to engage consumers across OTT, streaming audio, and gaming with unmatched scale, accuracy and privacy compliance.

**Sold to Henry Schein**Umbie Health simplifies healthcare office workflow, increases patient retention, and makes it easy to manage new patient acquisitions. It's the best way to apply healthcare information technology to your practice. Imagine having the freedom to access your practice's information from anywhere; check schedules and finish up notes from your home, or even review charts while on the road.

**Sold to Donnelley Financial Solutions**eBrevia is commercializing artificial intelligence technology developed at Columbia University to assist corporate attorneys, in-house counsel, and business executives in performing a variety of tasks more efficiently, accurately, and cost effectively. Using machine learning techniques, the company’s software can extract and summarize legal provisions from a wide array of legal documents. The company’s products have applications for due diligence, document management, and document drafting. eBrevia was selected as one of four national winners in the Startup America DEMO Competition and designated by CIO.com as having one of the top ten enterprise products at the DEMO conference. The company also received the Most Promising Software Product of the Year award from the Connecticut Technology Council.

**Sold to Hubbell Incorporated**iDevices began its journey with the conception and development of the iGrill®, on of the first app-enabled devices, following with the launch of the popular iShower ® water-resistant Bluetooth speaker. Following these successful launches, iDevices emerged as a premier development and consulting company for the app-enabled market. iDvices has integrated all required resources in-house to create and launch app-enabled products, both independently and with partner companies.

** Sold to PubSquared **Local Yokel Media helps digital marketers reach local customers, nationwide, through hyperlocal content. Our unique ad platform aggregates thousands of hyperlocal websites and blogs, organizes them by zip code and empowers marketers to efficiently reach into tightly-defined local markets through content that their customers know and trust. Complemented by additional targeting capabilities, including mobile, social and demographic/behavioral profile targeting and retargeting, Local Yokel Media delivers quality hyperlocal reach with transparency and turn-key efficiency, at scale.

Continuity Control is an award-winning compliance platform that combines advanced software with personalized service to help community financial institutions effectively manage their regulatory burden. Founded in 2008 by distinguished technology, banking, and compliance specialists, Continuity Control's platform effectively reduces the resources a bank or credit union must spend on compliance while ensuring that it passes regulatory muster. Built just for smaller banks and credit unions, Continuity Control is the most comprehensive compliance management platform on the market today for community financial institutions.

** Sold to DirecTV **LiveClips is an innovator and leader in the development and delivery of instantaneous video content to sports and fantasy league fans via mobile and Internet-enabled devices. Headquartered in Stamford, LiveClips' game-changing advanced technology automates the previously time- and labor-intensive processes of creating game clips highlighting the most exciting and important plays, enabling broadcasters and rights holders to dramatically increase the efficiency of their sports coverage. LiveClips is also pioneering a new era of mobile engagement, creating instant in-game clips that users can filter by teams, players and kinds of plays. Founded in 2008, LiveClips created 83,000 discrete video clips, of which 6,887 were distributed to fans who viewed them over 65 million times during the 2011 BCS college football season.

etouches develops an event management software platform and offers supporting services to corporations, not-for-profits, educational institutions and agencies. The cloud-based software offers a complete set of tools to plan, manage and market their meeting and event portfolio. The event management platform offers modules that handle every aspect of the event lifecycle, as well as pre-integrated complementary products to extend the capabilities of your event technology ecosystem. built-in tools for custom reporting, data import/export, and a full API to make integrations with other software systems as easy as possible. etouches also offers a professional services division that provides pre-and onsite event management, as well as event website configuration.With offices in the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom and Australia, etouches is offered direct and through a growing channel of value-added reseller. Led by visionary and founding CEO, Leonora Valvo, etouches is continuously cited for its innovative software products and entrepreneurial leadership.

Affinimark Technologies Inc., a private bioscience company based in New Haven, Connecticut, develops proprietary medical diagnostic products addressing market opportunities and serious unmet medical/surgical needs. Its lead product, CerebrostripTM, is a strip-based diagnostic test, derived from Affinimark’s own cutting edge research, that will quickly and cost-effectively provide a definitive determination whether a patient has suffered a cerebrospinal fluid leak as a result of surgery or trauma. No such product is currently available, resulting in significant risk to the patient and cost to the healthcare system.

Green Mountain Business Development works with companies to identify and assess growth opportunities, generate both near- and long-term revenue, and manage intellectual property.Through a combination of Sales, Marketing, and Corporate Development disciplines, Green Mountain Business Development seeks to identify and develop for its clients:- New markets for existing products & services- New or complementary products and services to offer existing markets- New and efficient ways to reach and expand existing markets- New opportunities and business models created by technology

Since 1998, ipCapital Group has delivered over 450 successful intellectual property engagements to companies in a wide range of industries. Our professional services maximize financial results for clients that seek to develop and execute intellectual property strategies, strengthen and monetize intellectual property portfolios, and establish and implement Intellectual Asset Management practices. We have an interdisciplinary team trained in business, law, marketing, and product development that provides a systematic and comprehensive view of the full lifecycle of intellectual property, from creation to monetization to retirement.• Managed consulting teams in support of client engagements, developed and executed business strategies that creatively leveraged clients’ intellectual property to achieve critical corporate goals• Designed and implemented analytical tools to “score” patent quality, support data-driven strategic analysis and planning, and identify client assets for cost savings and revenue generation; Launched several new consulting services• Developed financial models to support client transactions ranging from $100k to $1B+• Identified key client business issues; Conducted market research and financial and strategic analysis; Assessed patent portfolios and competitive IP environments vis-à-vis business models, and technology roadmaps; Advised clients on how to mitigate risks, exploit opportunities, and align IP efforts with corporate strategies• Developed, launched, and managed the firm’s practice area in licensing and other IP-based transactions; Advised executive management of client companies on monetization and revenue generation strategies• Provided strategic IP due diligence and advisory services to venture capital firms, asset based lenders, and other IP-based investors representing greater than $250M of invested capital

DPRA is a global leader in developing creative solutions to complex logistical, technical, environmental, and management problems. Since 1961, we have been committed to research, discovery, and the innovative application of advanced science and technology.• Structured and proposed a business plan to privatize Canadian provincial government’s hazardous waste operations• Developed winning proposal and project managed the implementation of an Internet Protocol-based call center (VoIP)• Created and presented proposals: Clients included Prime Minister of Nepal; Ministry of Environment, Ontario, Canada

Aleron is a privately held, Goldman Sachs-funded backbone operator majority owned by the investment bank Goldman Sachs. The company's core product is based on a 100 percent "port availability" guarantee. Aleron's has deployed an IP network infrastructure, an OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) wavelength-based network that uses advanced MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) technology across its entire core network, making possible new network applications and value-added services.• Developed strategic business plan to launch operations and offer Internet backbone services in emerging markets• Led U.S. business development efforts to enter target markets, establish partnerships, and generate revenue• Presented business plans to CEO specifying revenue forecast, regional partnerships and joint venture opportunities, product development and marketing initiatives, and regional network infrastructure and staffing needs• Created Service Management role and responsibilities, developed the processes and procedures necessary to provision global services from contract execution through customer acceptance and billing• Generated and maintained corporate sales forecast and revenue reports• Participated in investor due diligence process by presenting sales organization, strategy, and revenue forecast

Teleglobe is a leading provider of international voice, data, Internet and mobile roaming services with over 50 years of industry expertise in international telecommunications. Teleglobe owns and operates one of the world's most extensive telecommunications networks, reaching over 240 countries and territories with advanced voice, mobile, and data services. Teleglobe is the carrier of choice to more than 1,400 wholesale customers representing the world's leading telecommunications, mobile operators and Internet service providers.• Launched new department: created organization, strategy, budget, and objectives resulting in profitable revenue generation within six months• Identified potential channel partners, reviewed business plans, negotiated contracts, and generated revenue through emerging internet-based exchanges, brokers, and portals participating in one of the industry’s first live auctions for telecom bandwidth• Developed alternative, low-cost sales channels with on-line electronic marketplaces and business-to-business exchanges for Internet Services, Fiber Optic Cable Capacity, SDH/SONET Bandwidth, and International Voice Services• Established corporate strategy and drafted business plan for offering telecom bandwidth in the emerging commodity trading market• Founding member of the Bandwidth Trading Organization (BTO) to develop industry-wide standardized terms and conditions and act as an oversight committee and governing body• Reported directly to the President with responsibilities including P&L, strategy development and revenue forecast: periodic reports presented to the Chief Executive Officer and executive management team• Evaluated the impact on company assets, affect on existing business, and revenue opportunity resulting from the emerging commodity market for trading telecom services

•Led bilateral negotiations with incumbent carriers, Ministries of Communications, and emerging Internet Service Providers lowering international accounting rates, expanding breadth of services, and growing revenue•Performed extensive due diligence on industry trends, regional market dynamics, regulatory, political, and economic conditions; Analyzed market intelligence to identify and develop business opportunities•Expanded sales opportunities with existing customers and initiated business relationships with emerging carriers, cellular operators, Internet Service Providers, and telecommunications resellers•Directed regional Internet product marketing and development efforts•Supervised and managed support team including Business Management, Service Program Management, in-country agents, and local representatives•Managed regional network capacity requirements and forecast; developed capacity growth plans utilizing satellite systems and fiber optic cables•Managed $9 Million revenue target of Internet, data, and voice services; Consistently and achieved greater than 140% annual budget•Led product development of asymmetrical Internet service via satellite to address the unique needs of emerging markets; Developed pricing, marketing strategy, and led sales efforts generating profitable revenue and replicated in other markets•Coordinated regulatory, legal, finance, network engineering, billing, and marketing efforts in response to proposals, tenders, and product development initiatives•Negotiated pricing, terms, and conditions for international service contracts•Created twelve-month training program for International Sales Associates in order to staff offshore offices; Recruited and supervised sales and support personnel from eight countries•Led cross-functional team to install multi-million dollar satellite earth station in Pakistan; taking over a project in jeopardy of complete failure to successfully and profitably deliver much needed telecom infrastructure

ECI Telecom is a leading supplier of networking infrastructure for carrier and service provider networks worldwide. From tier-one national network operators to city carriers, ECI's equipment serves as the platform for key applications including business services, voice, video and wireless backhaul.• Led all aspects of international and domestic sales and account management, including prospecting for new clients, qualifying customer needs, and presenting technical and commercial information to executive management• Negotiated and closed $1M+ purchase orders, global purchasing agreements, and long-term sales relationships with key North American accounts• Managed post-sales process including: manufacturing, shipping, customs clearance, installation, and training• Generated $15 Million in revenue of telecom infrastructure hardware and software; Consistently achieved greater than 130% annual budget; Awarded “Hunter of the Year” for significantly expanding customer base; Opened markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh