CTC Press Releases

CTC Announces Winners of the Sixth Annual Women of Innovation Awards Program - 1/20/2010 - Fifty-nine innovative, outstanding women from across Connecticut were honored January 20th during the sixth annual Women of Innovation awards dinner. The awards program recognizes women in the workforce who are innovators, role models and leaders in the technology, science and engineering fields. Students at both the high school and college level were also recognized.   Read the full press release

CTC Announces the List of 2010 Women of Innovation
Women of Innovation

12/11/09 - Finalists for the 2010 Women of Innovation 2010 program were announced.
Click here for the event program (.pdf), including short bios on all our finalists!

CTC Annual Meeting and Awards Presented

12/3/2009- The event was sponsored by Open Solutions, Connecticut Innovations and Covidien Surgical Devices.  Over 200 people attended.  Heaps of toys were collected for Toys for Tots.

Awards were presented:

2009 Public Policy Leader of the Year to Connecticut Economic Resource Center,  Inc.

2009 Innovation Excellence Award to member company United Technologies Corporation

2009 Volunteer(s) of the Year were
John Kreitler, a partner at the Hartford law firm Shipman & Goodwin LLP, and
Vincent Kiernan, a partner at the law firm of Edwards Angel Palmer & Dodge LLP

Thanks to all who took part - click here to read the full blog post

Announcing the 2009 class of FastTrack companies
CTC and EAPD welcome & congratulate nine new companies:

Axxun Inc., Control Station, Inc., Core Informatics LLC, Geezeo, PageFad LLC, Retail Optimization Inc., RemoTv Inc., SeeClickFix, SyferLock Technology Corporation
Read the full press release
Read about these and all the Companies in the FastTrack Program

CTC Names 2009 Emerging Connecticut Tech Companies to Watch at September 17th Awards Program

9/14/09 - Over 300 entrepreneurs, event sponsors and service providers are expected to gather on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at The Omni Hotel, New Haven for the Third Innovation Pipeline Awards, celebrating the most promising early stage technology companies in Connecticut. Companies to Watch is part of CTC's larger event on the same day - the Cantor Colburn/CCAT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit.  A northeast angel investor summit is also included.  Highlighting the evening program will be a poster fair, with 119 “Companies to Watch”presenting their products... Read the full press release.

CTC and UHY LLP Release 2009 Top 40 Fastest Growing Companies in Connecticut
9/14/09 - The Connecticut Technology Council and UHY LLP are releasing their 2009 list of the state's 40 fastest growing technology companies. The UHY LLP Tech Top 40 list of winning companies is compiled on the basis of revenue staegrowth over the last four years. Companies considered for this recognition have at least $3M in revenue, although some of the public companies listed have exceeded $1Billion in revenue. Primarily, UHY LLP Tech Top 40 companies are privately held, but twelve public companies, including Priceline.com and L-1 Identity Solutions, are also winners ... Read the full press release.

Innovation Pipeline Accelerator Management to Change Hands

9/09/09 - Matthew Nemerson, President and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) and Elliot Ginsberg, President and CEO of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT) jointly announced today that the statewide one-stop intake and resource matching program for start-up and early stage high potential technology firms, the Innovation Pipeline Accelerator (IPA), has been transferred to CCAT.  The program has worked with over 500 small and prospective employees since its inception and is considered a national model for entrepreneurs ... Read the full press release.

CTC Announces Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge FastTrack Selections for 2009
9/09/09 - The Connecticut Technology Council has selected its 2009 class of FastTrack companies; these high potential companies are likely to achieve significant revenue growth in the next year and beyond.  Companies will be paired with mentors, introduced to investors as appropriate and assisted in the selection of screened service providers where needed. FastTrack companies were culled from a broad base of over 500 emerging technology companies in CTC’s Innovation Pipeline Accelerator Program (IPA), which serves start-ups and ...read the full press release

CTC President Matthew Nemerson Elected President of North American Trade Association for Technology Organizations
4/09/09 - Matthew Nemerson, 53, president & CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) was elected president of the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) at the organization’s semi-annual conference in Baltimore. His term of office is for two years. TECNA represents regional and state technology councils and associations throughout the United States and Canada. Nemerson’said, “I am proud to have earned the confidence of my peers in a short time and excited to have this opportunity to be involved at a national level in strengthening the technology industry during a critical time for the economy.”Read the full press release

CTC Announces Finalists for the
2009 Women of Innovation Program
12/9/08 - CTC's Women of Innovation planning committee today announced the finalists for the fifth annual Women of Innovation awards program. This program recognizes women across Connecticut who are innovators, role models and leaders in their ...Read the press release about this event.

Innovation Pipeline Accelerator to support Microsoft BizSpark
as Network Partner

12/2008 Microsoft® has an exciting new program specifically designed to provide early stage Startups and Spinouts with software, support, and visibility to help ignite your success. The program, called BizSpark™, provides access to:

• Software: Join BizSpark get current, full-featured development tools, plus production licensing
  

• Support: professional technical support from Microsoft and business experts

• Visibility: Through BizSpark, you’ll have the opportunity to achieve global visibility to an audience of potential investors, clients and partners.
  

Read the full offer and requirements

CTC's Annual Meeting
12/4/08 - Read the press release, click here

CTC's Annual Meeting took place 12/4 at the Covidien North Haven Campus.  Thank you goes to Open Solutions for sponsoring the event.  We had over 150 CTC Members and guests in attendance. Rick Harris, CTC's secretary presented board business and awards were presented.

Special thanks to CTC's volunteer board of directors. Learn about the CTC Board

(l to r) Matthew Nemerson, Joan McDonald - State of CT, DECD, Frank Wolak - Fuel Cell Energy, Beth Alquist - Day Pitney

Congratulations to our award winners:

CTC has presented its 2008 Innovation Excellence Award to member company FuelCell Energy, Inc. a  Danbury-based fuel cell company. Receiving the Council’s 2008 Public Policy Leader of the Yearaward was Joan McDonald, the Commissioner of the state Department of Community and Economic Development, for providing leadership in support of the technology based set of economic development polices the Council believes are best for the state. Beth Alquist Partner, Day Pitney LLP received the 2008 Volunteer of the Year for her volunteer work on the Woman of Innovation Planning Committee which she has led since 2006.

Read the press release, click here

CTC Honors UHY LLP Tech Top 40 Winners
11/06/08 - The Connecticut Technology Council and UHY LLP feted the 40 fastest growing technology companies in Connecticut last night at the Chevrolet Theater in Wallingford. The list of winning companies ... Read the press release about this event.

CTC Announces UHY LLP Tech Top 40
10/06/08 - The Connecticut Technology Council and UHY LLP are releasing the list of the 40 fastest- growing technology companies in Connecticut. The UHY LLP Tech Top 40 is compiled on the basis of revenue growth over the last four years. Readthe full press release-->

CTC SEEKS NOMINEES FOR AWARDS
9/10-08 - Nominations for the Fifth Annual Women of Innovation Awards Ceremony, to be held on January 29, 2009, must be submitted by 10/31/08.Read more -->

CTC Hosts 2008 Annual Innovation Pipeline Accelerator Awards
9/16/08 - Almost 400 entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers gathered at the Dolce Norwalk Center for Innovation & Leadership. Read the press release-->

14 New FastTrack Companies
4/30/08 - 14 inductees to the FastTrack program.  Read more -->

2008 Women of Innovation
1/30/08 - Winners chosen for the 4th Annual Women of Innovation.  Read more -->

2007 Innovation Excellence Award
12/6/07 - Open Solutions Inc. Awarded the 2007 CTC Innovation Excellence Award  Read more -->

2007 Public Policy Leadership Award
12/6/07- Gary LeBeau Awarded the 2007 CTC Public Policy Leadership Award  Read more -->

2007 Volunteer of the Year Award
12/6/07, Tony Allen Awarded the 2007 CTC Volunteer of the Year Award  Read more -->

2008 Finalists for the Women of Innovation
12/3/07 - Finalists chosen for the 4th Annual Woman of Innovation. Read more -->

2007  Innovation Pipeline Accelerator Awards
11/8/2007 - First Annual Awards Event for the Innovation Pipeline Accelerator. Read more -->

2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Companies Celebrate
10/18/2007 - Defibtech tops the list withEach year the volunteers from the Connecticut Technology Council. Read more -->

CT COMPANIES Win Awards for Excellence - 1/30/2007 - Each year the volunteers from the Connecticut Technology Council and the law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge select the companies most likely to succeed. We work with those companies in a virtual incubator called the Innovation Pipeline Accelerator. Read more-->