Monthly Archives - May 2022

S’more product lead & Ad Club honoree Regina Guinto on the influencer-fueled future

Every year, the Advertising Club of New York, often abbreviated as Ad Club, honors some of the top talent in the industry in its ‘Advertising People of the Year’ awards. As part of this year’s honors, S’more head of product design Regina Guinto has received the ‘Young Pro’ award. Guinto spent the early part of her career with ad platform Jun Group, where she started as an account coordinator. Over the course of six years, she worked her way up...
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Wasabi narrows focus to challenge hyperscaler rivals

The technology world is full of companies building out from their core expertise to be a one-stop shop for their customers. But cloud storage company Wasabi has taken a different approach. “We’re not trying to be everything to everyone; we’re trying to be one thing, executed very well, for a specific set of users and use cases,” said Drew Schlussel, director of product marketing at Wasabi Technologies Inc. Schlussel and Dustin Albertson, manager of cloud and application alliances — product...
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CTERA Announces Strategic Partnership with Wasabi Technologies to Bring Secure Cloud File Services to the Mid-Market

CTERA, the leader in edge-to-cloud file services, today announced a new partnership with Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, to provide integrated file and object data service for mid-sized companies. The new offering combines CTERA’s global file system technology with Wasabi’s scalable and cost-effective object storage, in simple service bundles designed for rapid delivery and support by channel partners. Companies of all sizes struggle to close IT gaps as they shift from traditional workplace models to new post-pandemic hybrid...
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SOM Picks Aircuity Platform For New 7 World Trade Center HQ

Global architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has installed the Aircuity ventilation optimization platform in its new headquarters at 7 World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City. SOM selected the Aircuity platform for its ability to optimize ventilation and deliver a healthier and more productive indoor environment, along with Aircuity’s continuous indoor air quality (IAQ) analytics that provided key health and safety insight when moving into the space during the pandemic. Read more >>
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Educational Service Centers of Indiana Partners with Scrible to Help Indiana Schools Affordably Access its Research and Writing Super App

Scrible, the super app that streamlines the research and writing process for students and educators, announced today its new partnership with the Educational Service Centers of Indiana (ESC of I) to provide its members access to its platform at a considerable discount. ESC of I is a collaborative of Indiana's nine individual Education Service Centers (ESCs). Read more >>
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OmniLife Named Winner of the 2022 Lyfebulb-CVS Kidney Care® Innovation Challenge

Lyfebulb, a patient-empowerment platform that connects patients with industry experts to support user-driven innovation, and CVS Kidney Care®, a CVS Health® company, are excited to announce that OmniLife was selected as the winner, and Kindness for Kidneys International received an honorable mention, at the 2022 Lyfebulb–CVS Kidney Care® Innovation Challenge: Accelerating Innovations in Kidney Disease to Improve Health Equity and Outcomes. Read more >>
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CleanFiber secures $14 million for Lackawanna expansion

A past 43North winner is expanding again after securing $14 million in debt financing. Five years after the company moved to Buffalo, CleanFiber now employs more than 70 people in its Lackawanna factory. The funding will support the addition of new equipment that allows the company to fulfill the demand for its product. “We’ve had a significant uptick in hiring that’s been driven by growth and demand,” CEO Jonathan Strimling said. “We have a long backlog of demand for our...
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Michael Bayer: ‘CFOs Are Storytellers’

Michael Bayer, CFO of Wasabi Technologies, asked this rhetorical question in response to CFO’s inquiry about the business outlook for his company and cloud storage. In preparation for this week’s CFO Leadership Council Conference, we took the opportunity to ask Bayer to reflect on his own career in finance and how his organizational structure empowers Wasabi to greater opportunities. Read more >>
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A Founder Focused Approach

We focus on and celebrate Boston Harbor Angels Founders!             A seasoned serial founder once said, "If it feels easy it means you are doing something wrong" , building a business and being accountable to investors is very hard and that is why the success and exit rates are so low. Aligning yourself with the right #AngelInvestors is key and keeping them updated makes the journey much simpler. Angels are here to help! Boston Harbor Angels fund and support dozens of Founders! There is nothing more...
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