February 15th JCTM: What's Next in Hardware with InCharged and MAINGEAR

Speakers: Jessica Gonzalez, InCharge of InCharged & Wallace Santos, CEO of MAINGEAR

Moderated by Heather Waibel, Founder of Welnys (http://welnys.com/). Heather has a great background including years of work at PayPal and now helps companies implement, manage and optimize their workplace wellness programs with Welnys (http://welnys.com/). She is also working to build a new Incubator space in downtown JC for young entrepreneurs and startups.

Schedule:

6:30 – 7:00: Speed Networking and Pizza
7:00 – 7:45: Welcome and Fireside Chat
7:45 – 8:00: Q&A
8:00+: Networking Happy Hour at HopsScotch

A fireside chat between hybrid CEO Jessica Gonzalez, InCharged (http://incharged.com/)and Wallace Santos, CEO, MAINGEAR (https://www.maingear.com/index.php)

Jessica Gonzalez, Founder and CEO of InCharged, is a serial entrepreneur – part tech obsessed and part creative communications artist, Jessica has already earned the nickname “Jill-of-all-trades” by wearing many hats and operating as a hybrid CEO. Now, she is proud to say that InCharged has become a market leader offering the advanced solution for cell phone charging as well as experiential marketing and display advertising – all products made in the USA. Gonzalez holds a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and completed an MIT Entrepreneurship 101.2 top 5% of her class. Her entrepreneurial intensity translates into a zest for adventure – when she’s not busy planning her next big leap, Jessica is busy paddle surfing in islands you can’t pronounce, dirt biking thru a Cambodian jungle or knitting.

Read more about Jessica’s journey via NJBIZ (http://www.njbiz.com/article/20160111/NJBIZ01/301119998/becoming-a-major-power-in-the-charging-industry)

MAINGEAR's history stretches back to 2002 when Wallace Santos was debating whether to start his business towards his passion of building high performance PC's or modding and tuning cars. Ultimately, he decided to combine the best of both by building high-performance custom PCs and tuning them for the best experience possible. Wallace has always been focused on delivering the best personal support, build quality and performance. Since 2002, MAINGEAR products have earned numerous industry award such as PC Magazine Editors’ Choice and Maximum PC Kick-Ass Editors’ Choice award. MAINGEAR's dedication to genuine one-on-one personal customer support is part of their foundation making them different than other PC manufacturers and custom PC builders.

Learn all about how Wallace changed the game via NJBIZ (http://www.njbiz.com/article/20161012/NJBIZ01/310129985/santos-figured-out-how-game-was-played-early-on)

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