TechrIoT Office Hours - Free Mentorship

Hey TechrIoT-ers!!!

We are holding our first set of office hours! Mentors from the community are coming to Innovation Pavilion prior to our Meetup on November 29th to help you accelerate your product or company.

The following mentors are going to be available for any questions you might have about your company or product!

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Mike Deeds, Director of Hardware Engineering at Cardinal Peak

Mike Deeds’s technical background is in embedded systems hardware and software design, including FPGA and ASIC design. He has significant expertise in engineering project management and product definition and architecture. Prior to joining Cardinal Peak in 2008, Mike was on the technical staff at MobilePeak Systems, where he was involved in the design of a 3G wireless user terminal. Earlier in his career he worked at Precision Photonics and Qualcomm. He holds an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a focus on computer architecture and a BS in electrical engineering from Marquette University.

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Kate Bethurem, Director of Business Development at Cardinal Peak

Cardinal Peak is an engineering design services company specializing in IoT, as well as audio and video. Cardinal Peak has more than 70 engineers who are expert consultants consulting in IoT, FPGAs, digital communications, digital entertainment, cloud computing, mobile application development, and embedded hardware and software. Kate joined Cardinal Peak with more than 20 years in the engineering field. She has experience as an embedded hardware designer, program manager, consultant and manufacture’s sales rep. She has spent her career helping companies develop products from concept to production.

Come chat with her for free office hours to discuss everything from architecture, design, manufacturing, testing, sales , resource planning, system integration or just stop to say hi.

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Todd Towles, Founder at Rep of the Rockies

Rep of the Rockies helps IoT companies with Software, Firmware and Hardware development needs to complete projects.

By representing multiple development services firms in Colorado and Offshore, specializing in Digital Health and IoT applications, we introduce you to the right partner.

Our goal is to understand customers software project needs and introduce them to the PERFECT development team.

Here are some of the specifics:

> Native Mobile applications (and mobile responsive web apps)

> Web Portal development and design

> Software and Hardware Testing

> UI/UX design and development

> Database performance

> SaaS / Cloud applications

> Firmware development

> Hardware design, including wireless communications

We help solve engineering and software problems.

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Jay Andersen, Principal at Eastside Consulting

Jay is a seasoned executive with broad and diverse global experience in leading
organizations in exceeding their revenue and profitability targets. He has close to thirty-five years of experience in working in IoT, Security, Communications, Cloud,
Manufacturing and the embedded software space. Jay most recently was VP of Global Sales & Services for Spectralink. Prior to that he was VP of Global Professional Services at Wind River (subsidiary of Intel and part of IoT Group), was in an executive role for Nexergy and was with Motorola for close to 27 years in executive leadership positions both domestically and internationally. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Northern Colorado.

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Callie Wentling, Director for Business Development at Boulder Engineering Studio

Callie manages new projects from client intake through the structuring of a project's development strategy (Discovery), which identifies critical production specifications (based on critical functionality and aesthetics, manufacturing approaches, certifications and standards, etc.) and establishes program expectations for device features, development time and cost, as well as projected production expenses.

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Elliot Lyons, Business Development Specialist at AppIt Ventures

Elliott Lyons is a driven entrepreneur and sales leader, specializing in business development for small to medium sized companies. Elliott has spent the last 8 years building and developing sales teams in a variety of different markets. Elliott is responsible for helping clients get their new software and mobile application projects started at AppIt Ventures.

AppIt Ventures delivers mobile app solutions. Our team is driven by a simple goal: Develop high quality software that just works. We utilize our proprietary ‘AppIt Rapid Development’ to deliver software faster than any other company in our field. We are mobile experts with a portfolio of more than 300 software applications, and offices in two countries. If you are want cutting edge custom mobile and web apps that your customers or employees will adopt and love, then we are the team you’re looking for.

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Chelsea Young, Co-Founder and Chief Designer at Curio

Chelsea Young grew up in Colorado and went on to attend the University of Colorado, where she received degrees in both mechanical engineering and studio art. After working with several Boulder startups as a freelance designer and engineer, Chelsea became a co-founder and chief designer of Curio, an industrial design firm that specializes in the development of consumer products. Their team consists of industrial designers, graphic artists, and engineers who carry out creative product execution and branding for companies in need of better performing products with a creative edge. Today, Chelsea continues to grow Curio, as well as create local events that encourage the growth of Boulder's startup and maker community.

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Les Simpson, President at Directed Tax Benefits, Inc

Les Simpson saves companies and individual’s money 12 ways through business expense reduction and specialized tax programs. Les has partnered with a company that has saved their clients over $400 million in the last 12 years. His position with TechrIoT is to work with your tax professional and make sure you are receiving all the Fed tax benefits and business expense reductions you have coming to you.

Research and Development tax credits are available for all companies that manufactures, fabricate, improves or tests any item made consisting of food, metal, wood, plastic or software. Once you been funded and spent over $250,000 for development, including payroll, you qualify for government tax benefits.

When you are hiring. let the government pay from $1,200 to $9,000 for you employees first year of employment.

If you own a building or have done $250,000 in improvements, you have tax benefits due.

Find all the hidden areas of profit in your company.