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President Roy Chomko Discusses Leadership Challenges And Business Advice

As the President of Adage Technologies, Roy Chomko is always looking to stay ahead of the latest trends within his quickly changing industry. Adage Technologies is an eCommerce web design and development firm in downtown Chicago. To stay ahead, Roy advises to use weekly and monthly KPIs that are much more forecasting rather than reviewing […]

Founder Bob Burke: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Innovating an industry that is over 100 years old is no easy task. That’s exactly what Bob Burke is doing as the Founder of Burke America. Burke America is a Chicago-based private holding company that acquires select businesses in niche manufacturing and distribution areas of the smaller middle-market. As a leader within his industry, Bob […]

HigherGround Managed Services

HigherGround Managed Services (HigherGround) is a full-service IT and consulting firm that partners with owners, entrepreneurs and leaders of small to medium-sized organizations – ensuring they spend more time managing their core businesses and less time worrying about their IT infrastructures. HigherGround services the greater Chicago Area with headquarters in Rolling Meadows, IL. HigherGround brings […]

Brian Brammeier

Brian is Founder and CEO of HigherGround Managed Services, a full-service IT and consulting firm that partners with entrepreneurs and leaders of small to medium-sized organizations. Brian started his career designing and maintaining hospital computer systems for labor and delivery departments. At 20, he published and defended two security papers at the World Congress of […]

Larry Jordan

As the President and CTO of Wi-Tronix, Larry focuses on delivering technology innovations that solve the challenges rail companies face today, and will take them sustainably into the future as leaders in transportation. Before founding Wi-Tronix, Larry managed the development of electronic systems for GM Electro-Motive. He holds multiple patents in locomotive control systems. Larry received both a Bachelor and […]

CEO Taylor Rhodes: Analyze Your Business From End To End

Taylor Rhodes is the CEO of SMS Assist. SMS Assist is a Chicago-based technology company providing multi site property management to a roster of Fortune 500 clients with a team of more than 800 dedicated employees and more than 186,000 service locations. According to Taylor, “Growth is a good problem to have, but it’s still […]

CEO Brian Hill Is Changing The Lives Of Those Affected By Incarceration

Brian Hill, CEO of Edovo, has made his mission to better the lives and education of those who are affected by incarceration. Since launching in 2014, Edovo has been building technology solutions to support positive outcomes for incarcerated individuals and their families, correctional facilities, and affected communities. As Brian looks ahead at the next few […]

LuminAID

LuminAID is the world’s first creator of pack-flat solar lanterns and phone chargers. Durable, waterproof, and tested for extreme conditions, LuminAID lanterns are designed for camping, backpacking, kayaking, emergency prep, backyards, pools, and anywhere light is useful. Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork invented LuminAID’s solar lighting technology just after the Haiti earthquake in 2010. They […]

Edovo

Every year, 12 million people in the U.S. will see the inside of a jail or prison cell. Although education and communication with loved ones are well-documented ways to keep people out of jail, most incarcerated individuals don’t have regular access to programming. Since launching in 2014, Edovo has been building technology solutions to support […]

Maria Kim

Maria Kim is a proven leader in project/ people management and strategy, with over two decades experience in operations, human capital, technology and organizational development, first in the private and now in the social purpose sector. Strengths include: capacity to lead multi-discipline departments providing software tools and infrastructure in support of a $400m book of […]