Tech Companies to Watch

Solar & Thermal Systems, Inc.

Solar & Thermal Systems is a manufacturing company utilizing 21st century tools & techniques to produce a line of concentrated solar powered (CSP) 'gensets'.  The value of the STS product is embodied in its low production cost and exceptional rates at which the product can be installed, creating superior value for the customer. STS has the advantage of being immune to price increases over its lifetime; the fuel being sunlight.

Solar & Thermal Systems, Inc.
Norwalk
Paul Passarelli
www.solarandthermal.com

HR411.com

HR411® is assisting businesses around the country manage and support their HR functions. HR411 is designed specifically to help small and mid-size businesses leverage their resources to manage their workforce, understand and comply with key employment and labor laws, and stay current on HR trends and developments. HR411® provides access to all the tools, resources, information and support a business needs to; hire, mange, discipline and terminate employees, create and maintain professional employment policies and handbooks, comply with state and federal labor laws and effectively manage their day-to-day HR responsibilities and workforce.

HR411.com
Shelton
Michael J. Pires
www.hr411.com

US E-COAT

US E-COAT will leverage US expertise and know-how to provide manufacturers in China with a one-stop facility to electrocoat metal parts. The technology provides environmentally sound and cost-effective coating solutions to a wide variety of industries such as: agriculture, appliance, automotive, computer, construction equipment, electrical, furniture, industrial equipment, recreational, truck and bus. In addition to offering custom coating services to outside customers concerned with lead and other contaminants, US E-COAT will also form metal parts for Jeep Wheelbarrows.

US E-COAT
New Canaan
Kurt Feick
www.jeepwheelbarrows.com

Health Plan One

Health Plan One is a licensed health insurance agency and a leading online health insurance marketplace, where you can find health insurance quotes and affordable health insurance plans. Get a health insurance quote for individuals, the self-employed, and small businesses, all in one convenient place. In addition to finding free health insurance quotes from over 100 leading carriers, you can also compare multiple plans side by side and apply for and purchase health insurance in all 50 States. HealthPlanOne is one of the only companies that has developed technology to tie into major health insurance companies back end systems to serve up real-time live rates.

Health Plan One
Shelton
Bill Stapleton
www.healthplanone.com

XLerant, Inc.

Xlerant's BudgetPak is the only budget software that actually assists line managers in creating well thought out budgets the first time around, saving countless hours of validation and rework. BudgetPak helps control budget inflation by making each decision that impacts the budget transparent, and by making it easy for line managers to develop a valid budget to begin with.

XLerant, Inc.
Stamford
Lawrence Serven
www.XLerant.com

The Global Executive

The Global Executive is a specialized team of professionals, offering custom event solutions to over 500 global events annually. The team prides itself on its innovative creation and execution of unique events supported by their suite of web-based proprietary event technology, etouches ®, which address the critical issues facing the event planning lifecycle to industry and nonprofit business sectors.

The Global Executive
Ridgefield
Leonara Valvo
www.globalexec.com

Leonora Valvo, CEO, The Global Executive, was recognized by the 2009 Women of Innovation program for Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Read article in Newsguide.us A short bio from the program is below:

In 2005, recognizing the need for a comprehensive web-based meeting and event solution, Leonora Valvo began developing etouches. Initially focused on event registration and housing management, etouches has evolved into a fully integrated enterprise solution which addresses all aspects of the event lifecycle. etouches has emerged as a leader in the strategic meeting management software space with customers including Volkswagen, Audi, the Financial Times, Google and travel industry analysts PhocusWright.

VeruTEK Technologies, Inc.

VeruTEK provides proprietary, patent-pending, green nanotechnology solutions for cleaning up the environment. The company has developed a line of green and safe technologies that remedy the most persistent soil, water and gas pollution that impact companies and communities.

VeruTEK Technologies, Inc.
Bloomfield
John Collins
www.verutek.com

GoCrossCampus

GoCrossCampus is a team-based social gaming platform that revolves around your connections, locations and interests. Any team of people can play, whether it's rival dorms battling across a college campus, employees competing in an exciting corporate team-building tournament, universities duking it out in an inter-campus athletic conference championship, or even supporters of presidential candidates in a great political bash. GoCrossCampus has been phenomenally successful in its private beta launch, and the company is continuing to expand rapidly, developing its brand and software into a groundbreaking new multi-platform team-based social gaming destination.

GoCrossCampus
New Haven
Brad Hargreaves
www.gocrosscampus.com

NexGen Solutions LLC

Software NextGen Solutions LLC is the Standard in Public Safety, Fire, EMS Software and Services, successfully applying its unique blend of technology and law enforcement experience to develop and market the next generation of public safety software solutions. NexGen today is recognized throughout Connecticut Police Departments and other policing agencies as the state standard in law enforcement technology. More than two dozen Police Departments throughout Connecticut, along with the University of Connecticut's Main Campus and Central Connecticut University Police, currently use NexGen software to meet their public safety requirements.

NexGen Solutions LLC
East Haven
Sal Annunziato
www.nexgen-online.com

Helix Therapeutics, LLC

Helix Therapeutics, LLC (HT) is developing DNA therapeutics that will cause a paradigm shift in the way that common genetic diseases are treated, i.e. by permanently curing them. Application of our patented fundamental technolgy results in the permanent repair of DNA. We will take advantage of the well established stem cell transplantation procedure, which is annually applied to about 70,000 patients in the US, to modify a target DNA sequence permanently. Our initial disease focus is Sickle Cell Anemia, a common genetic disease for which there is no effective therapy for the majority of patients. We will cure this disease by reactivating the expression of fetal hemoglobin in the bone marrow stem cells of patients. Our therapy will be effective for all hemoglobin disorders.

Helix Therapeutics, LLC
New Haven
Peter M. Glazer
www.helixtherapeutics.com