Award Winning Creative Powerhouse Selected to Create 25th Anniversary Film for Hispanic Business Initiative Fund

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Hispanic Business Initiative Fund recently celebrated 25 years as the leading non-profit organization dedicated to the development of Hispanic businesses. To commemorate the important milestone, HBIF selected Creative Powerhouse (CP) to create a retrospective video telling the story of their twenty-five-year journey. “The goals of the HBIF are very near to […]

Hesperos, Inc. Awarded $2 Million Phase II SBIR Grant to Commercialize Body-on-a-Chip Technology and Reduce the Cost and Time of Drug Development

Orlando, Fla. – Long sought goals in drug and product development have been to eliminate or greatly reduce the need for animal testing as well as reduce the time and cost of getting products to market.   A University of Central Florida spinout company – Hesperos – is achieving those goals. Hesperos, a pioneer in creating […]

Serious Simulations Will Be Featured on PBS Channels Nationwide Showcasing Its Wireless VR Training Technology

Orlando, Fla. — Serious Simulations, LLC, the Orlando-based innovative provider of virtual reality (VR) training systems was recently featured in a segment aired on WUCF TV – the local PBS affiliate – weekly program SciTech Central .  The story garnered so much attention that it has been selected to be distributed nationwide to the many […]

UCF Business Incubation Program Selected as a Network Partner by Veterans Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program recently was named a Network Partner in the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program and will align its ongoing efforts to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training to veterans with the mission of the new statewide program. Veterans Florida Executive Director, Bobby Carbonell, said the UCF Business […]

JIRACOR Earns ISO 9001 and AS9100 Certification, Now Positioned to Service More Aerospace Companies Worldwide

ORLANDO — JIRACOR, a small business that offers a full-spectrum of Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Avionics Systems, recently earned both the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems and AS9100:2009, Rev. C Aerospace Management Systems certifications. The certifications were accomplished through an independent third-party audit by NSF International Strategic Registrations (www.nsf-isr.org), a management […]

Winter Springs Firm Global Elite Transportation Named Preferred Transportation Vendor For Phoenix International Raceway

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — Global Elite Transportation (GET), a Certified Women’s Business Enterprise in Winter Springs providing ground and chartered air transportation nationally, recently announced that they are the official car service for Phoenix International Raceway for the NASCAR Can-Am 500 race weekend in November 2016. Meera Harry, CEO at GET, said her team of […]

Orlando International Airport (MCO) Adopts New Datanautix Machine Learning Platform to Process Thousands of Guest Experience Comments Immediately

ORLANDO, Fla. — To improve the guest experience, the Orlando International Airport (MCO) will begin using Datanautix software to quickly understand and analyze guest feedback provided via their web site, through social media channels and shared by partner airlines. These open-ended comments provide an opportunity to understand what matters to passengers travelling through the airport […]

Serious Simulations featured in current issue of Military Training & Simulation News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Serious Simulations, LLC an innovative provider of human motion based, mixed and virtual reality training systems for the military, law enforcement, firefighting, and sports communities, was featured in the September-October 2016 issue of Military Training & Simulation News, a publication available online and in print published five time a year. Chris Chambers, founder […]

The Right Profile Selected to Participate in VentureScaleUp Accelerator Fall 2016

ORLANDO, FLA. – VentureScaleUp, Orlando’s high-growth business accelerator, selected The Right Profile, a talent analytics firm for professional sports teams, law firms and corporations, to participate in its Fall 2016 Cohort. Sterling Bates, The Right Profile’s Chief Technology Officer, said “ The Right Profile was selected as one of only six companies with both the […]

Dr. Maritza Concha, CEO of Covian Consulting, to be Featured Presenter at Evaluation 2016 in Atlanta October 27

Atlanta / Orlando — Maritza Concha Ph.D, founder and president of Orlando-based Covian Consulting will be a featured presenter at Evaluation 2016 on Oct. 27 in Atlanta. The international conference will take place October 24-29 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and is sponsored by the American Evaluation Assn. (AEA) based in Washington, D.C.   AEA is the leading […]

Affordable Insurance Is Now Available For Tiny Houses

Apopka, Fla.,… NOAH – National Organization of Alternative Housing – in cooperation with  Foremost® Insurance Group, a member of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, recently announced the availability of affordable insurance for the Tiny House industry. Robin Butler, founder of NOAH, said Foremost® Insurance Group will provide the affordable insurance to owners of NOAH […]

LifeBridge 10000 in Winter Springs to Launch Revolutionary Treatment Protocol that Gives Hope to Stage Four Cancer Patients

Winter Springs, Fla. – LifeBridge 10000 in Winter Springs, is introducing a revolutionary new medical device that can dramatically extend the lives—and improve the lifestyles—of patients with advanced cancer. LifeBridge 10000 is building the next generation of Tumor Treating Fields — the latest development in advanced cancer treatment.   Clinical trials are slated to begin late […]

REDCON to Provide Staffing Services to Manatee County School District through July 2019

Orlando, Fla. – Staffing services for the School District of Manatee County will now be provided by REDCON Solutions Group, an Orlando-based security, professional and facilities service company. The Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business will provide various recruiting and temporary staffing services under the three-year contract with the district. The Blanket Service Agreement is for […]

Polk County Awards Three-Year Staffing Contract to REDCON

Orlando, Fla. – REDCON Solutions Group announced today that Orlando-based professional service company is the new provider of staffing services for Polk County Government. The Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business was awarded a three-year contract to provide temporary and direct placement personnel services, including recruitment and personnel placement services for any employee who would be […]

Volusia County-UCF Business Incubator Associate Director/Site Manager Named “Education Partner of the Year” at annual CareerSource Summit in Orlando

Daytona Beach / Orlando, Fla. – Connie Garzon-Bernal, Associate Director and Site Manager for the Volusia County–UCF Business Incubator, was presented with a statewide award during the Workforce Professional Development Summit 2016, held recently at the Grand Hyatt Resort in Orlando. Bernal was selected as the “Education Partner of the Year” among a group of […]

Freshorize USA Now Supports 41 Florida Jobs Manufacturing Products for Top Airlines – New Green Cleaners Set to Triple Business

Winter Springs, Fla. — Freshorize, a U.K.-based firm which supplies airlines globally with proprietary lavatory centric products centered on a 3-in-1 soap bottle and moisturizer with an air freshener, now supports 41 jobs paying 45 percent higher than the average area wages. Aziz Patel, President and CEO of Freshorize, Ltd., said he realized fairly soon after […]

HipScience and District 2 Commissioner Tony Ortiz Bridge The Gap Work Together Bringing New Experiences & Technology To Residents

Orlando, FL: District 2 Commissioner Tony Ortiz’s DigiHood Academy is partnering with HipScience to host a Robotics Workshop for the students at the Engelwood Neighborhood Center on September 13, 2016. The workshop will offer a hands-on opportunity for the kids to learn the fundamentals of robotics and 3D printing. HipScience will be providing the equipment […]

Volusia County Entrepreneur Gets Serious About Playing With Dolls

Daytona Beach — After a successful Crowd Funding campaign that raised more than $15,000 and a presentation before the television cast of Shark Tank, local doll maker Shauna Altes is ready to tell the world about her endearing Maple Box Dolls. Growing up playing with American Girl Dolls, Altes, 32, says she wants today’s little […]