Partner Organizations*

MIND Lab (UMD)

MAXWell Lab (UMD)

Business New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

Sales Force Europe

Sport Cycling Foundation

Skada Capital

Mayhook Law

MIND Lab is an initiative of the University of Maryland (UMD) which collaborates with private industry and government agencies to foster new, large-scale computer science projects in the areas of wireless networking, information services, information-centric applications, networking infrastructure and information assurance and security. ... Link to MIND Lab website.

MAXWell Lab at the University of Maryland is a WiMAX Forum Applications Lab. The goal is to promote research and development into applications for WiMAX mobile broadband networks. The lab was founded as a partnership between the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), the Laboratory for Telecommunications Sciences (LTS), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Fujitsu. The theme for the lab is research into location-based services.     . . . Link to MAXWell Lab website.

Business New Brunswick is a department within the provincial government of New Brunswick, Canada. The Department of Business New Brunswick drives New Brunswick’s economic development strategy through aggressive investment attraction, business retention and expansion, and cluster development,building on existing research communities and resource-based industries to create business clusters that focus on advanced learning, biosciences, health, energy, aerospace and defense, and advanced manufacturing.     . . . Link to Business New Brunswick website.

University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and was the first public university in North America. The university has two main campuses. The original campus founded in 1785 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A second campus was opened in Saint John in 1964. In addition, there are two small satellite health sciences campuses located in Moncton and Bathurst, New Brunswick. UNB offers over 60 degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels with a total student enrollment of approximately 12,000 between the two principal campuses, 2,000 faculty and staff, and more than 63,000 alumuni.

Since 2000, over $60 M in venture capital investments have been made in companies that have commercialized technology from UNB. . . . Link to UNB website.     . . . Link to Technology & Knowledge Transfer.

Sales Force Europe (SFE), founded in 2003, takes on international sales for high-tech companies wanting to enter new markets rapidly and efficiently, without the costs and risks associated with establishing foreign offices and hiring local employees. Its unique approach to business development combines many years of senior sales and marketing experience in the Telecom and IT sectors with hands-on oriented, highly skilled, in-country technical sales people based in all major markets of Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) where SFE has access to the leading service providers, distributors and resellers.     ... Link to Sales Force Europe.

Sport Cycling Foundation (SCF) is not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the development of American cycling through educational programs, events and facilities that promote the sport of cycling for fitness, recreation and competition. SCF encourages and supports developmental and fitness programs for young athletes and is dedicated to developing an indoor velodrome and events center in Southeast Pennsylvania that will serve as permanent headquarters for SCF-endorsed programs and events and a model for future facilities.

Skada Capital is a provider of financing solutions to healthcare, manufacturing and technology companies. The company was formed to solve the problem of small businesses' lack of opportunity to secure growth or startup capital. With over 200 sources of capital in its network, Skada Capital tailors solutions for companies seeking cash flow financing or growth capital for expansion. Skada Capital was founded by eighteen year financing veteran Sandeep Thakrar, a graduate of the MBA program from the Wharton School of Business in Finance and Management.     . . . Link to Skada Capital.

Mayhook Law, PLLC, primarily serves select telecommunications, energy, technology and municipal clients on a national basis, providing a full spectrum of cost-effective, high-quality legal and consulting services—with particular emphasis on transactional matters, corporate governance, deal structures, venture financing, regulatory affairs, and litigation. . . . Link to Mayhook Law.