- Consulting
- Education
- Technology
Nick Swayne
JMU X-Labs is a model of education specifically designed to teach innovation with intention. Its transdisciplinary programming challenges students to take ownership of their education, pivot creatively, and confidently tackles problems that resist easy solutions. The “X” in JMU X-Labs represents the variable of discipline—any and every major is welcome. 4-VA is a collaborative partnership between eight Virginia universities that is powered by 4 initiatives. Our mission is to promote …
- Economic Development
Rebekah Castle
Augusta County strives to provide a diverse and vibrant economy that offers a broad range of job opportunities in manufacturing, services, tourism and agriculture while supporting the delivery of high quality government services to its citizens. We endeavor to maximize economic opportunities for the area in a cost-effective manner and to provide the necessary resources to support the growth of existing and prospective businesses. Another goal is to create an …
- IT Services
Jackie Zetwick
The Purpose of the IT Department is to quickly respond to business needs while maintaining relatively low costs. Almost every key business function in the county requires direct or indirect computer support. Today's technology solutions must fully meet business requirements such as: - Aligning Technology and County goals - Organizing and using data - Instituting cross-functional information systems - Integrating systems - Capitalizing on advances in Information Technology - Connecting …
- Economic Development
Patrick Barker
Patrick Barker is the Executive Director of the Frederick County Economic Development Authority located in Winchester, Virginia.
- Education
Bridget Baylor
Blue Ridge Community College, established in 1967, meets the educational needs of the region, empowering students through comprehensive programs and services within an environment of academic excellence. BRCC offers a wide range of career and technical programs both for collegiate credit or for non-credit employment training purposes. Programs include: **associates degrees for the career-minded **university transfer opportunities (including guaranteed admissions agreements more than 20 Virginia colleges and universities through the …
- Law
Matt Light
BotkinRose PLC is a regional law firm based in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley that provides legal representation in a wide range of areas. The attorneys at BotkinRose are experienced professionals dedicated to serving our clients and assisting them with their unique legal needs and goals. Our attorneys take a client-focused approach and provide the honest and ethical legal representation our clients expect and deserve. We strive to represent our clients whether …
- Education
Kristy Kane Rhea
Bridgewater College is an independent, private liberal arts college founded in 1880. It was the first private coeducational college in Virginia. Located only two hours southwest of the Washington, D.C. metro area in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Bridgewater has a total enrollment of 1,800 students and offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees in more than 60 majors and minors, along with several master’s degree programs, pre-professional …
- Accounting
- Business Services
- Consulting
- Education
- Finance
- Local
- Software Development
- Technology
David Rosenberg
David is Founder and CEO of Budget Referee, a startup that seeks to solve the problem of stress and confusion with household budgeting. He finds that a lot of very smart people just don’t like or understand finances. When they do try, they’re not quite sure if they are doing it right. David wanted to create a solution for this problem. David has extensive operations experience with Booz Allen and …
- Manufacturing
Chip Harvill
Cadence Inc. is a leading supplier of advanced products, technologies and services to medical device and specialty industrial companies worldwide. Cadence develops solutions-oriented relationships with customers and provides highly technical solutions that enable improved product performance in clearly measurable ways. Cadence employs more than 475 people worldwide with its global headquarters in Staunton, VA.
- Economic Development
- Finance
- Technology
Nina Araujo-de-Kobes
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) creates technology-based economic development strategies to accelerate innovation, imagination and the next generation of technology and technology companies. Created in 1985, CIT, a non-profit corporation, plugs gaps at the earliest stages of the Innovation Continuum – commercialization and seed funding – as it helps entrepreneurs launch and grow high-growth technology companies and create high-paying jobs for the future. To facilitate national innovation leadership and …
- Education
Tonya Coffey
Tonya Coffey is currently an ITRT for Augusta County Public Schools. She is a certified G Suite for Education Trainer (2016) and frequently presents at workshops sharing her Google knowledge. For the past five years, she has been invited to JMU to present to future teachers on how to use and integrate G Suite for Educations apps in the classroom. She has also presented at VSTE, VSRA, Brainstorm, JMU Kappa …
- E-Commerce
- Manufacturing
- Other
Chris Ashley
Collegiate Customs is a custom apparel company founded by two JMU students. Frustrated with the shirt-ordering experience for their own student groups, Chris and Sina began printing shirts for their own clubs in the attic at JMU X-Labs. Through word-of-mouth recommendations, demand quickly outstripped their production capability in the attic. They expanded into their current production facility to keep pace with orders from students across campus who demanded a better …
- Multimedia
Melanie Miller
Comcast Business provides advanced solutions to help organizations of all sizes meet their business objectives. Through a modern, company owned advanced network that is backed by 24/7 technical support, Comcast delivers Business Internet, TV, Ethernet and Voice services for cost effective, simplified communications management.
- Business Services
- Consulting
- E-Commerce
- Other
- Technical Services
- Technology
- Telecommunications/Communications
- Transportation
- Web Design
- Web Development
Evan Pettrey
Converge Local is a full-service marketing agency focused on delivering profitable results through the creation of creative, targeted, and heavily automated marketing campaigns. Their services include: Pay-Per-Click Advertising, Graphic Design, Web Design/Development, Video Production, Print Services, Sign Production, and Vehicle Graphics.
- Realty
Keith May
Cottonwood | Commercial stands alone as western Virginia's largest and most comprehensive commercial real estate resource. We have grown to be the market leader, because we have remained exclusively focused on client-centered commercial and investment real estate services. Our clients success has always been our top priority, and we continue to build value for our customers by approaching our work at Cottonwood with integrity, knowledge and insight. Our areas of …
- Business Services
- Education
Seth Marsh
CUED-In is made up of experienced people who strive to meet the challenges of our changing workforce and educational systems. With our easy to use, user-friendly platform, we desire to help career seekers RESEARCH careers to discover their potential, enable educators to REACH the future workforce and empower employers to RECRUIT the right talent.
- Multimedia
- Web Design
- Web Development
James Carter
Digital Minerva is your local Harrisonburg agency for web awesome! We offer web design and development services, digital marketing through Google and Facebook, search engine optimization and marketing, content services, photography and more. We believe that building a website and marketing it is as much an art as it is a science. By walking that line, we’re able to produce products that stand out from the norm. We work hard …
- Education
Heather Coltman
Heather Coltman is the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at James Madison University. In this position, she leads the Division of Academic Affairs and is the institution's Chief Academic Officer, directing the development and delivery of all academic programs at JMU, while overseeing the division’s budget and personnel. The Division of Academic Affairs comprises JMU’s seven colleges that deliver more than 130 degree programs at the bachelor’s, …
- Transportation
Douglas Pascarella
Dynamic Aviation is the leading provider of innovative aviation solutions for government and commercial organizations worldwide, with more than 150 aircraft and a seventy-five-year legacy of aviation excellence. We combine our creative ingenuity with dependable aircraft and a state-of-the-art infrastructure to develop and deliver extremely flexible solutions that help our customers achieve new levels of performance and productivity.
- IT Services
Ian MacRae
Since 1997, E-N Computers has been a technology partner for clients all over VA, DC and parts of MD. E-N Computers is primarily a managed IT services company. We can provide access to an entire IT support network, but we also love to work on projects ranging from managing a help desk, installing servers, maintaining a network, data backup, cloud computing and more. E-N Computers is different from a lot …
- Finance
Holly Thorne
F&M Bank is a locally owned community bank serving the Shenandoah Valley with 13 full-service branches, a network of ATMs, and a wide variety of financial services. Both individuals and businesses find the organization's local decision-making, and up-to-date technology provide the kind of responsive, knowledgeable, and reliable service that only a progressive community bank can. F&M Bank has grown to over $750 million in assets with over 160 full and …
- Business Services
- Economic Development
- Manufacturing
- Other
Dennis Monday
Friendship Industries is an exceptional contract packager with a social mission, making a difference in the lives of our community members and our commercial customers. With over 50 years of contract packaging experience, Friendship Industries develops long-term relationships with customers from diverse industries such as food processors, medical suppliers, book printers, and education. Along with our affiliate company, Able Solutions, we deliver highly scalable and agile contract packaging solutions to …
Hermilo Garcia
Hermilo is student at Blue Ridge Community College. He is currently working towards his degree in information systems. Hermilo became a member of the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council to network with other people in the industry.
- Software Development
- Web Design
- Web Development
Anneke Lamb
We develop digital solutions to support humanitarian organizations as they fulfill their mission around the world.
- Other
Kim Wilbur
Serving Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County, since 1999, the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber welcomes all businesses, from small entrepreneurs to large industrial complexes. We are a non-profit 501(c) 6 organization utilizing the membership investment to support business advocacy, community development, education, transportation, tourism and agriculture. Our team assists area businesses by helping them streamline operations, facilitating partnerships, working with local government on behalf of business, offering seminars and training programs, …
