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4-Virginia | JMU X-Labs

Nick Swayne

4-VA is a collaborative partnership between six Virginia universities that is powered by 4 initiatives. Our mission is to promote collaborations that leverage the strengths of each partner university and improve efficiencies in higher education across the Commonwealth of Virginia. (http://4-va.org/) We carry out this mission by advocating unprecedented partnerships between faculty and departments to generate significant, innovative solutions to educational and real-world problems. Since 4-VA’s inception, we’ve sponsored advancements …

Augusta County - 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 …

Augusta County IT Department

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 …

Barker, Patrick

Patrick Barker

Patrick Barker is the Executive Director of the Frederick County Economic Development Authority located in Winchester, Virginia.

BarTrack, Inc.

Hunter Markle

At BarTrack, we fight the waste problem that many establishments incur at their taps. Any place that sells beer through a tap loses roughly 25% on every keg! We have created a patent-pending smart beer tap that pours every beer perfectly and coupled it with an inventory management system that tracks every pour. In addition, customers are able to view data, trends, and analytics. Instead of pulling down the tap …

Blue Ridge Community College

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 …

BotkinRose PLC

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 …

BreakthruLX

Andrei Dacko

BreakthruLX is a learner experience design company that creates high-return, human-centered, goal-oriented learning experiences for small business, public, and corporate sector clients at the intersection of design, technology and education.

Bridgewater College

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 …

Brown, Jay

Jay Brown

Jay currently works as a Cybersecurity Analyst for a consulting firm located in Fairfax, VA. He works remotely from the BRCC office in downtown Waynesboro, VA. They assess Department of Defense subcontractors for cybersecurity compliance.

Budget Referee

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 …

Cadence, Inc.

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.

Center for Innovative 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 …

Coffey, Tonya

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 …

Collegiate Customs, LLC

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 …

Comcast Business

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.

Converge Local

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.

Cottonwood Commercial

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 …

CUED-In Inc.

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.

Dr. Heather Coltman

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, …

Dynamic Aviation Group, Inc.

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.

E-N Computers, Inc.

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 …

F&M Bank

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 …

Friendship Industries, Inc.

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 …

Funkhouser Real Estate Group

Peter Laver

Funkhouser Real Estate Group was founded on the principles of Honesty, Integrity and Professionalism. We understand real estate is most likely the largest investment our clients will make in their lifetime. This is why our associates are equipped with the latest real estate tools and quality education to help our clients make the best decisions and guide them through a successful real estate transaction.