NJ TECH WEEKLY - Key Persons
Aisha Glover, vice president of urban innovation at spoken-word tech company Audible (Newark), has been an economic development advocate for Newark since 2015. In a...
Dillan DiGiovanni is an internationally-certified Integrative Nutrition coach, speaker and writer specializing in identity and resilience. Dillan's inspirational message makes him a teacher every person can learn from as he helps people practice self-care and compassion for themselves and others. Dillan is a two-time TEDx speaker and has coached leaders at companies like IDEO, Microsoft, General Assembly and WeWork. His B.S. in Education is from The College of New Jersey and his MEd is from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. He now lives back home in New Jersey after living in New England for 12 years. Dillan runs on 80s music, coffee and green smoothies. His favorite movie is The Karate Kid and he would definitely beat you in a lip-syncing contest.
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- Editor in Chief
- Founder
- Journalist
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- CEO of Edison - Based BlockSafe Technologies, Claims That He Lives, Breathes and Eats Cybersecurity, .
George Waller, CEO of Edison-based BlockSafe Technologies, claims that he lives, breathes and eats cybersecurity,...
Inspirational leader Gerard Adams (also known as the "millennial mentor') arrived in Newark in 2016...
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- Electrical Engineer
- Technical Consultant
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- Co - Founder of Penji
- Contributor
Johnathan Grzybowski, is the co-founder of Penji, a platform that gives you on-demand access to the top two percent of designers in the world. You can submit as many projects as you want, get your completed designs back in under 48 hours and only pay a flat monthly rate.
After experiencing first hand how difficult it was to find talented graphic designers for his business, Johnathan and his co-founder Khai launched Penji in 2017. Their goal was to provide an innovative solution by making essential tools and resources more accessible and affordable for entrepreneurs, business owners, and marketing teams.
His mission with his podcast Blind Entrepreneurship and business is to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs so they too can execute their vision to profitability.
Joshua Katz is assistant to the editor of NJ Tech Weekly, helping out the publication and performing a number of jobs. He is responsible for updating our Events Page and has helped to write several articles for the web site. He is working closely with editor Esther Surden on several back-end publishing initiatives including helping to identify and create systems and ways to organize workflow to make the process of producing NJ Tech Weekly more efficient. Joshua is a graduate of the University of Maryland and has taken front-end programming courses at General Assembly in New York. He also took a two year course for a certificate in computer networking from University of Maryland University College.
Lakshna Jha's Hoboken Company, sWorks, Speeds Software Development for Startups and Enterprises
Serial entrepreneur Lakshna Jha works out of her Hoboken office. She runs a company called...
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- Contributor
- Founder and CEO of Ascent Communications
Marc Weinstein is the founder and CEO of Ascent Communications, a public relations and marketing firm specializing in business-generating communications for B2B, B2C and non-profit organizations. Marc has played an instrumental role in building brand recognition for some of the largest technology and financial companies, as well as a wide range of start-up firms. Earlier in his career, Marc worked as a financial journalist with global news organization Knight-Ridder Financial News, where he provided news coverage on the U.S. equities, fixed-income, derivatives and commodities markets. He had also worked for a number of daily newspapers and magazines.
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- Cofounder and President of GEP ( Clark ) "GEP Is a Market - Leading Provider of SaaS.
Neha Shah, cofounder and president of GEP (Clark) "GEP is a market-leading provider of SaaS...
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- Founder and Managing Partner of Crowley Law LLC
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- CEO
- COO
- President
- Mobeus Cofounder
Richie Etwaru, cofounder and CEO of Hu-manity.co (Princeton), and Michael DePalma, cofounder, president and COO,...
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- Contributor
- President / Founder of SMC Consulting
Rob is President/Founder of SMC Consulting - which assists public and private companies with strategic advisory, business development, capital raising and communications initiatives. He was previously Director of Strategy/Business Development for a NYC-based boutique investment bank, assists a Corporate Valuations consultancy with biz/dev, mentors small businesses for SCORE and as an enjoyable side-hustle, writes for NJ Tech Weekly (since 2016). He has also written for several other leading industry trade publications.
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- Contributor
- Freelance Writer
Steve Sears has been a freelance writer since 1996. He currently writes for a number of online and print publications, and is also a ghost writer. Visit his website at www.stevesearswriter.weebly.com, or Linkedin page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sears-7231b110b/.
We are pleased to feature blog posts from Tom Paine. Paine is the editor and publisher of the Philly Tech News Blog. He covers the tech scene in the Philadelphia Metro region, with a focus on new ventures, enterprise software, media & telecom and cutting edge technologies and trends. Paine, a native of Staten Island, which he describes as a N.J. suburb, tries to relate things that are happening locally to both a national and global context, and bring a business perspective to technology issues. We are happy to have Tom as a contributor to NJTechWeekly.
William Swayze has been a reporter for 30 years, writing hundreds of news stories for daily newspapers and online publications before writing about the technology industry in New Jersey for New Jersey Tech Weekly.
He worked for New Jersey's largest daily newspaper, The Star-Ledger, in the Morris Bureau, ultimately covering the daily police beat and law enforcement issues, staying in constant contact with state and local police and the prosecutor's office. He wrote about everything from high-profile crimes to inept hooligans committing petty offenses.
In addition to law enforcement issues, he wrote about historic preservation in Morris County, which was one of the most important counties during the American and Industrial revolutions. Yes, George Washington stayed in here. And Alexander Hamilton, Grover Cleveland, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison and Babe Ruth.
He worked on projects for the Morris County Tourism Bureau, including a series of short stories about the county's historical contributions to New Jersey's 350th celebration. He also wrote articles about the programs offered by Rutgers University's Office of Continuing Professional Education.
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- Cofounder and CEO of Qortex [Formerly CatapultX] Qortex Is a Montclair - Based Company That 's Pioneering.
Zack Rosenberg, cofounder and CEO of Qortex [Formerly CatapultX] Qortex is a Montclair-based company that's pioneering...