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A division of
New England
Business
Media LLC
C E O / GROUP
PUBLISHER
Peter Stanton
P R E S I D E N T
Tom Curtin
DIGITAL DIRECTOR
Jan Holder
PUBLISHER
Andrea Tetzlaff
EDITOR
Peter Van Allen
DIGITAL EDITOR
Ann Fisher
SENIOR WRITERS
Renee Cordes
Laurie Schreiber
STAFF WRITER
Alexis Wells
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Mark Jeanneret
Carrie Yardley
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Stephanie Meagher
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Heide Martin
ART DIRECTOR
Matt Selva
HOSPITALITY
Buster
HOSPITALITY EMERITUS
Zoey
SENIOR ACCOUNT
MANAGERS
Ken Hanson
Kerry Rasor
Betsy VanderPloeg
MARKETING/OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR
Alison Nason
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Allison Spies
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST
Leah Allen
C O N T E N T S
A new act for forest products
Manufacturers are finding new uses for Maine's
vast forest resource
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Teleport your businesses into a virtual world
There is so much more than a Zoom call
E M E R G I N G I N D U S T R I E S
F O C U S
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P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
S C R E E N S H O T / C O U R T E S Y O F A L A K A Z A M
Fred Horton, right, of Standard Biocarbon with
Ralf Deckarm, center, and Will Marquis II.
Alakazam, a Portland
startup, creates a range of
virtual worlds that can be
used in business meetings
and other venues.
