BC8 Hartford Business Journal • June 9, 2014 www.HartfordBusiness.com
Business Champions 2014
Company Business Description
Local
employees 2014 Senior Executive Year Founded Nominator (or self)
Northstar Wealth Partners, LLC
29 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
888-886-7737; www.nstarwp.com
Full-service, wealth management firm 39
Robert A. Laraia
Founding Partner
2000 Self
Numotion
1111 Cromwell Avenue, Suite 601
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
860-257-3443; www.numotion.com
Wheelchair company 200
Paul Bergantino
President & CEO
1999 Grant Thornton
OFI
28 Garfield Street
Newington, CT 06111
860-666-3357; www.myofi.com
Interior environments -office furniture 35
Rick Mills
President
1968 Self
Oxford Performance Materials, Inc.
30 South Satellite Road
South Windsor, CT 06074
860-698-9300; www.oxfordpm.com
Manufacturer of biomedical devices and
parts
29
Scott DeFelice
CEO
2011 Grant Thornton, LLP
Powerstation Events
1486 Highland Avenue
Cheshire, CT 06410
203-250-8500; www.powerstationevents.com
Production, entertainment and event
services company
40
Alfred Vagnini
CEO & President
1983 Self
Premier Accounting Group, LLC
344 North Main Street
Marlborough, CT 06447
860-295-9600, ext. 101; www.premieraccountinggroup.com
Accounting and bookkeeping services 15
Robert E. Davis
President
2011 Self
primacy
1577 New Britain Avenue
Farmington, CT 06032
860-404-3301; www.theprimacy.com
Digital agency 88
Stan Valencis
President
1994 Filomeno & Co., P.C.
Pullman & Comley, LLC
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT 06103-3702
860-424-4301; www.pullcom.com
Law firm 60
Tim Shearin
Chairman
1919 Self
Pure Skin
133 Main Street
Southington, CT 06489
203-339-2541; www.ctskin.com
Mobile and location based med spa 4
Jennifer Young/ Jenna Lebel
Owner
2011 Self
Saslow Lufkin & Buggy, LLP
10 Tower Lane
Avon, CT 06001
860-678-9200; www.slbcpa.com
Certified public accountants and
consultants
59
Rick Buggy
Managing Partner
1993 Self
The Simon Konover Company
342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-570-2000; www.simonkonover.com
Real estate organization 215
James Wakim
President & COO
1959
Shipman & Goodwin,
LLP
Slalom Consulting
100 Pearl Street, 15th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
425-381-1694; www.slalom.com
Business and technology consulting firm 50
Jim Goldschlager
General Manager
2001 Self
SystemOne
215 Captain Lewis Drive
Southington, CT 06489
860-982-7639; www.systemonect.com
Communications and electrical contracting
company
10
Thomas Mascaro
2012 DATTCO
Triple Helix Corporation
35 Tiffany Drive
Windsor, CT 06095
860-490-3488, ext. 101; www.3xcorp.com
Specializes in data exploitation 4
Jason Bittner
CEO
2004 Marketing On Demand
United Steel Inc.
164 School Street
East Hartford, CT 06108
860-610-4002; www.unitedsteel.com
Fabrication facility dedicated to structural
steel and miscellaneous metals
163
Kenneth Corneau
President
1974 Self
VLink Inc.
701 John Fitch Blvd.
South Windsor, CT 06074
860-247-1400, ext. 101; www.vlinkinfo.com
Specializing in IT contract resources 50
Sharad Patney
CEO
1999 Self
Wealth Management Group of North America, LLC
231 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06032
860-679-5255; www.wmgna.com
Wealth and tax advisory firm 5
Daniel J. Friedman
CEO
1995 Marketing On Demand
Windsor Marketing Group
100 Marketing Drive
Suffield, CT 06078
860-627-5927; www.windsormarketing.com
Marketing firm 200
Kevin Armata
CEO & Founder
1976 Self
ZAG Interactive
148 Eastern Boulevard
Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-633-4818; www.zaginteractive.com
Full-service digital agency offering strategy,
design, development and marketing
40
Larry Miclette
President & CEO
2002 Self
Private companies nominated for 2014 Business Champions awards
From PG. BC6
The Hartford Business Journal's Business Champions Awards recognize the top privately held companies in the Greater Hartford region, that have demonstrated extraordinary growth and innovation throughout the year. Winners were selected by an independent panel of
judges, based on predetermined measurements.
– Compiled by MetroHartford Alliance
