Hartford Business Journal

22 Hartford Business Journal • October 5, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE CT TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2015 MARCUM TECH TOP 40 WINNERS Marcum LLP and the Connecticut Technology Council announced the winners of the 2015 Marcum Tech Top 40, an annual awards pro- gram recognizing the fastest-growing technology companies in Connecticut. The overall 2015 winner is New Haven-based software provider, Continuity. Other 2015 category winners are: Revolution Lighting Technologies Inc., Stamford (advanced manufacturing); FuelCell Energy Inc., Danbury (energy/environmental technologies); Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cheshire (life sciences); iSend LLC, Middlebury (new media/Internet/telecom); and Datto Inc., Norwalk (IT services). Local companies that also made the Top 40 list include: Barnes Group Inc., Bristol; F3 Technology Partners, West Hartford; VLink, Inc., South Windsor; Metrum Research Group, Tariffville; Reality Interactive, Middletown; Evariant, Farmington; Insurity, Hartford; Shoptech Software Corp., Glastonbury; and SS&C Technologies, Windsor. • • • FOUR CONNECTICUT COMPANIES EARN FINALIST HONORS FOR MARTHA STEWART MADE IN AMERICA PROGRAM Four Connecticut companies have been selected as finalists of the Martha Stewart Made in America Program. Each year, Martha Stewart and the editors at Martha Stewart Living honor makers, small-business owners and creative entrepreneurs in the fields of crafts, design, food and style. The Connecticut finalists include: American Woolen Co., Stafford Springs (finalist in design); Paloma's Nest, East Lyme (finalist in design); Raw Material, Bridgeport (finalist in crafts); and New Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford (finalist in crafts). • • • CT TECH SCHOOL SYSTEM EARNS NATIONAL AWARDS The Connecticut Technical High School System (CTHSS) and one of its 17 schools, Oliver Wolcott Technical High School of Torrington, were recently recognized by the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University. CTHSS was awarded with a 2015 Partnership District Award for showing evidence of good program development including team- work; leadership; goal-linked plans for action; implementation; eval- uation; and network connections among schools and the system's governing districts. Wolcott Tech was recognized with a 2015 Partnership School Award for engaging families in ways that support the school's improvement goals and reinforce its commitment to the success of its student body. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to accolades@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ACCOLADES & MORE ▶ ▶ St. Francis Care and area organizations recently donated more than 10,000 books to Read to Grow, a statewide literacy organization, during a month-long book drive, in conjuction with the national My Good Deed initiative. In addition, the St. Francis Auxiliary donated $5,000 to expand the Read to Grow program to more families. Read to Grow provides books for babies to families of newborns. Pictured (from left) are Gail Newman, co-chairman of My Good Deed; Antoinette Carrabba, president of the St. Francis Auxiliary; Roxanne Coady, founder of Read to Grow and president of the board; and Maureen Fox, co-chairman of My Good Deed. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES COLLECT BOOKS FOR READ TO GROW ▶ ▶ Bob's Discount Furniture employees recently visited Boston Children's Hospital along with children's author, Tish Rabe, to read to patients as part of its year-long partnership with Reach Out and Read. Rabe held a book signing and talked about her process for writing children's books with the patients and their families. As part of the visit, the Bob's outreach team donated 500 copies of "Oh, the Things You Can Do that are Good for You!" and 300 copies of Rabe's "Love You, Hug You, Read to You" book. The team also presented Boston Children's Hospital with a $1,500 gift card to Bob's Discount Furniture. Pictured (from left) are: Sharon Valley, outreach coordinator, Bob's Discount Furniture; Tish Rabe, children's book author; and Cathy Poulin, public relations and community outreach director, Bob's Discount Furniture. BOB'S DISCOUNT FURNITURE EMPLOYEES VISIT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PATIENTS ▶ ▶ Jeanette Weldon (far right), executive director of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA), recently presented American School for the Deaf's Jeffrey Bravin (center), executive director, and Thomas Wood (left), chief financial officer, with a $50,000 grant in support of ASD's Visual Media Studio. The studio supports the unique learning style of deaf students by providing them with hands-on learning opportunities in highly sought-after communications disciplines, including videography and broadcast journalism. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide ASD students with a skill set that can be transferred to future careers. CHEFA AIDS AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF'S VISUAL MEDIA STUDIO Employees of New Haven software provider Continuity celebrate being named the fastest-growing technology company in Connecticut.

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