Roger is the Chief Technology Officer and a Vice President within Apex Consulting Services responsible for all solutions and serving all industries. His focus is growing and evolving the Apex solutions portfolio including thought leadership, people, technologies, capabilities, experiences, processes and artifacts needed to help position Apex to lead our clients yet still be close enough to listen and understand their needs. He also helps apply these technology solutions to industry specific problems. Roger engages with strategic clients to identify, scope and architect solutions that will be built, tested and deployed by Apex engagement teams and ultimately set our teams up for success.

Apex Systems is a world class technology services business that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients’ digital visions. We provide a continuum of service from workforce mobilization and modern enterprise solutions to digital innovation to drive better results and bring more value to our clients. Apex transforms our customers with modern enterprise solutions tailored to the industries we serve. Apex has a presence in over 70 markets across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Apex is a segment of ASGN Inc. (NYSE: ASGN). For more information, please visit our website.

https://www.apexsystems.com

Doug Stetson is the CEO of FreeFall Aerospace developing innovative antenna technology for satellite communications. Before founding FreeFall, Doug spent 30 years at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory having lead roles in systems engineering and mission design for Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn missions. After leaving JPL in 2008, Doug was the project manager for the LightSail mission that successfully deployed and tested a solar sail in Earth orbit. Doug holds a B.S. in Physics and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. He is the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JPL Award for Excellence in Leadership.

FreeFall is developing revolutionary new antenna technology for ground, air, and space. Their innovative spherical antennas are drawing interest from a wide variety of commercial and government organizations, offering a wide field of view, electronic steering, and low mass to dramatically simplify and improve satellite communications. FreeFall was founded in Tucson as a spin-off from the University of Arizona and maintains a close connection with UA faculty and supporters.

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Elizabeth began her career at Symmetry Software in 2012 as the sole Marketing Director and, over the past five years, as the Chief Strategy Officer. Since joining the company, Elizabeth has spearheaded major strategy and technology shifts across its software products and services portfolio. During her most recent tenure as CSO, Elizabeth led the company to its most rapid growth in new business and product development. In 2020, Symmetry launched an API of its popular Symmetry Payroll Forms application, developed new endpoints for its flagship Symmetry Tax Engine Web API, and enhanced its own small business payroll product, PaycheckCity Payroll. All the while broadening its tax research and support teams and onboarding a record number of new employees and clients, all remotely. A unique characteristic that sets Elizabeth apart is that she intimately knows and understands Symmetry Software after having "grown up" with the company as the daughter of Symmetry Software's founder Tom Reahard. This life-long study of the industry, customers, and products, along with her business acumen and finance background, has led her to achieve significant success at Symmetry. Elizabeth's passion and purpose is helping millions of people get accurate paycheck calculations. From tiny businesses using the calculators on PaycheckCity.com to large enterprises hiring thousands of employees each day, Elizabeth's tenure as CEO will continue to keep Symmetry's clients and partners at the company's heart.

Symmetry's fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to ensure that employee and employer taxes are correctly calculated and managed. In other words, deliver "the right taxes the first time." With payroll integrations that range from electronic withholding forms to federal, state and local tax lookup tools, we make our customer's processes more regulatory compliant, automated, efficient, and error-free. While we do not process payroll, we do the most difficult parts of the payroll process, and payroll and HR service providers and large employers license our payroll APIs and software tools to improve their products and compliance. Contact us to see how payroll tax withholding software can make a huge impact when you are using the right tools.

https://www.symmetry.com/. 

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Tech Parks Arizona creates the “Interactive Ground” that generates, attracts and retains technology companies and talent in alignment with the research, mission and goals of the University of Arizona. Tech Parks Arizona directs the UA Tech Park, the UA Tech Park at The Bridges and the University of Arizona Center for Innovation, placing the highest priority on recruiting companies desiring connectivity to the University of Arizona.

Carol Stewart, a long-standing authority on research parks, is the Associate Vice President for Tech Parks Arizona at the University of Arizona. Carol Stewart leads the UA Tech Park at Rita Road and is developing the UA Tech Park at the Bridges. She is also president of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation, a technology business incubator network serving the University of Arizona, Tucson and international community. Stewart’s expertise in university research parks spans decades and nations with more than 20 years of experience working with research parks, technology commercialization, business incubation, governmental relations and business development. As a pioneer in the research parks world, she has driven national policy, standardized programs, created national and international networks, built technology clusters, engaged stakeholders, and assisted countries with the development of their national science and technology policies. Stewart is passionate about her community and serves as a champion in university-based economic development. She is a member of Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Flinn Foundation Steering Committee, a member of the Canadian Global Mentor Program and she also serves on the Board of Directors for Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce, Pima County’s Workforce Investment Board, Sun Corridor Inc., Arizona Technology Council, Desert Angels, and is a member of the City of Tucson Mayor’s Economic Development Advisory Council.

Howard Stewart is President/CEO of AGM Container Controls, a Tucson manufacturing company with 115 employees. AGM manufactures environmental control hardware for containers that transport missiles, engines and other sensitive equipment, as well as for the actual missiles and satellites themselves. AGM also manufactures the world’s premier wheelchair lift under the brand name “Ascension,” which provides access to stages and platforms in public and private facilities for individuals with disabilities.

In 2002, Howard was recognized as Tucson's Small Business Leader of the Year. In 2009, his company was recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as "America's Best Small Business of the Year."  In 2018, Howard was named Southern Arizona’s CEO of the Year.

In 2019, Howard chaired the Tucson Heart Ball for the American Heart Association, which, including matching dollars, raised over $1.7M for heart research and education in Tucson. For the year 2021, Howard will chair the Diaper Bank Gala. Howard currently serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Tucson as well as for the Pima Community College Foundation.

Howard recently founded an initiative called “Fly Tucson First,” whose mission it is to make Tucsonans realize that our local community significantly benefits whenever we fly from our own Tucson International Airport rather than in and out of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Howard is also a champion of providing college tuition reimbursement to EVERY AGM employee. In fact, as many as 26% of AGM’s employees attend college in any given year. Howard is available to make presentations on Fly Tucson First or on College Tuition Reimbursement.

https://www.agmcontainer.com

 Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Encora is an established leader in outsourced product development services that specializes in innovation acceleration for leading-edge technology companies. With over 4,000 associates in 20+ offices and innovation labs across U.S., Mexico, Central & South America, India, and Asia Pacific, Encora’s global talent pool, industry expertise and proprietary agile engineering capabilities enable clients to improve their speed to impact. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.encora.com.

Phocos is a proven, global leader that holds itself to the highest standards of engineering and innovation in the solar and energy industries. Driven by our passion for off-grid solutions, Phocos was founded in 2000. We earned our strong reputation with high-quality energy solutions designed to provide reliable energy access for people without grid power. Phocos cares about the individuals and communities our products support because we know when people have access to reliable power, their lives are changed for the better.

International Business Machines Corp. is an information technology company, which provides integrated solutions that leverage information technology and knowledge of business processes. It operates through the following segments: Cloud & Cognitive Software, Global Business Services, Global Technology Services, Systems, and Global Financing. The Cloud & Cognitive Software segment provides integrated and secure cloud, data and solutions to the clients. The Global Business Services segment provides clients with consulting, application management and global process services. The Global Technology Services segment provides comprehensive IT infrastructure and platform services that create business value for clients. The Systems segment provides clients with innovative infrastructure platforms to help meet the requirements of hybrid cloud and enterprise AI workload. The Global Financing segment encompasses two primary businesses: financing, primarily conducted through IBM Credit LLC, and remanufacturing and remarketing. The company was founded by Charles Ranlett Flint and Thomas J. Watson Sr. on June 16, 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

Listen to Grant Anderson, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Paragon Space Development Corporation talk about best practices in running a successful business and holding on to your top talent. As Paragon Space Development celebrates 26+ years of providing award-winning life support and thermal control solutions for extreme environments, we've recognized that it is our employees that keep our business thriving. By any measure, Paragon is an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our goal is to hire the best and allow you to do the work that you enjoy! We are interested in developing individuals who enjoy a challenge and like working on a variety of projects in a fast-paced environment.

The Team at Delta Technology is focused on providing fully integrated custom automation solutions, as well as standard packaging equipment, 4P Consultative services, and contract manufacturing solutions.

In this episode, Matthew and Paul share with you, the manufacturing advantages to implementing an automation solutions. You have questions, they have the expertise and knowledge to answer them...