James Ward

Maine Technology Institute offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance. It is an industry-led, publicly-funded, nonprofit corporation that offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans and equity investment for the research, development and application of technologies that create new products, processes and services, generating jobs across Maine. The company was founded 1999 and is headquartered in Brunswick, ME.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers operates non-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development for engineering community. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Maine Center For Entrepreneurial Development (MCE) is a business support organization that aims to build and lead a community of growth-oriented businesses in Maine. The non-profit company is based in Portland, ME. Since 2018, MCE has supported 70 Maine food & beverage companies through their one-of-a-kind Food Accelerator Programs: Cultivator and MarketShare. These programs are designed for ambitious entrepreneurs who receive expert guidance from industry leaders in grocery, retail, e-commerce, and foodservice sectors. MCE provides entrepreneurs with the tools and resources needed to directly impact their rate of success through a combination of developing and building a community of growth-oriented businesses.