| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Augie Barquin |
Senior Director, Information Technology | Profile |
Smardt Chiller Group is a global leader in oil-free centrifugal chiller technology, focusing on high-efficiency HVAC solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional applications. Founded in 2005 by Roger Richmond-Smith and Ron Conry, the company has over 25 years of experience in magnetic bearing compressors and oil-free systems. Smardt operates manufacturing facilities in Canada, the USA, Australia, Germany, and China, with more than 10,000 chillers installed worldwide. The company offers a range of products, including water-cooled, air-cooled, and evaporative-cooled chillers, as well as customizable modular systems. All chillers utilize oil-free centrifugal compressors with magnetic bearings, which enhance energy efficiency and reduce maintenance needs. Smardt also provides custom engineering, global support for installation and maintenance, and energy efficiency consulting to help clients optimize their systems and reduce carbon footprints. The company serves various industries, including government facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing, data centers, and hospitals, emphasizing reliability and sustainability in its solutions.
AI REV is a boutique AI consulting company with partners having extensive practical AI experience and strong track records. We provide state-of-the-art consulting & AI project delivery for enterprise clients. AI REVs goal is to reduce the average human workweek from 40 hours to 20. We are working towards achieving this by augmenting companies with AI-powered efficiency improvements. Our solutions have saved our customers up to 25% on related departamental costs, substantially decreased their operational risk, and enabled the reallocation of manpower to more pressing issues. We offer end-to-end Machine Learning, Data Science, AI & software development, Strategic Consulting, and Engineering Workshops.
Nexxess International is a National Private Trust Management Company, located near Dallas, TX. Today, Nexxess has more than 200 consulting partners and we manage wealth and trusts for clients. As a leader in complex trust structuring, Nexxess can help both clients, large or small. We have staff of many different skill sets, including Financial Planners, Enrolled Agents, CPAs, Attorneys and more.
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.