Smart Business Magazine, March 2018

46 Smart Business Cleveland March 2018 ClevelandTECHNOLOGYAWARDS2018 Research shows that students with special needs learn better through visual learning and interactive tools Vizzle by Monarch Teaching Technologies is a tool for educators and administrators to help students learn curriculum develop skills and demonstrate understanding Vizzle eliminates tedious time consuming data entry for teachers and therapists Using lesson play data like how long a lesson was played and the students score teachers can assess student comprehension and progress based on individualized education program goals and objectives Administrators can quickly and easily monitor both teacher and student usage and proactively support teachers and students by regularly reviewing usage data Led by CEO Bob Gephart Monarch has a growing library of 15000 interactive lessons games and activities aligned and searchable by state learning standards All lessons can be customized to students unique needs and skill level The content is created and reviewed by educational professionals Vizzle uses game like student profiles and animated graphics to engage and encourage lesson play The platform promotes independent and individual learning for students with special needs Text to speech functionality and switch access compatibility are available on every lesson game and activity in the Vizzle library The tool can engage and strengthen communication with parents when teachers select lessons and activities to send home Bob Gephart CEO www monarchtt com Since its founding Proformex has fixated on a single objective ensure that insurance carriers and their products deliver on promises made to contract holders Years of experience in the rapidly changing insurance industry led the creators of Proformex to the conclusion that agents trustees insureds and other policy related advisers need a way to manage track and monitor policies to ensure that insurance contracts perform as intended Proformex software was created to meet this need providing the tools necessary to meet a new professional standard of proactive policy management From the beginning the company sought to create a proactive policy management system that responds to the single largest disconnect between client and adviser While clients expect that their insurance will be proactively managed according to defined objectives over time advisers and trustees are ill equipped for these longterm monitoring and management commitments Proformex is led by founder and CEO Michael Pepe The company has developed a comprehensive insurance management system that has the ability to safely upload and download policy documents as well as memorialize client objectives and facilitate a consistent process and experience for prudent investing to help trustees meet the standards required under the Uniform Prudent Investor Act Michael Pepe Founder and CEO www proformex com Squirrels LLC is a software development company that specializes in wireless presentation and device management technology Led by President David Stanfill schools and businesses worldwide use its technology to increase collaboration and productivity in classrooms and meeting spaces To date Squirrels technology can be found in over 100000 classrooms globally Its education products Reflector Teacher and ClassHub take learning beyond traditional pencils and paper These solutions enable educators to utilize the Chromebook iOS Windows Mac and Android devices commonly found in todays classrooms to engage students increase productivity and make collaborating with mobile technology easy Squirrels technology is entirely wireless so educators and students can ditch the cords and feel more connected than ever before Teachers can maximize every moment their students spend with technology In addition millions of professionals use Squirrels technology to make presentations in todays increasingly digital business landscape The companys wireless collaboration technology can be found in countless conference rooms and meeting spaces Outdated cords and adapters create challenges for anyone trying to present in these spaces Squirrels Ditto and AirParrot screen mirroring software enable users to easily and consistently present a wide range of computers to AirPlay and Google Cast receivers such as Apple TV and Chromecast without wires or adapters David Stanfill President www airsquirrels com S T A R T U P T E C H H O N O R E E S