Enjoy a look back at the variety of accomplishments, successes, and changes that happened at Research Park in 2014.

1. RESEARCH PARK
2014 YEAR IN REVIEW
Holiday Party
December 11, 2014

2. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
- Inscites Research, Inc.
- UEM Inc.
- MN Squared
- fNograph
13 New
- Agrible
EnterpriseWorks
- AgLVT
Tenants in 2014
- AutoScout, Inc.
- Lumenous
- Charmworks, Inc.
- PhotoniCare
- Revolutionary Medicines (formerly Midasyn)
- Servabo
- Exalt Diagnostics

3. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Inscites Research
Inscites is a National
Science Foundation
funded digital start-up
developed by scientists
to integrate into a
researchers workflow
and allow easy/secure
knowledge curation and
collaboration. By
leveraging digital
technologies, Inscites
increases the return on
investment on research
spending.
2nd Place Winner at 14th Annual COZAD New
Venture Competition - $10,000 Prize

4. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
MN Squared
New software providing an
educational service
(Knowledge score) to learn,
complete a self-assessment,
and
comparative analysis to
identify gaps in knowledge.
Students, parents and
teachers can use these
scores to develop
personalized learning plans.
Company Founder Ravi Maturi

5. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
fNograph
The fNograph is a database
of millennial mindsets. It’s
a customizable tool that
lets companies visually
verify how millennials live
around the world. Clients
can observe how different
consumer segments make
product and lifestyle
decisions in a fast and
simple video format. The
fNograph is a simple and
easy way to observe and
interview consumer
segments from around the
world.

6. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Agrible
Agrible is a big data
technology and data
products company, focused
on providing innovative
science that farmers and
ag companies can use
easily every day to improve
their production with
cloud-based delivery
systems.

7. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
AgLVT
AgLVT uses GIS software
platforms for linking database
information to valuation
decisions for farmland. Clients
include appraisers, financial
institutions, investors, and farm
operators. AgLVT is developing
a web-based automated
farmland appraisal system to
incorporate detailed geospatial
analyses for fine-grained
differentiation for variables that
impact the cost of owning and
operating farmland.
Robert Hornbaker, owner of AgLVT

8. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
AutoScout
AutoScout is developing automated
computational algorithms suitable
for the automated analysis of
football video. Automated tasks
include video editing and automated
semantic analysis of game footage
and statistic extraction. Algorithms
include estimating camera location
and motion, tracking movements,
and understanding actions. This will
ultimately lead to automated
inferences, and thus assist in the
development of team strategies.
Shaunak Ahuja,
co-founder of
AutoScout
Featured on
ESPN

9. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Lumenous
Lumenous creates
computer vision
technology to make
projection mapping easier,
cheaper, and more
powerful in advertising.
Company launched by
three leading computer
science PhD students with
expertise and licensing
history in computer vision
technologies.
Lemelson Illinois prize winner and
Cozad new venture competition

10. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Charmworks
Charm is a software system
for helping programmers
write science and engineering
applications for powerful
computers, such as clusters.
The software includes
multiple components
including adaptive runtime
libraries, performance
analysis tools, debuggers, and
visualization tools.

11. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
PhotoniCare
A line of portable biomedical
optical imaging products based
on a novel imaging system
suitable for use in the field of
primary care medicine, or for
front-line healthcare services
such as retail convenient care
clinics, optometrists, or dental
care clinics. These products
will utilize a technology called
optical coherence tomography
(OCT), which is a non-invasive
optical imaging technique
capable of providing high-resolution
three-dimensional
images of tissue structure in
real-time.

12. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Revolution
Medicines
Formerly midasyn, Revolution
Medicines is commercializing a
technology platform that will
enable the automated synthesis of
small molecules. The company will
provide services as well as the sale
of molecules, chemical libraries,
reagents, and small molecule
synthesizers.

13. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Servabo
Servabo is a self-protection technology
to reduce the frequency of violent
crime. In order to prevent these
crimes, Servabo is engineering
innovative solutions to everyday
security concerns. Creating a wireless
“panic button” and shadow app that
can be placed on personal accessories
and phones. It quickly and discreetly
notifys friends of an emergency to
providing enhanced safety measures.
Won Top Prize at Cozad New Venture
Competition 2013 – Most Fundable Venture

14. NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS
Exalt Diagnostics
Founded by Prof Brian
Cunningham, Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
University of Illinois, Exalt
Diagnostics will use Photonic
Crystal Enhanced
Fluorescence technology for
detection of protein, DNA,
and MRNA disease
biomarkers for applications
in human healthcare, animal
health, and agriculture.

15. EW GRADUATES
• Aqueous Solutions
• Runtime Verification
• ElectronInks
• Prairiefire Consulting
• MulticoreWare-December

16. GRADUATES FROM ENTERPRISEWORKS
Runtime Verification provides solutions to
analyze your team's code through cutting-edge
program analysis research. Their tools are
automatic, generate no false positives, and
integrate easily into your team's existing
workflow. They are now located at 102 E Main St
#207, Urbana.

17. GRADUATES FROM ENTERPRISEWORKS
Prairiefire improves quality by reducing its
sensitivity to real world variation, preventing
and solving problems throughout the design and
manufacturing cycle. They emphasize
purposeful design, focusing on the concrete
effects of geometry and multi-physics, not just
statistics.

18. GRADUATES FROM ENTERPRISEWORKS
Aqueous Solutions LLC develops,
maintains, and supports The
Geochemist's Workbench (GWB),
and trains users in how to apply
the software package.
Geochemists from more than 60
countries around the world use
the GWB to solve a range of
problems in the aqueous
geochemistry of Earth’s
hydrosphere and biosphere.
Their new location is 301 N Neil
St. Suite 400.

19. GRADUATES FROM ENTERPRISEWORKS
MulticoreWare Inc is a Software and Systems
Integration solutions company which provides
heterogeneous multicore solutions for high
performance computing applications using
multicore and many core processors.
Their new location is in Urbana, IL.

20. GRADUATES FROM ENTERPRISEWORKS
Founded by Dr. Brett Walker,
Materials Science & Engineering
at University of Illinois,
Electroninks makes reactive silver
inks for different printing
processes that can be patterned
via inkjet, flexopress, aerosol jet,
and other low viscosity
processes. Through the help of a
successful Kickstarter campaign
their CircuitScribe products are
being manufactured for STEM
learning.

21. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PARK
• Grainger
• AbbVie
• Foxconn Interconnect
• Turn

22. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PARK
Grainger is a Fortune 500 industrial supply
distribution company. Distributes various
supplies such as material handling, safety and
security, cleaning and maintenance, pumps and
plumbing, electrical, lighting, tools,
metalworking, motors, and power
transmissions. The new Research Park operation
is located in the Atkins Building.

23. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PARK
AbbVie is a global, research-based
biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013
following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The
company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated
people and unique approach to innovation to
develop and market advanced therapies that
address some of the world's most complex and
serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately
25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in
more than 170 countries. The new Research Park
operation is located in the Atkins Building.

24. Abbvie Opens in the Research Park
• Abbvie, the global biopharmaceutical
company based in North Chicago, IL opened
their new Innovation Center.

25. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PARK
Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (“FIT”) focuses
on the development, manufacturing and marketing of
electronic and optoelectronic connectors, antennas,
acoustic components, cables and modules for
applications in computers, communication equipment,
consumer electronics, automobiles, industrial and green
energy field products. With offices and manufacturing
sites located in Asia, the Americas and Europe, FIT is a
global leader in the supply of precision components. The
new Research Park operation is located in the State Farm
Building.

26. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PARK
Turn helps power the world's largest advertisers
and trading desks through technology that
delivers real-time data insights on campaign
performance. The new Research Park operation
is located in the Atkins Building.

27. GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
• Caterpillar announces new analytics center.
• The new Yahoo! Building will be the Park’s 14th
building.
• EnterpriseWorks employs 219, including 62
students across 50 companies. This is a 10.5%
growth from 2013.
• The whole Park employs 1574, with 474
students. This is a 7.5% growth from 2013.
• EnterpriseWorks clients raised $7.6 Million in
Venture Capital and Angel Funding in 2014.

28. CATERPILLAR 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Caterpillar celebrated their 15 years at Research Park and
announced the development of a new data analytics laboratory.

29. YAHOO! NEW BUILDING
START-TO-FINISH IN 2014

30. NEW EW STAFF
Cynthia Faullin-Assistant Director for Operations,
oversees management and leasing of EW incubator,
program implementation, and metrics
Paul Wagner-Network Coordinator, address
networking and internet/telecommunications
needs; manages the EnterpriseWorks Co-Location
Server room; provides IT support for the Research
Park staff.
Jim Wells- EnterpriseWorks Facility Manager,
manages the maintenance and operational functions
of the EnterpriseWorks building and responds to
tenant service needs.

31. NEW EW STAFF
Sheri Wilson- New Support Staff, manages room
bookings, assists in operations.
Erich Diesel- EnterpriseWorks lab manager, in
charge of maintaining laboratories and supplies
Courtney Busscher-Economic Development and
Information Specialist

32. ENTERPRISEWORKS SHARED SERVICES
Shared services is a diverse team of student specialists and
supplemental part-time staff to help work on projects for
small businesses in the Research Park. It is a free service
that is meant to help Research Park companies with
projects they may not be able to complete on their own.

33. AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2014 Central Illinois “40 Under 40” honorees:
Laura Bleill, Assistant Director for External
Relations at Research Park, and mom-in-chief
at Chambanamoms.com
Josh George, Product Manager for
IntelliWheels, Inc., professional wheelchair
racer, and motiovational speaker.

34. AWARD AND RECOGNITIONS
SBIR/STTR Awards in 2014: $3,450,891
awarded to 6 companies:
• ATSP Innovations: $96,997, NSF SBIR Phase 2
Supplemental Funding Award
• Charmworks: $149,568, DOE SBIR Phase 1
• Dioxide Materials: $95,000, DOC/NOAA SBIR Phase 1
• Dioxide Materials: $1,010,000, DOE SBIR Phase 2
• Electroninks: $150,000, NSF SBIR Phase 1
• Intelliwheels: $1,500,000, NIH SBIR Phase 2
• Serionix: $449,326, NSF SBIR Phase 2

35. AWARD AND RECOGNITIONS
• Servabo in top 3 of
StartupVoodoo’s Most Promising
Recognition.
• Rithmio and Lumenous win
Technology Entrepreneur Center’s
Cozad Competition for the 2013-
2014 year.

36. INNOVATION CELEBRATION
This event recognizes individuals and organizations that have
made significant contributions, taken risks, and provided
leadership to ensure the continuing economic success of
Champaign County, the ongoing success of the University’s
economic development mission, and the growth of
entrepreneurial talent and energy in the community.

37. INNOVATION CELEBRATION AWARD
FINALISTS
• Servabo
• Phi Optics
• Veriflow
• Electroninks
• Jed Taylor, U of I Techonology Entrepreneur
Center
• Dennis Beard, Serra Ventures
• Fox/Atkins Development
• Mike Folk, HDF Group
• Bill Cope, Common Ground Publishing

38. Entrepreneurial Excellence: Social Venture Award
Winner: Servabo

39. Entrepreneurial Excellence: New Venture Award
Finalists:
Phi Optics
Veriflow
Winner: Electroninks
Brett Walker of Electroninks

40. Entrepreneurial Excellence: Advocacy Award
Winner: Dennis Beard – Serra Ventures

41. Innovation: Economic Development Impact Award
Finalists:
Fox Atkins Walter Lohmann

42. Entrepreneurial Excellence:
Mike Folk
HDF Group
Bill Cope
Common Ground
Publishing
Management Award
Finalists:

43. AWARD AND RECOGNITIONS
Research Park Honors Top Interns of 2014
Most Valuable Graduate Student in
the Research Park: Nathan Pratt, Ph.D.
Nutritional Sciences, Abbott
Most Valuable Undergraduate
Student in the Research Park:
Sarah Frankland-Searby,
BS Bioengineering, Abbott

44. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Research Park Honors Top Interns of 2014
Most Advanced Marketing/Business
Development Intern:
Vincent English, BS Statistics, AB InBev
Best Entrepreneurial Leadership
in a Startup: Jin Kim, BS MechSE, Serionix
Best Tech Innovation:
Jason Freeck, BS EE, State Farm

45. EP PURIFICATION WINS CLEAN ENERGY
CHALLENGE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE

46. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
• Josh George of IntelliWheels wins the Chicago
Marathon.

47. ENTERPRISEWORKS CONGRATULATES
COZAD PRIZE WINNERS
• Rithmio, the winner of the University funded
track, is creating gesture recognition software for
wearable devices.
• Lumenous, the non-University funded winner,
enables designers to inexpensively create
immersive experiences called “projection
mapping,”
• Second place for non-University funded teams
was Inscites Research, a platform that integrates
into a researcher’s workflow

48. CHAMPAIGN-URBANA NAMED A “MOST
PROMISING TECH HUB TO WATCH IN
2014”

49. IN THE MEDIA
SIMNEXT’S MEDICAL SIMULATION EXPERT FEATURED IN NEW-GAZETTE
Rowland could probably create special effects for theater or
movies. But he would rather stay where he is: He believes his job
of enhancing realism in medical training is a higher calling.

50. SERRA CAPITAL II FUND FEATURED IN
NEWS-GAZETTE BUSINESS

51. ENTERPRISEWORKS STARTUP DIOXIDE
MATERIALS FEATURED IN NEW SCIENTIST
• "Don't waste CO2, turn it into bottles and
glue" about start-up companies that view CO2
as a resource rather than a waste product.
• New Scientist cited Dioxide Materials for its
work in partnership with 3M.

52. PERSONIFY CEO INTERVIEWED BY CBS
NEWS REGARDING AMAZON
SMARTPHONE

53. ORACLE BIOSCIENCES AWARDED $1
MILLION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
The National Cancer Institute awarded the grant to
Oracle Biosciences LLC, Carle Dr. Partha Ray's biotech
company, which has laboratory facilities at
EnterpriseWorks incubator at the Research Park.

54. FOUNDER OF SPECTROCLICK
INTERVIEWED BY SPECTROSCOPY ONLINE
• SpectroClick's founder, Alexander Scheeline,
was recently interviewed by Spectroscopy
Online about creating a cell-phone based
spectrometer.

55. CHICAGO DAILY HERALD INTERVIEWS
RESEARCH PARK DIRECTOR LAURA FRERICHS
• The Daily Herald interviewed Research Park
Director, Laura Frerichs about co-working space.
"There certainly is a boom in startup culture. Many people are
seeing the opportunity to start companies," said Laura
Frerichs, director of the Research Park at the University of
Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, which has been home to a
business incubator since 2003 and recently began offering co-working.
"Governments are becoming more excited about
growing their economies with startups."

56. BUILT IN CHICAGO PROFILES
ENTERPRISEWORKS INCUBATOR
• Built in Chicago interviewed Research Park Director,
Laura Frerichs, about how connecting the city's
startup community with current tech trends and
startups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign will strongly benefit the statewide tech
community, in an article published March 10.
• “There's an opportunity to see this as a
collective benefit we have is a region,” she
said. "That is more appealing than just one
particular activity that may be happening
in Chicago, but more of an explanation of
why Illinois is relevant, why the Midwest is
relevant.”

57. UIUC AND SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
KICK-OFF RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP
• Sandia National Laboratories and the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have signed a formal
five-year agreement to advance collaboration and
information sharing between the Department of
Energy’s National Security Lab and one of the world’s
premier research universities.

58. RESEARCH PARK CITED FOR JOB CREATION AS
CHAMPAIGN NAMED THIRD FASTEST
GROWING CITY IN ILLINOIS
• The Research Park is also supporting job and
income growth in Champaign through its
startup incubator EnterpriseWorks, which
supports science and technology startups with
lab and office space, entrepreneurship classes
and the resources of the university
community.

59. FRERICHS VISITS CAPITOL HILL TO DISCUSS
RESEARCH PARK, TECH POLICY
• The Capitol Hill briefing on the state's high-tech industry was
organized by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
• Other speakers included: 1871, Orbitz, Google, Motorola
Solution, Motorola Mobility, and TechAmerica
• Hot topics included: IT workforce development, immigration
reform, crowdfunding, entrepreneurship and incubation,
STEM education including coding at K-12, digital
manufacturing and community colleges, connecting veterans
to tech.

60. RESEARCH PARK DIRECTOR LAURA
FRERICHS PROMOTES ENGAGEMENT
INITIATIVES IN CHINA
• Nǐ hǎo from Shanghai! Laura Frerichs went to China
promoting the University of Illinois with President Bob Easter
and Associate Chancellor for Corporate and International
Relations Pradeep Khanna. We visited Caterpillar, ABInBev,
and Abbott, and worked on developing new relationships.

61. LAURA FRERICHS JOINS ISTC BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
• The Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
(ISTC), a not-for-profit organization focused on
growing the state’s innovation economy.

62. ENTERPRISEWORKS HIGHLIGHTED IN
ENERGY FOUNDRY FOR GROWTH IN
MIDWEST

63. CHICAGO TRIBUNE HIGHLIGHTS
RESEARCH PARK'S ABILITY TO
CAPITALIZE ON STUDENT TALENT
• The Chicago Tribune's BlueSky tech magazine
highlighted the talent development
opportunities in the Research Park in a series
about venture capitalists. Research Park was
included in the second part of the series on
July 8.

64. PHI OPTICS CEO INTERVIEWED ABOUT
NEW TECHNOLOGY

65. CHROMATIN’S RECENT SUCCESS
HIGHLIGHTED IN CRAIN’S CHICAGO
BUSINESS
Crain's Chicago Business
profiled the success of startup
Chromatin, a graduate from
the EnterpriseWorks
incubator who currently has a
6,000-square foot footprint in
the University of Illinois
Research Park. Research Park
is very proud of Chromatin's
team and their persistent
diligence and hard work.

66. IL BIOQUARTERLY FEATURES
RESEARCH PARK BIOTECH STARTUP
COMPANIES

67. PHOTONICARE, RECOGNIZED BY
SCIENCE360 NEWS
PhotoniCare has received
thousands of dollars in funding
since their beginning in 2013. As
of June 2014, they were accepted
into the NSF I-CORPS national
program.

68. MULTICOREWARE, AN
ENTERPRISEWORKS STARTUP, ONE OF
EE TIMES SILICON 60
“MulticoreWare Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.),
founded in 2009, is focused on compiler
technologies and software for
heterogeneous computing.
MulticoreWare has engineers in the US,
China, India, and Singapore.
www.multicorewareinc.com”

69. YAHOO! CHAMPAIGN FOCUS OF CHRONICLE OF
HIGHER EDUCATION FEATURE ON INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY
PARTNERSHIPS
• In February, Yahoo broke ground on a 40,000
square foot building in the University of Illinois
Research Park; the building will open by the
end of 2014.

70. CATERPILLAR'S DATA ANALYTICS LAB
ANNOUNCEMENT GARNERS NATIONAL
ATTENTION
• The announcement of Caterpillar's Research Park
operation expanding its data analytics capabilities
garnered national attention this month, with the
story picked up by the Associated Press, Markets
Insider, and many industry publications.

71. CATERPILLAR CELEBRATES 15-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF CHAMPAIGN
SIMULATION CENTER

72. AUTOSCOUT, FEATURED ON ESPN2

73. EP PURIFICATION RECEIVES EPA GRANT
• EPA SBIR Phase II Award, one of only 9 awards
made by the agency this year nationally
• EP Purification will commercialize a system for
using ozone to treat water that will be
considerably smaller, more efficient, and more
cost effective than existing technologies.

74. TECH CRUNCH FEATURES RITHMIO FOR
RECEIVING $650K IN SEED FUNDING
• “Rithmio will use the cash to accelerate the
operational and technical development of its
current product.”
Closed on Series A funding:
Led by Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of
Malwarebytes, with Illinois Ventures,
Techra Investments, Hyde Park Venture
Partners, Serra Ventures, BonaVentura
and Fox Ventures

75. RITHMIO: TOP 6 PITCHS OF 2014
PICKED BY VENTURE CAPITALISTS
"First, the technology is impressive,
and Adam can demonstrate how well it
works," Turner says. "Secondly, Adam is
an engineer with a strong knack for
business, and he's incredibly
passionate. He's the kind of guy you
look at and say, 'This guy is going to
have a billion-dollar company.' This is a
guy I want to bet on.”

76. COMMON GROUND PUBLISHING
RANKED NUMBER 15 IN LIBRARY FOR
SOCIAL SCIENCE’S ANNUAL LIST OF
WORLD’S TOP-RANKED PUBLISHERS

77. I-START GRANTS
• Through the I-START program, $623,810 have been awarded
• I-START companies have raised over $12 million in funding*
• In calendar year 2014, $136,600 has been awarded to
companies through the I-START program.
• 2014 Investments for I-START companies are over $1.7
million.
• 2014 new I-Start companies (10 new startups):
– Charmworks, Electroninks, Embedor Technologies, Illiac Software,
InSight Technology, MicronJet, MealPlot Inc (nutri4us), OceanComm,
soIL Diagnostics, Sun Buckets
The I-Start Entrepreneur Assistance Program is a matching award
program that offers a suite of first-year professional startup
services for new entrepreneurs
*Does not include all reporting by the first cohort of I-Start companies

78. EVENTS AND PROGRAMING
• Women in the CU Tech Industry Lunch Forum
• Pitch Party Events
• EnterpriseWorks 10-Year Birthday Party
Celebration
• Research Park Annual Career Fair
• Entrepreneur-in-Residence Workshops
• CEO Roundtable events for local tech leaders
• Startup Café events welcoming successful
community entrepreneurs
• Big Data Summit
• Mobile Development Day

79. ENTREPRENEUR-IN-RESIDENCE (EIR)
AND COMPANY CONSULTANTS
A BIG thank you to EIRs:
Lori Patterson, Chad Stiening, Harlee Sorkin, Tim
Hoerr, Dennis Beard, Alan Singleton, Jed Taylor,
Craig Vodnik, and Karin O’Connor
John Quarton, Site Director in Residence
Michael Welge, Big Data Executive in Residence
Deana McDonagh, Designer in Residence
SBIR Consultants:
Dave Kellner, Mike Skreiner, Roland Garton

80. EIR LUNCH
This year, Research Park held
6 EIR Workshops, including
“Crowdfunding & the JOBS
Act”, “Building & Leading your
Business”, “Sample Funding
Term Sheets & Cap Tables”,
“Stock Options”, “Throneless
Mentality”, and “The Basics of
Financial Reporting.”

81. SBIR EVENTS
Several events were
held throughout the
year to promote best
practices and aid in
applying for SBIR
funding. Jed Taylor and
Mike Skreiner held
Application Best
Practices and SBIR/STTR
training.

82. STARTUP CAFE
Arpan Shah- CEO of Print Eco.
He founded a profitable Web
Design business in college prior
to founding PrintEco.
Glenn Shimkus-Glenn’s
venture, Cartavi, founded in
2009, was acquired by
DocuSign. Glenn discussed
building a company from the
ground up and managing
through an acquisition.

83. STARTUP CAFE
Sultan Meghji- recognized leader
in Enterprise Architecture and
Innovation and Strategy. He has
held numerous CIO roles in
academia, and the private sector.
Ben Blumenfeld- Ben is the co-director
of the Designer fund. He
has also been a design lead at
Facebook and at Varien

84. STARTUP CAFE
Craig Vodnik- Co-founder and VP
Operations of cleverbridge and
member of Hyde Park angels.
Mark Aardsma- Started a sofware
business at 24, and a
manufacturing business at 26. He’s
been recognized 3 times on Inc.
Magazin’e fastest growing
companies list.
.

85. STARTUP CAFE
Tom Siegel- Managing Director of
IllinoisVENTURES and has over 25
years experience as a venture
capitalist, entrepreneur and
management consultant.
Brett Walker- CEO of
ElectronInks, an EnterpriseWorks
graduate, spoke about the
process of going through a
KickStarter, dealing with funding,
and running a business.

86. RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR
Students came in from
campus to network and
learn about the many
companies in Research
Park

87. PITCH PARTY
A friendly event that encourages entrepreneurs to
present their pitch and receive constructive criticism
from peers.

88. 2014 BIKE TO WORK DAY
Research Park encouraged companies to ditch the drive
and take their bike to work.
Congrats to SEDAC for having the highest participation!

89. IMPROV THEATER WORKSHOP
Zoo Improv stopped by to give some improv
tips!

90. CU WOMEN IN TECH
Successful women in technology roles present to CU
women on their areas of expertise. Speakers
included Ann Peedikayil, Deana McDonagh, and
Miranda Kemp.

91. CU WOMEN IN TECH
Ann Peedikayil works at the Caterpillar Champaign
Simulation Center as Senior Engineer, and presented
to CU women in February.

92. CU WOMEN IN TECH
Designer-in-Residence, Deana McDonagh, spoke to a
group of women who represented over 15 companies
in Champaign-Urbana.

93. CU WOMEN IN TECH
Carol Brighton, is currently the President and Owner
of CSBrighton Consulting, LLC, a business strategy and
communication consulting firm.

94. CU WOMEN IN TECH
Miranda Kemp from State Farm shared
some insight into entrepreneurship and
innovation.

95. SUMMER INTERN EVENTS
Interns at RP were able to attend Mixers, workshops,
and other enriching events over the summer.

96. INTERN AWARDS PICNIC
Many Outstanding Interns were nominated from the
companies in RP.

97. TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
The 2014 Table Tennis tournament was a fierce competition, with winners
in the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced categories bringing back
glory to their companies. Yahoo! won back the Golden Paddle from HDF.

98. WEDDING RECEPTION IN RESEARCH
PARK
Staci, facility coordinator at Yahoo! and Chad, project
manager at John Deere, were married May of 2014 and
held their reception in the John Deere/Yahoo! Building
where they first met.

99. OUTSIDE AT RESEARCH PARK
Musical acts Davina and the Vagabonds and Terrance
Siemen and the Zydeco Experience brought out the
crowds in fun, family events over the summer.

100. RESEARCH PARK CAMPUS EVENTS
Students came out in huge numbers during the sweltering first
Sunday on campus to learn about Research Park.

101. RESEARCH PARK CAMPUS EVENTS
Tabling events and Tech Sessions
were held at Siebel Center, where
students were able to talk to
employers about careers at the Park.

102. RESEARCH PARK STUDENT OPEN HOUSE
Hundreds of students came in from campus to
tour the Park and network with the companies.

103. RESEARCH PARK STUDENT OPEN HOUSE
• 20 Companies
• 300 Students
• 5 different tour groups
• 60 pizzas

104. FIRE AT FIVE
A beloved Research Park tradition, Fire at Five
provided a monthly time to hang out with other
employees, enjoy refreshments, good weather,
and fun activities.

105. ABBOTT CHINA EMPLOYMENT EVENT
Abbott's Research Park office hosted an event to
expose exchange students to an opportunity to
work in Abbott's Champaign office on campus
and be trained to work full-time in Abbott's
China offices.

106. BIG DATA SUMMIT 2014
• 300+ attendees
• 11 Sessions
• 2 Keynotes
• 50 speakers

107. BIG DATA SUMMIT 2014

108. MOBILE DAY 2014
With an attendance of over 200 participants and 25 speakers,
Mobile Development Day provides an opportunity for attendees to
share information and network with peers about mobile
development taking place in the entrepreneurial, corporate, and
educational milieus.
Register now for Mobile Day 2015!
January 29, 2015
I Hotel and Conference Center

109. EDUCATION/TRAINING
• Two introductory courses were taught
throughout the year: Android App Development
Class, taught by William Seemann of AITS, and an
iOS App Development Class, taught by Bri
Chapman, Founder of CocoaNuts.

110. RESEARCH PARK GIVING BACK
• Chili Cookoff
Donations from this event
given directly to the Orpheum
Children’s Museum.
• Blood Drives
Held in EnterpriseWorks to
help banks in school off-months
• Eastern Illinois Food
Drive
Boxes are set up around the
park to collect food donations.

111. CHILI COOKOFF
Research Park employees cooked their favorite chili
recipe to be tasted and scored by a panel of 4 judges.
Donations from this event directly donated to The
Orpheum Children’s Museum.

112. RESEARCH PARK SPONSORS GIS DAY
GIS Day provides an international forum for
users of geographic information systems (GIS)
technology to demonstrate real-world
applications that are making a difference in our
society.

113. VC COMPANY FUNDING & SUPPORT
• Total Company VC/Angel Funds Raised in only
2014 is $136,633,719.
• Biotechnology companies: $53,040,000.00
• Clean technology
companies: $ 47,644,288.00
• Software/IT companies: $ 34,098,373.00

114. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Agrible’s Paul Miller spoke at GIS Day 2014 and at
Big Data Summit.
• 8 new employees were hired.
• Agrible established contracts with major
Agricultural Companies in the US and Abroad
• Alpha development of Big Ag Data Platform,
Morning Farm Report, with release early next
year.

115. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• IGB “Science is Art” exhibition at Atkins
Building.

116. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Abbvie moved into their new Innovation
Center at the Atkins Building.

117. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Yahoo! Champaign expanded the number of
software developers by ~30%
• Yahoo! Moved into their new building on
December 8th, 2014!

118. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• IntelliWheels received $1.5 Million Phase II
SBIR funding
• Josh George wins Chicago Marathon and is
awarded the 40 Under 40 Award.

119. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Akuna Capital opened an office in Shanghai and
Boston, as well as expanded the Chicago office.
19 interns were hired for the summer, and intern-developed
code was released into production
supporting trading operations.

120. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Grand opening for the Turn Innovation Center
happened in April.
• Turn presented to the Champaign County EDC Board.
• The Champaign Innovation Center represented Turn in
presentation to NACRO conference at Purdue.
• Turn’s Ross Bundy presented at the Big Data Summit.

121. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• CERL/ERDC contracted with SpectroClick, Inc. for
system development, patent issued in November.
• SpectroClick Inc. exhibited at PittCon 2014 in Chicago!

122. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Serionix had a wonderful team bonding experience
while hiking at Turkey Run in August.
• Filtration media was produced for a commercial
partner. It came off a pilot-scale production line that
was designed and built over the summer!
• 2 Interns were finalists for intern awards, and one of
them won!

123. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• HYX Biotech LLC Initiated a project “the analysis of the cellulosic
market and its incumbent players” in Spring semester 2014. This
project involved collaboration with UIUC graduate students in
Technology Management.
• Dr. Fu, President Li, and a delegation from the parent company
visited the Bioenergy Research Unit (BER) at United States
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in May.
The two parties had broad discussion on potential cooperation
on development of enzyme products for biomass degradation
for advanced biofuel purpose.

124. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• BioAnalytics’ CEO Lucas
Smith Received his First
Masters in Biology!
• Awarded an NSF SBIR Phase I
Grant for Platform
Development.
• Mentioned in the iBio
Institute publication
BIOLOGICAL
• Initiated a BioEngineering
Senior Design Project.
• Filed for the company’s first
non-provisional patent
BioAnalytics Immunoassay
Development Kit