Chris Rezendes

The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board oversees workforce development efforts in Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, and Wareham. Included is the Greater New Bedford Career Center operated jointly by New Directions Southcoast, Inc. and the Massachusetts Division of Career Services. The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board is one of 16 similar Boards in Massachusetts. Workforce Investment Boards direct federal, state and private funding for educational and occupational skills programs. In addition to responsibilities mandated under the federal Workforce Investment Act, Boards have been called upon to play a major role in a variety of key state initiatives, and to define their vision, mission, and goals based on local community needs. The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc. is a business-led, policy-setting board that oversees workforce development initiatives in the 10 community region stretching from Dartmouth to Wareham, MA. Appointed by New Bedford Mayor Jonathan F. Mitchell, the Board is composed of business, civic, education, labor, and community leaders. The Board employs a staff of full-time professionals and maintains offices in New Bedford. The Board itself consists entirely of volunteers. All of the Board’s meetings are open to the public.

Wellntel is a water technology company focused on creating products that bring awareness, increase understanding and promote sustainable use of water.

- flowthings.io is an Edge and Cloud platform for Internet of Things solutions. - Deploy Edge processing for real-time data orchestration between sensors, actuators, databases, analytics and other edge services. Automate real-time actions at the Edge while controlling data flow to the Cloud and other endpoints. - Use the very same Cloud-based graphical tools and APIs to enable both Edge and Cloud execution of rules that define transforms, actions, data enhancement and routing

We want to welcome you to the future of intelligent pet care. Petnet has created the world’s first SmartFeeder. It is an elegant hardware device that will program itself around your life and the wellness of your precious pet. With the help of sophisticated sensors, your web-enabled smartphone and the processing power of a computer, SmartFeeder learns how much and when you feed your pet. In about a week, it gets adjusted to your schedule and keeps you in tune to your pet’s eating regimen. Why we built SmartFeeder? Most pet parents don’t think about what and how much they feed their pets and the long lasting effect it can have on their health. The fact is, the majority of today’s pet food is either wasted or over consumed by our pets which is why we have seen a staggering increase in pet obesity the last several years. According to one study, An Estimated 54% of Dogs and Cats in the United States are Overweight or Obese directly due to overeating and the way we feed our pets. Pet parents do not currently have the convenience of being able to consistently monitor their pets eating habits. What if a pet feeder could program itself around your life and the wellness of your pet, not the other way around? This is exactly what SmartFeeder does. It learns how much and when you feed your pet and guides you towards a more healthy eating regimen.

The New Bedford Ocean Cluster is a member of the Iceland Ocean Cluster Network and is focused on industry growth and development, enhancing coastal resilience and network building in the blue tech, fisheries and marine industry sectors. We’ve narrowed our focus to four key areas that we consider the pillars of the NBOC: -Internet of Things (IoT) -Offshore Wind -Aquaculture -Commercial fishing and processing These focus areas compliment and grow our historic fishing port, while laying the framework for collaboration and development in related and completely new ocean-based industries. Through the guidance and outline of its strategic plan, the NBOC has identified partners and overlapping sectors of focus with the ultimate goal of supporting the growth of the ocean economy and blue tech sector, and strengthening coastal economic and environmental resilience in the Greater New Bedford region. The NBOC has been working to develop relationships and partnerships with local waterfront and ocean industry businesses and organizations that might serve to bolster New Bedford’s ocean economy and move the NBOC towards its goal of establishing formal membership programs.

The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board oversees workforce development efforts in Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, and Wareham. Included is the Greater New Bedford Career Center operated jointly by New Directions Southcoast, Inc. and the Massachusetts Division of Career Services. The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board is one of 16 similar Boards in Massachusetts. Workforce Investment Boards direct federal, state and private funding for educational and occupational skills programs. In addition to responsibilities mandated under the federal Workforce Investment Act, Boards have been called upon to play a major role in a variety of key state initiatives, and to define their vision, mission, and goals based on local community needs. The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc. is a business-led, policy-setting board that oversees workforce development initiatives in the 10 community region stretching from Dartmouth to Wareham, MA. Appointed by New Bedford Mayor Jonathan F. Mitchell, the Board is composed of business, civic, education, labor, and community leaders. The Board employs a staff of full-time professionals and maintains offices in New Bedford. The Board itself consists entirely of volunteers. All of the Board’s meetings are open to the public.

We are accelerating Internet of Things deployment to address grand challenges with profit and resilience. We do this by bringing together early stage IoT companies, tech and industry leaders, small and mid-sized enterprises and subject matter experts to instrument the physical world with intelligence and intention for profit and resilience. We are a proof point production plant. We live-pilot early stage IoT solutions with Fortune 500 technology and industry partners in the field with real-world innovators in small and mid-sized enterprises.

We are accelerating Internet of Things deployment to address grand challenges with profit and resilience. We do this by bringing together early stage IoT companies, tech and industry leaders, small and mid-sized enterprises and subject matter experts to instrument the physical world with intelligence and intention for profit and resilience. We are a proof point production plant. We live-pilot early stage IoT solutions with Fortune 500 technology and industry partners in the field with real-world innovators in small and mid-sized enterprises.