WASHINGTON STATE MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2018 - COMPANY DIRECTORY
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Your Partner in Mobile Washington State maintains a network of foreign offices to provide no-cost international business development assistance and attract foreign investment. Our team of business experts stands at the ready to help you do business in and with Washington State. As a mobile company you’ll find that the state is ideally suited to your business goals, whether you’re a one person start-up bent on reinventing mobile entertainment or a large firm overseas that wants to expand operations into the US. Mark Calhoon Senior Managing Director Small Business Export Assistance Washington State Department of Commerce T: +1 206 256 6137 M: +1 206 669 7578 mark.calhoon@commerce.wa.gov
Robert Fiddick Information & Communication Technology Development Manager Washington State Department of Commerce T: +1 206 256 6141 M: +1 206 257 8362 robert.fiddick@commerce.wa.gov
Lucy Atkinson Europe Representative Washington State Department of Commerce T: 44 1451 822252 M: 44 7899 804036 lucy.atkinson@tfdi.co.uk
Marianne Goodson Europe Representative Washington State Department of Commerce M: 44 (0)7966 497691 marianne.goodson@tfdi.co.uk
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Ad Lightning...................................... 7
KLOA................................................15
Appnique .......................................... 8
Odd Atom.........................................16
Apptentive......................................... 9
Roaum Inc........................................17
Asentria Corporation..........................10
Syntonic...........................................18
Buddy Platform, Inc ..........................11
Trusted Key......................................19
Cyrcle Phone by dTOOR.....................12
Tupl, Inc...........................................20
DogHead Simulations.........................13
Unoceros Corporation........................21
Glympse...........................................14
Startup 425.......................................22
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WASHINGTON STATE. BUILDING BUSINESS LEGENDS. The birthplace of tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, Cray and F5 and home to engineering offices for Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Salesforce, Washington State has established itself as an internationally renowned center of excellence in mobile apps, gaming, hardware and software. In fact, few places in the United States can match our talented pool of nearly 200,000 technology-based workers employed by the 14,000 ICT companies statewide. Top-tier talent is drawn to the region by its entrepreneurial mindset, critical mass of world-class companies, energetic urban centers that appeal to young tech professionals, and the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation and experimentation. There is a spirit of cooperation and collaboration in Washington State that is hard to find anywhere else. New ideas are readily embraced and improved upon, spurring advances across the board, from revolutionary mobile apps that redefine how smart a smartphone is to the next big thing – cloud computing and big data. Innovation isn’t limited to the ICT sector either. There is a spillover effect in Washington State where hardware, software and mobile apps are being integrated into other industries, from aerospace, advanced manufacturing and clean technology to maritime and life sciences.
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This culture of creativity is fed by venture capitalists, startups, innovation partnership zones and incubators; supported by cutting-edge R&D from our universities and national laboratory – one of only 10 in the United States – a robust networking infrastructure, and a passion for creating the most amazing products and services in the world. The ability to work and live in vibrant urban cores appeals to Millennials who value their five minute commute as much as the energy and diversity of metropolitan centers where trendy eateries, restaurants and entertainment venues are just steps away. And when they’re not punching code, it’s a quick drive to go snowboarding, mountain biking, kayaking or to the border – Canada is just a few hours away from the state’s major population centers.
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Best StateTo Start A Business - U.S. News & World Report
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Ad Lightning is the only live site ad quality tool built for digital publishers. Our technology protects websites from unwanted and malicious ads, while maximizing page views and revenue.
PRODUCTS / SERVICES Ad Quality Software for Publishers
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS 24/7 site monitoring, Ad Intelligence, zero integration, real-time reporting, dedicated account management MEETING GOALS Seeking to meet with decision makers in digital advertising operations to provide 24/7 site monitoring and ad quality protection. Specifically, those individuals responsible for website monetization, ad quality, and user experience. KEY CONTACT Jason Rubenstein Head of Sales M: +1 206 930 4887 jason@adlightning.com 240 2nd Ave South, Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98104 ww.adlightning.com
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PRODUCTS/SERVICES Mobile Advertising and Marketing Big Data Data Products and Services
Appnique is an audience targeting company that has developed a unique lookalike modeling approach for performance advertising (app install, direct response). Our technology extracts affinities from app store trends (review data, install data, keyword similarities) to construct audiences. Our audiences have been proven in the field for the past 5 years on Facebook with clients such as NexonM, MachineZone, Checkout 51, Fiksu, Ampush and others. Appnique’s Audience Targeting technology now also provides the benefits of our lookalike audiences for use by DSPs, ad networks, advertisers and agencies. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS Appnique’s audience targeting technology: a) uses unstructured data analysis and machine learning to identify target audiences with the highest potential to extend reach and improve ROI; b) can be used across all major advertising platforms; c) is available through a variety of flexible consumption models and price points. MEETING GOALS Seeking to meet with demand side platforms, ad networks, data management platforms, agencies and advertisers to explore integration of Appnique Audience Targeting into their advertising programs. KEY CONTACT Jai Jaisimha CEO M: +1 206 972 7067 jai@appnique.com 10222 NE 183rd St Bothell WA 98011 appnique.com
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Making emotional connections with consumers and providing personalized experiences is now a necessity for brands. Apptentive’s mobile customer experience software empowers companies to deeply understand 91% of their customers to create seamless experiences, validate product roadmaps, track and improve sentiment and loyalty, and activate customers in the “silent majority.” Using a proactive approach, Apptentive allows companies to collect and act on 100 times more customer feedback—at scale—through intelligently-timed surveys, messages, prompts, and analytics. Apptentive powers millions of customer interactions every month on over a billion devices worldwide for companies including eBay, Marriott, Starbucks, Philips and Shell.
PRODUCTS / SERVICES Customer Experience Management Voice of Customer Solutions Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services CRM Systems Mobile Advertising and Marketing
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Apptentive helps companies: • Improve customer retention & LTV • Make data-driven decisions and turn customer-centricity into action • Track & take action on customer sentiment and loyalty • Improve ratings & reviews MEETING GOALS Meet with companies seeking software partners to improve their mobile customer experience and better understand their customers. KEY CONTACT Robi Ganguly CEO & Co-founder M: +1 415 939 7143 robi@apptentive.com 24 Roy Street #440 Seattle, WA 98109 www.apptentive.com
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES Cell Site Automation
Asentria provides hardware solutions for mobile network and tower operators to manage power, security, and environmental issues at remote cell sites from their network operations center. Telecom sites are evolving to include many new intelligent subsystem controllers for DC rectifiers, generators, cameras, access controllers, and HVAC. Asentria securely integrates these sub-systems into our hardware based site controller to present a single interface for management of power, security and environment at remote sites. Beyond simple alarming, Asentria generates data for comparative site analysis and provides remote access to the underlying systems for OPEX reducing cell site optimization. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS - Asentria makes easy to use, cost effective, non-proprietary hardware appliances for monitoring power, security, and environment at your remote communication sites. MEETING GOALS - Meet with prospective customers specifically mobile network operators; - Meet with potential resellers/partners; - Reconnect with current international resellers/partners to discuss current and potential opportunities. KEY CONTACT Jon Baars Director of Sales and Marketing M: + 1 206 459 1068 jon.baars@asentria.com 1200 N 96th St, Seattle, WA 98103 www.asentria.com
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Buddy Platform provides highly scalable data infrastructure that helps extract the maximum value from city wide sensor and device data, by connecting systems that were never designed to work together. The company also offers a complete, and low cost solution for individual and group building monitoring called Buddy Ohm. The system measures energy, water and environmental conditions in commercial buildings, residential complexes, and university and government campuses, helping to reduce utility spend, and lessen impact on the environment. Buddy also provides a full featured MBaaS based on Parse Server for developers that’s free to use, forever.
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UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Buddy Ohm: • Buddy provides real-time energy and water monitoring for commercial/ retail, industrial, government, education, and utility facilities. • Measure and manage usage of utilities like electricity, water, and environmental conditions like temperature and humidity in real-time. • The system utilizes wireless IoT class hardware and sensors to collect utility and environmental data, which then is transmitted to the Buddy Cloud through onboard cellular connectivity. Data is processed and managed to provide visualizations and insights to building managers and occupants. Parse on Buddy: • As similar to the original Parse service as possible to service the most highly trafficked apps in the world. • Eliminates hosting and management pain points by adding functionality like Cloud Code, Jobs, Webhooks and more. • Free to use, forever.
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MBaaS PaaS SaaS M2M / Telemetry Systems Data Analysis Cloud Services
MEETING GOALS Meet with large building and building complex owners and managers, or large organizations (like mobile operators) that have relationships with these clients, to help turn utility savings into an asset. Also interested in meeting with local, state and federal governments to discuss major Smart City initiatives. KEY CONTACT Brian Seitz Vice President of Marketing and Communications brian@buddy.com
217 Pine Street, Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98101 +1 206 745 9079 http://buddy.com
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES Consumer Electronics (CEM) Mobile Handsets – The Cyrcle Phone
dTOOR develops “Non-Rectangular Phones for Non-Rectangular People” starting with a phone in the shape of a circle, called The Cyrcle Phone. The 4G LTE Android version of The Cyrcle Phone will be released in 2018 as our second product. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS • 4x faster bringing products to market • Manufacture in the USA • Non-rectangular devices • Non-rectangular people MEETING GOALS • Seeking mobile handset distributors. • Seeking investors with consumer electronics experience who are looking for a company which is ready to scale. • Always happy to talk with suppliers who manufacture 3” round display or other 3” non-rectangular displays. KEY CONTACT Christina Cyr CEO, CTO, Co-Founder M: +1 425 598 5171 Christina@dTOOR.com WeChat: Christina_Cyr 4957 Lakemont Blvd SE, Ste C-4-388 Bellevue, WA 98006 USA www.dTOOR.com www.TheCyrclePhone.com
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Wendy Wilson COO, Co-Founder M: +1 425 274 6679 wendy@dTOOR.com
Doghead Simulations:
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• In less than 2 years we’ve grown from a 4-person start-up to a global leader in distributed, online VR communication. • Our team is uniquely qualified because we are VR industry influencers who have helped create the HTC Vive, cofound the Call of Duty franchise, spoke as keynote and panel speakers at industry conferences worldwide and are experienced VR engineers, designers, and business leaders who have all built successful companies.
rumii Virtual Reality (VR) Communication
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS At Doghead Simulations, we fundamentally improve the way people communicate. We developed rumii, a VR environment that enables teams to collaborate from anywhere in the world. MEETING GOALS We are seeking to meet with companies globally distributed teams who are interested in replacing outdated telecommunication technology with 3D, real-time, virtual collaboration software. We are also interested in companies that provide corporate training, as our software is targeted towards the education and collaboration features. Finally, we wish to increase the awareness of virtual reality and its ability to solve company’s communication and training challenges. KEY CONTACT Mat Chacon CEO M: +1 425 283 6916 mat@dogheadsimulations.com 788 100th Ave NE Suite N-701 Bellevue, WA 98004 www.Dogheadsimulations.com
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES Location Technology and Services Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services
Glympse’s location sharing platform applies the context of location to improve how people and brands connect. The company pioneered temporary, safe and secure location sharing. With “Glympse-as-a-Service,” Fortune 1000 companies deliver transparency and frictionless customer experiences through location sharing, real-time ETAs and customer-facing digital viewers. Whether for meet-ups, home services, deliveries, curbside pickups, mobile commerce via connected vehicles, roadside assistance, wearables, smart homes, cities or transportation, Glympse infuses location intelligence into any interaction between connected moving things and people. Partners include brands like Verizon, Samsung, Charter Spectrum, GM, Rogers Communications, Toyota, Mercedes, Sky UK, Ziggo, Volvo and Liberty Global. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS The Glympse platform offers powerful, cross-platform, device-agnostic integrative location sharing solutions for partners into new or existing products and services. MEETING GOALS To meet and increase awareness with carriers, OEMs, automotive, home IoT and mobile application partners looking for an integrative location sharing solution. To meet with large brands with field service or delivery operations, such as cable/telco, grocery or package delivery, home services, hospitality services, and any others looking to improve CSAT/NPS and reduce costs with the help of a track and trace solution like Glympse. KEY CONTACTS Cami Zimmer Head of Business Development M: +1 952 239 9822 cami@glympse.com 1424 11th Ave Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98122 www.glympse.com
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David Troll SVP Sales M: +1 216 334 9454 david@glympse.com
Kloa re-imagines mobile messaging. The Kloa platform integrates language input and messaging. The platform establishes a new touchbased, language-focused technique for users to interact with their mobile devices. Our core technology is a combination of interface design, simple selection gestures, and precise language algorithms. The technology enables accurate, easy, intuitive communication. Beyond messaging, the technology has applications in wearable devices, gaming and augmented/ virtual reality. Kloa boasts first-class expertise in interaction design, language algorithms, computational linguistics and user experience research. The company has a deep patent portfolio in techniques for language input and is based in Seattle, Washington, USA. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS Accurate and intuitive mobile messaging without the friction of conventional mobile text input.
PRODUCTS / SERIVICES Messaging Chat / Chatbots Conversational Commerce Natural Language Processing (NLP) Application Development Social Media / Networking Wearable Devices
MEETING GOALS Tech companies with a mobile product that requires language input, particularly if the product is in a crowded market and needs differentiation. Chatbot developers and companies building tools to enable chatbot development. Tech companies (in particular their product developers), VC’s, or individual investors examining the future of messaging, chat, chatbots, conversational commerce, and mobile app ecosystems. Open to information sharing, partnering or investment opportunities. KEY CONTACT Michael Murphy Electrical Engineer, Founder M: +1 206 618 0074 mike@kloa.com 1100 NE Campus Parkway, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington 98105 http://kloa.com
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES Cloud Services Content Management Augmented Reality Virtual Reality
Odd Atom is building a B2B cloud platform with the aim of delivering 3D content to a new world of augmented and virtual reality applications. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS What makes Odd Atom unique is our cloud platform approach to 3D content management for augmented and virtual reality applications. MEETING GOALS Seeking to meet business partners and investors interested in infrastructure/tooling for the emerging augmented and virtual reality industry. KEY CONTACT Ryan Atkins CEO M: +1 425 503 7331 ryan@oddatom.com Odd Atom CoMotion Labs 4545 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98105 - 4721 http://oddatom.com
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Roaum Inc is bringing cellular connectivity to IoT devices right within the IoT platforms. There are about 200 IoT Platforms with customers requiring cellular connectivity. These IoT platforms cannot afford to build relationship with mobile network operators throughout the world. Mobile network operators are looking to get more IoT device customers, and they are unable to build the integrations into all these IoT platforms. Roaum Inc. is building a blockchain network for both IoT platforms and the mobile network operators. This network will enable mobile network operators to offer their IoT connectivity deals directly into IoT platforms, enable IoT devices to pick those deals and connect their devices using cellular networks.
PRODUCTS / SERVICES Connecting IoT Devices to Mobile Networks Operators using Blockchain Network
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS There are about 5 Billion IoT devices expected to connect using cellular technology. This is a significant growth but mobile network operators cannot achieve this without offering global connectivity. IoT platforms can drive the growth in cellular connected IoT devices by they need relationships with mobile network operators globally. Roaum Inc. is solving this by building the blockchain network that includes mobile network operators and IoT platforms providers. MEETING GOALS Looking to meet with carriers and OEMs who want to explore a better way to get cellular connectivity to IoT devices. We are working with innovative carriers on a PoC, and we are seeking other innovative carrier and OEM executives, who would like to learn about ways the blockchain technology can improve their revenue potentials while cutting costs. KEY CONTACT Jagan Nemani Founder & CEO M: +1 847 224 1978 jagan@madronaVL.com 999 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 www.roaum.com
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PRODUCT / SERVICES Mobile Advertising and Marketing Mobile Payments and Remittances Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services
Syntonic is transforming the economics of mobile content and application access for consumers and businesses. Freeway by Syntonic® increases carrier ARPU through differentiated content offerings. It provides application publishers a frictionless way to acquire, engage and monetize mobile users. Freeway lets consumers move beyond their data plan through subscription and sponsored access. Syntonic’s global service supports Android and iOS smartphones, and is integrated with the world’s leading operator networks. Syntonic DataFlex® separates business and personal expenses on employee owned BYOD smartphones, allowing businesses to confidently expand BYOD while reducing mobile costs, increasing workplace productivity and advancing business analytics. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS • Sponsored data and paid subscription content plans • Grow carrier ARPU with differentiated content offers • Provide app developers new models for acquisition, engagement, and monetization • Native application support: no SDK required • Integrated and over-the-top operator solutions • Mobile split billing and app-level analytics for BYOD MEETING GOALS Explore Freeway business opportunities with mobile operators, VAS providers, app developers, content owners, and advertisers. Seek DataFlex BYOD mobile split billing opportunities with mobile operators, expense management providers, system integrators and enterprise mobility management vendors. KEY CONTACT Gary Greenbaum CEO O: +1 206 408 8072 x702 gary@syntonic.com www.syntonic.com
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Trusted Key’s mission is to provide secure digital identity solutions that enable organizations and consumers to securely interact with each other. The Trusted Key Digital Identity Platform enables banks and other organizations to: 1. Quickly and easily onboard new users from their mobile devices while meeting KYC requirements. 2. Provision users with a secure and convenient password-less login. 3. Protect users against identity theft and credit card fraud. 4. Issue digital diplomas and other certifications to users. Trusted Key is founded by former senior security and identity leaders from Microsoft, Symantec and Oracle.
PRODUCTS / SERVICES Secure Digital Identity Decentralized Blockchain Identity Mobile KYC Password-less Login Fraud Prevention Digital Diplomas
You can find more details at www.trustedkey.com. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS The Trusted Key Digital Identity Platform utilizes modern mobile phones, strong cryptography and blockchain technologies to provide unprecedented security, privacy, and convenience for the user. MEETING GOALS 1. Seeking to meet with carriers and OEMs interested in offering preconfigured secure digital identity capabilities to their users. 2. Seeking to meet with banks and other financial institutions interested in mobile-phone based KYC, password-less login, and fraud prevention solutions. KEY CONTACT Prakash Sundaresan Co-Founder M: +1 425 233 2936 prakash@trustedkey.com Fluke Hall, 4000 Mason Road, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98195 www.trustedkey.com
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES Data Analysis Network Management Operational Support Systems (OSS) Managed Network Services Network Planning and Design
Tupl automates the most critical and complex tasks within network operations and engineering. We have gone beyond Big Data insights and built the world’s first use cases with complex automation all the way to closed loop level. Our live deployments are showing 100x improvement in resolution speeds, 90% level of automation, 4x improvement in accuracy, with 100% consistency. The Tupl approach is unique; operators provide their most pressing manual work problems, and Tupl automates those processes. Use cases range from customer care to network optimization, automated alarm handling, even to construction management and prediction. Tupl is the leader in operations automation by AI. We are headquartered in the United States, with presence in Spain, Mexico and Japan, and looking to further expand our footprint in 2018. Join us at MWC to discuss: • Technical Customer Care Automation • Network Operations Automation (Fierce Innovation Award 2017 winner) • Tupl Unifier UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS • Network operations automation by AI • Immediate ROI • We are veteran telecom ops engineers - we know your business! • Open environment for in-house/3rd party applications on TuplOS MEETING GOALS • Customers: mobile operator CxO/Directors/VPs such as CFO, CTO, NW Directors, Strategy Officers/Directors, Network Operations executives. • Strategic Partners/Channels: companies serving mobile operators who want to include Tupl solutions in their value proposals. KEY CONTACT Petri Hautakangas CEO M: +1 425 272 2686 MWC@tupl.com 10400 NE 4th St, Suite 500 Bellevue, WA 98004 www.tupl.com
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Unoceros has built a global supercomputer-like service from everyone’s smartphones. The Vinculum service acts as infrastructure and allows for vertical products to be created on top. Looking Glass is our premiere product leveraging Vinculum.
PRODUCTS / SERVICES Looking Glass Realtime Mobile Network Mapping
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS Looking Glass is a direct solution to the last mile problem by beginning at the smartphone and working its way back to the service. MEETING GOALS • Looking for an OEM partner • Looking to find carriers interested in our Looking Glass product for network intelligence KEY CONTACT Devin Elliot CEO M: +1 206 794 7676 devin@unoceros.com 212 4th Street South Kirkland, WA 98004 www.unoceros.com
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES Consulting Education and Training Government & Regulatory Utilities (Smart Grid)
Home to Microsoft, Unity, and dozens of other platform-defining companies, Seattle’s Eastside builds the industry standards on which modern computing is built. A bridge between the U.S. and global markets, we offer an urban, diverse, and future-ready community for businesses specializing in artificial intelligence, AR/VR, enterprise software, and all things mobile. Startup 425 helps companies set up operations on Seattle’s Eastside in the U.S., and provides support and resources to firms of all sizes. Whether you already have a company in the Pacific Northwest or are thinking about opening an office, we’re here to help you prosper. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS AND DIFFERENTIATORS Home to both emerging startups and industry titans (like Microsoft, Google, Valve, and T-Mobile USA) One of the largest game development hubs in the U.S. MEETING GOALS Seeking companies of all sizes looking for a location to hire and grow engineering and developer talent across multiple verticals, including – artificial intelligence, e-commerce, gaming, and enterprise software. Present the region’s offerings and share information about our Soft Landing program to companies exploring the U.S. market. KEY CONTACT Jesse R. Canedo Economic Development Manager M: +1 210 387 8433 jcanedo@bellevuewa.gov 450 110th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 +1 425 452 5236 www.bellevuewa.gov
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Washington State Department of Commerce
Whether you’re investing, exporting, expanding, relocating or growing your market share, our team of experienced business professionals at the State of Washington can provide you with adaptive and customized programs and services you need to succeed. Services include • Site selection • Permitting and regulatory assistance • Infrastructure • Financing • Workforce training • Export assistance • Overseas trade offices • Trade shows and trade missions • Business matchmaking • Market research • Investment assistance CONTACT
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