Paul Wilmore brings more than 30 years’ experience to the Morristown-based company, which offers its clients sales and marketing compliance software.

The annual innovation festival returned to Maxwell Place Park in Hoboken Oct. 6, and NJBIZ editor Jeffrey Kanige and reporter Matthew Fazelpoor were on hand to take in the all-star lineup of speakers, more than 70 exhibitors, onsite investors taking pitches and startup competitions.

A week after the departure of co-founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky, Chief Strategy Officer S. Daniel Leon, who also co-created the crypto company, has resigned.

Field Effect, based in Ottawa, wants to level the digital playing field by offering its services to companies of all sizes, especially those in the small and medium enterprise (SME) market without “huge budgets and deep security expertise.”

This technology are updates that software or operating system vendors issue to fix performance bugs or to provide enhanced security features. There is typically no added charge for a patch, and the installation and updates generally do not interfere with ongoing operations.

COVID-19 "was really the impetus – or the catalyst – to get us moving with technology,” said Caregility Vice President of Marketing Bryan Schnepf during an NJBIZ panel discussion on the topic. Now, "if we don’t take advantage of the momentum that we built up right now, shame on us.”

“I think the culture of the event is what it made last so many years,” Aaron Price, festival founder and TechUnited:NJ CEO, told NJBIZ. “We want this to be a day that helps inspire, educate and celebrate those who are building the next future of an industry.”

The boutique communications agency was formed through New York City-based The Bliss Group’s acquisition of Savarese Communications in 2021.

“The pandemic was really the impetus – or the catalyst – to get us moving with technology," explained Caregility Vice President of Marketing Bryan Schnepf, who was joined by speakers from Hackensack Meridian Health, CentralReach and the National Association of Social Workers – New Jersey Chapter. “Getting it really adopted was a problem. We needed a crisis like the pandemic to really kick us forward, and if we don’t take advantage of the momentum that we built up right now, shame on us.”

“I regret that my continued role ... has become an increasing distraction, and I am very sorry about the difficult financial circumstances members of our community are facing,” Alex Mashinsky wrote. The crypto lender filed Chapter 11 this summer.

Even when a company has deployed robust cybersecurity solutions, perpetrators can often breach digital defenses because they pose as a legitimate user and convince someone to let them “walk” right in. This is known as “social engineering,” and it relies heavily on human interaction.

Sophia Muirhead has served as general counsel and chief compliance officer of the technical professional organization since 2019.