ALICE Receptionist, Perch, Perzo & TextGen Pitch Their Ideas To YOU - Tuesday at ITEXPO

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SEE WHO HAS THE "IT" FACTOR NEXT WEEK AT STARTUPCAMP8. Be at the only event to spotlight early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators in communication technology. Industry leaders, investors, developers and media to network and validate entrepreneur pitches an energetic, unique setting. JUDGES INCLUDE: Craig Walker: CEO, Firespotter Labs/ÜberConference: Craig brings 15 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur in the communications space to Firespotter Labs, a start-up focused on making complex telephony products easy to use. Products in the Firespotter family include TechCrunch award-winning ÜberConference, Nosh, NoshList and Jotly. Irv Shapiro: CEO/CTO, Ifbyphone: Irv has spent over 30 years driving technology innovation with a focus on data communications and networking. Irv began his career writing custom VAX/VMS device drivers for Digital Equipment Corporation, then founded Metamor Technologies, a two-time INC 500 award recipient, followed by Edventions, an elementary school infrastructure company. Following the sale of Edventions he founded Ifbyphone and developed its proprietary VoiceXML generation technology. SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS: YAHOO! VP of PRODUCT - JEFF BONFORTE Since 2008, Bonforte served as CEO of Xobni, an early mover in the address-book management space. In July of this year, Xobni was acquired by Yahoo. Known for his witty and insightful presentation style, Bonforte is also an accomplished communications technologist, with patents in the areas of voice-recognition and instant messaging, among others. THE PITCHES: CAN'T MISS INNOCATIONS, OR PIPE DREAM FAILURES? STARTUPS INCLUDE: ALICE Receptionist is poised to revolutionize visitor management for office and commercial buildings. ALICE enables businesses to present live customer service agents on any number of kiosks, and other digital signage devices, enabling two-way and one-way video interaction with customers and employees. Perch is an always-on video communication app designed to bring you closer to the people you talk to everyday, regardless of where you are. It connects two separate spaces together in a way that facilitates natural and spontaneous video conversation. Perzo is a free, secure, and private communication and collaboration hub where you can send messages, texts, and emails to the people who matter the most to you whether they are your colleagues, friends or family. Perzo helps you organize your communications in topics with your personal network so that you are always in sync and you have the information you are looking for at your fingertips. TextGen is a business communication application that makes traditional telephone lines more versatile by supporting both text and voice conversations on the same telephone number and providing complete transcripts of those conversations through a cloud-based web portal. Affordable and easy to integrate with any business, TextGen brings texting to work. PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS   NOTICE: This email was distributed by: Technology Marketing Corporation, 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854. As a valued reader or attendee of TMC's publications and events, you will occasionally receive carefully-screened offers and free product information via email. If you no longer wish to receive this type of email, please Click Here to adjust your preferences.