Alertus is a pioneer and leader in emergency mass notification for large area, high occupancy facilities. In a crisis, our award-winning technologies enable people to be empowered with localized lifesaving alert notifications. Occupants are instantly notified with computer desktop alerting, wall-mounted Alert Beacons (unique patented notification appliance with integrated flash sounder and message display), amplified text-to-speech voice speaker arrays, digital signage override, IP phones, cable television override, and seamlessly integrated fire alarms. Alertus' in-building mass notification technologies integrate with leading personal recipient outcall systems and outdoor wide area sirens and giant voice, for easy unified activation. Alertus Technologies was founded in 2002 out of the University of Maryland after a tornado ripped through the campus taking two students lives without sufficient warning. Over the past decade, the Alertus Notification System has been implemented worldwide at hundreds of campuses, hospitals, bases, government buildings, and corporate and industrial sites. For more information on Alertus, please visit http://www.alertus.com.

Optoro is using innovative technology to solve a large, and growing, global problem. Every year, over 15% of inventory is returned or deemed excess, costing retailers $500 billion nationwide. Optoro?s software platform helps retailers optimize the management of returned and excess inventory in a more efficient and cost-effective way, maximizing recovery value, enabling consumers to get great deals, and reducing environmental waste. Working with some of the largest retailers in the US, Optoro?s software platform has enabled its clients to maximize recovery costs by 50 - 200%. Founded in 2010, Optoro has been named one of the fastest growing companies in the US. Optoro has also received many awards and accolades, including CNBC?s Disruptor 50, EY?s Entrepreneur of the Year and the World Economic Forum?s Circular Economy Award, Most recently, Optoro was named a "Top Workplace"? in DC by The Washington Post.