Founded in 2001, Energy IQ Group (EIQ) is a leading energy intelligence company that implements “smart building” systems for Fortune 500 companies, government and military clients and offers critical building analytics and management tools over the web.

Being fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time is certainly key. Of course, you have to make sure you take advantage of those fortunate opportunities – they don’t come around very often. The real key for us, however, is always remembering that you can never surround yourself with enough good people.

Our whole premise as a company is to help middle market Florida organizations prosper by bridging the gap between growth strategy development and operational execution. Over the past few years we have seen companies really question their overall strategy and how or if they can get growth out of their business.

The Kolter Group, LLC is a private investment firm which has accrued over 9 billion dollars of real estate transactions across multiple geographies and asset classes throughout all stages of development and investment cycles since its inception in 1993.

We believe that the concepts of sustainable design and reduced environmental impact are here to stay. That said, the recent market conditions have moved construction costs to the forefront, challenging the economics of some sustainable design components.

The Max Planck Florida Institute seeks to provide new insight into important biological questions using innovative experimental and theoretical methodologies. Currently, our research groups are underway with studying the brain at the cellular level.

Two of the greatest economic development wins which will go down in history books for Palm Beach County will be the successful recruitment of the Scripps Research Institute and Max Planck. While it will take years before we see the full maturation and spin off activity which will result from these two highly acclaimed institutes, there has already been a tremendous amount of positive activity in the first five years.

Fueled by strong leadership and a passion to do more in Florida, the acquisition by Sabadell provided us the platform to grow and put our strategic plan into action.

I believe that technology is the solution to many of the problems
we face today, and effective technology solutions will be a key
factor in eliminating wasteful spending not only in healthcare, but
also in all industries and the economy as a whole.