Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois

Two RRVEC Winners Take Second Place in Innovate Illinois

Contact: Nancy Chamberlain, 815-921-4517

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Innovate Illinois is a statewide entrepreneurial and innovation competition where high-growth businesses compete on the merits of their innovations to be named the most innovative company in the state. The program is administered jointly by DCEO and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, an affiliate of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, which works to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurial companies. In the last five years, 29 companies have won the Innovate Illinois competition receiving over $450,000 in cash and prizes.

The second-place winners from the Rock River Valley Entrepreneurship Center are: Harold Winebaugh, Universal Die Cast, Inc. whose product is Univ-Lok drum lock, and Kerry Frank, Balanced IT Solutions – Software Development whose product is Comply 365, compliance software.

For more information, please contact Sherry Pritz at 815-921-2054.

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