Newsmakers of the Year NEO’S Top People, Companies and Trends of 2016

VOL. 37, NO. 51 DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016

CLEVELAND BUSINESS Newsmakers of the Year NEO’s top people, companies and trends of 2016 | Pages 13-20

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Artist renderings of the proposed exterior and interior rennovation of Quicken Loans Arena. (Cleveland Cavaliers) Glass wall highlights $140 million public-private proposal for refurbishing aging facility

By JAY MILLER rately it turns out — that the arena However, Cleveland city council- injects $245 million in direct spend- man Je Johnson said he’s against it. [email protected] ing annually into the community. “I am not going to vote for it,” he @millerjh First, the $245 million gure is a said in a telephone call. “I believe it’s calculation of spending in 2016. an exciting project but I don’t think In typical Cleveland fashion, the at’s a gure that won’t be achieved the admissions tax should be used. It community’s government, business in future years. Second, it doesn’t should be all private dollars.” and civic leaders are going “All In,” in discount the number for what is e deal also will put a crimp in Cavalierspeak, to sell the planned called substitute spending. the eorts of Destination Cleveland $140 million in renovations at Quick- Asked in an email exchange with to attract visitors at a time when the en Loans Arena to the public. Crain’s to break down that number, organization is trying to sell the city e united community push — and CSL president Bill Rhoda said the g- to vacationers and convention plan- maybe a little overselling — for the $140 ure includes between $40 million ners in the positive glow created by million transformation is designed to and $45 million generated by the Re- the successful GOP convention, the keep the Cavaliers in the building, and publican National Convention. In Indians' World Series trip and, ironi- the city, for the next 18 years. addition, in the text that supports the cally, the Cavaliers winning the Na- e project will put an additional nancial impact analysis that came tional Basketball Association cham- 75,000 square feet of space under up with that $245 million, CSL notes pionship. e organization was long roof, enclosed by a glass curtain wall. that, “it is estimated that approxi- considered underfunded, at about $7 e space will be used to make it eas- mately 25 to 30 percent of the direct million annually and it worked hard ier and quicker for the Cavaliers’ ca- spending … would take place locally over the last decade to raise that. pacity crowds to enter the building, regardless of the presence of the Are- In a telephone call, Dan Walsh, creating more selling space for arena na and Team.” chairman of the convention and visi- concessionaires and more gathering at’s money that would be spent tors bureau, and David Gilbert, the space for Cavs fans. on restaurants, movie theaters or organization’s president, voiced their e plan is for the city and the other entertainment venues instead support for project that would take a county, with the acquiescence of of on basketball tickets and hot dogs little more than $2 million a year — Destination Cleveland, the publicly if the city had no basketball team. $44 million over 18 years — from the funded tourism nonprot, to cover So, subtracting $40 million in RNC annual $16 million budget they use half the $140 million cost of improve- buildings, paid for largely or entirely aging partner of the Squire Patton spending and reducing the direct to promote the region. ments to Quicken Loans Arena with with public money. Boggs law rm, pointed out with spending gure by another $61 mil- “We think the Q renovation is im- the owner of the Cavaliers, the build- It would be hard to nd an econo- pride at the news conference that it’s lion (25% of the $245 million) that portant for the city and important for ing’s prime tenant, paying the rest mist who would agree that spending to the advantage of Cleveland that it would mean that $144 million is a our portfolio,” Walsh said of one of and, importantly, agreeing to pay any $70 million, much less $140 million, is the smallest city with a trifecta of more accurate gure of the future - the major attractions the bureau pro- cost overruns. of public money on a place where teams in three major league sports. nancial impact of Quicken Loans Are- motes. “We denitely are at a peak It’s a major nancial commitment 20,000 people who can aord tickets Meeting with Crain’s Cleveland na on the community. at 59% re- and will continue to grow as a com- for the city and the county, both of costing $50 or more can watch multi- Business after the news conference, duction, in turn, would reduce as well munity from a tourism perspective. which are strapped nancially. How- million-dollar athletes play basket- Budish said, “ is is crucial to our the $44 million in annual tax revenue So we’re looking at smoothing the ever, as Cuyahoga County Executive ball is sound scal policy. So the moving forward, that’s why the city the study said would be returned to impact (of the budget cut) so we Armond Budish emphasized at the owner of the Cavaliers is making a and the county have embraced com- the city and county annually, a key ar- don’t lose momentum.” press conference announcing the comparatively generous nancial ing up with a deal that makes sense gument being used to generate sup- Gilbert said the organization is plan last Tuesday, Dec. 13, the pub- commitment to the city. for all the parties. Without Quicken port for the public outlay. looking at a number of cuts. It may lic’s $70 million share of the cost will e deal must still be approved by Loans Arena, you wouldn’t have a vi- It’s likely the deal will meet with ap- trim its sales and marketing to con- be nanced without raising taxes. the city’s and the county’s councils. brant East 4th Street, you wouldn’t proval from the government councils, vention planners, its social media ef- e public money will come by di- Some on those councils already are have a vibrant hotel scene now, you despite the large dollar outlay. After forts and its out-of-town advertising. verting county hotel bed tax money, asking how money can be found for a wouldn’t have all the things that are all, in 2014 voters approved the exten- “We believe we’re eective at what extending the term of a Cleveland big downtown project while their going on in Cleveland with Quicken sion of the sin tax — the tax on ciga- we do,” Gilbert said, citing studies admissions tax and allocating un- neighborhoods struggle. Loans Arena.” rettes and alcohol — that would pay that show the region’s growth in tour- spent county sales tax dollars initially But for striving middle market cit- e dealmakers may be oversell- for $260 million in improvements to ism spending exceeds state and na- designated for construction of the ies, attaching their name to a group ing the deal, though, when they tout the Q, Progressive Field and FirstEn- tional benchmarks. “It’s no accident Hilton Cleveland Downtown hotel to of Grizzlies (in Memphis), Bucks the nancial impact of the project us- ergy Stadium by a 56%-44% margin. that when we get sucient resources, the Q project. (Milwaukee), Cavaliers, Indians or ing a Cavaliers-sponsored nancial Most council members contacted the results are there.” It’s also a signicant investment by Browns, is seen as a perquisite for at- impact study. at study, prepared weren’t ready to take a stand. Some Of course, a winning basketball the Gilbert organization. e Q is 22 tracting new businesses, talent and by Plano, Texas-based consulting were a little indignant that they didn’t team has also boosted interest in the years old, an age when owners else- residents. rm Conventions, Sports & Leisure know a deal was done until they saw city among convention planners and where are asking their cities for new Attorney Fred Nance, global man- International, claims — not accu- it in the news. tourist. PAGE 4 | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS THANK YOU! 115+ Transactions in 2016

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1350 Euclid Ave., Suite 300 ‘stabilize,’ ‘invest’ and ‘grow’ Cleveland, Ohio 44115 By RACHEL ABBEY MCCAFFERTY need to o er as make sure he’s gathering input from many sections as a variety of sources, from administra- rmcca [email protected] it does, Wilson tors to sta to faculty to the commu- @ramcca erty said. Or, if num- nity at large. bers are way “It’s my goal that we all come to- e University of Akron is moving down in a major, gether and unify,” he said. WE HAVE THE PERFECT forward on a two-year “Transforma- the university Wilson said that the university tion Plan” designed to cut costs and could have some needs to do a better job of sharing its GIFT FOR YOUR BUSINESS raise revenue. e goal is for both of faculty switch to stories of success, which will be a big those measures to generate more than Wilson teach other focus of its marketing e orts. ere $60 million for the university that has courses or to turn also needs to be a greater focus on struggled in recent years with falling their focus to grant-seeking. exibility and options for traditional enrollment and declining donations. e plan does account for buyouts, and non-traditional students, he e plan all goes back to the idea though Wilson said details aren’t said. at might include bringing of “stabilizing, investing and grow- available yet. e university wants to back some evening programs. ing,” said university president Mat- meet with constituents to discuss A big area of focus for recruiting thew J. Wilson, who took on the posi- what the buyout process could look will be international students. Wilson tion in an interim role in July and in like, instead of just implementing it said he is looking to create a center in an o cial role in October, lling the and telling them after the fact. that space, as well as hire to support spot left vacant by Scott L. Scarbor- e buyout has, by far, the largest it. He’s looking for candidates to ll a ough earlier this year. two-year target of $20 million of the vice president-level and director-lev- In early December, the university initiatives listed in the plan, though el positions, as well as an executive hired Ernst & Young LLP to help im- many targets have yet to be deter- director of international admissions plement its plan. e contract with mined. and recruiters. the professional services rm is for e statement of work signed with e university also has been hiring six months, with one-month exten- Ernst & Young outlines, in detail, the in its admissions o ce and in fund- sions available for 18 months after goals of the plan, along with the tar- raising and development, Wilson Commercial Real Estate Financing • SBA Loans that. e rm had worked with the get for how much each item could said. And he’s looking to hire a perma- Construction Loans • Reﬁ nancing Options university on a report about its - yield in savings or revenue in scal nent chief diversity o cer, in addition nances before the plan was created, years 2018 and 2019. Some of the to some ongoing faculty searches. Contact Jonathan A. Mokri which found that, if the university parts of the plan, like the strategy for e strength of the university is im- didn’t take action, revenue was ex- international students and the future portant beyond campus. For example, 440.526.8700 • [email protected] • www.cbscuso.com pected to continue to fall and expen- employee buyout, are being overseen the focus of the Knight Foundation in Providing Commercial Loan Financing in Partnership with Area Credit Unions SM ditures to grow. by just the university. e majority of Akron is to attract and retain talent, e tasks in the plan are divided the e orts, though, are being sup- said Kyle Kutuchief, the foundation’s into the categories of “stabilize,” “in- ported by Ernst and Young. program director in Akron. vest” and “grow.” Under stabilize, e rm will receive $200,000 per “University of Akron is key to that there are goals like increasing stu- month, plus “reasonable expenses” strategy,” he said. dent retention and reducing expens- through the rst six months of the e Knight Foundation saw the es in areas like IT or travel. Invest in- contract and, if it’s extended, the next university’s struggles in recent years cludes hiring a “transformation six months. If the work extends into as an opportunity to support the HERE leader” and investing in reporting the year after that, Ernst & Young school, Kutuchief said, giving the W. and analytics. And the “grow” task would receive $150,000 per month, Gerald Austen Endowed Chair in spans more than just enrollment — it plus the expenses. Polymer Science and Polymer Engi- WE GO also includes growth of employer In large part, its work will focus on neering as an example. It was a partnerships, community college providing data and analytics support to chance to remind people of the uni- partnerships and the school’s en- the university. For example, in the area versity’s strengths. AGAIN. dowment. of graduate assistantships, Ernst and Another strength is the university’s And while Wilson said he doesn’t Young may compare how total spend- downtown location. Students have The health want to enact big sweeping cuts, the ing and spending per student com- access to a wide variety of intern- university is enrolling fewer students, pares to other institutions in the state. ships, Kutuchief said, though he insurance and that means some things will have Or, in terms of enrollment, the rm thinks the community can do a better to change. could look at whether recent initiatives job of extending opportunities like tides are “ ere needs to be a natural ad- a ected enrollment in any way. that to students. Overall, one of the changing justment there,” he said. Overall, Wilson wants to stream- greatest challenges facing the univer- For instance, if the university looks line the university’s costs without sity now is enrollment, but he thinks once more. at its numbers and realizes 3,000 few- making big cuts, unlike the major Wilson is addressing it. er students need to take English personnel and program cuts of re- “I think Akron has a strong case to composition, the school doesn’t cent years. And Wilson wants to make to students,” Kutuchief said. PROTECTED? CALL US. 216 350 5052

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Senior reporter Stan Bullard KPFF LLC of Beachwood has Real estate/ agreed to merge with AGP eective construction Jan. 1 in a move that brings the com- Reporters Jay Miller, Government bined rm to about $14 million in Dan Shingler, Energy/steel/auto annual revenues and a sta of 90. Charles Mullen, Apple Growth Robert Neides, KPFF senior Rachel McCa erty, Terms of the deal were not dis- partners chairman partner Manufacturing/energy closed. Jeremy Nobile, Finance All KPFF sta — about 17 — are ex- customer attentiveness smaller rms known for. Lydia Coutré, Health care pected to make the transition, said tend to oer. “KPFF isn’t just real estate, of Data editor Chuck Soder KPFF senior partner Robert Neides, At the same time, the merger course. ey’ll also ful ll our other Cartoonist Rich Williams with the rm’s Beachwood head- seemed like a better succession plan areas of focus as well,” Mullen said. * * * quarters adding a third location to than what KPFF already had in place, “And from a stang perspective, we Apple Growth’s current oces in Ak- he said, because of the bene ts to cli- believe this is an opportunity for our Events manager Ashley Martin O ce coordinator Denise Donaldson Events coordinator Megan Lemke * * * ron and Cleveland. ent service emboldened by a larger people to grow in their careers with Integrated Digital strategy/ Neides said KPFF, founded in rm and growth potential for sta. an even larger rm.” marketing manager Michelle Sustar audience development 1961, had been approached numer- Apple Growth, founded in 1943, With the merger, Neides will join Managing editor director Nancy Hanus ous times in recent years about a po- has wanted to increase its Cleveland Apple Growth as a principal and custom/special projects Amy Ann Stoessel Production director Craig L. Mackey member of the executive committee. Advertising director Nicole Mastrangelo Production assistant/ tential merger. He said he met with presence for some time, Mullen said. video editor Steven Bennett Apple Growth chairman Charles And growing in this market is a pillar He’ll lead the Beachwood oce Senior account exec. Dawn Donegan Account executives Lindsie Bowman Billing Peter Iseppi Mullen early this past summer as a of the rm’s plan to double in size by along with KPFF partner Karen John Banks Credit Rod Warmsby kindness for a mutual business asso- 2020, an initiative laid out by Mullen Vaughn. KPFF managing member Laura Kulber Mintz ciate who introduced the two with in June that, at the time, meant hit- L.S. Fishman, who joined KPFF in the every intention of downplaying any ting $20 million in annual revenues 1960s, will take an ongoing role with interest in a merger. and a sta of at least 160. AGP in client development. e trio CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. “My goal was to meet and tell him I “A big part of our growth strategy is comprise KPFF’s board of trustees. had no interest, so I was completely growth in Cleveland,” said Mullen, In the bigger picture, the KPFF Chairman Keith E. Crain Exec. VP/director of surprised after a short period of time who joined Apple Growth following deal is a pivotal moment in achieving President Rance Crain strategic operations Chris Crain Exec. VP/director of talking background and philoso- the rm’s last acquisition in 2008 of additional scale as the business eyes Treasurer Mary Kay Crain CIO Anthony DiPonio corporate operations KC Crain phies how much we had in com- Akron’s Brott, Mardis & Co. “We also signi cant growth targets in 2020. CFO Bob Recchia VP of production and manufacturing Dave Kamis mon,” Neides said. “What I described have a pretty large and expanding “But as we grow, it’s important we Group publisher Mary Kramer to Chuck, he described back to me. It real estate niche in our practice and don’t grow red tape with us,” Mullen Senior Executive VP William A. Morrow * * * was like a mirror image.” we’re looking to add depth and emphasized in describing their ap- at conversation was largely bench strength to that. So KPFF t proach to the market. “We want to G.D. Crain Jr., Founder (1885-1973) Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr., Chairman (1911-1996) about cultural t, Neides said, adding like a glove for us.” make decisions quickly and be able * * * that both rms share a mentality as Real estate work composes about to maintain a client-focused ap- Reprints: 212-210-0750 Krista Bora [email protected] “big-small” rms — a reference to 40% of KPFF’s work today, marking a proach, and that’s what we mean Customer service and subscriptions: 877-824-9373 having size, but not losing a level of practice that the rm has become when we say this is a big-small rm.”

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Exciting Land Opportunity near Cleveland Clinic 5.89 Acres with Frontage on both Carnegie & Euclid Avenue

N Euclid & Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH • Near Cleveland Clinic, University Hospital • Zoned for Midtown Mixed Use and Cleveland State University District 1 & 3 • Located in Midtown District • Frontage on both Carnegie (305’) A rendering shows how Link59 will look from Euclid Avenue. (Contributed photo) • Easy access to RTA route and Euclid Avenues (210’) Joseph Martanovic 216.861.5434 [email protected] HannaCRE.com Midtown attracts developers’ interest

By JAY MILLER possibly under the Tru by Hilton the land. e group is seeking a ve- Northern Ohio’s Premier brand. Tru is a new Hilton concept year, $500,000, 3% loan from LLC Air Charter Service [email protected] that targets younger travelers with a Cuyahoga County to resolve environ- AIR CHARTER SERVICE @millerjh modern, open design, advanced mental problems on the site. County AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT technology and work-and-play pub- council is expected to consider the Cleveland’s Midtown neighbor- lic spaces. loan in January. hood and its Health-Tech Corridor ough downtown Cleveland and e ownership of the 2.2 acres the are about to grow again. University Circle, areas which brack- hotel would occupy is currently di- Two projects — one a new hotel, et Midtown, have seen considerable vided between the city of Cleveland, the other the redevelopment of a va- hotel development, the group’s mar- which has agreed to sell its parcels cant building — are seeking help ket study showed an unmet need for for $1, and MidTown Cleveland. from Cuyahoga County to move the $99 room rate and free parking Owner equity and a bank loan are ahead. Neither is ready to get con- their hotel would oer. expected to round out the nancing. struction underway, but the activity Je Epstein, executive director of e developer anticipates the proj- is a good sign for the Corridor, which Midtown Cleveland Inc., a nonprot ect will create 20 jobs with an annual was created to attract businesses development organization, said the payroll of $750,000. connected to the medical and health developer also was attracted by the Given the need to assemble the Providing a unique private travel care industries. development of the oce market in land and the environmental issues, experience focused on Health Tech Hospitality LLC, a Midtown, which includes Midtown Smith said the hotel opening could group that includes David Fisch- Tech Park and the new headquarters happen in anywhere from two-and- Safety, Service and Professionalism back, president and co-chairman of of Dealer Tire. a-half years to as many as ve years. the Krill Co., and Chris Kaczmar of “It’s anticipated that the market A few blocks down Euclid, the 10, 25 and 50-hour Jet Cards available Kaczmar Architects Inc., is develop- study shows the need is there,” Smith principals in Hemingway Develop- ing a 123-room hotel at the corner told a county loan committee. “We ment are planning to kick o their Complimentary In-Flight WI-FI of East 70th Street and Euclid Ave- realize we’re ahead of the curve ambitious Link59 project with the re- nue. when it comes to investing in this development of a 30,000-square-foot www.FlySkyQuest.com • 216-362-9904 Brian Smith, the third principal in neighborhood.” building at East 61st Street and Eu- [email protected] the investment group, described the e project is in its early stages, clid that once was home to Ace Fix- hotel as an “upscale, economy hotel,” and the group does not yet control tures, a restaurant supply business. Hemingway partner Jim Doyle said his rm plans a $5.3 million renovation to turn the building into the Phoenix Building, an oce building that largely is pre-leased. e developer is asking the county for a $1.5 million loan, with one-third forgivable if job creation goals are met. e project is pledged to retain- ing 30 jobs and to create 24 jobs. JobsOhio also is expected to help COMMERCIAL with the nancing. e developers are seeking a $3.36 million loan from the state economic development REAL ESTATE SERVICES nonprot. It’s a rst step in Link59, a 12-acre campus at East 59th Street north of Visit naicummins.com Euclid that the state of Ohio cleared for a mental health hospital that was or call 330-535-2661 never built. Link 59 is the next step in the developers Midtown plans, following the nearby Midtown Tech Park, which opened in 2008. “ ankfully, we are nally lling up Midtown Tech Park,” Doyle told county ocials. “Prospects, as they come and express their desire to be in Midtown, the inventory is quickly going away.” Doyle said he has two tenants ten- tatively committed to the Phoenix Building. He would not identify them. CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | PAGE 7 Emanate Wireless aims to cut hospital costs with equipment tracking devices problems before losing the contents. Power Path Asset are Emanate’s two By LYDIA COUTRÉ “ at’s super valuable to the hos- initial products, but Diener said pitals because the spoilage is very ex- they’re looking to build more to use [email protected] pensive,” he said. with its cloud-based server, which @LydiaCoutre Its second device is the Power Path collects and analyzes the data from Asset, which is targeted at a mobile the monitoring devices. A Cleveland company has devel- equipment that plugs in, such as ven- Prices vary, but the devices cost oped a device that can give hospitals tilators, monitors, specialty beds, roughly $200 per monitor and then a heads up days or even a week ahead pumps and portable ultra sounds, about $100 for a subscription for the of time when one of its refrigerators Diener said. data. Emanate’s business model is to may fail. e Power Path Asset can track the sell the monitors and then the yearly at warning could save hospitals location of equipment, and it moni- subscription fee for analytics. hundreds of thousands of dollars lost tors whether the device is in use. Pradeep Kaul, an angel investor in pharmaceuticals, samples, tests at, he said, turns out to be import- representing an investor consortium, and more, said Neil Diener, CEO of ant for a couple of reasons. For one, had invested in a previous company Cleveland-based Emanate Wireless, nurses, doctors or other hospital per- led by Diener and a group of other a health care technology company sonnel can save time by looking at entrepreneurs. that created this device as well as an- where a piece of equipment is and Emanate is the third company for other that can help hospital workers whether it’s actually available. Diener and this group of “serial en- track the location of various pieces of “But probably more importantly to trepreneurs.” Kaul invested in their equipment in the system. the hospital, the value of our usage most recent one, Cognio, which was As for the refrigerator device, PowerPath can track the location of a medical device and monitors data is also in understanding how acquired by Cisco in 2007. spoilage can be a big, costly issue that whether the equipment is in use. (Contributed photo) many devices they actually need,” Kaul knew their work, and decided could mean asking patients to redo Diener said. “What happens is often to invest again. samples, he said. tus of equipment. time-consuming process that now is the nurses will feel that we need “It became a very interesting ap- “We can protect those valuable as- “It’s built on a scalable platform,” done manually. Emanate then can more of this kind of pump or monitor plication within the hospital,” Kaul sets that are in the fridge by monitor- Stewart said. “And it does more than analyze that data and detect issues, because when we try to nd one we said. “And I think that’s what we’re ing the fridge itself,” Diener said. “So the other technologies that were cur- such as noting that a laboring com- can’t nd one available. And so it going to nd is as time goes on, there that’s our premier product.” rently available to us. pressor, low coolant levels or simply goes to the nance side to say do we will be more and more such cost-sav- Emanate, whose lead distributor is Emanate is in what Diener calls the an ajar door. It can alert ocials and need to order 100 of these?” ings type applications that will come Accruent Healthcare Solutions, has execution phase of growing revenue, give them the chance to address e Power Path Temp and the u p.” raised a total of $1.5 million in angel sales and number of customers. It funding to support its growth selling has devices in a couple Cleveland devices that track equipment loca- Clinic locations and is rolling it out in tion, use and status within a hospital. a yet-to-be named system in Penn- It has developed two products that sylvania. ere are a few more pilots have been on the market since June. ongoing, and Diener said he expects ere are other technologies avail- to see three to ve clients pick up the May the Warmth of the Season able that do pieces of what Emanate’s devices in the rst quarter of 2017. devices do, but not all together. ere Clinic ocials declined to com- are devices that monitor tempera- ment other than to conrm they do tures, or track equipment, said Todd use the Emanate technology. 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e region remains in positive jobs revised higher to 3.2% for the third By SCOTT SUTTELL territory from a year ago. Kleinhenz quarter, which Kleinhenz wrote is a said November employment in "signicant number relative to the [email protected] Northeast Ohio was up by 4,570 jobs average 2.2% growth we have seen in @ssuttell from the like month of 2015. this expansion." November’s jobs gure also is e Institute for Supply Manage- Northeast Ohio eked out a small above the ACE Report's seasonally ment's manufacturing index in No-

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If the outcome is saving lives, of funding medical innovation then UH's addition of a Level 1 Trauma Center is a welcome By ARAM NERPOUNI billion state of Ohio ird Frontier program. It is crucial that this program one. Unfortunately, as is the continues to thrive. e Ohio bioscience industry provides more than case of modern medicine these Medical researchers are achieving new milestones that once seemed 70,000 jobs and is home to more than 2,000 bioscience companies. In days, the economics will distant and unattainable, and the pace of medical discovery has in- 2013, clinical trials contributed $848.1 million to Ohio’s economy. dictate whether UH and creased exponentially since the mapping of the human genome. e Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 45 new medicines MetroHealth both survive in e challenge now is to continue this progress for in 2015 that help treat diseases from lung cancer to the trauma service industry. the benet of patients coping with diseases from can- schizophrenia, in part because FDA has instituted a — kevin cer to heart disease to diabetes and many, many oth- Funding for medical fast track review option for promising new drugs. ers. As we look ahead to a new president, a new Con- research is an Ninety percent of poll respondents strongly favor con- Re: Democrats gress and a new Ohio governor in the not-too-distant tinued modernization at FDA to keep pace with new taking on Trump future, we must make certain our federal and state opportunity for discoveries. policymakers understand the importance of funding Additionally, poll respondents recognized the value I believe it is time to flip medical science. Congress and the of public-private collaboration in medical research. around what Obama said to Voters strongly support this goal. A recent poll on be- Ninety-one percent support maintaining funding from the Republicans after he was half of the Galen Institute and Center-Forward, and in- president to start the both sectors, and 88% believe new research and devel- first elected: "It's time for the volving voters from 12 battleground states, including year o with a opment partnerships between the government, private Democrats to sit in the back Ohio, conrms voters all but unanimously support industry and universities are important. of the bus." — reallyoldfarts medical discovery as a means to enhance treatments bipartisan initiative Ohio is at the forefront of this trend, thanks in large and cures. Ninety-ve percent believe medical innova- part to the ird Frontier Program which provides Re: Browns moving tion is key to improving America’s health care system. that has benefits for funding to commercialize technology developed by training camp? Funding for medical research is an opportunity for both patients and our Ohio research institutions, oers assistance to bridge Congress and the president to start the year o with a the gap between an entrepreneur’s need for capital and What a BS move from a bipartisan initiative that has benets for both patients economy. the traditional sources of nancing, and supports pathetic organization. This and our economy. Nationally, bioscience rms em- Ohio-based angel and seed funds that provide capital possible move to Columbus ploy 1.7 million people, with an average annual wage to early stage Ohio technology companies. just gives me another reason of over $90,000. Innovation is certainly a major tenet of health care at the federal as to ignore this joke of an However, research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) well as the state level, and the call to action is loud and clear: Continued organization. And how much is declining, evidence that policymakers are ignoring a vital opportunity to investment in medical innovation will lead to new advancements, tax money is going to be support continued economic growth in the medical research sector and strengthen our nation’s productive bioscience industry, and help ensure used to pay for that new therefore maintain America’s leadership role in medical discovery. Policy- that patients are at the center of these eorts. facility? Northeast Ohio in makers should take note that 90% of poll respondents believe investment one way or another will be in medical research can not only lead to new discoveries that benet pa- Aram Nerpouni is the president and CEO of BioEnterprise, a Cleveland-based funding this move. — Tomo tients, but also support high-paying jobs and boost the economy. business accelerator focused on the medical device, biotechnology and Niko In Ohio, the innovation economy is supported substantially by the $3.2 health IT and services industries.

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LeBron James

Ken Blaze By KEVIN KLEPS “is is what I came back for,” James said after for Crain’s TIMELINE: Game 7. “It doesn’t feel real.” [email protected] Jan. 22: James is saddled with much of the blame For the series, James averaged 29.7 points, 11.3 @KevinKleps after the Cavs ﬁre head coach David Blatt, despite rebounds and 8.9 assists per game. He joined some a 30-11 record that is the best in the Eastern elite company — Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, No one felt Cleveland’s 52-year, 146-season, Conference. Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan — in being 18,802-day major sports championship drought March 21: James creates quite a stir when he named NBA Finals MVP for the third time. more than LeBron James. unfollows the Cavs on Twitter and Instagram. “He was like, ‘I’m going to come back home be- When it nally ended, via the best comeback in James made the move “as part of his process to cause I promised them that I would do something.’ NBA history, James collapsed to the oor at Oracle prepare for the playos.” And he carried us the whole way,” Cavs forward Arena in tears. After he had composed himself, his June 12: Upset with Draymond Green’s one-game Richard Jeerson told the media after the Cavs had postgame interview produced a sound bite — suspension, Klay Thompson questions James’ clinched their rst title. “Cleeeeveland, this is for you!” — that is almost as manhood. A day later in Game 5, James responds Not surprisingly, things are going just as well for iconic as his block of Andre Iguodala late in the with a dominant 41-point performance. James o the court. Cavs' Game 7 win over the Golden State Warriors. June 19: James has a triple-double (27 points, 11 He has a lifetime deal with Nike that could be A lot can change in six years. In James’ case, al- rebounds and 11 assists) in the win over the worth more than $1 billion, his SpringHill Enter- most everything did — from the fans’ feelings to- Warriors in Game 7. tainment is thriving (thanks in part to a content ward him, to the Cavs’ fortunes and even the na- Aug. 11: James, for the ﬁrst time since he returned deal with Warner Bros.), and Klutch Sports — the tional perception of the city in which they play. in the summer of 2014, agrees to sign a multi-year agency run by business partner Rich Paul — se- e Decision has been replaced by e Block. deal with the Cavs. He ultimately signs a three-year, cured Washington Wizards All-Star John Wall and And anger is now near-universal love for a player $100 million contract that includes a player option No. 1 overall draft pick Ben Simmons as clients, who, remarkably, has gotten better with age — 13- in the third season and a $31 million salary (the and helped Cavs teammate J.R. Smith land a four- plus seasons and more than 47,000 combined reg- highest in the league) for 2016-17. year, $57 million contract. ular-season and playo minutes into a career that More impressively, the LeBron James Family might be rivaled only by Michael Jordan. Foundation completed a year in which its Wheels It seemed only tting that James’ third title, but for Education and Akron I PROMISE Network the rst in the region in which he grew up, oc- In claiming that elusive title, the Cavs became programs partnered with more than 1,000 ele- curred during a topsy-turvy season in which the the rst team to rally from a 3-1 de cit in the NBA mentary and middle-school students from 39 Ak- Cavs red their coach, the superstar’s happiness Finals. eir wins in Games 5, 6 and 7 handed the ron Public Schools. By 2021, some of those stu- (or lack thereof) was a constant subject of discus- Golden State Warriors their rst three-game losing dents could attend the University of Akron on a sion, and the NBA Finals opponent was a team that streak in 31 months, and two of the victories were full scholarship. set an all-time wins record during the regular sea- at Oracle, where the Warriors were 50-3 prior to James often says he’s “just a kid from Akron.” son. Game 5. He’s proven to be so much more. PAGE 14 | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Crain’s Newsmakers of the Year FirstEnergy

By DAN SHINGLER done so far) is not enough to get us into the position with the credit rat- FirstEnergy got [email protected] ing agencies that we need to be in.” @DanShingler FirstEnergy got caught in a perfect caught in a storm, albeit one that was partially of Whoever said that electric utility its own making. e company was perfect storm, regulation is boring wasn’t anticipat- one of the loudest voices calling for ing the year that FirstEnergy just had. Ohio to deregulate its electric power albeit one that True, in real time it might have been industry, which the state largely did less than engrossing to anyone who is between 1999 and 2005. But, while was partially of not an energy wonk. But, taken as a FirstEnergy’s older coal and nuclear whole, FirstEnergy had a big-stakes plants fared well in a world in which its own making. year that went back and forth like a Big natural gas was expensive and states 10 classic. Even the theme was the like Ohio cared little about carbon or that represent de- same: Go bucks! Except this time the other pollution from coal, that world cades of invest- bucks were dollars, billions of them. changed quickly. ments in long- In the end, for 2016 at least, It was natural gas that really hurt term generation. FirstEnergy got a few hundred mil- FirstEnergy’s market position. With It’s detractors lion of the dollars it wanted, but it the advent of shale drilling, natural also have valid was a process that took two years and gas suddenly became abundant and points: Why did not produce the results the com- cheap, especially in Ohio where there should ratepayers pany says it needs. have not been enough pipelines to pay the price for FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones said move the stu out of state. Jones what is arguably a he was grateful for some subsidy relief, Power companies love natural gas. lack of planning but it was not the amount the company It comes in to their plant via a pipe, it on the part of the company? After all, was hoping for. FirstEnergy had asked burns cleaner and produces about it was FirstEnergy and other compa- for a subsidy of more than $550 million half the carbon of coal — and gas Dan Shingler nies like it that asked for the market to a year. It got $132.5 million. doesn't leave behind tons of ash to be competitive to begin with. Jones said the Public Utilities store and manage, like coal does. TIMELINE: at impasse of conclusions led to Commission of Ohio’s decision still In Ohio, $6 billion has been invest- Jan. 6: FirstEnergy cancels two power auctions because it says it wants the the tumultuous year that FirstEnergy left the company with a shortfall of ed or committed to seven new power PUCO to rule on its 2014 rate plan that includes a special “rider” critics say would and the PUCO have had. about $200 million. Unless FirstEner- plants since shale drilling began. cost ratepayers $4 billion over eight years. Ultimately, the PUCO gave FirstEn- gy can nd that money elsewhere, its But FirstEnergy has not been able Feb. 23: PJM, the operator of the electrical grid for Ohio and much of the ergy probably as much as regulators credit rating will suer and it could to react as quickly as some competi- northeastern U.S., joins power companies Dynegy, Excelon and others in gured they could get away with un- ultimately become an acquisition tors. It’s already heavily invested in opposing subsidies for FirstEnergy, saying they would quash market competition. der federal rules. target, Jones warns. its existing coal and nuclear plants March 31: The PUCO approves FirstEnergy’s request for the rider, over the Now, the future is far from certain. “ere’s blood in the water,” Jones and can’t just quickly turn them o objections of many consumer groups. FirstEnergy hopes the PUCO will re- said in an October interview. and replace them with new plants April 27: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission overrules the PUCO and consider, but it’s not waiting. Jones He added, “We’ve reduced bene- that can cost a billion dollars or more. says the FirstEnergy riders are not allowed. told analysts recently that the com- ts, we’ve reduced 401(k) matches, It’s a regulatory Gordian Knot in July 22: FirstEnergy announces it will shut down or sell its coal ﬁred plants in pany is moving ahead with plans to we froze wages. We’ve done a lot of search of an Alexander. Oregon, Ohio, and Stratton, Ohio. close its biggest power plants. Layos things to try and oset lost revenue, FirstEnergy has an argument that Oct. 12: PUCO approves a ratepayer subsidy for FirstEnergy, but for far lower per are also a possibility, and an acquisi- but couldn’t oset it entirely … We’re makes sense, as do its claims to sup- year the company had requested. tion is not out of the question, though evaluating everything we do as a port the state’s economy with the Nov. 8: FirstEnergy tells analysts it intends to largely exit the competitive power Jones said he has no intentions to sell company to try and nd a way to more than 2,000 jobs in Northeast generation business and that it will sell or close its big coal and nuclear plants the company and has vowed he will close that gap. Because (what’s been Ohio alone and its $52 billion in assets over the next 18 months. not leave Ohio himself.

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However, bank margins by putting more costs something experts generally attribute president-elect who touted bank de- data in the fall would show that Huntington is actually No. 2 in Ohio’s overall on compliance and restricting lend- to bankers guring out the landscape. regulation during his campaign, de- deposit market. ing e orts — of course, the purpose With a looser grip on how they do velopments in the banking sector in March 20: Company ﬁlings shed light on how Huntington, FirstMerit deal of those regulations have been to sty- business, though, banks could po- 2016 are harbingers of how Northeast came together. mie the habits that contributed to the tentially see a new wave of growth in Ohio’s banking landscape could fur- July 29: KeyCorp closes the acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group, a last economic recession. the coming years. ther evolve in the coming year. $4.1 billion deal announced in late 2015. Yet, those regulations, which were ere’s a lot of positive momentum For starters, FirstMerit Bank is ef- Aug. 14: Experts see the regional banking market as ripe with volatility passed with so-called “too-big-to-fail” in the banking scene heading into the fectively no more. following sizable mergers. banks in lawmakers’ crosshairs, seem new year that, along with optimism for a A former top-three bank in North- Aug. 16: Huntington closes its acquisition of FirstMerit. to have had a lopsided e ect on small- friendlier banking climate and opportu- east Ohio, and the only regional bank Dec. 4: Northeast Ohio bankers show optimism for regulatory relief under a er institutions that don’t have the same nities to capture new business, means to have called Akron home, FirstMerit’s Trump administration. depth of resources to deal with them. competition will only be tighter in 2017. merger into Huntington Bancshares Inc. eliminates a signicant competitor here while positioning the bank for ac- celerated growth in Cleveland and Ak- ron — and elsewhere in its footprint, for that matter — unlike ever before. e $3.4 billion deal instantly gave Huntington dominant deposit market control in Akron while simultane- ously elevating it as the second-largest deposit holder in Cleveland, trailing only KeyBank. 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MW_CrainsCleve_8.125x10_Straighten_FA.indd 1 1/27/16 9:40 AM PAGE 16 | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Crain’s Newsmakers of the Year Changing face of C-suites By SCOTT SUTTELL TIMELINE: [email protected] June 16, 2015: Craig Arnold is announced as the next CEO of Eaton Corp., @ssuttell replacing Alexander “Sandy” Cutler, who will retire on May 31, 2016. Arnold, a 15-year Eaton veteran, had been vice chairman, president and chief An exclusive Northeast Ohio club operating o cer of Eaton’s Industrial Sector since 2009. — the ranks of public company May 13: Mayﬁeld Village-based insurance giant Progressive Corp. CEOs — got a bit more diverse in announces that president and CEO Glenn Renwick will retire July 1 after 2016 with leadership transitions at more than 15 years as chief executive. Tricia Gri th, 51, the company’s three regional stalwarts: Eaton, Pro- personal lines chief operating o cer, is named to succeed Renwick as gressive Corp. and Omnova Solu- president and CEO on July 1 and will join Progressive’s board of directors at tions Inc. that time. On June 1, Craig Arnold became June 1: Arnold o cially takes over as CEO of Eaton. chairman and CEO of Eaton, the gi- July 1: Gri th becomes CEO of Progressive. ant power management company Nov. 7: Omnova Solutions Inc. announces that Anne P. Noonan, 53, will become with its U.S. headquarters in Beach- the specialty chemicals and polymer company’s president and CEO upon the wood. (It's technically based in Dub- Dec. 1 exit of chairman, president and CEO Kevin M. McMullen, 56. Noonan also lin, Ireland.) He replaced longtime is named to the company’s board of directors, though Omnova chose to split CEO Alexander M. “Sandy” Cutler, the chairman and CEO roles, naming William R. Seelbach, 68, as non-executive who had reached Eaton’s mandatory chairman. retirement age of 65. With his eleva- Dec. 1: Noonan o cially becomes CEO of Omnova. tion to the top job, Arnold — a 16- year Eaton veteran — became the Tricia Gri th took over as president and CEO of insurance giant sive installed Tricia Gri th, 51, for- e ranks of female public compa- only black CEO of a Northeast Ohio Progressive Corp. on July 1. (Contributed photo) merly the company's personal lines ny CEOs grew even more on Dec. 1 public company. chief operating o cer, to succeed when Anne P. Noonan took over as Eaton is an especially prominent Glenn Renwick as president and CEO of Omnova, the Beach- player, since it's the largest public CEO. wood-based specialty chemicals and company in Northeast Ohio. It had a In May, when Progressive an- polymer company, replacing Kevin market capitalization of nearly $29 nounced the CEO transition, Credit McMullen. billion as of April 30, 2016, the date of Suisse analyst Ryan Tunis told The Before taking the top spot, Crain's most recent rankings of pub- Wall Street Journal that Griffith was Noonan, who joined Omnova in lic companies. the “ideal candidate” to fill the CEO 2014, was president of the compa- Trade publication IndustryWeek seat as Progressive makes a big ny's Performance Chemicals busi- noted that Arnold joined "just a push to sell more home insurance ness. She worked at Chemtura Corp. handful of black CEOs of large manu- along with its auto coverage. He and its predecessor, Great Lakes facturing companies." At the time he wrote in a note to clients that Pro- Chemical Corp., for 27 years. became CEO, there were three black gressive "faces several aspects of Of the 56 public companies in CEOs of Fortune 500 companies: Ur- uncertainty in the next year as it Northeast Ohio, four now are head- sula Burns of Xerox Corp. and Ken- transitions into a multi-line com- ed by women: Gri th at Progres- neth C. Frazier of Merck & Co., both pany,” but that Griffith was “very sive; Mooney at KeyCorp; Jennier of which are manufacturers, and heavily involved” in building out Deckard at Fairmount Santrol Hold- Kenneth I. Chenault of American Ex- the strategy related to the home-in- ings Inc., a Chesterland-based pro- press. surance push. vider of high-performance sand and On July 1, a month after Arnold Craig Arnold replaced Alexander Anne P. Noonan became CEO of Progressive is another heavy-hit- sand-based products that's No. 28 took over formally at Eaton, May- “Sandy” Cutler as CEO of Eaton Omnova on Dec. 1. (Contributed ter in Northeast Ohio's corporate on the market cap list, at $645 mil- eld Village-based insurer Progres- Corp. (Contributed photo) photo) scene, ranking as the third-largest lion; and Noonan at Omnova, No. 36 company in the region, with a mar- on the list with a market cap of $322 ket cap just north of $19 billion as of million. April 30. e 2016 CEO transitions were With the additions of Arnold and years in the making and reected a Gri th to the CEO roster in North- commitment to inclusive search pro- east Ohio, and the continued tenure cesses that looked everywhere — not of KeyCorp chairman and CEO Beth just the traditional places — for lead- Mooney, three of the eight largest ers with strong skill sets and track re- companies in the region are led by a cords. woman or a minority. 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Connor was relinquishing that title May 12: Sherwin-Williams had oered. Sher- after 16 years and that, eective Jan. 1, Morikis Sherwin-Williams win-Williams and Valspar quickly re- 2016, John G. Morikis would take over. and Valspar leased a statement calling the rumors Morikis is just the ninth CEO in Sher- announce that they had received “unfounded” and reiterating that the win-Williams’ 150-year history. requests for more information about two expect few, if any, divestitures to Morikis, now president and CEO, the merger from the Federal Trade be necessary. If they are, there are could be used as the denition of an Commission. measures in the agreement to adjust employee who climbed the ladder to Oct. 30: Sherwin-Williams and the price. If divestitures are neces- success. He joined Sherwin-Williams Valspar reject rumors that the FTC is sary of businesses of more than $650 back in 1984 as a management trainee; Christopher M. Connor will retire at the end of 2016. (Contributed photo) concerned about the merger. million in Valspar’s 2015 revenue, the in 2006, he became the company’s Nov. 7: Christopher M. Connor, the transaction price would lower to president and chief operating ocer. win-Williams the largest coatings But the pure nancial benets are company’s former CEO, announces $105 per share. Sherwin-Williams Morikis had been in his new role for manufacturer in the world. far from the only ones the company intention to retire as executive could also stop the transaction if di- less than three months when Sher- According to data provided by highlighted. For example, the acquisi- chairman at the end of 2016. vestitures equaled more than $1.5 win-Williams announced that it had Sherwin-Williams, in 2015, the com- tion will expand Sherwin-Williams’ billion in 2015 revenue. agreed to buy Minneapolis-based rival bined companies’ sales would have reach across the globe, especially in had sales of $2.5 billion from its coat- e deal is expected to close in the Valspar Corp. for about $11.3 billion, a equaled $15.6 billion, comfortably the Asia-Pacic region and what’s ings segment, which includes both of rst quarter of 2017. move that would form a merged com- higher than the sales it cited for PPG known as the EMEA region in Europe, those markets. Its paint segment had In the meantime, more internal pany based in Cleveland. Sherwin-Wil- Industries Inc. of $14.2 billion or Ak- the Middle East and Africa. Before the sales of $1.7 billion. changes are underway. Connor, who liams will pay $113 a share for Valspar. zoNobel of $11.1 billion that year acquisition, about 16% of the compa- And the acquisition would further stayed on at Sherwin-Williams as ex- is deal is the largest in the com- (both those gures exclude the com- ny’s revenue came from outside the strengthen the company’s portfolio, ecutive chairman, is retiring from pany’s history, though far from its petitors’ non-coatings segments). United States. Once the acquisition is giving it more well-known brands and that role at the end of the year, but rst. Sherwin-Williams has said it’s And though the cost is signicant, completed, that share will rise to 24%. products to oer customers, and boost will stay on the board until the com- been acquisitively growing over the Sherwin-Williams sees the potential Combining the companies will the technology available at its disposal. pany’s 2017 annual meeting. at past decade, having acquired 21 for cost savings by combining the two also allow Sherwin-Williams to enter Overall, the acquisition, once means Morikis, after nishing up a businesses during that timeframe. companies — and it expects the ac- two new markets: food and beverage completed, would make Sher- particularly high-prole rst year as But this most recent acquisition, quisition to be immediately accretive packaging coatings and steel coil win-Williams even more of a paint CEO, will add the role of chairman to once completed, could make Sher- to earnings, barring one-time costs. coatings. 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By TIMOTHY MAGAW [email protected] @timmagaw John Kasich Last July, when the Donald Trump roadshow came to Cleveland for his TIMELINE: ocial party christening, several es- tablishment Republicans were ab- March 15: Kasich wins the Ohio sent from the convention hall. primary election. It would be his Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s was perhaps only victory during the campaign. the most glaring given that it was he May 4: Kasich suspends his who carried the state in the bruising Re- presidential campaign. He took publican primary. After a long-fought no questions from reporters, did primary where he tried to position him- not mention Trump or any other self as the adult in the room, Kasich’s candidate by name, and did not even-keeled rhetoric was overshad- address political matters going owed by the bombastic businessman forward. who will take oce in January. ere July 18: Paul Manafort, Trump’s had even been talk of delegates lining campaign manager at the time, up behind Kasich, spoiling Trump of describes Kasich as “petulant” the nomination he had earned. and “embarrassing his party in During the convention, Kasich re- Ohio” by refusing to back Trump. mained on the perimeter, quietly Sept. 16: President Barack drumming up support for what Obama recruits Kasich to be part would surely be a 2020 run to take on of a bipartisan group to tout his Hillary Clinton who, according to the struggling Trans-Paciﬁc polling, was certainly bound for the Partnership trade deal with Asia. Oval Oce. Back in April, Kasich Dec. 5: Kasich warns lawmakers gave a speech that, without naming Ohio is “on the verge of a Trump directly, described a “path to recession” as state tax revenues darkness” alongside the more posi- continue to dwindle. tive, optimistic approach the Ohio governor promoted. “Some who feed o of the fears and anger that is felt by some of us and exploit it feed their own insatia- ble desire for fame or attention,” Ka- sich said in the speech. “ at could John Kasich speaks during a town hall event in Brooklyn, New York during his unsuccessful presidential bid. (John Taggart/Bloomberg) drive America down into a ditch, not make us great again.” out of the race, he refused to endorse Complicating matters further, at future, it was clear, likely wasn’t warned lawmakers that Ohio was “on So much uncertainty continues to the Republican nominee — a move Ohio GOP chairman Matt Borges — a going to include him. the verge of a recession” because the swirl around the Trump presidency, that resulted in him being chastised strong Kasich ally — could lose his “ e American people have spo- state’s tax revenue continue to fall but one thing is for almost certain: by Trump and other Republicans, in- party leadership post early next year ken and it’s time to come together. short. As a result, the next state bud- Kasich’s long-held presidential aspi- cluding party chairman Reince Prie- to a more Trump-friendly challenger. Congratulations President-elect @ get is expected to be leaner than usu- rations are dead. bus, for reneging on his pledge to Once Trump locked up the elec- realDonaldTrump,” Kasich wrote on al. And given that he’s in the waning Since he soundly defeated Ed Fitz- support the party’s nominee. Kasich’s tion, Kasich did ultimately soften his Twitter. years of his term and has continually Gerald in his re-election bid, the gov- refusal to back Trump during the tone, congratulating the presi- But with two years left on his term, touted his track record of shoring up ernor, it seems, has been running for election could portend a frosty rela- dent-elect. He also canceled a speech it’s time for Kasich to put his focus Ohio’s nances, how he handles this president. So, 2016 couldn’t have tionship between Ohio and the he planned to give days after the back on Ohio rather than his own potential crisis could very well deter- been more of a letdown. Once he was Trump administration. election on the future of the GOP. ambitions. Earlier this month, he mine his legacy. David Gilbert By JAY MILLER TIMELINE: It appears that others are noticing Gilbert’s “new normal.” Fortune.com [email protected] Feb. 14: Gilbert named Executive of the Year by the SME Cleveland for his reported as the convention was ending @millerjh leadership of Destination Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission that “(T)here does seem to be one and the 2016 Republican National Convention Host Committee. thing that all of the delegates (and even As 2016 was about to roll in, David April 8: With the convention 100 days away, Gilbert reports that the host media members) seem to agree on: Gilbert spoke with Crain’s Cleveland committee has pledges for $55.5 million of the $64 million required to put on Cleveland has been a fantastic host Business about the state of Cleve- the convention. After the convention concluded he would report that the goal city. Cleveland’s walkability, cleanli- land’s planning for the upcoming Re- had been topped. ness, friendliness and even its weather publican National Convention. Gil- June 10: The city hosts the Donate Life Transplant Games wooed by the sports have drawn nothing but rave reviews.” bert was president and CEO of the commission Gilbert leads. More recently, in September, Time- Cleveland 2016 Host Committee, the July 18: The Republican National Convention kicks o with Gilbert calling the Out United States, an online and print group charged with preparing the two years of preparation like “planning for a wedding.” “where to go” publisher, said this when city of Cleveland for the four-day po- Aug. 16: At a Crain’s-sponsored forum recapping the convention Gilbert calls it included Cleveland in a feature litical summit coming in July. the smoothly run event — and the Cavaliers championship in June — catalysts headlined, “ e 15 Best Places to Live “ ere are very few things that we for a rebirth of the city. “We’ve been held back for decades by our own lack of in the U.S.”: With median house prices can say, ‘Hey, we’ve gotten it done, self-conﬁdence,” he said. “We now have a new normal.” around $60,000, Cleveland is signi- check the box and we’re on to the Oct. 28: Forbes calls Cleveland “America’s Hottest City Right Now.” cantly more aordable than many oth- next thing,’” he said. er eastern cities, yet it feels like a boom “You can get largely the way there, town, with a revived downtown, new but most of these things don’t end ning, the comparison would end there Gilbert hoped that when they who added a ourish, an NBA cham- hotels, and an exploding food scene. until the convention happens.” unless you’re willing to go out on a limb weren’t focused on the convention pionship, to the script. And then there was the website of Gilbert took on the host commit- and call both life-changing events. stage, the reporters, broadcasters and When it was all over, at a Crain’s AARP, the organization for the 50+ tee job in addition to his day job as at may be apt since Gilbert and tweeters from around the world who sponsored civic forum in August ti- crowd. In November it post an article president and CEO of Destination other civic leaders who had spent would come to Cleveland would turn tled, “Life after the RNC: What’s titled, “10 Great Places to Live on Cleveland, the regional convention years working to bring a political their attention to the refurbished Pub- Next?” Gilbert said even residents Less an $40K,” and said this about and visitors bureau. His Destination convention to the city actually had a lic Square and the new residential were seeing the city dierently. Cleveland: “With its varied neighbor- Cleveland sta also did double duty. life-changing outcome in mind for community growing up around it and “I think the biggest change (is that hoods, world-class orchestra, thriv- Six months later, anxiously waiting the marriage of Cleveland and the the prospering medical centers and a) switch has nally ipped and ing downtown, elite medical centers, for the festivities to get underway, Gil- Republicans. biotechnical businesses stretching Clevelanders are believing in their miles of biking and hiking trails along bert looked back on that planning pro- In April 2014, just after the city had from downtown east to the spied up own town,” said Gilbert. “ e combi- Lake Erie and — nally!— champi- cess, as the Republicans and media been awarded the convention, Gilbert cultural centers at University Circle. nation of those two, the convention onship sports teams (thanks, LeB- were about to descend on Cleveland said many people “have a visceral It would be a chance to douse the and the sports championship, could ron), this Rust Belt city is staging a and told Crain’s that planning for the (negative) reaction to the word ‘Cleve- memory of burning-river Cleveland not have meant more to any city. mighty comeback.” event was “like planning an indoor land.’ So before we can go out and pro- with a wildly successful performance ey were such catalysts,” Gilbert at kind of glowing armation was wedding and an outdoor wedding.” mote our arts, sports, restaurants or on an international stage. said. “We’ve been held back for de- exactly what Gilbert, the man in charge While it may be possible to compare great outdoors, we have to rst change It didn’t hurt that Gilbert had a lit- cades by our own lack of self-con- of bringing tourists and convention- convention planning to wedding plan- what they think of as Cleveland.” tle help from the Cleveland Cavaliers, dence. We now have a new normal.” eers to the city, was looking for. CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | PAGE 19 Crain’s Newsmakers of the Year

By STAN BULLARD [email protected] @CrainRltyWriter Downtown’s rebirth Downtown Cleveland was ready TIMELINE: for its close-up when global media attention gripped the city with three March 8: Schofield Kimpton Hotel and Residences opens, major events, from the Republican 2000 E. Ninth St. National Convention, the NBA cham- March 23: Aliates of Dan Gilbert buy The Avenue at Tower pionship by the Cleveland Cavaliers City Center. and the World Series cli hanger loss June 1: Hilton Downtown Cleveland at Huntington Convention by the Indians. Center opens, 100 Lakeside Ave. Multiple new projects opened June 23: Drury Plaza Hotel opens, 1380 E. Sixth St. their doors in the city in the run-up to June 30: A green, people-friendly Public Square opens after a the political convention, but they $50 million renovation. built on real estate developments Sept. 15: Forest City sells Terminal Tower to K&D Group. that have spanned decades remaking Dec. TBD: Columbia Property Trust expects to close sale of downtown Cleveland. Key Center, which incorporates Ohio’s tallest skyscraper and Meantime, new owners took con- two other buildings. Valley View-based Millennia Cos. says it’s trol, or prepared to take control, of the prospective buyer. major properties that will be retooled in new visions. The Terminal Tower and Opening of the greener, friendlier the Soldiers and Sailors Public Square in June after a $50 mil- Monument viewed from lion renovation did much to reect the the revamped Public change in downtown from simply an Square. (David Kordalski) oce center to a place to live and play. While intended to give the city a new front door prior to the RNC in July, the softening of the onetime village green further propelled changes around it. e rejuvenated public space makes the area more attractive for additional residential development, primarily with the purchase of Terminal Tower by K&D Group of Willoughby from Forest City Realty Trust Inc. for partial conversion to almost 300 dwelling places in the iconic oce building. On the opposite side of the square, potential sales may add to the redevelopment. e 55 Public Square sky- forming it, the e ort to reestablish the conventions than in decades. If the Most signicantly, the sale by For- A third of the other troubled down- scraper went on the market, seen pri- city as a convention destination and city does not win those much-sought est City Realty Trust of e Avenue at town mall, the Galleria, became marily as a potential redevelopment build on growing leisure visitors shifted prizes in big numbers, hoteliers will Tower City in March to aliates of home to the Parker Hannin Down- play to apartments, and 75 Public into overtime in 2016. e opening of be forced to compete for the relative- Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert’s Bed- town Cleveland YMCA tness center, Square is expected to be sold for hotel the 600-room Hilton Cleveland Down- ly stable bookings provided by local rock Real Estate Services of Detroit providing an amenity for downtown use as owner Millennia Cos. said it town in June had cemented the city’s businesses and dropping rates to for the rst time puts a new owner in workers and the emerging down- will drop apartment plans there in or- bid for the RNC, but it is primarily de- snare more leisure visitors. control of the downtown mall that town population in the empty selling der to focus on its anticipated pur- signed to enhance the city’s ability to e visitors will help support the was the centerpiece of Forest City’s space. chase of Key Center on Public Square, compete for multiple-day conventions never-ending parade of new down- creation of Tower City Center a gen- For a year focused on visitors and in part as a new home for the Valley that demand such direct access. town dining spots and the quest for eration ago. Now Gilbert aliates new residents, downtown also bene- View company’s suburban work force. However, in typical Cleveland additional downtown retail. Al- own most of Tower City Center with ted from the amenities helping at- e most high-prole addition to fashion, another 300 rooms went though 2015 saw signicant addi- e Avenue, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel tract new oce tenants. More than the growing number of downtown onto the market between the Kimp- tions of new retailers such as Hein- and oce building, and the Higbee 500 additional workers came from apartments was at the Schoeld Build- ton Schoeld Hotel, 2000 E. Ninth St., en’s downtown, most activity in 2016 Building, which includes oce space just two deals — New York Life’s ing, where 51 apartments opened in a and Drury Plaza Hotel, 1380 E. Sixth was in the food category. as well as Gilbert’s Jack Cleveland move to 200 Public Square from restored 1890-vintage building. St. Along with three other hotels However, telling developments Casino. However, Bedrock has not Lakewood and IBM’s leasing the top While downtown Cleveland’s in- opened in the past few years, the city took place in the city’s long-su ering publicly shared ideas for how it will three oors of 1111 Superior Ave., for creasing residential population is trans- has hotel rooms available for more downtown malls. revitalize the center. newly purchased companies. Sco L. Scarborough By RACHEL ABBEY McCAFFERTY TIMELINE: university behind — in June, the uni- ment. e data science center is now versity shared that he was going to being run with faculty; the EXL Cen- rmca [email protected] Feb. 4: Faculty Senate passes exercise the option in his contract to ter, as it’s known, has a pair of new @ramcca erty resolution of “no-confidence” in become a professor — much of his co-directors, but is running with few- then-president Scott L. Scarborough. legacy was quickly unraveled. er resources than before. Scott L. Scarborough may not be at May 31: Scarborough steps down as For example, the university had Now, it’s up to Matthew J. Wilson the helm of the University of Akron president. started distancing itself from the to right the ship. Wilson joined the anymore, but his stint as president like- July 6: Lawrence J. Burns, vice “polytechnic” tag near the beginning university in 2014 as dean of its law ly will reverberate through the school’s president of advancement, comes to of the year. By mid-May, it had start- school and quickly gained attention decisions in the years to come. an agreement to leave the university. ed to disappear from the university’s by implementing innovative pro- Scarborough took on the role of Burns is the first of many leaders website and social media accounts. grams and helping increase enroll- president at the University of Akron in hired by Scarborough to leave. Now? It’s hard to nd, outside of ar- ment. e board named him interim July of 2014, and his nancial back- the president’s house were revealed, July 11: Matthew J. Wilson, the chives. president of the university in July ground was seen as a particular plus which also was met with consterna- university’s law school dean, is named And the leaders Scarborough had 2016 and, about three months later, for a school saddled with a signicant tion from the community — particu- interim president. brought on board began to leave the ocially made him president. amount of debt. But the next two years larly concerning the cost of a now-in- Oct. 19: The university’s board of University of Akron in short order af- He’s been tasked with a variety of were rocky ones for the university. famous decorative olive jar. trustees votes to remove the ter his resignation was announced. responsibilities, from creating a In May 2015, Scarborough an- e beginning of 2016 seemed to “interim” part of Wilson’s title and at includes Lawrence J. Burns, who maintainable budget to increasing nounced that the university was re- bring fewer headline-driving chang- ocially name him president. had been brought on as the universi- student enrollment and retention. branding itself as “Ohio’s polytechnic es, but the university’s troubles con- ty’s vice president of advancement, But much of Wilson’s work will university.” It wasn’t the name tinued. Its Faculty Senate passed a drop of about 8% from fall 2015 to fall as well as the leaders of two centers have to focus on regaining the trust change many had been expecting, no-condence resolution in Febru- 2016 was by far the sharpest among Scarborough had founded: Mario R. of the community and rebuilding but it still wasn’t well received. In July ary, indicating its lack of faith in Scar- Ohio’s public main campuses. Garzia, executive director of the Cen- the university’s reputation after the of that year, the university announced borough’s ability to lead. Total giving In May, Scarborough and the uni- ter for Data Science, Analytics and contentious past two years. That $40 million in budget cuts, including fell, as did enrollment. e University versity announced he was stepping Information Technology, and Je may be a good fit for Wilson, who more than 200 non-faculty jobs. Lat- of Akron is not alone among Ohio down as president, less than two Ho man, founding director of the has made it clear it’s important to er that summer, the details of an ex- colleges in facing a declining student years after taking the role. Experiential Learning Center for En- him that the university’s students tensive and expensive renovation to base, but its preliminary headcount While he hasn’t entirely left the trepreneurship and Civic Engage- feel supported. PAGE 20 | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Crain’s Newsmakers of the Year

By KEVIN KLEPS TIMELINE:

[email protected] July 1: The Indians set a club record @KevinKleps Terry Francona by winning their 14th consecutive game with a 2-1, 19-inning victory at When the Cleveland Indians hired Toronto that lasted six hours and 13 Terry Francona as manager in October minutes. The teams combined to use 2012, they were coming o a 68-94 sea- 19 pitchers. son that was their fth in a row without Oct. 10: The Tribe defeated the a winning record and their third in four Boston Red Sox 4-3 at Fenway Park to years with more than 90 losses. complete a three-game sweep and e self-deprecating manager cement the Indians’ first trip to the won’t take much, or any, credit for American League Championship what’s transpired since — four con- Series in nine years. secutive winning seasons, two post- Oct. 19: Rookie Ryan Merritt and season berths and a trip to the 2016 three relievers combined on the World Series — but there’s no doubt Tribe’s third shutout of the playos Francona is as valuable as any skip- as the Indians ousted the Toronto per in the game. Blue Jays in five games and advanced And the best performance of the to their first World Series since 1997. 57-year-old manager’s career might Nov. 2: The Indians rallied from a 5-1 have occurred during a season in deficit to tie Game 7 of the World which the Tribe fell one win short of Series on Rajai Davis’ two-out, two-run its rst championship in 68 years. home run in the eighth inning, but fall With standout outelder Michael to the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings. Brantley limited to 11 games by a Nov. 15: Francona receives 22 of 30 shoulder injury and starting pitchers first-place votes to capture his Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar second AL Manager of the Year honor lost to injuries during an eight-day since 2013. span in September, the Indians made a remarkable postseason run. e Tribe won 10 of its rst 12 playo e Indians’ online merchandise games — dominating the favored soared, Cleveland hotel revenues Boston Red Sox (Francona’s former nearly doubled during the World Se- team) and Toronto Blue Jays (led by ries, corporate jets abounded at Burke Francona’s former Tribe boss, Mark Lakefront Airport and Cleveland Hop- Shapiro) in the rst two rounds — kins International Airport during the and took a 3-1 lead on the Chicago playo s, SportsTime Ohio’s regu- Cubs before losing the last three lar-season TV ratings were the best in games of the Fall Classic. 11 years, and the average rating for the e nale, an 8-7 win by the Cubs World Series in the Cleveland market in a 10-inning Game 7, was an instant topped the 2016 NBA Finals by 4.5 classic that generated the best na- points (43.3 to 38.8). tional rating (25.2) for a baseball Two days after the season ended, broadcast since Game 7 of the 2001 the Indians picked up two club op- World Series. tions on Francona’s contract that ex- A lot of the credit for the Tribe’s tended his deal through the 2020 sea- scintillating postseason went to son. If he nishes out the deal, he will Francona, whose deft management have managed the Tribe for nearly as of the club’s terric bullpen short- Terry Francona led the Indians to 94 wins and an American League pennant in 2016. (Jason O. Watson/Getty) long as Mike Hargrove, and another ened games and negated many of the World Series trip would match Har- disadvantages caused by injuries. 100 days in rst place, racked up a fran- when we hired Tito, he’s gone be- dance numbers still languished grove’s total in that category. He was selected as the American chise-record 14-game winning streak yond that,” Chris Antonetti, the among the worst in MLB, but by late “A lot of the resiliency and the grit League’s Manager of the Year for the and improved Francona’s all-time Tribe’s president of baseball opera- October, the club had brought in that we saw with this team is a prod- second time in four years with the In- playo record to 38-23. Francona’s .623 tions, said after the season. 1,100 new full-season-ticket equiva- uct of that culture,” Tribe general dians, and the Tribe’s 94-win regular winning percentage in the postseason e Indians’ resurgence also lents and racked up 1,300 new sea- manager Mike Cherno said of the season padded what looks like a Hall is the third-best among managers with sparked a renewed interest in base- son-ticket accounts — increases of working environment created by a of Fame résumé. at least 25 career playo games. ball in Northeast Ohio. 65% and 100%, respectively, from manager who has racked up 12 con- PAGEe 22 2016μ DECEMBER Indians 19, spent 2016 more μ CRAIN'S than CLEVELAND“As high BUSINESS as our expectations were e Tribe’s regular-season atten- 2016. secutive winning seasons. REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIED Phone: (216) 771-5276 Copy Deadline: Wednesdays @ 2:00 p.m. Contact: Lynn Calcaterra E-mail: [email protected] All Ads Pre-Paid: Check or Credit Card

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When the Toronto Raptors won consecutive home games to even the Eastern Conference nals against the Cleveland Cavaliers at two games apiece, Terry Pluto had already written 180 pages of a LeBron James-cen- tric book that Gray & Company had hoped to publish in the next ve months. “If they lost to Toronto, who knows who would be red or traded,” said Pluto, a longtime columnist at e Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Jour- nal. “We would have had to postpone the book for a year.” You might be aware of what hap- pened next. e Cavs won the next two games against the Raptors, then won their rst championship with a historic rally from 3-1 de cit against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Fi- nals. “at tied it together. at put a bow on the package,” Pluto says of the Cavs’ title providing the perfect springboard for his latest book, “e Comeback: LeBron, the Cavs & Cleveland.” Terry Pluto, sports columnist and author of “The Comeback: LeBron, the Cavs and Cleveland,” shows Cassandra Misch the inscription he wrote for e Cavs’ championship bene ted her father at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Mentor. Misch bought several copies of Pluto’s books for Christmas gifts. (Peggy Turbett for Crain’s) a lot of people, from the wallets of business owners to the mindset of Finnan said Silas knew his time jaded fans who were always looking with the team was running short for the next miscue that would be when Dan Gilbert, who had recent- added to ESPN’s Cleveland sports ly purchased the team, “sent a note misery montage. to Silas about some coaching move It’s also sparked a lot of books — he wanted him to make” during a many of which have been or are be- game. ing written by Northeast Ohio report- Silas is also mentioned in the book ers and columnists. because of his memorable confron- Pluto’s 235-page book was re- tations with former players Eric Snow leased Oct. 14 — 11 days before the and Ira Newble. Cavs began defense of their title. “I was standing next to him. He ree-and-a-half months earlier, had rage in his eyes,” Finnan said of Northeast Ohio native Brendan Bow- Silas during his November 2003 spat ers and Chicago-based Triumph with Newble in Atlanta. “He wanted Books put out an instant book — to ght.” “Cleveland Is King: e Cleveland Bowers, a Cleveland digital mar- Cavaliers’ Historic 2016 Champion- keting manager, took a different ship Season” — that made e New route with “Cleveland Is King.” York Times’ best-sellers list for sports title.’ It’s the opposite,” Pluto said. Since it was published so quickly and tness books in August and Sep- “It’s the impact on LeBron to the after the Cavs’ title, Bowers said he tember. franchise, from when he leaves, the wrote chapters on players that Prior to the Cavs winning it all, Bob Books commemorating the Cavs championship by local authors Terry decimation, and when he comes weren’t time-sensitive. For exam- Finnan, a Medina Gazette reporter Pluto, Bob Finnan and Brendan Bowers are hot items this holiday. b a c k .” ple, there are stories on James’ and former Cavs beat writer for e Finnan, who spent 20 seasons on high school matchup with News-Herald and Lorain Morning April 11 — will already be on the rush it out once the Cavs capped the Cavs beat, said the Finals also then-phenom Lenny Cooke and Ir- Journal, struck a deal with Triumph shelves. their Finals comeback. provided the ideal ending for his ving’s long road back from the Books on “100 ings Cavaliers Fans Yes, it’s been a storybook year for “Cool T-shirts can be made and book, which he said is a “reference knee injury he sustained in Game Should Know & Do Before ey Die,” Cleveland sports. And local writers marketed in a few days, but good guide” of sorts for the franchise, 1 of the 2015 Finals. which was released Nov. 1. have provided a few stocking stuers books take months,” Gray said. which is in its 47th season. After the book’s success, Bowers Sometime next year, Penguin Ran- prior to the arrival of more Cavs tales Pluto said the book, which tells a Some of Finnan’s favorite anti- said he signed a contract with Tri- dom House will release a Cavs cham- in 2017. behind-the-scenes story of James’ dotes in “100 ings” come from for- umph on an “NBA-related project pionship book written by Jason Lloyd Once Pluto read James’ homecom- return, was “90%” written prior to mer coach Paul Silas, who was red that will be published in 2017.” of the Beacon Journal. Before that ing essay on Sports Illustrated’s web- Game 7, but after the champagne in 2005, 64 games into his second is one won’t be on the Cavs’ rst book hits the market, it’s likely that site, he said he knew he’d be writing a dried, he had to make sure he de- season. championship, but that’s OK. one written by ESPN’s Brian Wind- book. livered the insight his readers ex- “He was fantastic after practice,” ere are more than enough read- horst and Dave McMenamin — a yet- “e Comeback” was two-plus pect. Finnan said. “We’d put the notebooks ing options from a time Northeast to-be-titled 288-page publication years in the making, but publisher “It’s not, ‘I gotta write a book in down, and he would tell us stories Ohio wants to preserve as long as that Amazon says will be released David Gray said he wasn’t about to two months because a team won a about his old Celtics days.” possible. CRAIN’S SIGNATURE EVENTS 2017 SAVE THE DATE

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TECHNOLOGY New doctoral Biomimicry might be program studies nature to solve UA’s next high-proﬁle human problems ﬁeld of research

By DAN SHINGLER [email protected] @DanShingler

Northeast Ohio is becoming a hot spot for the new science of biomimicry, and students from around the world are coming to the University of Akron to enroll in what they say is the only doctoral program of its kind in the world. e students might be helping provide the school with its next important area of research — and creating some positive international pub- licity among the tech crowd at a time when the university is struggling to increase enrollment. And the students already are providing some area engineering departments with new ideas for tack- ling innovation challenges. “ ey all work at area companies, in addition to doing their research here,” said Peter Niewiarowski, a professor of integrated bioscience at UA, about the students in the program. Niewiarowski is a longtime biolo- gist and an expert on lizards — geck- os, to be specic. Now he works to help engineers understand how gecko technology can be applied to making new adhesives. University of Akron professor Peter Niewiarowski with one of his favorite biomimicry lab partners, a Tokay Gecko that might He also coordinates the fellowship teach humans a thing or two about making adhesives. (Dan Shingler) program for researchers who have come to UA to participate in a pro- gards to engineering and innovation. Answers in nature “In the wild, hedgehogs are very ac- devices from overheating. gram that will allow them to study It’s not necessarily new. For example, tive foragers, especially at night for in- ere are some local students, too, biomimicry as they earn doctorate Velcro was invented when Swiss en- But purposefully studying the natu- sects,” he said. “For that, they climb a including Rebecca Eagle-Malone, degrees in integrated biology. So far, gineer George de Mestral returned ral world in the hopes of extracting new lot of trees, and it’s not uncommon for who is from Louisville, just east of there are 17 students enrolled in the from a hunting trip in the 1940s and strategies and models for all types of them to fall. … Anecdotal stories say Canton. She has the added benet of ve-year program, with the rst grad- noticed how burrs were able to cling engineering is a new area of research. they fall from as far as 30 feet, un- working with plenty of animals at the uates expected to complete their the- to his dog’s fur. He emulated the de- e modern version of the eld of harmed. During that process, they Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, where sis work next year. sign of the burrs’ barbed ends and study is largely attributed to Janine M. curve into a spherelike position and she is an “animal ambassador” and Among them is Bill Hsiung, who is invented the hook-and-loop closure Benyus, a natural sciences author who their spines stick out. en their spines exposes visitors to biomimicry and from Taiwan and said he came to Ak- system that is now known around the penned the 1997 book “Biomimicry: bend when they hit the ground.” its possibilities. ron because he was excited about world. Even the Wright brothers cop- Innovation Inspired by Nature.” In other words, they bounce, rath- She envisions things like robot snakes biomimicry and UA was the only ied birds when designing their air- Benyus has supported eorts to er than break. that could use specialized locomotion school he could nd oering a doc- planes. foster biomimicry research in North- Hsiung is studying the animals to techniques and python-inspired ther- toral program. e school is helping east Ohio largely because local lead- see if similar strategies can be used mal sensors to locate victims of earth- lead the way in terms of studying the ers were quick to embrace the sci- for sports or military helmets, or even quakes who are trapped where human eld, he said, giving the U.S. an ad- “If we’re successful as ence and seek her help. After hearing to make vehicles safer in the event of rescuers can’t nd them. vantage over other nations. Benyus speak, leaders of Cleve- a crash. Eagle-Malone is also studying how “ e U.S. is out in front on this,” I think we will be, in land-based Entrepreneurs for Sus- en there is Ariana Rupp, a Ful- plants remediate soil to see if she can said Hsiung, who was one of the rst ﬁve years I’ll make the tainability, members of the Cuyahoga bright Scholar from Portugal who en- replicate their techniques to clean up to enroll in the new program in 2012. County Planning Commission and rolled in the UA biomimicry program man-made pollution, like lead that “ is is really an emerging eld, and argument to industry 47 other local biomimicry propo- in 2015. She’s studying how plants leaches into water supplies. the biomimicry program at the Uni- nents met with her to lay the ground manage temperature to see if she can versity of Akron is one of the rst de- that ‘you should be work for Great Lakes Biomimicry. apply some of their techniques to hu- Industry support gree programs in the whole world ... I paying $40,000 for Benyus inspired Hsiung with one man engineering. was very interested as soon I found of her TED Talks, he said. Now Hsi- “Every organism has to deal with All of the doctoral fellows are do- out about it.” that fellow.’ ” ung is studying hedgehogs, the cute energy and temperature manage- ing real work at area companies, too, As its name implies, biomimicry animals that look like small porcu- ment,” said Rupp, who hopes what Niewiarowski said. Sponsoring com- involves copying nature to solve hu- — Peter Niewiarowski, a professor of pines. It turns out, Hsiung said, they she learns can be applied to packag- panies agree to pay the fellows a man problems, especially with re- integrated bioscience have a unique ability to survive a fall. ing or to keep electronic and medical SEE NATURE, PAGE A-8 PAGE A-2 | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS AKRON Anti-hunger groups set the table for merger

By JUDY STRINGER “It is about taking two organizations that are tions could gain eciencies and in- ters and restaurants — both are in the crease their impact by merging. Last business of procuring food and dis- [email protected] doing sort of similar things and sticking them month, they publicly announced that tributing it to area charities. together because there is a lot of overlap.” the food bank, one of the region’s larg- “It is about taking two organiza- ere is no lack of energy or enthu- est hunger-relief organizations with tions that are doing sort of similar siasm aimed at addressing hunger in — Dan Flowers, president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank 75 full-time sta and a $7 million an- things and sticking them together be- Stark County, according to Amy nual budget, would merge its opera- cause there is a lot of overlap,” he said. Krebs, director of grants and commu- viduals and families in need. at’s when Dan Flowers, presi- tions with the much more modestly e merger is being funded through nity initiatives at Stark County Foun- e study uncovered very little co- dent and CEO of the Akron-Canton sized Community Harvest, which has a $150,000 grant from the Stark Coun- dation. ordination or collaboration among Regional Foodbank, picked up the one full-time employee (Barbato) and ty Foundation, the David Foundation Each year, the foundation is ood- those groups and a strong sense of phone and called Faith Barbato, ex- a $120,000 annual budget. and the Sisters of Charity. ed with requests from food banks, “competition for limited funds.” In ecutive director at Community Har- Flowers said that while Communi- “ e purpose [of the grant] is to backpack programs, community gar- 2015, the Stark County Foundation, vest, a Canton food rescue nonprot. ty Harvest and the food bank have help position the combined eorts of dens and other anti-hunger initia- in collaboration with the Paul and “I wanted to sit down and talk slightly dierent collection models both organizations,” Krebs said. tives. So much so that in 2014 it be- Carol David Foundation and Sisters about how we could work together,” — the bank buys most of its food “ ey are leveraging their resources, gan a six-month assessment of the of Charity Foundation of Canton, an- Flowers said. from manufacturers and wholesal- they are enhancing their services, to various nonprots around the coun- nounced it would award grants to Conversations throughout 2015 led ers, while Community Harvest gath- become more cost eective.” ty that provide nourishment to indi- collaborative food-security eorts. to one conclusion: e two organiza- ers unused prepared foods from ca- e food bank, Flowers admitted, will bring the bulk of the operational eciency to the partnership. Along with a number of established administrative functions, the organization has a eet of trucks and a dispatcher. 4(%ȩ5.)6%23)49ȩ/&ȩ!+2/. Community Harvest has a single truck and no dispatcher. e food bank also has a Rolodex lled with volunteers, which Barbato said she already has taken advantage of when /52ȩ%.').%%23ȩ(!6%ȩ4(%ȩ!.37%23ȩ a 15-year volunteer announced his retirement earlier this year. “Faith is down there alone,” Flow- ers said. “She does incredible work. !.$ȩ!00!2%.4,9ȩ4(%ȩ*/"3 We don’t plan to change that. Imme- diately, however, I hope that we can ȩ*/"ȩ0,!#%-%.4ȩ&/2ȩȩ'2!$3 assist her a little bit. ere are a lot of duties she does being a one-person shop that she will be able to divide among our team without adding too much or overwhelming any of our team members.” Barbato welcomes the help. While she has been able to increase the value of Community Harvest food collec- tions from $750,000 when she started in 2009 to more than $1.5 million today with only a $10,000 increase in the budget, enhancing services without boosting the bottom line signicantly becomes harder and harder each year. And, as it is, “that $120,000 is hard to get,” she said. Community Harvest’s major contri- bution to the partnership is expertise in food rescue, which is a supply stream the food bank does not currently capture. Last year, Community Har- vest diverted about 950,000 lunches and dinners from landlls to hot meal programs and shelters across Stark County. e organization does not charge for food pickup or delivery. “With 40% of all food produced never eaten, there is a ton of work still to do,” said Barbato, adding the food bank’s footprint across eight counties will provide ample opportunity to advance the food rescue mission. “I get calls from all over the country every week about how to start a food rescue program,” she said. “We are known nationally as leaders in this space, and the food bank, they are leaders in their space. By joining together, we can better serve the community.” Flowers said he would like to develop and scale a food rescue program in Summit County but will rst focus on “stabilizing” the merger at the administrative level. And while eventually the two organizations will likely integrate their fundraising ef- forts, for now each will continue separate campaigns. “We don’t have $120,000 to pick up the expenses of Community Harvest this year,” Flowers said. “We are counting on Faith and the Communi- ty Harvest board and the community to continue to fund that operation, and then we can add to it rather than step in and take over.” CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | PAGE A-3 AKRON CEL looks to build on success in infrastructure By DAN SHINGLER system on the Indian River Bridge in “It’s basically a microphone, and systems bring in higher margins than Delaware, a system that includes we’re listening to the ow of material its thermocouples. It also hopes that [email protected] about 175 sensors and cost roughly through the pipeline. Anything ow- these new markets prove to be faster @DanShingler $1 million, Lieske said. ing makes a certain sound,” Shep- growing than the steel, glass and other Now, the company is installing a herd said. old-line industries that are its biggest Cleveland Electric Laboratories is similar system on the Brooklyn e system can tell by changes in customers for thermocouples. at it again. Bridge in New York. the frequency or amplitude whether Recently, things might have turned e Twinsburg company, best known “We’re starting on the (Manhat- anything has disturbed the pipeline, a bit in CEL’s favor, too. for making thermocouples — a fairly tan) side and we should get over to or if a leak has developed, Shepherd President-elect Donald Trump has low-tech item to measure temperature Brooklyn in about four to ve years.” said. Soon, he hopes, it will be good promised to both increase infrastruc- but one that is used in countless industri- Lieske said, explaining that the sen- enough to tell pipeline operators the ture spending and to be more friend- al applications — now hopes it can sell sor work is following other bridge volume of gas or oil owing through ly to oil and gas development in the high-tech sensors to monitor pipelines renovations as they progress from the line at any given time. U.S. If he follows through, that could and national infrastructure. one side to the other. Currently, oil and gas companies mean more investment in pipelines at might sound like a stretch, CEL will continue to pursue new monitor their in-use pipelines largely and infrastructure. and it might be one for most compa- work on bridges and other infra- via aerial observation. at process Virtually all of the nation’s bridges nies. But CEL has been down this “Imagine if the country structure, but it is also continuing to has become cheaper and easier to could benet from structural moni- road before. e company previously did a couple hundred expand its product line and the mar- implement in recent years, thanks to toring, and some of them desperately set its sights on supplying ber optic kets it serves, Lieske said. drones, but it still only provides a need it, Lieske said. sensors to monitor the soundness of bridges every month.” at includes monitoring systems snapshot of the pipeline’s condition. “ is could be a huge industry na- the nation’s bridges and other trans- for underground infrastructure in cit- Shepherd and Lieske said a chief tionally. Imagine if the country did a portation structures. at was not — Jack Allan Lieske, CEL owner ies around the nation, too, Shepherd advantage of their system is that it couple hundred bridges every long after the I-35 Mississippi River said. e company has developed provides constant, real-time infor- month,” Lieske said. bridge in Minnesota collapsed in Instrumentation Specialties Inc. sensors that can constantly monitor mation. But the tailwinds are also far from 2007, killing 13 people. Now, a dozen years later, the Arizona underground environments and What they don’t yet know is how reliable. ermocouples remain the com- operation has more than 30 employ- alert city ocials if any unauthorized many microphones the system needs ough investments in drilling pany’s biggest source of revenue, but ees and functions as CEL’s Advanced access takes place. at’s important, or, more specically, how far they and pipeline construction have in- installing sensor systems to monitor Technology Group — and its source in part, because cities more than ever can be spaced apart. at will deter- creased somewhat in recent months, bridges has become a signicant of ber optics expertise. It is run by need to protect underground copper mine the cost of the system, and the low prices for oil and gas are still de- business for the company. CEL own- former Instrumentation Specialties wiring from thieves, as well as secure company’s test facility in Arizona pressing activity and environmental er Jack Allan Lieske said the private president Rodger Shepherd. phone, data, sewer and water lines. does not allow for long stretches of concerns have slowed some pipeline company does not break down its - “One of the rst areas where we Now the company hopes the oil pipeline to be installed and tested. projects. nancial results for public consump- started using this (ber optics tech- and gas industry will be its next big CEL is looking for a company in the But just developing its new prod- tion, but its annual revenue is about nology) was in bridge monitoring, market. CEL has developed a system oil and gas industry to work with to ucts has given CEL a head start in $35 million a year. and now we have some very sophisti- that uses electronic components and test the system on longer runs. So far, some new markets, along with eight CEL got into ber optic technology cated systems in place around the ber optic communication lines to it has found no takers, though ocials patents on its new technologies. when it purchased an Arizona com- U.S. and Mexico,” said Shepherd, monitor pipelines, compressor sta- just started looking, Lieske said. “We don’t have competitors in a lot pany with which it had been partner- now a vice president at CEL. tions and the internal pipes and e company hopes its new ber of these new markets, and we have ing on projects. e six-person oper- For example, the company recent- plumbing of natural gas processing optics products do well because its in- new patented products that we never ation was known then as ly installed a ber optic monitoring centers and oil reneries. frastructure and pipeline monitoring thought we’d have,” Lieske said.

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By JUDY STRINGER that someone can have as much exi- dominated by children with autism bility in what they are saying as possi- and cerebral palsy. [email protected] ble but also be able to get there as “A lot of it is being attributed to quickly as possible,” Hershberger said. head trauma, but we really don’t To say that Prentke Romich Co. has Mo att also credits the impor- know why we seeing a more cases,” grown up along with its market is not tance of the support o ered to users, Banajee said. an overstatement. their care takers and clinicians. All told, Mo att estimates the AAC e Wooster company, founded in “One of the things we do distinc- market is between $500 million to 1966, introduced its rst assistive tively well is providing a great deal of $750 million worldwide and growing. technology in 1969. Based on a dis- Mo att support for the implementation of PRC and Saltillo, which turns 20 this carded Teletype machine, the device these technologies,” he said. year, both make standalone systems allowed those who were mute to type PRC’s devices Neither executive, however, dis- as well as apps that can be bought for out messages. Early products were perform tasks counts the impact of population dy- use on iPads and the like. PRC’s main bulky and laborious. that commeri- namics. Estimates suggest between product is the Accent line of Fast forward to today. PRC manu- cal tablets 3% to 4% of the population, at some speech-generating devices. e com- factures assistive communication can’t. (Contrib- point in their lives, will have a disor- pany markets accessories. devices — often portable — with uted photos) der or condition serious enough to Only a handful of companies have touch screens, customizable voice necessitate the use of a communica- a similar range of AAC o erings. synthesizers, sophisticated language tion device. ose rates are on the ere are dozens more that supply systems, Internet connectivity and Lou Gehrig’s disease — among adults. tive and augmentative communica- rise, driven primarily by an aging only speech apps or niche communi- even input systems that can deter- To make a long story short: As the tion (AAC) technology company population and increases in autism cations tools. mine what a user wants to say by technology evolved, it reached more headquartered in North America and and ALS. e incidence of autism is It would seem the pervasiveness of tracking eye or head movements. people, and there were more people the second largest in the world approaching 1 in 65 children, Mo att iPads and other consumer devices And, of course, it o ers apps that de- to reach. PRC began as a startup (Stockholm-based Tobii Dynavox is said. About half of those kids are coupled with the relatively low cost liver some of these specialized by Barry Romich, a freshman engi- the largest), according to Mo att. nonverbal, he added. of apps (about $150 to $300, com- speech capabilities to tablets and neering student at Case Western Re- “We export through subsidiaries Meanwhile, the ALS Association pared with dedicated AAC systems, smart phones. serve University, and Ed Prentke, an and distributors to about 20 coun- says that every 90 seconds someone which start in the $3,000-$4,000 “What we do today is just unrecog- engineer at the former Highland View tries,” he said, “and we’ve translated in the U.S. is diagnosed with disease, range) would put at least part of nizable from 40 to 50 years ago,” said Hospital in Cleveland, known for our language systems into a variety of which robs people of their ability to PRC’s market share at risk. But Bana- Dave Mo att, president and CEO. “It’s treating and rehabilitating victims of international languages.” speak or move. jee said there are many tasks, such as a great technology evolution story.” strokes and spinal cord injuries. e Dave Hershberger, CEO of PRC’s Meher Banajee, an AAC specialist, eye tracking, that commercial tablets All the while, more babies survived company has grown over ve decades Saltillo Corp. subsidiary, believes speech pathologist and clinical assis- can’t do. Plus, she said, many young premature births and more adults sur- to 150 employees in Wooster — with keeping ahead of technology has tant professor at the Louisiana State AAC users — not unlike their peers vived strokes and traumatic brain inju- production, engineering, tech sup- been a key to the company’s success University Health Sciences Center — want their personal devices for ries. e population of people with mo- port, service and repair, shipping, and longevity, especially when it New Orleans, said better detection games or movies, not learning and tor impairments or paralysis increased. marketing and administration there comes to designing systems and soft- accounts for some of the ALS in- communicating. Add to that the rising incidence of au- — and another 50 on foreign soil. ware that are robust and easy to use. crease. Still, adults with ALS now “ ere’s a need for both approach- tism among children and ALS, or amyo- PRC today, with revenues exceed- “ e real challenge of these devices make up about half of her caseload, es,” she said. “I don’t see that chang- trophic lateral sclerosis — known as ing $50 million, is the largest alterna- is how you organize the language so which just ve to 10 years ago was ing anytime soon.”

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Eran Arden knows a thing or two ose friends, Arden said, include nati Children’s Hospital; Hasbro use it,” said Terry Martell, entrepre- e company is looking to raise about starting a business. the city of Akron, specically deputy Children’s Hospital in Providence, neur in residence at the Akron Global $750,000 to $1 million in venture Before agreeing to spearhead the mayor for economic development R.I.; Shriners Hospitals for Children Business Accelerator and adviser to funds to support growth, which he development of a edgling Israeli tech- Samuel DeShazior, and BioEnter- in Philadelphia; Kennedy Krieger In- Timocco. While the company cannot said will include inltration into more nology company, Timocco, in 2010, prise, specically Matthew Miller, stitute in Baltimore; and Akron Chil- yet make medical claims about the school systems as well as new prod- Arden ran a startup incubator in Israel, who is vice president of health care dren’s Hospital. ecacy of its gaming therapy — ucts and markets. Just last month, the not unlike the Akron Global Business IT and services for the Cleveland bio- In all, Arden estimates 200 to 300 studies to demonstrate patient prog- company introduced a new controller Accelerator where he and Timocco’s science accelerator. therapists across the country are us- ress are underway — therapists using and games designed to help speci- U.S. operations are now based. Fairlawn-based LLA erapy and ing Timocco’s gaming platform in the program in schools have cited “a cally with supination and pronation Arden still has many ties to the en- Dr. Troy McClowry also helped their practices. lot of continued use” by at-risk stu- movements, which are important for trepreneurial community in Israel Timocco to understand the nuances dents, Martell said. rotation of the hands. and, when given the opportunity, of the U.S. market and professional Unique in the ﬁeld Stephanie Riley, an occupational It is also actively marketing a stresses the importance of a U.S. needs. en there is Laurie Cramer, therapy assistant with Akron Chil- game-based platform to assist in the presence to his startup “friends” executive director of the Autism Soci- Local ingenuity and elbow grease dren’s, has used Timocco’s program development of handwriting skills, abroad. And he tells them Northeast ety of Greater Akron, who has con- aside, the company’s early success in with her preschool patients. Along not only for children with disabilities Ohio is the place to be. nected Timocco with stakeholders in the U.S. market has much to do with with the habit-forming nature of the but any child struggling with hand- “First, because there are great the autism community. And, most the uniqueness and utility of its prod- games, two big advantages, she said, writing motions. e Cleveland Met- partners to work with,” the CEO said, recently, a University of Akron career uct. Sure, commercial apps and inter- are the broad set of skills incorporat- ropolitan School District is using that “but also because of the fact that fair introduced the company to active white boards are playing an in- ed into the program and the fact that product, according to Arden. In addi- most of the startups are centered in scores of “young computer science tegral role in encouraging kids with patients can do it at home. tion, Timocco is piloting and devel- New York and Boston and [Silicon] and business majors that might want developmental delays to practice cer- “With a lot of the therapies, par- oping a product for use in adult reha- Valley, and if you are here, there is a summer/spring internship,” ac- tain skills and in allowing educators ents may have to do something dif- bilitation. more patience, tolerance and energy cording to Timocco business devel- and therapists to track progress in ferent at home because maybe they Arden admits that being the rst to to make sure you will be moving for- opment manager Andrew Novak. ways not possible before, Arden said. don’t have all the tools or cannot af- market and the only company “gener- ward as fast as you can.” “ings are working amazingly for But Timocco is the rst company, he ford the exact same tool,” Riley said. ating the conversation on this particu- Moving forward fast is a good way us,” Arden said. “We have school sys- said, with a dedicated game-based “Being able to send them home with lar technology” can be a challenge, to describe Timocco’s evolution tems in the U.S. already paying to use platform that motivates the child to a plan and have it be the exact same but he thinks the presence in some of since it opened its Akron oce in Au- the platform. We have big clients like move in ways known to improve gross thing as they do here is very helpful.” the nation’s largest school districts is a gust 2015. e company markets mo- the New York Department of Educa- motor control and coordination. good base from which to start. tor-skills games to occupational and tion, which is the biggest school dis- ese are not “new” movements per Looking to grow “To relocate the company from Isra- physical therapists working with trict in the country, [and] Los Angeles se. It’s just that children, like most of us, el to the U.S. and within a year have children who have autism, cerebral Unied, which is the second largest.” don’t get excited about following in- Arden said Timocco currently has such huge clients already utilizing [the palsy or developmental delays. Ar- Closer to home, the public school structions that are part of a prescribed six employees at its Akron oce and program] and paying, my team mem- den expects to net roughly $1 million districts in Cleveland, Akron and therapy routine. However, take those eld reps stationed in Texas and bers and board members in Israel and in licensing revenues from its web- Pittsburgh are paying Timocco cus- same movements and make them part Maryland. Its technology develop- the U.S. are really excited,” he said.

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By BETH THOMAS HERTZ vices and in 2013 moved into a the two New Adventures day care pany serves children might be their provide a holiday meal for its night 5,500-square-foot industrial space centers (the second one is in Mantua, only access to good nutrition each shifts, Innovation Foods will be there [email protected] on Midway Drive in Twinsburg. and he is scouting locations to open day. Most of Innovation Foods’ prod- at 2 a.m. if needed. Ackman said he Today, his company has grown to two new sites in 2017). He has added ucts are made from scratch, he said. believes it is one of the only compa- omas Lane will admit that he’s provide 3,500 breakfast and/or lunch several upper-level positions in re- A dietitian on sta helps ensure nies in the area to oer 24-hour ser- been in the food service industry a meals across 36 locations, mostly char- cent years, including a project man- meals meet nutritional requirements vice upon request. long time: He began working as a ter schools and day care centers. at ager to help with growth opportuni- as well as clients’ specic dietary “Most people we hire could work dishwasher at age 12. number includes 550 daily meals he ties, a part-time human resources needs, and three sta members are elsewhere and make more money, at was the start, and he went on started providing for senior citizens this manager, three marketing staers culinary school graduates. but the people who do well here val- from there. His rst job at a higher-end year through Mobile Meals of Akron. and a bookkeeper. “We can bid on contracts with ue our vision and the commitment to place was at Barrington Golf Club in And he isn’t done growing. He is in e Red’s Place catering business price or quality, and we do our best quality,” Lane said. “It’s how we know Aurora, and, after some stops along the the process of becoming licensed to remains an important segment of the when quality is a priority,” he said. “If who ts in with us, and we fast-track way and culinary training, he ended up provide direct-to-consumer meals enterprise, though Lane moved it to we provide the best quality, we will those people for growth.” as an executive chef in Cleveland. through the Area Agency on Aging. the industrial park location, too, raise the bar in this market. Even if To thank his sta, and help the en- It was 2002, though, when he “ ere is a huge void in this area about two years ago to make room to we aren’t providing food to a specic try-level ones stretch their paycheck (a achieved his dream of opening a ca- for that service,” Lane said. expand the after-school care pro- child, we know they are getting a bet- strong memory of his childhood), the tering business, Red’s Place in Twins- He also is hoping to win new school gram at New Adventures. ter meal because we pushed the company serves a family-style meal to burg. Five years later, he opened two contracts as they come up for bid. Lane doesn’t discuss his business boundary on what they receive.” everyone each day at lunchtime. day care centers, one in Red’s build- To help manage the growth, Lane nancials, but he did say the catering Lane said he also believes that “It helps foster teamwork,” he ex- ing on Darrow Road. e two ven- took over an additional 4,500-square- business’ volume has remained rela- quality requires hiring the right peo- plained. tures dovetailed — the children feet in his building in June, with the tively unchanged over the years as the ple, and he works to groom future Global Village Academy in Parma needed good meals, after all. added space allowing more room for commerical side has grown. Catering leaders from within when possible. is a client of Innovation Foods, which Several years later, though, Lane oces and food storage. It is being accounts for about 10% of income to- He often hires from a pool of past in- meets the cold breakfast and hot found his business heading in a new di- equipped with added refrigeration day, while his overall business inter- terns and rarely has to advertise to ll lunch needs of 154 students, said the rection after a summer child care pro- units this month. He also has plans to ests have grown eightfold since he a higher-level job. For example, food school’s food service director, Jona- gram asked Red’s to provide 600 daily add more kitchen equipment and ve- launched Red’s, he said. service director Paul Ackman was than Hejnal. His facility doesn’t have meals. en several local schools start- hicles, and possibly a second shift hired as what Lane calls “an overqual- the capacity to produce those meals. ed contracting with him to provide when the time is right. Powerful memories ied sous chef” but was promoted “ ey do a fantastic job providing us about 60 meals a day each. He currently employs about 29 several times and now oversees meal with meals that meet the national Lane ultimately founded Innova- part-time and full-time personnel at Lane grew up receiving free or re- quality. school lunch program rules,” he said. tion Foods in 2009 to meet the de- Innovation Foods, with another 40 duced-price lunches and said he “Having quality people in place al- “ ey take care of what we need, and mand for daily commercial meal ser- part-time and full-time workers at never forgets that the meals his com- lows me to focus on growing the when I need to talk to someone, I don’t business side of the company,” Lane get a phone tree. I get a real person.” said. Some other vendors weren’t interest- However, he still has a hands-on ed in bidding on his schools’ business approach; you might even see him because they are too small, but Innova- United Way still washing dishes. In fact, he sees tion Foods was willing to work with him. of Summit County such actions as emblematic of what Hejnal said he frequently oers he calls Innovation Foods’ distinct feedback about what his students like, corporate culture, in which every and what they don’t. While about 60 person is expected to do whatever it to 80 students order lunch most days, takes to meet a client’s needs. If an the most popular meals (chicken nug- order is missing a pack of hamburger gets, hamburgers and grilled cheese) buns, you don’t just credit their ac- will draw about 100 orders at the be- count. You get in the car and take it to ginning of each month. them. You’ve got to please even the Similarly, if a company wants to youngest customers, after all.

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Entrepreneurship: Tobin Buckner Five questions with entrepreneur Chris Horne Chris Horne may be silly, but he’s businesses right now? excellent. So, we need to really sucked ﬁnding out I was wrong, but very serious when it comes to mak- Tobin Buckner Right now there are thousands of focus on building and maintaining a not as much as it would have if I ing a di erence in Akron. He is the is JumpStart’s people who work downtown but strong community of small business- hadn’t been willing to accept the founder of e Devil Strip, a biweekly Akron don’t engage in the culture down- es with consistently high standards. basic idea that I could be wrong. arts, entertainment and culture pub- entrepreneurial town. I don’t blame them, though. It’s Without getting all political, I don’t lication for and about Akron’s cre- community our job to engage them, to show If you could tell our city, state or know if the country is more polarized ative community with a circulation of manager and them why lunch at Diamond Deli and country one thing right now, what right now than ever before — I 14,000. And his Unbox Akron idea — writes a blog dinner at Nuevo are better than would it be? imagine 1861 to 1865 was worse — which collects products from around about entrepreneurship in Subway and Applebee’s. It’s our job It’s OK to be wrong. Entrepreneurs but I know you can’t have a real town and ships them to subscribers Northeast Ohio. to help them discover what makes have actually made a fetish out of conversation with anyone if you’re not — was named one of 32 winners of Crafty Mart inﬁnitely better than failing and failing fast. That’s because willing to be wrong about something. the Knight Foundation’s Cities Chal- Black Friday sales. it’s not good to live in fear of failure. I If you can’t have a real conversa- lenge in 2015. be a successful entrepreneur, even if We won’t convince people to leave know I used to believe some truly tion, then you can’t connect. If you I chatted with Horne about his it takes a minute. the safe, consistent experiences dumb and sometimes harmful and can’t connect, you can’t build projects, his adopted home of Akron What do you see as the most they’re having at national chains if hurtful crap, and I thought I was community. And without community, and his thoughts on the future of our critical issues for local small the local alternatives aren’t truly absolutely right the whole time. It what is there? entrepreneurial community.

You moved here from Macon, Ga. How is Akron treating you so far, and what do you like most about TWO-ROOM SUITES | COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS | FREE MADE-TO-ORDER BREAKFAST the entrepreneurial spirit here? What I like most is also a reflection of how well the city has treated me. In a word, it’s collaborative. Early on, I was lucky enough to strike up conversations with Elizabeth Tyran at Urban Eats Cafe and Nick Petroski at the OSC Tech Lab. Both were very supportive of my idea, and that gave me enough confidence to really give this a shot. Since then, whether it’s been from other entrepreneurs, like Jill Bacon Madden, who owns Jilly’s Music Room, or folks in the nonprofit sector, like Beth Boggins at United Way of Summit County, we received more support than this little rag deserved. That’s indicative of the overall spirit of Akron, I think.

The “little rag” you’re talking about is The Devil Strip. How did it get started? I’d become frustrated in my journalism career because I wasn’t in a position to tell stories as much as I’d like. And one of the first things I noticed about Akron is that it had no guide to the local culture, which is what I seek out whenever I visit a city. Leading up to our first print issue, I realized there were a lot of people doing some impressive things in e New in Akron/Canton Akron, but they were in their own little worlds doing it. I figured the magazine could become a sort of for Meetings public commons where these dierent folks, their fans and supporters would meet, connect and be found by others. I thought of the print edition as the “bat signal” for local creatives. Fortunately for me, a lot of those folks — more than 100 of them so far — also contributed their time and talent to the magazine, and a core of about 15 make up our editorial team (one full-time employee, one part-time and a mix of freelancers and volunteers). From the moment you walk through the front door, you’ll know Would you call yourself an you’ve arrived somewhere special. With its open, airy, contemporary unlikely entrepreneur? I’m a three-time college dropout and stylish design, your meeting attendees will feel inspired, who’s about 40 kinds of stupid. I motivated and appreciated. See for yourself why everyone is saying, mean, I left a stable, well-paying job to run into the embrace of an industry the NEW Embassy Suites Akron Canton Airport will ‘Li Your Spirits.’ that few Americans say they trust and most everyone else thinks is dying. So, the title of David Giels’ 7883 Freedom Avenue N.W. | North Canton, OH 44720 excellent book, “The Hard Way on For your next meeting P: 330.305.0500 | akroncantonairport.embassysuites.com Purpose,” feels very applicable here. contact Julie Karam, Director of Whether this makes me a likely or unlikely entrepreneur, I’m not sure. Sales and Marketing, at 330.526.7042 I-77 at Shue Road (exit 112), What I do know is that I love to learn or [email protected] just south of the Akron-Canton Airport. things, and I have high aspirations for what we can accomplish with The Devil Strip. So I’m hoping I’ll prove to

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Main Course: Jennifer Karpus-Romain Oak and Embers barbecue spot readying new Hudson site

This artist’s rendering shows the exterior of the new Oak and Embers Tavern in Hudson. (Contributed photo) Marc and Gretchen Garofoli knew Oak and Embers, “We are known for our bourbon they wanted to take their neighbor- selection, our beer selection and our hood barbecue concept to Hudson at a glance: barbecue. But it’s all about the bris- even before opening Oak and Em- Where: 7774 Darrow Road, Hudson. ket and the ribs and the burnt ends.” bers Tavern in Geauga County nearly Everything at Oak and Embers is three years ago. When they couldn’t Projected opening: Early February. scratch-made. Garofoli said the busi- nd the perfect location, they target- The vibe: A neighborhood barbecue ness does not get food deliveries from ed Chesterland instead. restaurant with a rustic feel and big-box suppliers. In fact, 90% of food But Marc Garofoli always kept a craft-made food. product entering the restaurant close eye on Hudson. comes in from his pickup truck be- Your Complete “My rst inclination was to go to Specialties: Bourbon, beer, brisket, cause he hand-selects all meats and Hudson. And I couldn’t nd anything burnt ends and ribs. aims to purchase non-GMO produce. that was for sale and/or reasonable,” Menu: Options will include a smoked “We’re craft-made from start to News Coverage he said. “Now, we are lucky enough nish, meaning that our salad dress- chorizo meatloaf sandwich, pulled that Marcelita’s became for sale.” pork dinner, baby back ribs, smoke- ings, our marinades, our barbecue Tune in to 89.7 or download the When Marcelita’s Mexican Restau- house ﬁllet, apple slaw, white sauce, everything is 100% made from rant in Hudson closed in October, cheddar grits and more. scratch,” he said. WKSU app for in-depth local, Garofoli jumped at the chance to buy With barbecue as Oak and Embers’ national and world news. the site. Hudson is a strong commu- create separate spaces inside, such as hallmark, a lot of attention is paid nity with great families and growth a party room. there. All pork, poultry and beef is opportunities, he said. e aroma will matter just as much, marinated more than 24 hours in a With renovation construction on if not more, than the aesthetics. special house rub and then slow schedule, the Garofolis aim to open the “We want you to be able to come in smoked with hickory. restaurant around Super Bowl week- and smell that good smoke from the “Our barbecue sauce has 12 bot- end at the beginning of February. smoker (and) that nice hickory wood tles of bourbon in it. …at’s a 30 gal- Garofoli, who with his wife previous- and not want to leave,” Garofoli said. lon order every morning,” Garofoli ly owned restaurants in downtown Other improvements include said. Cleveland, declined to comment on changing the roof line and raising the While Garofoli declined to disclose the exact purchase price of the proper- ceiling in some rooms. projected revenue for the Hudson lo- ty, but said it was more than $1 million. Oak and Embers’ Hudson site will cation, he said he hopes it is as suc- Additionally, renovation costs have be able to seat about 300 and plans to cessful as Chesterland. While he been substantial, he said. accommodate anyone from those could see a third location, it would not “We changed the complete interi- grabbing a casual beer to catch the be for three to four years down the or, 100%,” he said. big game to those hosting a lunch road. Ultimately, the Garofolis aim is e 8,200-square-foot space was meeting or a baby shower. to make these two restaurants run gutted and is being repurposed for To meet the needs of customers, perfectly before expanding. When the Oak and Embers’ rustic, Southern 60-70 part-time employees will sta time is right, they’d look to go west. WKSU, an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, is committed to attaining excellence through the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce. 16-UR-00310-118 barbecue joint vibe. e space will be the Hudson location. “I would love to go down to Fair- accented with wood and metal, and From the beginning, the focus has lawn, but Fairlawn might be a little will include big barn doors that can always been on food, Garofoli said. bit close to Hudson,” he said.

ON VIEW THROUGH JAN. 15, 2017 egies employed by snakes, butteries a nonpro t that promotes the eld “… fun and truly exciting to wander through; and other critters. in the region with both industry and to call it a feast for the eyes is a bit NATURE “e four of them jumped on educational institutions. He is also of an understatement.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE A-1 board, and we quickly had four Ph.D. the person who introduced Niewiar- —Anderson Turner, Akron Beacon Journal, 10/16/16 candidates from around the world,” owski to biomimicry and helped get stipend of $20,000 per year, he said. Niewiarowski said. the program going in Akron. For that, the companies get a half- e companies are getting good “We’ve got 13 corporations and time employee engaged in cut- ideas and, in some cases, even pat- organizations involved with the Ak- ting-edge research, and the fellows ents from their pursuit of biomimic- ron program. at’s good,” Tyrrell get to apply what they learn to indus- ry, he said. In fact, Niewiarowski said, said. “ey are the rst program of try, rather than working as teaching they might be getting such a good their kind, and I think that’s why assistants. deal that the cost of company spon- we’re able to grow it.” For example, Rupp spends half her sorships will go up — but he’s going Going forward, however, Tyrrell time at the product-design rm Not- to wait until he can show measurable wants to expand his nonpro t’s tingham Spirk in Cleveland, where results to make that pitch. reach and the use of biomimicry by she hopes her discoveries related to “If we’re successful as I think we area corporations and universities. plants and temperature control will be, in ve years I’ll make the ar- Already, in addition to UA, Lorain might contribute to new packaging gument to industry that ‘you should County Community College and ideas. be paying $40,000 for that fellow,’ ” Baldwin Wallace University are of- Early corporate support was a big Niewiarowski said. “Right now, I can fering coursework based on bio- reason the University of Akron pro- only make that argument based on mimicry. gram got o the ground successfully, theory, but in ve years I’ll be able to Tyrrell also said the concept has Niewiarowski said. Sherwin-Wil- make it based on data.” gotten good support from area foun- liams, GOJO, Ross Environmental dations, including the Cleveland Services and Parker Hanni n were all Trailblazers Foundation and Akron’s GAR and quick to support the program and Knight foundations. His next step quick to put it to work developing So far, the school is doing well, will be to hire a full-time develop- things like new color coatings, dis- said Tom Tyrrell, a former steel in- ment ocer early next year to in- One South High I Akron, OH 44308 I 330.376.9186 I AkronArtMuseum.org pensing systems and exible tubing dustry executive who is the found- crease fundraising to support ex- systems — all based on biologic strat- ing CEO of Great Lakes Biomimicry, pansion.