Chris Sullivan: Becoming the face of Outback Steakhouse

Tampa businessman Chris Sullivan, a co-founder and former CEO of Outback Steakhouse, has no plans of slowing down on growing the culinary scene through his global brands. …“I’ve never seen a more competitive time in the local economy,” Sullivan said during a moderated fireside chat at the Florida Israel-Business Accelerator’s Tuesday hospitality conference, inside the […]

Molekule Expands its Industry-Leading Portfolio of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Solutions Technology with Definitive Agreement to Acquire Aura Smart Air Ltd.

Molekule Expands its Industry-Leading Portfolio of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Solutions Technology with Definitive Agreement to Acquire Aura Smart Air Ltd. Jason DiBona, Chief Executive Officer of Molekule, noted, “The Aura acquisition will immediately expand our ability to offer best-in-class solutions for our customers’ growing in-room air quality priorities and initiatives, facilitating an immediate and […]

The links between Miami and Israel’s high tech

Coaching Israelis in U.S. business culture was the initial thrust of the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA), an initiative begun in 2016 by Tampa’s Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Centers. The program started out bringing cohorts from young Israeli companies to Florida to coach them, match them with customers and investors, and encourage them to set […]

Tampa company donates radiation protection equipment to Ukraine

It’s been quite a month for the Tampa company StemRad. First, they sent their new radiation protection vests around the moon as part of Artemis 1, and now they have moved on to their next mission, sending this same technology to Ukraine. StemRad CEO, Dr. Oren Milstein, says his company’s slogan is “radiation protection on […]

Israeli space tech to shield Ukrainians

Oren Milstein, co-founder of Israeli company StemRad — a developer of radiation protection suits for space explorers, emergency responders, and nuclear industry workers — and Kelly, a former NASA astronaut, traveled at the end of November to war-torn Kyiv to donate the first batch of 20 wearable kits to help shield first responders against potentially […]