Based in Maryland, Wayne Schepens guides LaunchTech, an emerging tech PR and marketing agency that assists clients in achieving strategic results in competitive marketplaces. As reported in the company blog, Wayne Schepens’ firm had an eventful 2018, starting with independent selection by the research firm Expertise of LaunchTech as one of its Top 15 PR Firms.
The company also guided the launch of the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) startup Zuul, which completed a successful Series A round of $300,000 in seed funding in January. Also taking part in the funding round were TEDCO, local investors, and the MasterPeace LaunchPad. The latter investor is a technology accelerator and Zuul is the first startup to be spun out of it.
As described by Zuul founder Edward Stanford, the IoT firm seeks to bring the “robust defenses” standard in the mainstream IT market to areas such as building automation, smart transportation, and industrial control systems. The end result is that IoT configurations will be optimally secured in ways that effect process efficiencies and cost savings.
