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NJBIZ Conversations

Join the NJBIZ editors and the newsmakers of New Jersey’s business community for in-depth conversations you don’t want to miss.

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22:40

How AI can help local candidates

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/10/31

Jonathan Goodman is the founder and CEO of Halyard Consulting, a Jersey City-based firm focused on helping businesses use AI. Floyd Jeter is the city's chief diversity officer and a candidate for an at-large council seat. In this Election Edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Goodman and Jeter describe how AI works in the campaign, what they've learned from the experience, and the lessons for small organizations with limited resources.

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16:06

How NJBAC can help businesses

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/10/17

The New Jersey Business Action Center is a tremendous resource for business owners and executives. Melanie Willoughby, who runs the agency, discusses NJBAC's programs designed to help the manufacturing industry, individuals hoping to break into the cannabis industry, businesses trying to improve their online presence and more.

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19:30

Community banking leader offers assessment of the...

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/10/12

Hamilton-based First Bank and CEO Patrick Ryan is one of the state’s top community bankers and among the most knowledgeable. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Ryan offers his assessment of the economy and interest rate environment and discusses what’s ahead for First Bank.

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18:15

How can NJ encourage development of more affordable...

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/09/27

Ben LoPiccolo is the founder of the Ben LoPiccolo Development Group – or BLDG-UP – a real estate investment advisory and consulting firm based in Jersey City. And he is president of the Jersey City Apartment Owners Association, an advocacy group. Here, LoPiccolo talks about what’s going on in Jersey City and how the state can encourage development of more affordable housing.

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14:40

Wells Fargo exec: Where the economy is, where it's...

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/09/20

Pete Dontas, managing director and New Jersey market executive at Wells Fargo, assesses the attitudes and outlook of business leaders, the biggest challenges ahead, and how the Federal Reserves is likely to respond to changing conditions.

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22:10

Porrino builds a private law practice that works on...

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/09/15

Lowenstein Sandler Partner Chris Porrino enjoys a reputation for being nonpartisan. For example, Porrino is representing the Trump Organization in its dispute with the state over liquor licenses at the company’s New Jersey golf courses. At the same time, he is representing Gov. Phil Murphy in an investigation over immigration practices being conducted by Alina Habba, President Trump’s choice to serve as U.S. attorney for New Jersey.In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Porrino talks about what

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13:48

Finding a way to reduce substance abuse

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/09/07

Princeton-based Protega Pharmaceuticals focuses on producing abuse-deterrent pain management products, which go a long way toward reducing substance abuse. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Protega Chief Operating Officer Paul Howe describes the company’s products, its research and what the market looks like.

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19:58

Discussing the security needs of workplaces

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/08/17

Brian Higgins – a former chief of the Bergen County Police – is the founder and president of Group 77, a security and public safety consulting firm based in Mahwah. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Higgins discusses the security needs of workplaces, along with the financial implications for building owners. He also talks about the issues surrounding next summer’s World Cup soccer games at the Meadowlands and elsewhere around the country.

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16:39

Making medicine a bit easier to take

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/07/27

Ewing-based Orcosa developed the The RITe Platform, which produces an easy-to-take orally disintegrating tablet that rapidly infuses an active ingredient through the tissue in the cheek – enabling therapeutic effects quickly and efficiently. In this episode of NJBIZ Conversations, co-founders Bryan Ridall and Vincent Mileto discuss Ocrosa's origins, the promise of its technology and where the life sciences company is headed next.

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19:58

Keeping 'PACE' with NJ's 'silver tsunami'

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/07/19

PACE – Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly – is a Medicare and Medicaid program that helps people meet their health care needs in home or the community instead of in a nursing home or another kind of institution. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Trinity Health PACE CEO Dan Drake explains how the program works, enumerates the benefits and assesses the outlook given budget cuts coming out of Washington.

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21:11

Mayor Carstarphen discusses Camden's renaissance

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/07/13

Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen discusses the city’s renaissance, what it will take to keep the momentum building and his relationships with one of the city’s most prominent citizens — South Jersey power broker George Norcross.

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16:09

How can businesses cope with unpredictable world...

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/06/24

OceanFirst Financial CEO Chris Maher provides insight on how events unfolding here and around the world – from the escalating conflict in the Middle East to a heatwave to uncertainty over trade and immigration policies – might affect the economy and how business owners and executives can cope unpredictable world events and domestic political upheaval.

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22:13

What goes into an award-winning design project?

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/06/08

Gensler's Morristown office is led by Reid Brockmeier and Becky Button. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Brockmeier and Button discuss the design firm's work in and around Morristown, what clients are looking for as the business climate and work environment changes and the characteristics that make cities successful.

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19:36

SpotitEarly uses dogs' sense of smell to diagnose cancer

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/06/02

Getting screened for cancer is daunting and scary. You know what would make it less daunting and scary? If dogs were involved. At SpotitEarly, a cancer diagnostic startup based in Englewood, dogs are very involved. SpotitEarly uses dogs' remarkable sense of smell to diagnose four common types of cancer: lung, breast, colorectal and prostate. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, SpotitEarly CEO Shlomi Madar elaborates on the company's technology and where it goes from here.

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20:01

What's going on – and up – in Middlesex County?

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/05/10

Some of New Jersey's most significant economic development activity is taking place in Middlesex County, which is practically bursting with new construction that will bring more tech, eds and meds to Central New Jersey. John Pulomena, who has been the county administrator since 2008, sits in the middle of all this work. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Pulomena talks about what's going on in New Brunswick and throughout the county, and how all that development fits together.

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17:43

Using solar to power portable signs

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/05/02

Flemington-based Sunsign uses the sun to power signs, as the name implies. The company is the brainchild of Cliff Hoinowski, a former CEO at parking management firm CitiPark. That’s where he figured out that portable, solar-powered signs would work well for a variety of businesses. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Hoinowski describes how he founded the company, the process of designing and building the signs, and where the company goes from here.

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17:32

Want to break out on your own? This lawyer has some...

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/04/27

Sandra Fava gave up a Big Law career to start her own firm. Based in Morristown, Fava Law focuses exclusively on family law matters, including divorce; child custody and support; alimony/spousal support; appellate matters; prenuptial agreements; and domestic violence. Here, Fava talks about what prompted her to set out on her own, the challenges she faced, her advice to others thinking of doing the same sort of thing and what the future might hold for her practice.

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15:53

Assessing the current strength of the economy

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/03/28

One of the most prominent regional bankers in New Jersey is Ira Robbins, the CEO of Valley Bank. On his watch, the bank has grown from $29 billion in assets to $62 billion. In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Robbins assesses the current strength of the economy, the Fed's actions on interest rates and the outlook for Valley and other businesses.

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21:46

What businesses need to know about AI

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/03/16

Jeff Miller, CEO of Synchronoss Technologies, discusses the company's pivot to a high-level cloud solutions provider, how it employs artificial intelligence, what other businesses need to know about AI and his outlook for the economy over the next 12 months.

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21:24

2025 outlook for M&A and private equity

NJBIZ Conversations ·

2025/02/24

Dealmaking activity started strong in 2024, then leveled off. The result was a mediocre year for M&A. Eric Lewandowski, a partner at Sax LLP and leader of the firm’s Transaction Strategy and Transformation Practice, reviews the factors contributing to the 2024 numbers and assesses the outlook for M&A and private equity in 2025.

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