NERAC

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Nerac
Type	Private
Founded	Storrs, Connecticut (1966)
Founder	Dr. Daniel Wilde
Headquarters	Tolland, Connecticut
Key people	Kevin Bouley
Industry	Research and Advisory
Products	Advisory Services
Revenue	Not reported
Employees	250+
Website	www.nerac.com

Nerac, Inc. is a research and advisory firm for companies developing innovative products and technologies. Nerac is located in Tolland, Connecticut, USA.

The company was founded in 1966 by Daniel Wilde, a professor of computer science at the University of Connecticut (UCONN). Nerac began operating in 1966 as the New England Research Application Center, an experimental collaboration between the University of Connecticut and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). In 1985, Nerac separated from the University of Connecticut and incorporated under the name Nerac, Inc.. Having succeeded in its NASA-sponsored mission, Nerac severed its ties with NASA in 1991. An article by NASA Exploring the Unknown talks about the benefits of NASA "Spinoff" technology.

Currently, Nerac provides clients access to Analysts who serve as advisors and deliver custom assessments of product and technology development opportunities, competitive threats, intellectual property strategies, compliance requirements, and scientific review and problem-solving. ^[1]

It also acts as an information aggregator for scientific and technical databases ^[2]

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^ "Nerac.com Named One of Connecticut's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte & Touche 'Fast 50' Program" BusinessWire
^ "Nerac Makes Top Ten List of STM Aggregators BusinessWire"

3. "ASM Board of Trustees and Finance Committee Support Business Initiatives and Projects" - LINK TO ARTICLE: http://www.asminternational.org/Template.cfm?Section=NewsReleases1&template=/PressRelease/PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=1794&News=1