In 1997, Dean M. Willard and his daughter, Emily Willard formed their own private equity investment group, Sangha Associates, Inc. Willard Solutions International and Willard Healthcare Solutions are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sangha Associates. Willard IoT is also owned by Dean M. Willard & Emily Willard.

Mr. Willard had just completed a very successful career running a New York Stock Exchange Company
for the twenty-five years prior to forming Sangha. His efforts earned his company the position of Forbes top ten best small companies for the two years prior to his sale of the company. Mr. Willard achieved a number of important accomplishments including leading the team that developed the Stealth Coatings technology for the US B2 Bomber. Sangha has achieved many important accomplishments during its 21 years of operation. The company partnered with Maritime Partners (an investment arm of William Gates II) and restructured two of his investments, in one case turning $5 million in proceeds of the sale of Gates owned Automotive Performance Group into the $150 million revenue producing Permatex after market chemicals company.

The Willards have historically focused on bringing disruptive technologies to the aerospace and chemical markets and are now applying that same business strategy to the Internet of Things. The Willard Smart Exit is the first of a number of planned innovations which bring entirely new capabilities in regulatory compliance, worker safety and cost savings.

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Sangha has achieved many important accomplishments during its 21 years of operation. The company partnered with William Gates II and restructured two of his investments, in one case turning $5 million in proceeds of the sale of Gates owned Automotive Performance Group into the $150 million revenue producing Permatex after market chemicals company.

Sangha partnered in a number of investments with The Jordan Company, NY, achieving over $1.5 billion in returns to investors. Sangha also formed other companies over the last 21 years, all of which involved bringing technology to the market place. This ranged from engineering & building the largest solar powered greenhouse in the EU, a $100 million project in Istres, France, to providing communications support to the White House Military Office, the Pentagon & US Navy. Mr. Willard & Ms. Willard have completed over 150 transactions.

The Willard businesses are now focused on communications and advanced technologies for healthcare, hospitality, security and government.

The Willard Healthcare Solutions business services over 100 hospitals throughout the United States. Willard Solutions International is focused on bringing technology solutions to Europe & the Middle East.

Willard IoT focuses heavily on North America, the Middle East and Europe and was established to maximize the partnership with IBM to bring advanced technologies in IoT solutions to the global market. Willard IoT has developed and introduced the Willard Smart ExitTM, a smart exit sign that meets the compliance requirements of the National Fire Protection Association, the Joint Commission for Certification of Hospitals, Medicare & Medicaid