Collaborative Fusion, Inc. (CFI) was a

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-based provider of ESAR-VHP and

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software for coordination of emergency personnel. Its president and vice president were founders Atila Omer and Bryan Kaplan, respectively. CFI was acquired in 2011 by the Intermedix Corporation, a firm owned by

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. Following the spin-off of Intermedix Corporation and Juvare, LLC in May, 2018, Collaborative Fusion, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Juvare, LLC, a firm owned by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.

History

Collaborative Fusion, Inc. (CFI) was a

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-based provider of ESAR-VHP and

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. Prior to attending Carnegie Mellon, Kaplan graduated from the

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in Los Angeles. Omer, a graduate of

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, previously worked at

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before attending Carnegie Mellon's

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program and subsequently co-founding Collaborative Fusion. At the beginning of 2008, CFI moved into its new corporate headquarters offices on 5849

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, Pennsylvania.

Clients

Past and present clients include local, state, and federal governmental government agencies within the United States. The

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awarded CFI contracts for disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes

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and

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in 2005. They also have developed and support technology programs for state governments, including the State of

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's Medical Volunteer System. CFI also administers a number of federally mandated ESAR-VHP programs for state governments.

Accolades

CFI has been selected as one of the "50 Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania" in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 by the ''

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'' as well as #31 of the "Top 50 Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania with Under 50 Employees" by the ''

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''.

Juvare Acquisition

On September 19, 2011, the Intermedix Corporation, a Florida-based healthcare technology provider, announced that it had acquired Collaborative Fusion. Following the spin-off of Intermedix Corporation and Juvare, LLC in May, 2018, Collaborative Fusion, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Juvare, LLC, a firm owned by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Juvare began operations in 2018. The company operates on a global scale working with emergency and incident response teams from federal, state and local agencies. In an emergency, Juvare solutions are used by emergency and incident management teams to coordinate and respond to all disasters from natural disasters to mad-made disasters, providing solutions to emergency management and incidents team members. Juvare’s platform solutions are used in multiple industries such as Aviation, Corporate Enterprise, Education, Emergency and Incident Management, Energy and Utilities, Federal Agencies, Government Defense, Healthcare, Public Health, State and Local Government Agencies, and Transportation. Juvare’s WebEOC platform is the most widely-used incident management solution in the industry. The system was used to help coordinate and prepare EMS in Atlanta, Georgia for Super Bowl LIII held on Feb. 3, 2019, when over 1 million visitors across the globe came to the city. Using Juvare’s solution, key personnel were able to plan for the event, monitor incidents and relay pertinent information to EMS (Emergency Medical Services), firefighters, hospital staff, state and local police, and federal government agencies regarding emergencies and crisis incidents, also helping to coordinate supplies and labor power to specific locations, and ambulances to local hospitals. Other Juvare solutions include CORES HAN, a high-volume mass alert platform; CORES RMS, which helps coordinate volunteer personnel; eICS Electronic Incident Command System; EMTrack, a patient and population tracking solution; EMResource, a management platform for healthcare and emergency resources; and Fleeteyes, which is used for tracking and accessing emergency management fleet vehicles.

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