October 18 has been declared National Exascale Day. It’s the official day of recognition for the supercomputing and broader HPC communities and the role they play in our world. This is the first in a series on the growth of Deep Tech development, emerging startups and venture investment that will impact the DuPage region.

From a career at a household-name luxury tech company to carpentry, you could say that Jaime Villgran’s path to the construction industry was unconventional. Eight years as a high-level recruiter there taught him to identify and nurture the best talent but left him wanting more for himself and his future employees. Jaime combined his hobby of carpentry, empathetic nature and HR expertise to launch Construo Construction, a company that is setting a new precedent for customer service in the industry.