Stephen Candelmo is the CEO and Co-Founder of Synapsify, Inc., an award winning and venture backed company that builds applications that semantically reads and learns from written content similar to humans. Prior to Synapsify, Stephen was an original co-founder of Fedbid, Inc., the leading reverse auction exchange for federal procurement where he was responsible for all strategic development and partnerships for the company. He has over 15 years of experience in corporate, finance and technology matters as a corporate attorney. He has been a featured speaker and writer for several industry conferences and publications regarding start-up, legal and technology issues and growth strategies.