🔒Tariq Farid Elected To International Franchise Association board of directors

Tariq Farid, founder and CEO of Wallingford-based Edible Arrangements, has been elected to the International Franchise Association board of directors.

Farid is one of 10 new board members who will take their positions at the conclusion of the 56th IFA Annual Convention in San Antonio on Feb. 23, 2016.

The board of trustees of BOMI International (Building Owners and Managers Institute International) – a nonprofit educational organization that provides education and expertise to personnel with property, facility and building systems management responsibilities – elected David Fagone to a two-year term as board chairman.

Fagone is president and chief operating officer of Hartford-based RM Bradley Management Corp., a regional commercial property management and brokerage firm managing more than 6.5 million square feet of commercial office, residential complexes, shopping centers and mixed-use properties throughout Connecticut, Boston, and Fairfax, Va.

Fagone is a past president of the Greater Hartford chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and sits on its board.

Seven Connecticut companies have been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500. It is a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America, based on revenue growth.

Connecticut companies on the list include:

• SurgiQuest Inc., a Milford manufacturer of medical devices, which saw 877 percent growth;

• Revolution Lighting Technologies, a Stamford manufacturer that saw 755 percent growth;

• Clarity Software Solutions, a Madison software company that saw 298 percent growth;

• Evariant, a Farmington software developer, which saw 263.8 percent growth;

• HP One, a Trumbull software company with 213 percent growth;

• Alexion, a Cheshire biopharmaceutical company, with 185 percent growth;

• APS Technology, a Wallingford tech company that saw growth of 125 percent.

Middlesex Community College has been designated a 2016 Military Friendly School by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs, STEM Jobs and Military Spouse.

The Military Friendly Schools designation is awarded to the top colleges, universities, community colleges and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to dedicate resources to ensure their success both in the classroom and after graduation.