Meghan Shue knew she wanted to work in finance as early as high school, setting a goal in college to land a job on Wall Street. But she faced a few curveballs, including a global financial crisis that hit just as she graduated with degrees in operations research and financial engineering.

Advanced Solutions Life Sciences earned top honors at the NH Tech Alliance’s Product of the Year competition last year for the AI-powered software it uses to create human tissue and bone through a 3D printing platform known as the BioAssembly Bot 500, which features a multi-axis robotic arm.

Jordana Pomeroy’s path to New Hampshire included stops in much bigger locales, but when the board of the Currier Museum of Art contacted her to consider leaving South Florida to come to Manchester, it was the right move at the right time.