BDB Convenes Global Innovation Leaders 

May 23, 2025 – Palm Beach County has emerged as a vibrant hub of global innovation. Industry leaders—Carrier, ZimVie, HotelPlanner, and NewDay USA—are transforming the region’s identity from a luxury destination into a high-tech corridor driving breakthroughs in climate control, digital health, AI-powered travel, and fintech-enabled homeownership—all from the heart of the Palm Beaches. The Business Development Board is proud to have worked with all four of these companies in expanding their presence in Palm Beach County

Together, these companies employ 1,833 people locally and more than 56,000 worldwide, firmly establishing Palm Beach County as a global innovation nexus. These are not merely jobs—they are careers at the forefront of advanced technologies, machine learning, smart systems, and biomedical innovation.

Fostering Innovation in Palm Beach County

Carrier’s HQ serves as an interactive showcase for cutting-edge technologies that power intelligent and sustainable global systems.
Headquartered in a 224,000 sq. ft. innovation campus in Palm Beach Gardens, Carrier Global Corporation operates at the intersection of smart building solutions, environmental intelligence, and sustainability. As a global leader in climate tech, Carrier’s facility is a living lab—a LEED Platinum and WELL Platinum-certified campus that showcases next-gen HVAC, refrigeration, and automation technologies. Carrier’s facility isn’t just a corporate headquarters—it’s a technology experience center, where customers interact with cutting-edge innovations shaping smarter, safer, and more sustainable environments worldwide.

• Address: 4555 Riverside Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Size: 11,000 square feet
• Local: 400+ jobs
• Global: ~1,700 jobs
• Leader: Vafa Jamali, Chairman, President and CEO
• Innovation: Dental implants, biomaterials, and digital workflow solutions

HotelPlanner isn’t just tracking the future of travel tech—they’re engineering it from Palm Beach County.
Headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, HotelPlanner is disrupting the global travel industry with its proprietary machine learning algorithms and 24/7 gig-based customer service model. More than just a booking platform, the company powers some of the biggest names in travel, hospitality, weddings, and sports events through intelligent automation and a real-time global network.

NewDay USA is redefining mortgage lending with real-time decisioning tools and a cloud-based infrastructure that scales globally.
From a sleek, 50,000 sq. ft. fintech HQ in downtown West Palm Beach, NewDay USA is transforming how veterans access home financing. This isn’t your average mortgage lender—NewDay operates with a Silicon Valley mindset, deploying AI, predictive analytics, and proprietary loan origination technology to streamline the lending process from application to closing.

The Business Development Board, the public/private economic development agency serving all of Palm Beach County, has proudly partnered with all four of these global tech-driven companies to support their growth and expansion. This week, the BDB brought together hundreds of cross-sector leaders—including innovators from the private sector, public officials, nonprofit executives, and community stakeholders—for a powerful conversation on global strategy and innovation. Leaders spanning from Boca Raton up to Jupiter and out to the Glades Region heard insights from world leaders at the BDB Luncheon on May 21, 2025, sponsored by Bank of America. As Palm Beach County continues to emerge as a national epicenter for high-tech industry and sustainable development, the BDB remains at the forefront—connecting companies like Carrier, ZimVie, HotelPlanner, and NewDay USA with academic partners, municipal leaders, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, workforce pipelines through CareerSource Palm Beach County, and strategic alliances with SelectFlorida and FloridaCommerce.

 

About the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County:

The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB) serves as the county’s official public/private economic development organization. Established in 1982, the BDB is dedicated to attracting and retaining industries, fostering business investments, creating high-quality jobs, and supporting workforce development through corporate relocations, expansions, and international trade initiatives. Over the past five years, the BDB has supported more than 140 companies, contributing to the creation or retention of over 13,110 direct jobs with average salaries exceeding $80,000. These efforts have driven more than $1.12 billion in capital investments into Palm Beach County.