These companies are proposing to expand in Rochester

ALBANY - Three high-tech companies are expected to expand in southeastern Rochester, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce Wednesday in his State of the State address.

CloudCheckr, a cloud management platform company located in Village Gate Square, hopes to add up to 400 new jobs by 2025, Cuomo said.

Mastodon Design, a communication hardware manufacturing company, has already moved into a 34,000 square-foot facility on Science Parkway and vowing to add 235 jobs over the next several years.

And Calero Software said it plans to grow its Rochester operations, aiming to add up to 100 new jobs over the next five years.

Cuomo plans to highlight the expansion plans in his statewide address in Albany on Wednesday, his office told the USA TODAY Network New York on Saturday.

“Rochester is quickly gaining a reputation as the home of some of the most innovative tech companies in the region thanks in part to targeted state investments and our locally-driven approach to economic development," Cuomo said in a statement.

The announcements are the latest among many job-creation projects in upstate New York since Cuomo took office in 2011 that failed to come to fruition, leaving the region's economy stagnant.

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The new investments by the companies include state subsidies. CloudCheckr, for example, will get up to $8 million in tax credits if it creates the jobs promised.

The company plans to spend $6.7 million for its new development.

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Cuomo, entering his 10th year in office, said the companies are committed to growing in Rochester.

"The investments by these companies to expand in the region will create new, good-paying jobs and help ensure all the arrows continue pointing in the right direction for the Finger Lakes region," the Democratic governor said.

CloudCheckr offers companies a "software-as-a-service platform" for cloud computing and partners with leading web companies, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

Mastodon works mainly with the U.S. Department of Defense and manufactures intelligence and communications products. It was acquired last year by CACI International, a defense contractor with facilities in Virginia and Florida.

Mastodon will receive up to $3 million in state grants if meets its job-creation goals, Cuomo's office said. The company's expansion and relocation is expected to cost $4.8 million.

Calero, a software development company, was founded in 2013 and last month merged with MDSL, which is based in Phoenix.

It is located at 1040 University Ave. and will get up to $1 million in state aid if it creates all the jobs it promises, the state said.

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