Instant Access to Best Practices from Leading TBED Practitioners!
Podcasts are an effective learning tool for TBED policymakers and practitioners seeking guidance in approaches to building and sustaining tech-based economies. Through exclusive interviews with Excellence in TBED award recipients, find out first-hand how these nationally recognized programs successfully responded to a critical need by applying innovative approaches to generate substantial economic gains for their region.
Most Promising TBED Initiative
- Mark Harris of the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
- Gordon McConnell of Arizona State University Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group
- MaryAnn Guerra of BioAccel
- Rebecca Bagley of NorTech
Commercializing Research
- Patti Breedlove of the University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator
- Tim Bour and Eric Gricus of Innovation Center of the Rockies
- Skip Rung of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)
- Julie Lenzer Kirk of ACTiVATE
- Chris Coleman of Washington Technology Center
- Jim Poulos of Maryland TEDCO
- Susan Shows of the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)
Building Entrepreneurial Capacity
- Jim Jen of Innovation Works’ AlphaLab Accelerator Programs
- Eric Gulve of BioGenerator and BioSTL
- Wayne Barz of Ben Franklin TechVentures®
- Camille Saltman of CONNECT
- Ray Leach of JumpStart
- Will Indest of TechColumbus
- Dave McNamara of SC Launch
- Tom Rogers of Technology 20/20
Increasing Access to Capital
- Bob Coy of CincyTech
- Bruce Gjovig of the University of North Dakota Center for Innovation Foundation
- Wayne Embree of TechColumbus
- Baiju Shah of BioEnterprise
- Tom Walker of i2E, Inc.
- Ray Leach of JumpStart
- Rich Lunak of Innovation Works
- Peter Longo of Connecticut Innovations
Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries
- Lori LeRoy of BioCrossroads
- Susan Windham-Bannister of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
- Fred Cartwright of Clemson University Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)
- Nabil Nasr, Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology
- Randy Berridge of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council
- Bob Starzynski of Innovation Works
- Wayne Sumple and Bob Torrani of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT)
- Martha Connolly of the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS)
Expanding the Research Capacity
- Ted McAleer of USTAR
- Dan Gincel of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF)
- Kumble Subbaswamy of Kentucky’s Bucks for Brains Endowment Match Program
- Betsy Biemann of the Maine Technology Institute
- Peggy Shults of the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program
- Mike Cassidy of the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)
Enhancing the Science & Technology Workforce Category
- Susan Palisano of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technologies
- Sheryl Bryan of the Virginia Council on Advanced Technology Skills (VCATS)