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Anna Ehnmark was appointed executive director of the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington.
Anna Ehnmark was appointed executive director of the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington.
John Gee was named president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Wisconsin.
Donna Kent resigned as president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council to accept a position with Televerde, a marketing service solutions provider based in Tempe.
Lisa Kuuttila is the first CEO of Michigan State University Technologies, a business organization to train MSU students in the commercialization of science and technology.
Enterprise Florida selected Louis Laubscher to replace Howard Haug as its new senior vice president and COO.
Connecticut Innovations has named John Mengacci interim president while it conducts a broad search to fill the position permanently.
Richard Nelson has been appointed chairman and CEO of the Council of Regional Information Technology Associations.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has named Avi Schick and David Emil, respectively, as chairman and president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.
Gov. Chet Culver has appointed Mike Tramontina as director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
John Wasilisin was named deputy executive director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation.
Steve Zylstra stepped down as CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
DATELINE: RICHMOND, Va.
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Virginia:
Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced appointments to the following boards and commissions:
* denotes reappointment
Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles
Juan A. Astruc Jr., M.D.* of Glen Allen, partner at the Retina Institute of Virginia;
Doug Johnson of UniverCity Connections believes a bill providing tax credits to angel investors putting their money into start-up companies will create hundreds of new jobs in Colorado and help stimulate the lagging state economy.
Superclusters can be explosive.
Colorado State University this week announced that its researchers have more than doubled the number of inventions, a phenomenal effort in two years. University officials attribute the success to the supercluster concept, which unites researchers with those in the private sector who can take their ideas and run, such as business experts, patent attorneys, marketers, etc. While the superclusters don't create new research, they foster it by speeding the transfer of technology from research to implementation.
Eric Cromwell announced he is resigning as director of technology development for the State of Tennessee.
Frank Dinucci announced he will step down in April 2007 as president of Connecticut Innovations.
Eric Cromwell announced he is resigning as director of technology development for the State of Tennessee.
Frank Dinucci announced he will step down in April 2007 as president of Connecticut Innovations.
C. Robert Eaton is resigning as president of MdBio, effective March 31, 2007, to pursue other opportunities in the private sector.
Bill Goetz, chief of staff in the North Dakota Office of the Governor, has been selected to be chancellor of the North Dakota University System, beginning July 1, 2007.
Oleg Kaganovich will resign as CEO of the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) in June 2007, but remain a member of SARTA's board of directors.