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The Louisiana Emerging Technologies Center announced Arthur Cooper will serve as its first executive director.
The Louisiana Emerging Technologies Center announced Arthur Cooper will serve as its first executive director.
South Carolina Research Authority president Larry Druffel has announced he will retire next year.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius named Howard Fricke to serve as secretary of the state's Commerce Department.
Don Hutchinson is the new director of the Mayor's Office of Economic Development for the city of New Orleans.
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell named Marie O'Brien to oversee the Connecticut Development Authority.
DC Tech, the Washington DC Technology Council, announced Penny Pickett will be the new president.
IEDC's legislative director, Toby Rittner, has been named executive director of the Council of Development Finance Agencies.
Jay Tieber is the new president of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds.
Forum Aims to Support Entrepreneurs in Southern New Jersey
Rowan University Wins Approval for Technology Park Loan
Boise Gains First Angel Investor Network
Arkansas Biotech Research Threatened With 20% Cut
Peter Abramo has been named executive director of Cameron University’s Center of Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Studies, effective Aug. 30.
Peter Abramo has been named executive director of Cameron University’s Center of Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Studies, effective Aug. 30.
Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich has appointed Robert Brennan to succeed Hans Mayer as executive director of the Maryland Economic Development Corporation. Mayer retired after holding the position for 17 years.
James Greenwood will take over as president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization from outgoing president, Carl Feldbaum. Congressman Greenwood has represented the Eighth Congressional District since 1993.
Florence Mendelson has resigned as president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Innovation Works. She will remain in her position through the end of the year, helping to identify her successor and implement plans for fiscal year 2005.
The Purdue Research Foundation has appointed Robert J. Wichlinski as executive director of the new Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana and Kathy DeGuilio-Fox as the center’s business development manager.
One word sums up today's efforts to build tech-based economies: challenging. A restructuring manufacturing base, revolutionary scientific breakthroughs, China and Inda heralding a truly global economy, and tight budgets have left many states and communities simply reacting to change or waiting for better times.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest federal funding source for life sciences research conducted by small tech firms, has selected the Larta Institute to manage its nationwide Commercialization Assistance Program. The multi-year $2.5 million award will target Phase II recipients of the NIH Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR/STTR).
Galynn Beer succeeds Johnny Roy as the new chairman of the board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
Jeff Brancato has been named Associate Vice President for Economic Development of University of Massachusetts.
Galynn Beer succeeds Johnny Roy as the new chairman of the board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
Jeff Brancato has been named Associate Vice President for Economic Development of University of Massachusetts.
Victor Budnick, executive director of Connecticut Innovations, has announced his retirement effective April 1.
Anthony Armstrong returns to the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund as its new director.
Bay Area Regional Technology Alliance (BARTA) has been renamed the TechVentures Network as the Bay Area's leading source of access to financing, business data and services for emerging technology.