Instant Access to Best Practices from Leading TBED Practitioners!

SSTI has an effective new 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 award winning initiatives successfully responded to a critical need by applying innovative approaches to generate substantial economic gains for their region.

Expanding the Research Capacity

• Ted McAleer of USTAR – 2013 Winner of the Expanding Research Capacity Category
• Dan Gincel of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) – 2012 Winner of the Expanding Research Capacity Category
• Kumble Subbaswamy, former University of Kentucky Provost – 2011 Winner of the Expanding the Research Capacity Category
• Betsy Biemann of the Maine Technology Institute – 2010 Winner of the Expanding the Research Capacity Category
• Peggy Shults of the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program – 2009 Winner of the Expanding the Research Infrastructure Category
• Mike Cassidy, President & CEO, Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) – 2007 Winner of the Expanding the Research Infrastructure Category

Commercializing Research

• Skip Rung of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) – 2012 Winner of the Commercializing Research Category
• Julie Lenzer Kirk of ACTiVATE – 2011 Winner of the Commercializing Research Category
• Chris Coleman of Washington Technology Center – 2009 Winner of the Commercializing Research Category
• Jim Poulos,Vice President, Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Maryland TEDCO – 2008 Winner of the Commercializing Research Category
• Susan Shows, Senior Vice President, Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) – 2007 Winner of the Commercializing Research Category

Building Entrepreneurial Capacity

• Wayne Barz of Ben Franklin TechVentures® – 2012 Winner of the Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Category
• Camille Saltman of CONNECT – 2011 Winner of the Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Category
• Ray Leach of JumpStart – 2010 Winner of the Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Category
• Will Indest of TechColumbus – 2009 Winner of the Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Category
• Dave McNamara, Director, SC Launch – 2008 Winner of the Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Category
• Tom Rogers, former President and CEO of Technology 2020 and Shawn Carson, Director of Technology 2020's Center for Entrepreneurial Growth – Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Category Category

Increasing Access to Capital

• Wayne Embree of TechColumbus – 2012 Winner of the Increasing Access to Capital Category
• Baiju Shah of BioEnterprise – 2011 Winner of the Increasing Access to Capital Category
• Tom Walker of i2E, Inc. – 2010 Winner of the Increasing Access to Capital Category
• Ray Leach of JumpStart – 2009 Winner of the Increasing Access to Capital Category
• Rich Lunak, President and CEO of Innovation Works – 2008 Winner of the Increasing Access to Capital Category
• Peter Longo, President and Executive Director, Connecticut Innovations – 2007 Winner of the Increasing Access to Capital Category

Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries

• Fred Cartwright of Clemson University Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) – 2012 Winner of the Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries Category
• Nabil Nasr, Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology – 2011 Winner of the Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries Category
• Randy Berridge of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council – 2010 Winner of the Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries Category
• Bob Starzynski of Innovation Works – 2009 Winner of the Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries Category
• Wayne Sumple and Bob Torrani of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) – 2008 Winner of the Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries Category
• Martha Connolly, Director, Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS) – 2007 Winner of the Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries Category

Enhancing the Science & Technology Workforce Category

• Susan Palisano of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technologies – 2009 Winner of the Enhancing the Science & Technology Workforce Category
• Sheryl Bryan, Project Director, Virginia Council on Advanced Technology Skills (VCATS) – 2007 Winner of the Enhancing the Science & Technology Workforce Category

Most Promising TBED Initiative

• MaryAnn Guerra of BioAccel – 2012 Winner of Most Promising TBED Initiative
• Rebecca Bagley of NorTech – 2011 Winner of the Most Promising TBED Initiative Category