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Thank you for your interest in innovation-based economic development (IBED) in West Virginia. We hope you join us in celebrating the state's technology sector and in working towards a more robust and diverse economy across the Mountain State.
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U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller Visits
CART, Inc. at Bluefield State College
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L-R: Glen Ciborowski, Senator Rockefeller, Bruce Mutter, Roy Prue
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U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller visited the Center for Applied Research and Technology, Inc. (CART) at Bluefield State College on February 26 to talk to students, professors, and business leaders about robotics and high tech jobs. Bruce Mutter, CEO and Chair of CART, discussed the group's innovative research and award-winning robotics competition. Students described their interest in robotics with passion, and area business leaders spoke of their close affiliation with the research underway at CART. TechConnectWV Board Member Ron Basini and Executive Director Anne Barth also participated in the roundtable.
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| | WVSBDC's Gaucher Earns Tech Certification |
 Congratulations to Jamie Gaucher of the WV Small Business Development Center, who passed the exam for Technology Counselor Certification at the recent Association of Small Business Development Center conference. He is one of only 39 certified technology business coaches nationwide. The ASBDC certification requires expertise in tech transfer and commercialization, R&D funding, intellectual property issues, tech networking/resource identification, and alternative financing. "As the WVSBDC continues to strive to address the needs of West Virginia's entrepreneurs and technology-based businesses, we are committed to improving our own core competencies in an effort to bring value to the state," said Kristina Oliver, Director of the WVSBDC, in praising Gaucher's achievement. Gaucher has worked for the West Virginia Development Office since 2000, and joined the WVSBDC in 2007. He manages the WV SBIR-STTR programs and, as a business coach with the WVSBDC, offers expert coaching and technical assistance to West Virginia firms.
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| | Marshall University to Host Cyber Day April 7 |
 On April 7, Marshall University will host Cyberinfrastructure Day (CI Day), a one-day conference to showcase state-of-the-art computing technologies available to researchers at the university and across the region. The goal of the event is to help researchers--at Marshall and elsewhere--understand the potential of technology and supercomputing to enhance research, teaching and research funding.
Marshall alumnus and former Cisco Vice President Selby Wellman will deliver the keynote address. According to Dr. Tony Szwilski, director of Marshall's Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences and chairman of the CI Day planning committee, the term cyberinfrastructure is commonly used to refer to computational systems, data and information management, visualization environments and people-all linked together by collaborative software and advanced networks. Complete information about the event, including an agenda, speaker information, and the calls for project demonstrations and students posters, is available at www.marshall.edu/ciday. The event is free, but advance registration is requested.
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BioWV Executive Director Search
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The Bioscience Association of West Virginia (BioWV) is seeking an Executive Director and solicits interest from indiv iduals and entities able to provide services on a contractual basis. This is an exciting opportunity to develop the Association into a unique presence for West Virginia and the region. Those interested in the position should electronically forward their qualifications and a short expression of interest to bod@biowv.org. More details are posted at www.biowv.org. bd@biowv.org<mailto:bod@biowv.org>.
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| | New Home for TechConnectWV at Tech Park |
TechConnectWV now has an office in Building 740 at the West Virginia Education, Research, and Technology Park in South Charleston. Our thanks goes to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission for making space available in the tech park. Our new address is:
1740 Union Carbide Drive
Room 4203
South Charleston, WV 25303
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Want to learn more, get involved, or become a TechConnectWV sponsor?
Contact ...
Anne Barth
Executive Director
304-444-2918
anne@techconnectwv.org
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