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Tech Forum on April 5 to Highlight Importance of Massachusetts IT Industry, Opportunities for Dramatic Job Growth in the Next Decade
FRANKLIN, Mass., April 2 -- State government officials and information technology executives will participate Monday (April 5) in a public forum that seeks to determine how the information technology can be a catalyst for growing the economy and jobs in Massachusetts. The event will be hosted by Karen E. Spilka, Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies.
Given new opportunities for growth in the IT industry, the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, the state's largest tech business association, has just unveiled its MassTLC 2020 Challenge, a call for the state and the industry to work together to create 100,000 new IT jobs in Massachusetts by the end of the decade. The forum will bring together IT leaders in government, education and business to discuss this challenge and other opportunities for the Commonwealth.
Note to reporters, photographers and video crews:
-- Interviews available with principals.
-- Visuals will include students in the Robotics program at Tri-County
Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin, who will demonstrate
their projects.
WHEN: Monday, April 5, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: EMC, 50 Constitution Boulevard, Franklin
WHO: Sen. Karen E. Spilka and other members of the Massachusetts
Legislature
Paul Matthews, executive director, 495/Metrowest Partnership
Jay Ganson, manager, business development and environmental
Affairs, Ambient Corp.
Steve Krom, VP and general manager, AT&T
Mohamad Ali, senior vice president, Avaya
Mark Weinegger, president, CE Communications, Franklin
Stuart Taylor, director, North American Mobile Segment, Cisco
Systems
Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder, CSN Stores
Chris Goode, vice president, EMC
Sean Belka, SVP and director, Fidelity Center for Applied
Technology
Bill Sawyer, vice president, IBM
Colin Angle, CEO, chairman and co-founder, IRobot
Pat Larkin, director, John Adams Innovation Institute
Joyce Plotkin, president emeritus, Mass Technology Leadership
Council
Tom Hopcroft, CEO and president, Mass Technology Leadership
Council
JD Chesloff, vice president, Mass. Business Roundtable
Bonnie Biocchi, president, MetroWest Chamber
Kiki Mills, president, MITX
Bill Luster, president, North Shore Economic Alliance
Ted Morgan, CEO, Skyhook Wireless
Lynn Griesemer, associate vice president for economic
development and executive director, UMass Donahue Institute
Donna Cupelo, region president, Verizon
Roberta Schaefer, president and CEO, Worcester Research Bureau
Source: Verizon
CONTACT: Sarah Blodgett for Sen. Karen Spilka, +1-617-722-1640; or Phil
Santoro, Verizon, +1-617-743-1278; or Mark Horan, Mass. Technology Leadership
Council, +1-781-684-0880, Ext. 2
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html
Tech Forum on April 5 to Highlight Importance of Massachusetts IT Industry, Opportunities for Dramatic Job Growth in the Next Decade
FRANKLIN, Mass., April 2 -- State government officials and information technology executives will participate Monday (April 5) in a public forum that seeks to determine how the information technology can be a catalyst for growing the economy and jobs in Massachusetts. The event will be hosted by Karen E. Spilka, Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies.
Given new opportunities for growth in the IT industry, the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, the state's largest tech business association, has just unveiled its MassTLC 2020 Challenge, a call for the state and the industry to work together to create 100,000 new IT jobs in Massachusetts by the end of the decade. The forum will bring together IT leaders in government, education and business to discuss this challenge and other opportunities for the Commonwealth.
Note to reporters, photographers and video crews:
-- Interviews available with principals.
-- Visuals will include students in the Robotics program at Tri-County
Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin, who will demonstrate
their projects.
WHEN: Monday, April 5, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: EMC, 50 Constitution Boulevard, Franklin
WHO: Sen. Karen E. Spilka and other members of the Massachusetts
Legislature
Paul Matthews, executive director, 495/Metrowest Partnership
Jay Ganson, manager, business development and environmental
Affairs, Ambient Corp.
Steve Krom, VP and general manager, AT&T
Mohamad Ali, senior vice president, Avaya
Mark Weinegger, president, CE Communications, Franklin
Stuart Taylor, director, North American Mobile Segment, Cisco
Systems
Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder, CSN Stores
Chris Goode, vice president, EMC
Sean Belka, SVP and director, Fidelity Center for Applied
Technology
Bill Sawyer, vice president, IBM
Colin Angle, CEO, chairman and co-founder, IRobot
Pat Larkin, director, John Adams Innovation Institute
Joyce Plotkin, president emeritus, Mass Technology Leadership
Council
Tom Hopcroft, CEO and president, Mass Technology Leadership
Council
JD Chesloff, vice president, Mass. Business Roundtable
Bonnie Biocchi, president, MetroWest Chamber
Kiki Mills, president, MITX
Bill Luster, president, North Shore Economic Alliance
Ted Morgan, CEO, Skyhook Wireless
Lynn Griesemer, associate vice president for economic
development and executive director, UMass Donahue Institute
Donna Cupelo, region president, Verizon
Roberta Schaefer, president and CEO, Worcester Research Bureau
Source: Verizon
CONTACT: Sarah Blodgett for Sen. Karen Spilka, +1-617-722-1640; or Phil
Santoro, Verizon, +1-617-743-1278; or Mark Horan, Mass. Technology Leadership
Council, +1-781-684-0880, Ext. 2
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html