CTC In The News

Dreams of Silicon Valley

Hartford Courant, 2/24/08 - Matt Nemerson of the Connecticut Technology Council compares Tolland to Cambridge, England, where a number of important consulting firms have formed around its university.
"I could see Tolland and the UConn area as a place where companies relocate from New York and New Jersey," Nemerson said.

Successful, Young and ... Gone?

Hartford Courant, 2/12/08 - "We are like old people in an old mansion," said Matthew Nemerson, president of the Connecticut Technology Council. "We [should] be out there financing companies that would otherwise be in Cambridge. We have to treat the potential high-growth companies, even if they only are two people, like they are gold."

4th Annual Women of Innovation Awards
Hartford Advocate, 2/7/08 - The Connecticut Technology Council announced the winners of its fourth annual Women of Innovation Awards at a dinner attended by 500 at Southington's Aqua Turf Club recently. The awards recognize women in the workforce who are innovators, role models and leaders in the technology, science and engineering fields. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was on hand to congratulate the 54 finalists, of whom eight were honored as winners in categories that included small business innovation, youth innovation and leadership.

CT tech group honors women of science

Connecticut Post , 2/1/08 - One leads an international pharmaceutical company's new drug discovery lab. Another is in charge of improving the chances of surviving attacks for helicopter pilots and passengers. A third, the youngest and still in high school, has already worked on laboratory studies of drug abuse, AIDS and Alzheimer's.

Entrepreneurial Growth in Connecticut, CT Commerce Committee Presentation
CT-N recording, 1/24/08 - The Connecticut Technology Council is committed to encouraging entrepreneurial growth in Connecticut.  During the 2008 Legislative Session, the CTC is making the case for:  Tax credits for Angel Investors. This will leverage private dollars to create jobs and keep Connecticut competitive with other states in attracting new high technology firms. Matthew Nemerson appeared before the Commerce Committee on 1/24/08.  To view the session on CT-N, go to: Commerce Committee Forum on Encouraging Entrepreneurial Growth in Connecticut

NE Technology Groups Need to Think Regionally
Mass High Tech, 12/28/07 - " The technology agenda for 2008 should include a new emphasis on creating a regional approach to efforts to promote our key industries and competitive advantages. A range of issues from Amtrak funding to promoting technology transfer all will benefit...." said Matthew Nemerson, president and chief executive of the Connecticut Technology

Dual awards for Sen. LeBeau's support of high tech industry
East Hartford Gazette, 1/10/08 - "East Hartford State Sen. Gary D. LeBeau (D-3rd State Senatorial District), co-chairman of the legislature's commerce committee, was recently honored by two state business organizations for his commitment to bioscience and high-tech industries here in Connecticut...."

"Gary has supported technology-based economic development from the very beginning, and has been supportive of all or initiatives to make Connecticut a leading-technology state," CTC President and CEO Matthew Nemerson said.

Bailing Out At Energy Company
Hartford Courant, 12/20/07 - "This has been a company with an impressive run of creating technology," said Matthew Nemerson, president and chief executive of the Connecticut Technology...

Don't let state fall further behind in technology, by Matthew Nemerson
Connecticut Post, 10/28/07 - The state Department of Public Utility Control may be "cutting off our nose to spite our face" if it goes ahead and forces AT&T to stop rolling out its new Internet protocol television service in Connecticut due to a new federal ruling having to do with the definition of whether such services should be regulated as a cable television offering. In today's highly competitive, highly interconnected and interdependent world, Connecticut will benefit from the upgrading of its communications infrastructure that the AT&T television service will bring to Internet users. So much so that we should do what it takes to encourage the major spending that the program will bring with it. Read more -->

Tech Leader Made Money Partying
Hartford Business Journal, 06/18/07 - Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council, earned his first few dollars by partying. Read more -->