Connecticut Technology Council

CCAT Advanced Manufacturing Tour 2013

Johan traces the Mobius design that was manufactured from a solid block of aluminum

The CTC Staff, plus one, took a tour of CCAT's Advanced Manufacturing Center on the campus of Pratt & Whitney and the the United Technologies Research Center.  Tenant companies inside the Advanced  Manufacturing Center have access both to laboratory and R&D space for projects that require industrial laboratory capabilities. In addition, the AMC also offers access to extensive materials characterization and other technology support services to those companies.

Today was Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and Johan, age 6, joined CTC as a technology worker, with a focus on learning about lasers.  The tour was fascinating to all - young and old! We look forward to sharing our knowledge of CCAT's unique capabilities with our CT companies. 

Jeffrey Crandall describes the The Optomec Additive Manufacturing - Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) system which builds parts layer-by-layer. It is used to cost effectively fabricate, enhance, and repair high performance metal components in state-of-the-art materials. The LENS system can process many high-performance metals including titanium and nickel-based super-alloys with the quality required for the critical applications typical of those found in aerospace, defense and medical devices.

The tour included the opportunity to reach in and and experience the manufacturing process, coming close to the most powerful lasers this 6 year old has ever seen!

Matthew Nemerson to take leave from Connecticut Technology Council as its President and CEO to run for Mayor of New Haven

Matthew Nemerson, a leader in Connecticut’s technology industry and economic development will continue at the Council on a part-time basis as he runs for Mayor of New Haven.  Nemerson will continue to supervise the management of the CTC, with day-to-day responsibilities for running the organization left to senior staff.

He will continue to be actively involved in advising the other organizations under CTC’s management, Crossroads Venture Group and CTNext, the State’s initiative to support entrepreneurship. Nemerson explained "As the Council, our community and our region move forward, I will continue to be an advocate on behalf of the Council. The Council is a strong organization with an effective, empowered board of directors who will continue the mission of the organization. “

CTC Board Chair Chuck Pagano, CTO of ESPN, emphasized that the initiatives spearheaded under Nemerson's will continue.  Mr. Pagano says, “Matthew has been an invaluable force for focusing on growing the innovation eco-system and supporting our members and technology community needs, and for the foreseeable future his invaluable advice will be available to the Council.” The Council will still go forward on the following key efforts:

• Building a connected community of the over 2000 technology companies in the state
• Nurturing strong relationships with other technology and economic development organizations
• Leading the tech advocacy program, providing education to the legislature, public and industry leadership
• Providing resources and mentoring to entrepreneurs through CTNEXT.
• Remaining active in the national association of technology councils, TECNA, which is the prime resource for TBED best practices for tech councils across the continent.

The Connecticut Technology Council board of directors will re-evaluate the status of Mr. Nemerson’s leave at the end of May.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Paige Rasid 
Chief Operating Officer
Connecticut Technology Council
860-289-0878, x335
Http://www.ct.org

ABOUT THE CONNECTICUT TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
The Connecticut Technology Council (www.ct.org) is Connecticut's industry association for the technology sector. CTC's mission is to connect people, ideas and opportunities to the global technology and innovation community. CTC provides members with business assistance and specialized programs, in addition to promoting and supporting public policies that globally position Connecticut's "culture of innovation" that helps attract great ideas and entrepreneurs to develop new jobs and wealth for the state.
 
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A recent article from the New Haven Independent gives more information on CTC President and CEO Matthew Nemerson's New Haven mayoral campaign, including his motivations for running, ideas for changes and innovations in governance, as well as his progressive plan for a new debate format in the Elm City.

 

 

 

From the article:  “I want to run for mayor because the next mayor has got to be able to forge a partnership between the unions, between the existing government apparatus, has to be able to explain why New Haven is going to be the next great global small city,” Nemerson, who’s 57, said in an interview Tuesday.

He argued that his background—current president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council trade group, former president of New Haven’s Chamber of Commerce (where he was one of the state’s first business leaders to support a progressive income tax), founding vice-president of Science Park, as well as co-chair of the 19th Ward Democratic Committee since 1994—gives him the ability to play that role. He laid out a campaign platform that includes building concentrated new communities downtown and by the harbor to lure 10,000 new people to live in New Haven (by constructing mixed-income high-rises surrounded by three-story townhouses and storefronts closer to the street); developing manufacturing-oriented industrial parks in Fair Haven and along Ella Grasso Boulevard in the quest to create 10,000 new jobs; and luring Yale or Harvard or Columbia to help the city launch a Bronx Science-style competitive-admissions public high school that would be “the best in state.”

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[Here is] Nemerson’s campaign-opening challenge to his opponents: that they should all agree as a group to conduct 15 debates across the city’s 30 wards. Besides promoting debate on issues, that will lessen the influence of money in the race, Nemerson argued.

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Central to Nemerson’s platform is the notion of “smarter” 21st century government that learns from private-sector management advances.

Advances like “just-in time” manufacturing: Processes that respond to day-to-day demands and market realities rather than fixed long-term schedules.

Government can do that with street-sweeping, Nemerson said. Rather than adhere to an annual cycle dictating when each street gets swept—or which neighborhood gets sidewalks fixed or public spaces get cleaned—government should bring all agencies together to respond immediately to where problems develop.

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The article identifies members of Nemerson's campaign staff, many of which are well-known members of the New Haven community.

Sal Brancati: Adviser/Fundraiser

Angel Fernandez: Treasurer

Wade Gibson: Deputy Treasurer

Chuck Mascola: Marketing

 

The article was written by Paul Bass, and appeared in the New Haven Independent.  The full text can be found here.

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