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Under Armour Chairman & CEO to Speak at SSTI's 11th Annual Conference
SSTI is pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Plank, chairman and chief executive officer of Under Armour Inc., will be a keynote speaker at SSTI's 11th Annual Conference on Oct. 18-19 in Baltimore.
As a former special teams captain for the University of Maryland, Kevin Plank began to foster the idea that is now Under Armour in 1995 during his time on the football field. Tired of repeatedly changing the cotton T-shirt under his jersey as it became wet and heavy during the course of a game, he set out to develop a next-generation shirt that would remain drier and lighter and consistently perform under the most extreme conditions.
After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, Mr. Plank has taken Under Armour from a small operation in his grandmother's basement to a company employing more than 1,000 people in just one decade.
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The following were named recipients of the 2005 National Medal of Technology:
- Alfred Cho, adjunct vice president of semiconductor research at Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J.
- Dean Sicking, professor of civil engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Team in Madison, N.J.
- Genzyme Corporation in Cambridge, Mass.
- Semiconductor Research Corporation in Durham, N.C.
- Xerox Corporation in Stamford, Conn.
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Gary Carter is stepping down as the executive director of the Tax Increment Financing Commission in Kansas City to become a senior vice president of Davenport One, a regional economic development agency in Davenport, Iowa.
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Steve Gage announced he will retire as president of MAGNET, the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, effective July 13. Fatima Weathers will serve as acting president for the manufacturing advocate in Northeast Ohio, beginning July 16.
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Craig Heim was named licensing manager for start-up companies at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
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Victor Hwang, the immediate past president of Larta Institute, has co-founded T2 Venture Capital.
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Nick Sacia is the new executive director of the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce in St. Augustine, Fla.
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Paul Tonko was elected as president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Tonko replaces Peter Smith, whose resignation is effective at the end of June.
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Randy Weiss will serve as an entrepreneur-in-residence within the University of Iowa Research Foundation.
Congress, President Bush Debate Federal R&D, STEM Support
Over the past few months, Congress has been at work on a package of measures to address the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Two similar, yet distinct, competitiveness bills are currently being reconciled in conference between the House and the Senate. President Bush has voiced several objections to both the Senate and House bills and may even be prepared to veto the legislation if a compromise cannot be reached. Limiting that option for the president is the overwhelming bipartisan support both measures received in both chambers of Congress.