03/20/2013 - 15:30
DETROIT- H2bid, Inc. the global leader in water infrastructure procurement, launched its e-bidding service for water and wastewater utilities. H2bid's e-bidding service allows water and wastewater utilities to use an online bidding process for all contracts, including all products, projects, and services. It is the first e-bidding service designed specifically for water and wastewater utilities.
03/09/2013 - 21:21
PALO ALTO -- With new hires topping 200,000 nationally during February for the first time in several years, sustaining the recovery depends in part on a new spring of innovation coming from the people that June Riley gathers several times per month.
Riley, president and CEO of the VC Taskforce, with an impressive 14,000 database comprising every significant player in the industry and a ten year track record, is holding a monthly Seed Stage Angel Elevator Pitch in San Francisco in the offices of law firm Hanson Bridgett, 425 Market St. Monday, March 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.
02/08/2013 - 04:52
SAN FRANCISCO -- As a physician, public health practitioner and entrepreneur, Dr. Keith Shongwe foresees a continent-wide leap forward in health care, similar to the rapid growth in mobile technology.
02/02/2013 - 19:43
MIAMI -- Hugh Stewart's first two forays into business did not bear fruit, so he created or acquired another 18 companies in the last 12 years.
01/31/2013 - 19:28
SUNNYVALE– Amarantus BioScience, Inc. (OTCQB: AMBS), a biotechnology company discovering and developing treatments and diagnostics for diseases associated with the neurodegeneration and apoptosis centered around its patented therapeutic protein MANF, has secured an additional $1.4 million of financing commitments through an amendment of the initial Convertible Note with Dominion Capital.
01/15/2013 - 14:18
WASHINGTON -- Two experienced federal technology leaders lead the information operations for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
01/04/2013 - 06:21
WASHINGTON -- Malcolm D. Jackson, assistant administrator for environmental information, is among the federal chief information officers giving a birds eye view of government requirements over the next four years during Innovation & Equity 2013: Keeping America First in Technology:Public Innovation & Supplier Diversity on Jan. 15, 2013.
The Jackson State University alumnus is one of a dozen African-Americans leading information policy at Cabinet departments and major agencies among the 13th annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology.
In addition to his responsibilities for the Environmental Protection Agency, Jackson also leads a committee of the CIO Council on developing the technology workforce.
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01/03/2013 - 00:02
WASHINGTON -- When Linda Cureton looks at the stars, she's intimately aware of the technical requirements to transmit high definition images back from Mars, to measure solar radiation or to operate the International Space Station.
12/18/2012 - 02:15
COMOROS -- The World Bank and African Development Bank report that the 650 million mobile users on the African continent are now a larger market than the United States or the European Union.
12/07/2012 - 14:40
WASHINGTON -- Building large-scale technology companies requires an infrastructure of investment and professional support which has typically not been available to African-American innovators.
12/07/2012 - 00:15
WASHINGTON -- Five years before the 2008 financial meltdown, William Michael Cunningham told the Securities and Exchange Commission that his economic model predicted a systemic failure.
12/05/2012 - 12:08
MIRAMAR, FL -- Thousands of heart disease patients are alive today because Eric Williams' mother insisted on high standards.
11/29/2012 - 21:09
MILWAUKEE -- Dr. Andrew B. Williams, Professor and John P. Raynor Distinguished Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University, is known internationally for his work in humanoid robotics and inspiring women and underutilized populations to achieve excellence in computing and robotics education and research.
At Marquette University, he is director of the Humanoid Engineering and Intelligent Robotics Lab, which is actively involved in researching innovative methods for utilizing humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence to address the childhood obesity epidemic.
He has worked extensively in educating, recruiting, retaining, and motivating underrepresented and women students to pursue undergraduate and graduate computing and engineering careers through community outreach events, computer and robotics summer camps, competitions, curriculum development and research experiences.
Again among the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology, he joins fellow selectees Dr. M. Brian Blake, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate School at the University of Miami; and Dr. Juan Gilbert, Chair of Human-Centered Computing at Clemson University in a panel on creating a sense of belonging for African-American students in cutting edge fields during Innovation & Equity 2013: Keeping America First in Technology: Public Innovation & Supplier Diversity on Jan. 15 in Washington, D.C..
11/21/2012 - 13:51
NODAWAY COUNTY, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA – ChloroFill LLC, a San Diego-based renewable, formaldehyde-free building material company, today announced that it has successfully closed the Company’s funding round to expand the Company and launch advanced manufacturing in Missouri.
The close includes an undisclosed amount of investment from Global Prospective Investments LLC (GPI), a newly formed Missouri-based investment group supporting the development of value added products and technologies and $250,000 in funds from the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC), a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies. The MTC investment was made through its High-Tech Industrial Expansion program that is geared toward industrial expansion and the creation of high-paying jobs by leveraging Missouri’s existing strength in agricultural production.
11/18/2012 - 20:54
SAN MATEO -- To build a billion-dollar technology company, it helps to have a team which has done it before.
11/17/2012 - 19:37
SAN JOSE -- Overland Storage (NASDAQ: OVRL), a global provider of effortless data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle, reported financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and full year ended June 30, 2012.
11/16/2012 - 17:09
WASHINGTON -- Haynes and Boone, LLP announces that Philip G. Hampton, II has joined the Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group.
11/14/2012 - 20:41
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Nov. 14 – Amarantus BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: AMBS), a biotechnology company developing new treatments and diagnostics for Parkinson’s disease and Traumatic Brain Injury centered on its proprietary anti-apoptosis therapeutic protein MANF, today announced it has secured over $1.1 million in funding through two separate transactions. Proceeds will be used to reconcile Amarantus’ outstanding payables, to provide funding for the Company’s lead asset, Mesencephalic-Astrocyte-derived Neurotrophic Factor ("MANF"), and for general working capital
11/13/2012 - 16:26
ATLANTA --After having grown up in Tennesee at a home with an outhouse, Albert Woodard had two big things going for him at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, his height and his love for mathematics.
11/13/2012 - 13:44
ROCKVILLE -- Professor Carol Espy-Wilson of the University of Maryland-College Park has an answer for the question: "Can you hear me now?" She demonstrates how engineers apply science to solve real-world problems.
11/09/2012 - 02:11
ANNAPOLIS -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, reported record results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. "The third quarter of 2012 marks the highest quarterly revenue and gross profit in our company's history," said Maurice B. Tose, TCS chairman and CEO.
11/06/2012 - 20:15
SILVER SPRING -- The Department of Health and Human Services presented DB Consulting with an award for its service with the agency in Haiti and a $78 million task order with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Gerald Boyd Sr. and his son, Gerald Boyd Jr, both among the 13th annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology, founded the company in 2000. Selectees gather for Innovation & Equity 2013: Keeping America First in Technology: Public Innovation & Supplier Diversity Jan. 15 at B.Smith Union Station in Washington, D.C.
11/06/2012 - 07:50
DETROIT -- When Inspiring Minds: African-Americans in Science and Technology opens in the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History Friday, Nov. 10, the name of Michel "Mike" Frantz Molaire will be a beacon for students to follow.
11/01/2012 - 02:57
MOUNT ROYAL, NJ – The International Game Developers Association’s (IGDA) Executive Director Gordon Bellamy is stepping down after two years to take a position with Tencent as Director of Business Development and Industry Relations.
10/25/2012 - 02:55
PALO ALTO, Calif., October 24, 2012 – Scientists in the Advanced Materials and Nanosystems directorate at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto have developed a revolutionary nanotechnology copper-based electrical interconnect material, or solder, that can be processed around 200 °C. Once fully optimized, the CuantumFuse™ solder material is expected to produce joints with up to 10 times the electrical and thermal conductivity compared to tin-based materials currently in use. Applications in military and commercial systems are currently under consideration.
10/23/2012 - 00:00
SUNNYVALE – Oct. 25, 2012 – Amarantus BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: AMBS), a biotechnology company developing new disease-modifying treatments and diagnostics for Parkinson’s disease and Traumatic Brain Injury centered on its proprietary anti-apoptosis therapeutic protein MANF, announced that the Company has received positive behavioural efficacy data for MANF in a neurorestoration 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) rat model of Parkinson’s disease.
The data shows superiority of MANF over GDNF, a neurotrophic factor currently in a Phase 2 clinical trial as a disease-modifying treatment for Parkinson’s disease, by demonstrating that when MANF is delivered directly to the primary brain region associated with Parkinson’s called the substantia nigra, MANF significantly reduced behavioural deficits in the model, whereas GDNF did not.
10/19/2012 - 14:46
WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. Navy holds its annual science and technology conference beginning Monday, it underscores the importance of having highly-skilled personnel in cutting edge fields like the 60th commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Cecil D. Haney, who took command in January.
Adm. Haney, a native of Washington, D.C., is a 1978 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering. He also holds master’s degrees in Engineering Acoustics and System Technology from the Naval Post Graduate School, and a master’s degree in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University.
The Eastern High School graduate is one of two D.C. high school alumni responsible for protecting the U.S. West Coast along with Coast Guard Vice Adm. Manson Brown, Pacific Area commander.
10/13/2012 - 16:38
CLEMSON -- A contentious oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court hinged around whether and how race can be used in university admissions. As educators across the country wait for the next nine months to hear the latest ruling, one mathematician has a formula to solve issues of diversity without creating a negative backlash.
10/12/2012 - 00:17
LOS GATOS -- As Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a streamlined process for approving utility-scale solar farms on public land in the West, 510nano was completing the first of two farms in the heart of Silicon Valley.
510nano founder Dr. Reginald Parker said in a telephone interview that the Los Gatos installation is more than 90 percent completed and the Mountain View site is more than half finished. 510Nano created a subsidiary Silicon Valley Solar for the two projects.
10/09/2012 - 12:50
MIAMI -- M. Brian Blake serves as vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Miami.
10/09/2012 - 12:28
SAN FRANCISCO -- The pitch.
One will hear those two words coming from a radio announcer more than one hundred times in a baseball game.
10/07/2012 - 19:36
ORINDA, CA -- The last American soldiers left Iraq just before Christmas, but for many of the 1.5 million who served, the sights and sensations they experienced will endure for a lifetime.
10/05/2012 - 12:41
A visit with President Wang Shuguo of Harbin Institute of Technology was among the highlights of a visit to China by 50 Most Important African-American in Technology Mary E. Spio, CEO of Next Galaxy Media in Orlando. She is the patent holder for digital satellite motion picture technology. As one Chinese paper said, "The world knows Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, soon they will know Mary Spio." Scenes from the trip are captured in an upcoming documentary The New Dream: Digital Road to Success.
10/01/2012 - 03:59
SAN FRANCISCO -- African-American information industry workers enjoyed more than ten percent average increases in their monthly salaries from 2010 to 2011 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Miami, and Austin markets, according to Silicon Ceiling 12: Equal Opportunity and High Technology.
09/29/2012 - 17:13
PALO ALTO -- When Google began a venture fund, David Drummond says there was a conscious decision not to solely focus on projects which directly met Google's objectives.
09/29/2012 - 16:31
PALO ALTO -- "A lot of us attended Florida A&M because of you," a fellow Rattler alum told John W. Thompson during a post-panel discussion in a Sand Hill Road venture capital office.
09/28/2012 - 04:01
LARGO -- Prince George's County has more than 14,000 African-Americans working in computer occupations, almost twice the next closest county, according to employment data in Silicon Ceiling 12: Equal Opportunity and High Technology.
The annual report, cited frequently in Congressional hearings since 1998, provides the most comprehensive review of the African-American technology labor force, supplier base and educational prospects for the next generation. It is a working document for Innovation & Equity 2013: Keeping America First in Technology: Public Innovation & Supplier Diversity Jan. 15, 2013 in Washington, D.C..
09/27/2012 - 06:42
PALO ALTO -- African-American businesses receive one percent of equity capital, announced Lisa Lambert, vice president and managing director of software and services for Intel Capital, however, the market dynamics for sparking new firms to serve the African-American audience are filled with opportunities.
09/25/2012 - 17:02
CAMBRIDGE -- If a young Cardinal Warde could launch rockets from a Barbados beach as a teen, then he believes there's no reason millions of young people can not ascend to the heights of science.
Dr. Warde, a professor of electrical engineering at MIT, is considered one of the world's leading experts on materials, devices and systems for optical information processing. Warde holds key patents on spatial light modulators, displays, and optical information processing systems. He is a co-inventor of the microchannel spatial light modulator, membrane-mirror light shutters based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), an optical bistable device, and a family of charge-transfer plate spatial light modulators.
09/25/2012 - 16:02
NEW YORK CITY -- When President Obama annnounced the National Bioeconomy Blueprint in April, he had researchers like Dr. Debra Auguste in mind as drivers of economic and scientific growth.
09/19/2012 - 19:23
DENVER -- Anyone who has followed Richard T. Lewis would not be surprised that his firm RTL-Networks has become one of the largest African-American federal vendors in Colorado.
