The May Report: 4/15/2011: Susan Wagle, chairman of the Commerce Committee of the Kansas State Senate wonders how much the severance package for Thornton is going to cost the taxpayers of Kansas; Is KBA’s COO Jan Katterhenry under investigation since she wasn’t selected to take Tom’s place, as the law prescribes?; Tracking the sinking of the Titanic 99 years ago today in real time on Twitter; Tomorrow, April 16th, is the 4th month and the 4th day of that month squared — so it’s Foursquare Day; Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music, Friday April 15th at 10pm; If Thornton has “another employment opportunity,” especially here in Chicago, I’ll eat my hat!

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First Annual Entrepreneurial Fair-Pair Hosted at IBM’s Innovation Center

MORE EXHIBITORS!

Join us for an evening of networking at our first ever Entrepreneurial Fair Pair. You’ll enjoy a variety of tasty food and drinks while making connections with other business owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators.
You’ll also have a chance to visit with companies that provide a wide range of services needed by small to medium sizes businesses and start ups.

Plus you can get a chance to win a Kindle — eat some cupcakes — and explore some key services to support your business? At MIT Enterprise Forum Chicago’s first annual Entrepreneur Fair-Pair!

Today’s entrepreneurs don’t have a lot of time to research how other business and services can support them. To help you get a quick peek at organizations that can support your business, MIT Enterprise Forum is hosting our first annual Entrepreneur Fair-Pair.

This event is a one-stop shop featuring 12 companies that support small-to-medium sized businesses. Each business will be paired up with a local food or beverage vendor to provide a tasty sample of their wares while you get a brief presentation from the paired company.

To make it even more interesting, we will rotate groups of people through each station in 10 minute intervals — like speed dating.

REGISTER TODAY

bit.ly/hdvj3j

We have expanded the exhibitor list, which now includes:

* Fee Fighters – Helps small companies find the lowest cost e-commerce merchant provider

* Insperity formerly Administaff – Outsourced HR/Payroll Services

* KnowledgeShift – IVR tool to optimize marketing, training and customer service

* Wells Fargo Bank – SBA Division

* Ungaretti & Harris – Law firm for entrepreneurs offering corporate and intellectual property services

* Funding Feeding Frenzy – Extraordinary Success, LLC

* Frost Rothblatt & Ruttenberg, P.C – CPA firm

* CTCreative – Branding and Marketing Firm

* IBM’s Entrepreneurial Team

* Summit Chicago – Executive meeting and conference space

* Adalyze- technology consulting firm, specializing in working with entrepreneurial and early to mid-stage companies

* Creative Capital – Assists with business planning and loan documents

* USA Voice/Data – A voice over IP and telecom provider

When:
5 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday, April 19

Where:
IBM Innovation Center
71 S. Wacker Drive, 6th Floor, Chicago

Cost:
Free to members.
$35 for pre-registered guests.
$30 for WBE Certified guests.

REGISTER TODAY

bit.ly/hdvj3j

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:

– More on the Thornton resignation
– Foursquare Day in Chicago, Saturday April 16th
– Titanic sinking to be tweeted in real-time
– Good morning Chicago! A message to all members of Built in Chicago
– Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music, Friday April 15th at 10pm
– Nerds at Heart Event: FW: Secretly wish you were…
– Chuck Rathmann: Videos of the IFS Customer Summit
– Tarkus Murphy: 2011 – another Spring thaw on the Information Superglacier(TM)
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The Scoop section:
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More on the Thornton resignation

Subject: Lawrence Journal World
Date: 4/15/2011 2:20:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: Name withheld although not requested
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

This was in the Lawrence newspaper today. Do you really think he has “another employment opportunity”?

Wagle said she wanted to know how much Thornton’s severance package would cost taxpayers. In an interview with the Journal-World, Carlin said there was no severance package, and that pay to Thornton ended Friday. When asked why Thornton resigned, Carlin said he didn’t feel “comfortable” commenting on that. He said Thornton has another employment opportunity that may be announced later. Carlin said Thornton was in high demand. “I’m not surprised that somebody else is going to be wanting his services,” he said.

It was my understanding that as part of the succession plan, Jan Katterhenry, CFO/COO would assume the duties of the CEO should he leave. Instead, the board appointed David Vranicar. Could they possibly think that Katterhenry is part of the criminal investigation? I don’t think TVT could do much with the books if she wasn’t also involved. He couldn’t even keep his own checkbook balanced.

This is on KBA’s website about Vranicar.
As president of Heartland BioVentures, David Vranicar leads commercialization programs and investments for the Kansas Bioscience Authority. Mr. Vranicar possesses a wide range of corporate development and operations expertise, having led merger and acquisition; strategic alliance; corporate finance; and information technology functions at companies in the healthcare, telecom, and software industries.
Mr. Vranicar led the development of the initial comprehensive financial plan for the University of Kansas Cancer Center and earlier worked at Marion Laboratories on numerous product licensing, joint marketing, and business development initiatives. He was a member of the founding management team at Birch Telecom, where he was involved in large rounds of equity financing and led the company’s IT and billing functions that supported growth to $300 million in revenue in six years. Mr. Vranicar also has held executive positions in business development and operations at several other high growth software companies.

Mr. Vranicar earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and a master’s degree in business from the University of Michigan.

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Foursquare Day in Chicago, Saturday April 16th

Subject: Foursquare Day in Chicago, Saturday April 16th
Date: 4/15/2011 9:26:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Foursquare Day in Chicago

Saturday, April 16, 2011
2:00 PM
SELECTED BY: TODOR KRECU
Theory Sports Bar & Grill
9 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654
13 4SQ’ers going
More details:
Foursquare.com Day in Chicago

Foursquare Day is April 16. Because it is the 4th month, and the 4-squared day! (4 /16)

We hope Foursquare Day encourages people to get out with friends and visit some of their favorite spots, as well as some new ones. Without the users checking in, Foursquare is pointless.

A list of Chicago area specials on 4/16 is at:

chicago-social-marketing.ning.com/events/foursquare-day-2011

Wow Bao: Checkin to Wow Bao with Foursquare on Saturday 4/16 & eat FREE ($7.50 max): chicago-social-marke...
Posted by Todor Krecu 2 hours ago

Eli’s Cheesecake “Chicago’s most famous dessert” offers discount on Foursquare Day: chicago-social-marke...
Posted by Todor Krecu April 2 at 10:03 AM

Theory sounds like a great spot!
Posted by Valerie Querns March 30 at 11:08 PM

FOURSQUARE DAY: When the world is your venue! Celebrated on April 16 of each year, Foursquare Day is a chance to get out and connect with others in your neighborhood and around the world.
Posted by Todor Krecu March 30 at 7:22 PM
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Titanic sinking to be tweeted in real-time

Subject: Titanic sinking to be tweeted in real-time
Date: 4/14/2011 11:19:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Titanic sinking to be tweeted in real-time
TheNextWeb

tnw.co/fQReee

Friday April 15, 2011, Francis Tan

Today marks the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the world’s largest passenger steamship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage. You’ll be able to follow the disaster unfold on Twitter – and it won’t be about the love story of Jack and Rose.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is tweeting the vessel’s original wireless messages from that night, and in real-time starting at 11:55 ADT, the same hour the ship struck an iceberg. You can follow the Titanic event on Twitter using the hashtag #ns_mma.

Dan Conlin, the museum’s marine historian, was quoted saying:

“I think they’ll get a sense that when this disaster happened nobody knew it was going to happen. We all know what happened to Titanic, we all know how the story unfolded in great detail. Well, nobody knew in 1912, let alone those poor wireless operators in their isolated, little windswept huts. And as you get these isolated, fragmented messages you get a sense of how this thing is building.”

The Titanic was equipped with the most modern wireless technology available, which was crucial in saving survivors and communicating news of the sinking.

Titanic on Twitter, as it is called, is an experiment so the museum can prepare for the 100th anniversary of the sinking next year, said Conlin.
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Good morning Chicago! A message to all members of Built in Chicago

Subject: FW: Good morning Chicago! A message to all members of Built in Chicago
Date: 4/15/2011 11:04:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Built in Chicago
Promoting digital innovation in the world’s greatest city
A message to all members of Built in Chicago

During your daily routine this Friday, I would encourage you to make it a point to visit BuiltInChicago.org and check out all the great new things going on. Seyi Fabode posted this morning about 5 trendsetting companies in Chicago. And Una Pipic from the CEC has a great post about how long it takes to raise a round of funding and what impact does this time lapse have on entrepreneurs. And those are just in in the last 24 hours! Check out the other featured posts on the home page about the cost of a bad hire, a new group started by Jeff Judge for startup founders and the IVCA profile of Kevin Willer and Dave Tolmie.

Also be sure to help Maria Katris out from TiE Midwest. She is looking for some input on the who the top tech investors are in Chicago.

And of course, check out all these great events and if you have not already, invite your friends, colleagues and co-workers to join Built In Chicago. This invite tool makes it really easy. We should cross 3,000 registered members pretty soon!
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Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music, Friday April 15th at 10pm

Subject: Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music, Friday April 15th at 10pm
Date: 4/14/2011 10:57:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com, ron@themayreport.com

Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music

Friday, April 15, 2011
10:00 PM

SELECTED BY: ERIC PEYER
SWIG
1469 n Milwaukeee ave Chicago, IL

SELECTED BY: ERIC PEYER
11 Enthusiasts going
Eric Peyer (Organizer) added this Meetup on Apr 11, 2011
“While not a formal meetup event there should be a small group of meetup folks.”
Who’s hosting? Eric Peyer

Come join us for a Savory event of House, Techno, IDM.

with DJs

Kawa (peoplemuver.com)

soundcloud.com...

+ Magpie (P.E.T.)

dj magpie (maggie litgen) brings soulful, ethereal transmissions textured with bassful delights when she spins IDM, minimal techno, deep house, ambient, or whatever currently moves her spirit. magpie contributes something positive, something unique, and something distinctly female to her audible undertakings. she doesn’t trust djs who don’t dance nor dancers who wear uncomfortable shoes, and is a firm believer in the art of understanding full albums before playing a single track. a regular at various afterhours, diverse underground parties, gallery shows, and selective bars and lounges, magpie brings a discerning ear for texture and sounds, balancing her soulful heart with gorgeous ranges of berlin influences and icy IDM tendencies filtered through decidedly chicago-influenced presets. magpie relies upon her countless hours on the dance floors of the world when crafting her sets behind the decks, always remaining true to her very own moxie and unique interpretation of the world. you’ll find pretty sounds and complex beats to be a common element in her far-ranging sets, but don’t try to genre-cage this bird on the decks!

Talk about this Meetup

Eric Peyer
Also, no cover for this event.

Posted Tuesday at 8:33 AM

Eric Peyer
All are welcome… this is really just an evening at the bar with a couple fantastic DJs and maybe a little dancing.

Posted Tuesday at 8:35 AM

Eric Peyer
Here’s the FB event page… www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120245331383892

Join The Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Facebook Group:

(MEETUP) We love electronic music, especially of the innovative sort. Techno, Electro, Tech-House, Dubstep, IDM, Minimal Techno, Ambient, Glitch-Hop, and the like are awesome.

We probably won’t be checking out very many traditional House events since this city is already overflowing with them. We also won’t be going to any industrial / EBM things. And you probably won’t find us at any concert featuring washed-up electronic acts from the 1990s. While noise and noisecore / breakcore have their merits we probably won’t hit up many of those types of events. And yeah, we won’t be going to Hip-Hop events. While it does have its innovative aspects, where ever you turn in this city you can find a show.

We like novelty in our sounds, and we like adventure. Many of us make electronic music ourselves or are DJs and want to connect with like-minded people to talk shop, share the latest and greatest new artist, album, or tracks, and hear some really awesome music. And, you know, dance.

This kind of edgy electronic music is a passion for us and we believe it’s important to support the underground Chicago scene. So come join us and let’s do it!

Melanie Adcock
Assistant Editor of The May Report
312-259-0610 melanie_adcock@msn.com
LinkedIn: linkd.in/MelanieAdcock
The May Report Facebook Page: on.fb.me/TheMayReport
Visit The May Report Archives: bit.ly/TheMayReportArchives
Subscribe to The May Report: bit.ly/TheMayReportSubscribe
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Subject: FW: Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music, Friday April 15th at 10pm
Date: 4/15/2011 10:40:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Liz Mclean Knight, the administrator of the Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Group gives some additional helpful information about what’s going on in Chicago with regard to techy electronic music. -Melanie

Liz Mclean Knight April 15 at 10:27am Report
Hey, awesome, thanks for getting in touch! I am into all things techy + electronic music. Check out my blog for stuff I’m into: www.lizrevision.com/blog. I’m also on twitter as quantazelle. If you want, I can put you on my press list if you send me your email.

Also, do you know about Mutek? It’s really great in that it’s technology, innovation + electronic music focused. (www.mutek.org/festivals/montreal/2011/about/mission).

Next week, they’re landing in Chicago with the help of Meiotic and the City of Chicago for “Avant_Mutek.” The press releases are here…you should really check it out: meiotica.com/3-day-digital-avant_mutek-returns-to-chicago/

Nice to make contact with you. Happy Friday!

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From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com; ron@themayreport.com
Subject: Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music, Friday April 15th at 10pm
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:57:40 +0000

Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Event House, techno, IDM music

Friday, April 15, 2011
10:00 PM

SELECTED BY: ERIC PEYER
SWIG
1469 n Milwaukeee ave Chicago, IL

SELECTED BY: ERIC PEYER
11 Enthusiasts going
Eric Peyer (Organizer) added this Meetup on Apr 11, 2011
“While not a formal meetup event there should be a small group of meetup folks.”
Who’s hosting? Eric Peyer

Come join us for a Savory event of House, Techno, IDM.

with DJs

Kawa (peoplemuver.com)

soundcloud.com...

+ Magpie (P.E.T.)

dj magpie (maggie litgen) brings soulful, ethereal transmissions textured with bassful delights when she spins IDM, minimal techno, deep house, ambient, or whatever currently moves her spirit. magpie contributes something positive, something unique, and something distinctly female to her audible undertakings. she doesn’t trust djs who don’t dance nor dancers who wear uncomfortable shoes, and is a firm believer in the art of understanding full albums before playing a single track. a regular at various afterhours, diverse underground parties, gallery shows, and selective bars and lounges, magpie brings a discerning ear for texture and sounds, balancing her soulful heart with gorgeous ranges of berlin influences and icy IDM tendencies filtered through decidedly chicago-influenced presets. magpie relies upon her countless hours on the dance floors of the world when crafting her sets behind the decks, always remaining true to her very own moxie and unique interpretation of the world. you’ll find pretty sounds and complex beats to be a common element in her far-ranging sets, but don’t try to genre-cage this bird on the decks!

Talk about this Meetup

Eric Peyer
Also, no cover for this event.

Posted Tuesday at 8:33 AM

Eric Peyer
All are welcome… this is really just an evening at the bar with a couple fantastic DJs and maybe a little dancing.

Posted Tuesday at 8:35 AM

Eric Peyer
Here’s the FB event page… www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120245331383892

Join The Chicago Innovative Electronic Music Facebook Group:

(MEETUP) We love electronic music, especially of the innovative sort. Techno, Electro, Tech-House, Dubstep, IDM, Minimal Techno, Ambient, Glitch-Hop, and the like are awesome.

We probably won’t be checking out very many traditional House events since this city is already overflowing with them. We also won’t be going to any industrial / EBM things. And you probably won’t find us at any concert featuring washed-up electronic acts from the 1990s. While noise and noisecore / breakcore have their merits we probably won’t hit up many of those types of events. And yeah, we won’t be going to Hip-Hop events. While it does have its innovative aspects, where ever you turn in this city you can find a show.

We like novelty in our sounds, and we like adventure. Many of us make electronic music ourselves or are DJs and want to connect with like-minded people to talk shop, share the latest and greatest new artist, album, or tracks, and hear some really awesome music. And, you know, dance.

This kind of edgy electronic music is a passion for us and we believe it’s important to support the underground Chicago scene. So come join us and let’s do it!

Melanie Adcock
Assistant Editor of The May Report
312-259-0610 melanie_adcock@msn.com
LinkedIn: linkd.in/MelanieAdcock
The May Report Facebook Page: on.fb.me/TheMayReport
Visit The May Report Archives: bit.ly/TheMayReportArchives
Subscribe to The May Report: bit.ly/TheMayReportSubscribe
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Nerds at Heart Event: FW: Secretly wish you were…

Subject: Nerds at Heart Event: FW: Secretly wish you were…
Date: 4/14/2011 11:42:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Tina Fey’s brownie husband or a soldier in the Jon Stewart Estrogen Brigade?

Secretly wish you were…þ

If cerebral celebs make you go weak at the knees, find your own thinking (wo)man’s sex symbol during Dating for Nerds from 4-7 p.m. this Saturday, April 16 at the Hidden Shamrock (2723 N. Halsted St.).

Flirt with real-life Kari Byrons or John Krasinskis over a cocktail and rounds of board games and trivia. Plus, score themed prizes and get the chance to win ticket giveaways for “The King and I,” “Gleeks and Freaks: A Glee Burlesque Musical” and the new comedy “Bridesmaids.”

Bright boys, find your own HGN www.myspace.com/video/azclaire/hot-gay-nerd/33790733 during Dating for Gay Nerds from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at Avenue Tavern (2916 N. Broadway St.).

Mmm, brains and beauty? Better register now at nerdsatheart.com.

xo Bathsheba
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Chuck Rathmann: Videos of the IFS Customer Summit

Subject: RE: Chuck, I tried to look at the video but couldn’t bring it up. Is it in Flash?
Date: 4/14/2011 10:03:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: chuck.rathmann@ifsworld.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Not sure what format the thing is in … all of the quick little videos we captured are hosted on Twitvid … the landing page for them all is here:

www.twitvid.com/videos/charlesrathmann

Twitvid DOES have the occasional performance problem. So maybe it is just a transient issue. If you continue to have problems, let me know and we’ll figure out a workaround.

Let’s try to touch base by phone in the next day or so. I saw your piece and it is pretty much as I had envisioned it. I think there is a real need for stuff written in a more acerbic style. Most stuff written in any industry these days is just crap. No character.

Your stuff reminds me kind of Hunter S. Thompson.

Talk soon,

Charles Rathmann

Marketing Communications Analyst | Marketing

IFS North America

200 S. Executive Drive, Suite 100, Brookfield, WI 53005

Phone 262-317-7419. Fax 262-317.7401. Mobile 414-526-0392

chuck.rathmann@ifsworld.com | www.IFSWORLD.com

P Please consider the environment before printing my email

From: RONALDMAY@aol.com [mailto:RONALDMAY@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:50 PM
To: Chuck Rathmann
Cc: scott@bechergroup.com; ronaldmay@aol.com
Subject: Chuck, I tried to look at the video but couldn’t bring it up. Is it in Flash?
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Tarkus Murphy: 2011 – another Spring thaw on the Information Superglacier(TM)

Subject: 2011 – another Spring thaw on the Information Superglacier(TM)
Date: 4/15/2011 9:56:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: tarkus@ripco.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com, ron@themayreport.com, melanie_adcock@msn.com

Ron,

Here is one more announcement from the Information Superglacier(TM) at the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster meeting fills the last remaining space at the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of Excellence (STC) of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany. The development means that there will (finally) mean that there will be a new groundbreaking on Campus Drive by 2013.

The one year saga to fill the space has taken several wild twists and turns. The initial commitment to the center from the original tenants was $5M each, but Moser Baer upped their contribution to $17M before the first groundbreaking. Care stream is a late entrant but a welcome new neighbor.

Sorry to hear of your recent plight, Melanie!

Tarkus

For Release: Immediate – Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Contact: Steve Janack, CNSE Vice President for Marketing and Communications (phone) 518-956-7322 (cell) 518-312-5009 (e-mail) sjanack@uamail.albany.edu

CARESTREAM HEALTH AND CNSE’s SMART SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY & COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER LAUNCH $3M PARTNERSHIP FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND PROTOTYPING

Collaboration will create high-tech jobs and fill last available space at CNSE’s STC in Canandaigua

Canandaigua, New York – Lieutenant Governor Robert J. Duffy today joined officials in announcing a $3 million partnership between Carestream Health and the Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of Excellence (STC) of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, a collaboration that will enable innovative technology research, development and prototyping, create high-tech jobs, and fill the last available space at CNSE’s STC facilities in Canandaigua.

The announcement was made during the annual meeting of the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster (RRPC), held at CNSE’s STC and attended by more than 150 executives, entrepreneurs and investors representing over 80 optics, photonics and imaging companies in the Greater Rochester region.

Through the partnership, Carestream Health will conduct research and prototype development for some of its newest digital technologies at CNSE’s STC. The company will invest in new equipment and upgrades to the facility, and will lease more than 6,000 square feet of space, including 1,200 square feet of cleanroom space. The project will enable joint development programs with CNSE’s STC on a number of advanced technologies, and is expected to result in the creation of approximately 24 high-tech jobs by

CNSE’s STC over the next three years.

A global leader in medical and dental imaging systems, as well as healthcare IT solutions, Carestream Health has multiple offerings in radiography, mammography, dental and molecular imaging. The company has more than 7,400 employees in 150 countries around the world, including 1,200 employees in the Rochester area, with annual sales of $2.5 billion.

“We are very fortunate to have CNSE’s STC, with advanced capabilities and facilities, right in our own backyard,” said James E. Burns, Director, Advanced Development and Strategy, Carestream Health. “The availability of state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities in close proximity to outstanding technical resources led us to expand our presence in the STC here in Canandaigua. We look forward to working together as we develop tomorrow’s digital imaging technology.”

CNSE Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros said, “The UAlbany NanoCollege is delighted to welcome Carestream Health as the newest corporate partner on site at CNSE’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of Excellence. This partnership will create high-tech jobs and drive new private investment in the Greater Rochester region while demonstrating the growing ability of nanotechnology to improve health care through innovative diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, and showcasing the advanced capabilities of CNSE’s STC to enable smart system technologies for the most critical and fastest-growing industries of the 21st century.”

CNSE Vice President for Disruptive Technologies and Executive Director of CNSE’s STC Paul Tolley said, “The location of Carestream Health at CNSE’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of Excellence underscores our ability to support and enable rapid growth and emerging opportunities in the expanding marketplace for smart system technologies. This partnership will exploit the power of nanotechnology-enabled systems and devices to drive critical technologies while fueling economic growth that will benefit the region and state.”

CNSE’s STC has been integrated into CNSE in a partnership of two of New York’s Centers of Excellence, the result of a merger in September 2010. CNSE’s STC provides certified cleanroom space for fabrication and packaging of MEMS devices, and leverages CNSE’s $7 billion Albany NanoTech Complex, which features 80,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms equipped with leading-edge tools and stateof- the-art capabilities to accelerate 21st century nanotechnology innovations.

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About Carestream Health. Carestream Health is a worldwide provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging systems for life science research and drug discovery/development; x-ray film and digital x-ray systems for non-destructive testing; and advanced materials for the precision films and electronics markets. For more information about the company’s broad portfolio of products, solutions and services, please contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestream.com.

About CNSE. The UAlbany CNSE is the first college in the world dedicated to education, research, development, and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience, and nanoeconomics. CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex is the most advanced research enterprise of its kind at any university in the world. With over $7 billion in high-tech investments, the 800,000-square-foot complex attracts corporate partners from around the world and offers students a one-of-a-kind academic experience. The UAlbany NanoCollege houses the only fully-integrated, 300mm wafer, computer chip pilot prototyping and demonstration line within 80,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms. More than 2,600 scientists, researchers, engineers, students, and faculty work on site, from companies including IBM, GlobalFoundries, SEMATECH, Toshiba, Samsung, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, ASML, Novellus Systems, Vistec Lithography and Atotech. An expansion now underway is projected to increase the size of CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex to over 1,250,000 square feet of next-generation infrastructure housing over 135,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms and more than 3,750 scientists, researchers and engineers from CNSE and global corporations. For information, visit www.cnse.albany.edu.

About CNSE’s STC. The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center assists small and large companies in transitioning new technologies from concept to manufacturing. STC maintains a 140,000-square-foot facility with over 25,000 square feet of cleanrooms for micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) fabrication and packaging, and works with large and medium-sized companies to help them bring new technologies to market; with small companies ready to transition from prototype and low-volume manufacturing to scalable manufacturing; and with various federal agencies to develop technology solutions to areas of critical national need, including smart prosthetics and improvised explosive device (IED) detection. For more information, visit www.stcmems.com.
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