In response to growing market demand, UMBC Training Centers has launched several new applied certificate programs in Information Technology, Project Management and Business Analysis. These new programs have been designed to provide students with new skills, knowledge and credentials, and to help improve their professional careers.

MindGrub- Feeding the Beast One App at A Time

As mobile phone makers saturate the market with their ever-more sophisticated devices, it is creating an insatiable need for applications that run on the palm-sized computers. Mindgrub plans to feed the beast with its own brand of educational apps.

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Please join us for our September Baltimore Washington Tech Meetup at Ellicott Mills Brewing Company on September 29th at 6:30pm. We’ll be discussing Mobile Augmented Reality and the framework behind the concept.

Check out our SALT presentation and Podcast to get ideas, questions and comments to share about the topic: http://www.mindgrub.com/salt

Space is limited, so please RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/Baltimore-Washington-Tech-Meetup

We are pleased to announce that Dr. David Ramsay, President, University of Maryland Baltimore, (UMB) has been named the 2009 BETA (Baltimore’s Extraordinary Technology Advocate) award winner.  The BETA Award is presented at the GBTC’s annual TechNite celebration to an individual whose words and actions have had an outstanding impact on the Greater Baltimore technology community.

“Dr. Ramsay has continuously pushed the envelope in terms of growth and development throughout his career. The tremendous expansion of the university’s research enterprise, the investment in state-of-the-art facilities, and the creation of the University of Maryland BioPark, has built a foundation that is generating jobs and transforming the region into a bioscience hub spinning out new discoveries and new companies.  And it’s all happening thanks to the leadership of Dr. Ramsay – he is truly deserving of this award,” commented GBTC Executive Director, Steve Kozak.

Dr. David J. Ramsay became President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the state’s public academic health, law and human services university, in 1994.  UMB, which is located on Baltimore’s west side near Camden Yards, includes professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and an interdisciplinary graduate school.  During Dr. Ramsay’s 15-year tenure at UMB, sponsored research has grown fivefold from just over $100 million in 1994 to nearly $500 million in fiscal year 2009.  The campus has expanded to a 61-acre research and academic medical center complex, encompassing 62 buildings in the heart of downtown Baltimore. 

To read more about Dr. Ramsay, click here.

The GBTC is pleased to announce that Gary Vaynerchuk, social media sommelier and new author of Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash In On Your Passion will be the featured speaker at TechNite 2009.  TechNite is the Greater Baltimore Region’s premiere night out to celebrate the business and technology community. With nearly 1,000 attendees, from tech executives and entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 businesses, university and government officials, everyone will be out to support and celebrate the success of the region.

Gary Vaynerchuk has captured attention with his pioneering, multi-faceted approach to personal branding and business. After primarily utilizing traditional advertising techniques to build his family’s local retail wine business into a national industry leader, Gary rapidly leveraged social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV, his video blog about wine (which receives over 80,000 views per day). Gary has always had an early to market approach, launching Wine Library’s retail website in 1997 and Wine Library TV in February of 2006.

Gary’s success has led to a 7-figure book deal, several national TV appearances, and a flurry of speaking engagements around the world. Gary’s dual identity as both business guru and wine guy has made him the “Social Media Sommelier.”  His first business book, Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion, will be published in October of 2009.

“Energy and hustle were the first things that came to mind when we asked Gary to be the keynote at TechNite,” stated Steve Kozak, Executive Director.  He embodies an amazing energy, which truly mirrors the Baltimore region.  Gary not only had humble beginnings and learned his trade first hand – he shows you what it is like to be an entrepreneur and is passionate about seeing it happening for others.  And trust me, Gary’s message will touch everyone who attends TechNite.  He’ll certainly get you thinking and you’ll be more than energized.  We really can’t wait for TechNite and for everyone to hear Gary – he’s going to be great.”

In addition to hearing from Gary, this year’s TechNite will celebrate the region’s technology community and recognize some of the areas hottest entrepreneurs.