The GBTC is excited to announce the finalists for this year’s Connector Award: Dave Troy, Roundhouse Technologies & TEDx MidAtlantic; Mike Subelsky, OtherInBox & Ignite Baltimore; and Neil Davis of the Emerging Technology Centers.Announced at TechNite, the Connector Award is presented annually to the GBTC member who, for lack of a better term, “gets it”. They’re much more than an advocate and volunteer. They CONNECT people - people to people and people to programs. They’re the ones who bring their clients and friends to GBTC events and forums, connecting them to other people in the community and, in doing so, making our community a better and more vibrant place in which to live and work.

The winner will be announced at TechNite 2009 (October 15 at 5:00 pm) at the Baltimore Convention Center.

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.

TechNite registration is open for everyone at: http://is.gd/2oMDn.  Please join us for a great evening of networking, food, fun and a few surprises - stay tuned!

Also, a big thanks to our sponsors - Premiere: Duane Morris, Miles & Stockbridge, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP; Signature: Baltimore County Dept of Economic Development, Baltimore Development Corporation, Bill Me Later, e.magination, Gordon Feinblatt, Grant Thornton, Howard County Economic Development Authority, Katz Abosch, KPMG, Mind Over Machines, Northrop Grumman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Saul Ewing, Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, University of Maryland; Media Sponsors: Daily Record and Baltimore Business Journal