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Flash Slideshow: Mass High Tech All-Stars Thought Leadership Roundtable
Call it a continuum of excellence. In this issue, you will read of the accomplishments and talents of 15 exceptional New Englanders, leaders in their corners of the tech community — the 2009 Mass High Tech All-Stars. This brings to more than 200 the total number of MHT All-Stars honored in the 14 years of our program.
We’ve been asked whether we might someday run out of candidates, but the pool of nominees for All-Stars is as deep as ever. This year, we reviewed almost 150 nominations, each representing special accomplishments in bringing new technologies to market, growing companies or building community. The nominees span several generations (some nominees were in elementary school when the first All-Stars were honored, back in 1996). Some are the proteges of other All-Stars. What’s really exciting is that the honorees have set a foundation for future All-Stars. Which future All-Stars learned robotics from Rodney Brooks or will learn from his doctoral students? How many will be like Omid Farokhzad, who emerged from the circle of innovation drawn by 2004 All-Star Robert Langer and his research lab? Which future entrepreneurs are learning today under the guidance of an Eric Giler or a Gail Goodman? Which kids in elementary school today will grow into tomorrow’s leaders, thanks to people like Maura Banta who are working hard to reform the way our schools teach math and science.
For every All-Star we recognize, there are so many other innovative leaders we should be highlighting. But we can’t do it alone — we rely on the community to play its role too. So the call is out: Check out the nomination forms under the community/events section of www.masshightech.com, and let us know who should be included in the next group of stars. MHT
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