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Thursday, March 18, 2010

UMassOnline brings Masson on as CTO
The University of Massachusetts reports it has hired Patrick Jay Masson as chief technology officer of its UMassOnline distance-learning division. Masson replaces outgoing CTO Brian Douglas, who is now associate vice president for budget and administration.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Babson's Rice joins WPI as first-ever academic dean
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has a new dean of business in former Babson College dean Mark P. Rice, who will be succeeding McRae Banks, who has led WPI’s Department of Management for the past 15 years.
No more excuses: Bring women on board
Go to any event or look at any tech company today. Women clearly have made their mark as inventors and entrepreneurs. Now the women profiled in this issue and the earlier Women to Watch honorees have to stake a claim on the corner office and boardrooms.
Post-recession women entrepreneurs see opportunity and challenges ahead
As the fog of recession clears, women entrepreneurs face new and ongoing challenges. But they also can leverage what they have learned during the tough economic times to take advantage of new opportunities, according to experts who follow entrepreneurship.
2010 Women to Watch: Bandgap Engineering's Marcie Black takes solar to the nanolevel
Marcie Black, Chief Technology Officer at Bandgap Engineering Inc., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. She is nanoengineering silicon to boost its energy-trapping efficiency without making the solar cell more expensive to produce.
2010 Women to Watch: Humedica's A.G. Breitenstein takes hands-on approach to healthcare IT
A.G. Breitenstein, co-founder, VP and GM of Provider Markets at Humedica Inc., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. She has co-founded three health care IT companies, with the latest dedicated to design data-analytic tools that improve patient care and safety.
2010 Women to Watch: IBM's Catherine Crawford: Soccer mom, with a knack for supercomputers
Catherine Crawford, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Corp., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. She led IBM’s effort to build the first petaflop supercomputer. She is also dedicated to using soccer to help girls thrive in math and science.
2010 Women to Watch: Raytheon's Lauren Crews fills in gaps of defense tech R&D
Lauren Crews, technology coordinator at Raytheon Co., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work has contributed significantly to radar programs for the defense of the U.S.
2010 Women to Watch: Aura Bioscience's Elisabet de los Pinos combines entrepreneurship and management skills
Elisabet de los Pinos, CEO of Aura Biosciences Inc., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. She is the co-inventor of technologies behind two U.S. patents covering Aura’s Nanosmart technology platform, prompting her to launch and run the company.
2010 Women to Watch: GSK's Michelle Dipp promotes new drug development
Michelle Dipp, VP, Center of Excellence for External Drug Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline, is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work has her forging alliances between GlaxoSmithKline and biotechs to foster innovative drug development leading to improved medical care.
2010 Women to Watch: MITRE's Jill Drury bridges human-robot communication
Jill Drury, associate department head, multimedia and collaboration department at The MITRE Corp., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work has made her a leader in human-computer interaction and human-robot interaction research, bridging work among industry, academia and government.
2010 Women to Watch: Crimson Hexagon's Candace Fleming takes startup reins into her own hands
Candace Fleming, CEO of Crimson Hexagon Inc., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. She founded the company to develop sophisticated listening and analysis tools to help distill meaning about brands, products and services in online conversations through social media.
2010 Women to Watch: WiTricity's Katie Hall embraces startup experience
Katie Hall, Chief Technology Officer at WiTricity Corp., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work with the wireless electricity startup has led her to develop new inventions, as well as take out the trash.
2010 Women to Watch: MIT's Dava Newman outfits astronauts with upgraded spacesuits
Dava Newman, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work on a next generation of spacesuit for astronauts is intended to give astronauts increased mobility.
2010 Women to Watch: Draper Lab's Livia Racz has innovation in her heritage
Livia Racz, division leader for advanced hardware development at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work has led to breakthroughs in electronic systems design and packaging.
Women to Watch honorees continue to shine in community activity
One of the considerations in the selection of the Mass High Tech Women to Watch each year is how active the nominees are in their community and in mentoring younger generations. Here are some examples of how this year’s honorees give back.
The List: 20 public companies with women execs
The local tech sector lags behind industry as a whole when it comes to female representation among executive officers at Massachusetts public companies. Still, some companies do "get it." Here's a list of 20 Massachusetts public companies that rank high for gender diversity in executive roles.
Changing Places: Who's coming? Who's going? Who's changing places?
Mass High Tech tallies new hires, promotions and board appointees in high tech throughout New England.
The Mover: Mall Networks CFO Cambray has a record of operational success
Mall Networks Inc.’s new CFO Karen Cambray, 43, is not deterred by the risk of joining a startup. She has been joining startups for over a decade, riding their rollercoasters of risks and rewards.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Matrix Partners adds entrepreneur Rodriguez to VC firm
Serial entrepreneur Antonio Rodriguez announced on his blog this morning that he will take a general partner position at Waltham venture capital firm Matrix Partners.