{"554021":{"#nid":"554021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Institute of Technology selects Jennifer Bonnett to head the Advanced Technology Development Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has named Jennifer Bonnett general manager of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), effective immediately.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe announcement follows Bonnett\u2019s tenure as ATDC\u2019s acting general manager since October 2015. In taking the permanent appointment, Bonnett leads a team of 22 full- and part-time employees who run the program\u2019s various initiatives, as well as coach entrepreneurs across the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA unit of the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E), Georgia Tech\u2019s chief outreach and economic development arm, ATDC works with more than 800 technology startup entrepreneurs each year across Georgia. Founded in 1981, ATDC has grown to become one of the most successful, longest-running, and largest university-based startup incubators in the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBonnett will report directly to Chris Downing, vice president and director of EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJen has been tireless champion of technology startup development in Georgia and an important voice and advocate for the community,\u201d Downing said. \u201cUnder her steady and smart leadership, ATDC continues to grow and expand as Georgia\u2019s technology incubator dedicated to serving the state and its economy by helping entrepreneurs learn, launch, scale, and succeed in their technology startup efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBonnett first joined ATDC as a community catalyst in October 2011, a role she held for three years before being named assistant director of education and curriculum in October 2014. She was named acting general manager in October 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe played a key role in developing ATDC\u2019s Entrepreneurs Education Series, a curriculum designed to move \u201cconcept stage\u201d entrepreneurs from idea through to angel funding. She is also the architect of the \u201cATDC @\u201d program which delivers coaching and curriculum to entrepreneurs across the state, including Savannah, Athens, and Augusta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m honored to accept this position and build on what we have done at ATDC, with the support of Georgia Tech and our fellow programs at EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E,\u201d Bonnett said. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to entrepreneurs and working with startups all over the state to help them build and launch successful and sustainable, job-creating companies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBonnett is a technology entrepreneur with more than 25 years experience in the information technology and software development fields with a specialty in web and mobile technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe has served as founder or chief technology officer of several venture- and angel-backed firms, where she both served as lead architect and grew and managed the technology team, including eTour.com, which was acquired by Ask.com.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also is founder of StartupChicks, a 501c3 focused on empowering women entrepreneurs through education, community, coaching, connections, and investment. StartupChicks has touched more than 10,000 women globally through its content and events.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 P\u00e9ralte C. Paul\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bonnett, a seasoned technology sector veteran, will shape the vision for the future of Georgia\u2019s statewide technology startup incubator."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2016-07-19 12:59:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:08","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"554031":{"id":"554031","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Bonnett to lead ATDC","body":null,"created":"1468948074","gmt_created":"2016-07-19 17:07:54","changed":"1475895350","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:50","alt":"Jennifer Bonnett to lead ATDC","file":{"fid":"206546","name":"atdc_general_manager_jen-bonnett_v2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atdc_general_manager_jen-bonnett_v2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atdc_general_manager_jen-bonnett_v2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":309336,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/atdc_general_manager_jen-bonnett_v2.png?itok=c6vhZeNE"}}},"media_ids":["554031"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/atdc.org\/","title":"Advanced Technology Development Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/startupchicks.org\/","title":"Startup Chicks"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"170483","name":"Jennifer Bonnett"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022s7\u0022\u003EFor media inquiries about ATDC, contact:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022s7\u0022\u003ELaura Diamond\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022s7\u0022\u003E404.660.2927\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["peralte.paul@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}