{"60187":{"#nid":"60187","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nina Sawczuk Named General Manager of Georgia Tech\u0027s ATDC","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVeteran biosciences entrepreneur Nina Sawczuk has been named general manager of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESawczuk will lead activities of the ATDC -- Georgia Tech\u2019s internationally-known accelerator for startup companies -- which helps Georgia technology entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. ATDC also manages services designed to commercialize technology emerging from Georgia Tech laboratories and help Georgia companies win Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESawczuk has served the ATDC as assistant director for biosciences since October of 2009. Prior to that, she was CEO of Zygogen LLC, an Atlanta-based biotechnology company that advanced the use of zebrafish for drug screening. Before co-founding that company, she served in drug discovery, biotechnology consulting, and business development roles for several organizations in the Boston, Research Triangle Park and Southern California areas. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is an exciting time to be part of ATDC as this successful startup accelerator begins its fourth decade of helping Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build science and technology companies,\u0022 Sawczuk said. \u0022With the economy encouraging more people to start companies and ATDC\u2019s membership now open to a broader group of enterprises, the organization has never been more important to the state\u2019s entrepreneurs.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESawczuk holds a master\u0027s degree in molecular and cellular biology from Harvard Medical School, an M.B.A. from Duke University\u0027s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor\u0027s degree in social and behavior sciences from Johns Hopkins University. She has served in a variety of positions with Georgia BIO, and as a member of the external review committee for the Georgia Research Alliance VentureLab Program. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup companies play a key role in creating new jobs and new economic activity for the state, region and nation, noted Stephen Fleming, a Georgia Tech vice president and executive director of the Enterprise Innovation Institute. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Startups play an essential role in creating new jobs and growing the economy,\u0022 he said. \u0022We are proud of the many companies that have emerged from ATDC during its 30-year history, and we look to Nina to help Georgia Tech maintain its vital role in building Georgia\u2019s economy.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC is a startup accelerator that helps Georgia technology entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. Founded in 1980, ATDC has helped create millions of dollars in tax revenues by graduating more than 120 companies, which together have raised more than a billion dollars in outside financing. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA year ago, ATDC expanded its mission by merging with Georgia Tech\u0027s VentureLab and with the Georgia SBIR Assistance Program. The change enabled ATDC to greatly extend its reach to serve more technology companies along multiple growth paths and at all stages of development. ATDC has opened its membership to all technology entrepreneurs in Georgia, from those at the earliest conception stage to the well-established, venture-fundable companies. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program currently has more than 300 members within Georgia\u0027s technology community and recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Forbes Magazine recently named ATDC to its new list of the \u0022ten technology incubators that are changing the world.\u0022 ATDC was the only incubator in the Southeast to be included on the Forbes list. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC is part of the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) at Georgia Tech, which helps Georgia enterprises improve their competitiveness through the application of science, technology and innovation. ATDC currently has three facilities; two at Georgia Tech\u0027s main campus in Atlanta, and one at Georgia Tech\u0027s satellite campus in Savannah. It also conducts programming at other locations in metro Atlanta and beyond. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30308\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Nancy Fullbright (912-963-2509)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:nancy.fullbright@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enancy.fullbright@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVeteran biosciences entrepreneur Nina Sawczuk has been named general manager of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s ATDC has a new general manager."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2010-07-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:11","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60188":{"id":"60188","type":"image","title":"Nina Sawczuk","body":null,"created":"1449176253","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:33","changed":"1475894523","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:03","alt":"Nina Sawczuk","file":{"fid":"191071","name":"tbs23211.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbs23211_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbs23211_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1306624,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tbs23211_0.jpg?itok=pWN0HFRw"}}},"media_ids":["60188"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/","title":"ATDC"},{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"2301","name":"entrepreneur"},{"id":"4239","name":"incubator"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}