Connie Casteel helps ATDC clients around the state understand and secure federal funding from the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs — highly competitive research awards up to $1.5 million. As an interface with Georgia’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP), she also helps connect ATDC startup companies with manufacturers and manufacturing resources. Connie’s background is in proposal development, competitive intelligence, data management, and innovation.
Kenji Takeuchi is an entrepreneur with extensive Fortune 500 executive technology management experience. As an entrepreneur, Kenji has founded and successfully exited several high-tech startup companies. He has led product development for several multinational technology firms, including Honeywell, Flex (Flextronics), Cisco/Scientific-Atlanta, Nagravision, and Iomega. He has served as vice president of engineering and chief technology officer at Flex and Honeywell, where he led global engineering teams and product development across multiple lines of businesses.
Kenji holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in engineering/robotics, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively.
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Shauvik Roy Choudhary is CEO of MoQuality.
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