Michael White, with a background in technology and management, is the new executive director of the Cape Cod Technology Council and will guide strategic planning, according to Board President Eugene Curry.
The planning process will help the Council meet challenges with building membership and making the membership-based non profit more relevant to the community, Curry said in a telephone interview Jan. 22.
“We’re really pleased to have Michael onboard,” Curry said. “He has a background in technology and nonprofit management. So far, he’s demonstrated himself to be a very capable executive director, and I think he’ll take us in a good direction.”
Founded in 1996, the Council’s mission is to promote technology, education and economic development on Cape Cod, the Islands, and southeastern Massachusetts. The organization does this through advocacy and research.
Curry said the Council helped form a consortium with the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and Connect Cape Cod, an online resource and information center. They supported the creation of the nonprofit technology company OpenCape, and are a member of the SmarterCape Partnership.
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The Council worked with OpenCape to get better information to the Massachusetts Broadband Institute when they were determining how to distribute Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funds.
“We worked on getting information from the community on speed tests that we could then give to MBI,” Curry said. “We support competition and delivery and services. Competition leads to greater innovation, more access to services, and better prices.”
The Council has an active technology education committee, holds monthly First Friday events at Cape Cod Community College, and a Broadband Resource Project aimed at encouraging cooperation and collaboration among towns.
“I hope the community looks to us to be a resource in developing the technology infrastructure of the Cape,” Curry said.
Denise Coffey writes about business, tourism and issues impacting the Cape’s residents and visitors. Contact her atdcoffey@capecodonline.com .
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