NEWS - Computers & Technology

SBJ Staff Report

The Technology Association of Georgia’s (TAG) Savannah Chapter will hold its January meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m. at ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St, Suite 300 in Savannah’s Historic District.

The speaker will be Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost and Executive Director of Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute, from Atlanta. Georgia Tech has an Enterprise Innovation office in Savannah.

Stephen will discuss the state’s venture capitalism programs, and efforts to support technology entrepreneurs. (See SBJ’s story, published today.)

Stephen Fleming has 16 years of private equity experience at the general partner level. Prior to his venture capital career, he spent 15 years in operations roles at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Nortel Networks, and LICOM.

An Atlanta native and summa cum laude graduate of Georgia Tech, Stephen returned to his alma mater in mid-2005 as Chief Commercialization Officer. His appointment led a reorganization designed to streamline the handling of intellectual property, accelerate the licensing of technology, and make the Institute’s resources more readily accessible to business and industry.

The Technology Association of Georgia recently opened the TAG Savannah office, renting space in the ThincSavannah facility. Brady Cannon was named the new Programs Director. TAG Savannah is targeting 12 Coastal Georgia companies to participate in an ‘Economic Gardening’ effort. In conjunction with the Edward Lowe Foundation and the National Strategic Research Team, TAG Savannah will provide 12 growing, entrepreneurial companies with access to information on markets, customers, and competitors. This corporate level information assists second stage growth companies with core strategy, competitor intelligence, market dynamics, and management assessment that will help take their companies to the next level.