Michael WhiteWith technology and management training, is the new executive director of CAPE COD technology advice And will guide strategic planning, according to the chairman of the board of directors, Eugene Curry.
The planning process will help the Council meet the challenges of members’ creation and the strengthening of non-profit based on members more relevant to the community, Curry said during a telephone interview on January 22.
“We are really happy to have Michael on board,” said Curry. “He has training in technology and non -profit management. So far, he has shown himself as a very competent executive director, and I think he will take us in a good direction. »»
Founded in 1996, the consulting mission is to promote technology, education and economic development on CAPE COD, the islands and the southeast of Massachusetts. The organization does it thanks to advocacy and research.
Curry said the Council had helped to form a consortium with the CAP COD Chamber of Commerce and to connect CAPE COD, an online resource and information center. They supported the creation of the OpenCape non -profit technology company and are a member of the SmartterCape partnership.
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The Council worked with Opencape To get better information at Massachusetts Broadband Institute when they determined how to distribute Wide -band equityFund for the access and deployment program (pearls).
“We have worked to obtain community information on speed tests that we could then give to MBI,” said Curry. “We support competition and delivery and services. Competition leads to greater innovation, more access to services and at better prices.”
The Council has an active technological education committee, organizes monthly events of the first Friday at the CAPE COD Community College and a project of broadband resources aimed at encouraging cooperation and collaboration between cities.
“I hope that the community seems to us that we are a resource in the development of the technological infrastructure of the cape,” said Curry.
Denise Coffey writes on business, tourism and problems with an impact on residents and visitors to the CAPE. Contact it toDCOFFEY@capecodonline.com .
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