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Michael Cassidy
Mr. Cassidy shapes and guides the strategic direction of the Georgia Research Alliance, a private, non-profit organization that brings together the state’s academic, industry, and government leaders to grow Georgia’s economy through scientific discovery. Since its founding in 1990, the Alliance has directed more than $700 million of public and private investment into targeted research, development, and commercialization programs at its six member universities and leveraged over $2 billion in federal and private investment forming a foundation for the creation of more than 150 new companies. Mr. Cassidy also serves as Administrator of the GRA Venture Fund, LLC, a private investment fund created by the GRA to help finance promising companies that emerge through GRA’s commercialization programs.
Before joining the Alliance in 1993, Mr. Cassidy managed the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Georgia's technology incubator and earlier worked for the IBM Corporation. Mr. Cassidy holds a Master’s degree in Technology and Science Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a BBA degree in Marketing from Georgia State University. He serves on the Board of Directors of the State Science and Technology Institute, the Southern Technology Council, the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia, the Georgia Cancer Coalition, Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures, the Global Center for Medical Innovation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and the Technology Association of Georgia.
