Tuesday, September 15, 2009

University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program Names Melissa Wasserman to Site Manager of Orlando Business Development Center


ORLANDO, Fla. - The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program has named Melissa Wasserman as permanent site manager at the Orlando Business Development Center, located at 3218 E. Colonial Dr. in Orlando.

Gordon Hogan, director of operations for the UCF Business Incubation Program, said Wasserman earned her MBA Degree from the University of Central Florida in 2007 after completing undergraduate work at the University of California at Davis. She also earned a certificate in Technology Commercialization from UCF.

Wasserman joined the UCF Department of Research and Commercialization two years ago, Hogan said. She formerly served as a program assistant for the Office of Research and Commercialization and the UCF Business Incubation Program under Dr. Tom O’Neal. She was also was a part-time site manager of the Orlando Business Development Center for the past 6 months.

The Center is a general business incubator that supports high growth potential startup companies.

Contacts:
Melissa Wasserman, Site Manager/OBDC, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-2296 or mwasserm@mail.ucf.edu
Gordon Hogan, Director of Operations, UCF Incubation Business Program, 407 882-1120, bizdev@mail.ucf.edu
Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging companies (including nearly 70 current clients) create over $500 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, Lake County, the City of Leesburg and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu/

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