Daniel Marselle, Director
University Technology Park at IIT

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, Noon
The Tower Club, 20 North Wacker Drive - 39^th Floor
Chicago, Illinois

On September 14, 2009, the U.S. government awarded $14.6 million in stimulus grants to strapped cities and counties across the country, aimed at attracting private investment to local economies and creating jobs.  The largest grant, $4.5 million, went to the University Technology Park at IIT (UTP).  This construction grant, one of the largest ever made by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), is to complete a 28,000 square foot start-up technology incubator on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology that will house up to 30 start-up companies.  The award will help create new higher-skill jobs and boost private investment in the Chicago region.

What does this grant mean for the university tech park’s future and for Chicago's economic development?  Which industries are most impacted?  What progress has been made by UTP since it opened in January of 2006?

Dan Marselle has spent the last 3.5 years as the Director of the University Technology Park on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which is a $100 MM redevelopment project of four landmark buildings.  In that role, he is responsible for property and economic development as well as marketing and operations.  During his tenure, the number of companies at the tech park has quadrupled from 6 to 24, employing almost 300.

Prior to this role, Dan spent over a decade in the pharmaceutical industry with Searle/Pharmacia Pharmaceuticals in planning & marketing, as assistant to the chairman of Searle, and as Director of Pharmacy Technology Transfer for the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dan has a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from IIT and UW-Madison, respectively, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.

The luncheon is a noon, at the Tower Club, 39th floor, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago. The cost of the lunch and program is $35 for EDC members and $50 for non-members. There is no charge for EDC Corporate and Sustaining Members.

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