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News Release
CENTER NEWS RELEASE/October 9, 2007
New Director Set to Lead Idaho's Manufacturing Extension
Center
Boise, ID – TechHelp, Idaho’s university-based affiliate of
theManufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), announced today that Michael
Wojcicki has been selected as the center’s new Executive Director. Wojcicki
will assume his new position on Monday, October 15. He will be based at
Boise State University and will report to Dianne Schooley-Pettis, Interim
Dean of the BSU College of Business and Economics.
Wojcicki has held leadership positions in manufacturing extension,
technology-based economic development and university partnerships for the
past 14 years. “A few years back, I was president of the national
association of MEP centers,” said Wojcicki. “During that time, I learned
that TechHelp is one of the leading programs in the country, so it’s a real
honor to be selected as its Executive Director.” “During the last fiscal
year, TechHelp clients reported $65.6 million in positive economic impact
and 724 jobs created or retained as direct results of their projects with
us. That’s quite a return on the state’s investment,” continued Wojcicki.
“Mike’s familiarity with the MEP system and his experience managing
university and industry alliances gives him an ideal background to lead
TechHelp,” said interim Director, Dr. Larry Stauffer of the University of
Idaho.
Before joining TechHelp, Wojcicki was the Director of Investor and Partner
Relations at the Wisconsin MEP center, where he was responsible for
government relations, grant development and partnerships with the state’s
universities, technical colleges and local economic development
organizations. Prior to that, he was President of the Modernization Forum –
the national association of MEP centers – providing advocacy, research and
training services to the system’s 59 MEP centers. Earlier, he was Chief
Operating Officer and Vice President of the Kansas Technology Enterprise
Corporation – the state’s agency for technology-based economic development –
where he managed research and commercialization investments, general
operations, and funding for the state’s MEP center.
Wojcicki holds a B.A. from the University of Missouri and an M.P.A. from the
University of Arizona.
About TechHelp: From offices in Boise, Twin Falls, Pocatello and Post
Falls, TechHelp specialists provide technical and professional assistance,
training and information to Idaho manufacturers, processors and inventors to
strengthen their global competitiveness through continuous product and
process innovation. TechHelp is a partnership of Idaho's three state
universities and an affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership. It is also Idaho's Economic
Development Administration University Center, targeting economically
distressed areas of Idaho.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Bill Mullane, Marketing/Public Relations Manager, TechHelp
208-426-2266 or
williammullane@boisestate.edu
Mike Wojcicki, Executive Director, TechHelp
608-698-9150 or
mikewojcicki@charter.net
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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