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DATE: 04−27−2012HEADLINE: MCNC finishes first phase of Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative

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MCNC finishes first phase of Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 27, 2012

Non−profit operator of NCREN is almost a year ahead of schedule; hosting live Twitter Town Hall today

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,April 27, 2012/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−A, MCNC todayannounced the first round of the $144 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI) iscomplete.A, All broadband fiber associated with this phase of the project is now active and servingCommunity Anchor Institutions (CAIs) including K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, health carefacilities, public health facilities, libraries, research institutions, and other sectors of CAIs in western andsoutheastern North Carolina. Through first−phase commercial partner FRC LLC, which invested $4 millioninto the project, fiber is now available to serve commercial businesses and last−mile consumer broadbandneeds in these same regions.

The GLRBI is funded through grants from U.S. Department of Commerce's Broadband TechnologyOpportunities Program(BTOP) and significant matching funds from private donations and investmentsincluding a $24 million investment from the Golden LEAF Foundation. Once complete through two phases,the GLRBI will greatly expand the reach and capacity of the North Carolina Research and EducationNetwork (NCREN) in the state.

This first phase of the project already is having a positive impact on student learning, patient outcomes inhealth care, economic outcomes in job creation and community development, and is accelerating innovationand research all across the state, said MCNC President and CEO Joe Freddoso. Our goal is to continuecreating infrastructure that meets the advanced needs of research, education, and health care while stabilizingcosts to consumers and small businesses in areas where affordable broadband currently isn't available.

Since the project began, all North Carolina Community Colleges have been connected to NCREN; the videoservices infrastructure on the network was upgraded;East Carolina University received a 10gig networkupgrade and now serves as a hub for most of eastern North Carolina; the National Climatic Data Center inAsheville now has a 10gig connection, Vidant Medical Center in Pitt County became the first not−for−profithospital connected to the N.C. Telehealth Network via NCREN, and finally, spending on engineering andconstruction attributed to the project has created and/or saved hundreds of jobs throughout the state.

To celebrate this achievement, MCNC will host its first online Twitter Town Hall today (Friday, April 27) at11 a.m. EDT and will answer questions about the GLRBI and expansion of broadband connectivity in NorthCarolina live at www.mcnc.org/btop/townhall. This online−only event is an invitation from MCNC foranyone to participate in an open exchange about the project, its impacts, and future trends concerningnetworking and the rising need for bandwidth. Questions will be selected both in advance and in real−timeduring the event. To have your voice heard, tweet in questions using the hashtag#askMCNC. You can trackthe conversation three ways by watching the event live, follow live tweets from@MCNC or@GLRBI, orsearch out#askMCNC on Twitter.

MCNC received federal approval to begin the second phase of the GLRBI in June 2011. Since that time,MCNC has mobilized efforts and made significant progress on this portion of the project, which is

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three−times the size of the first phase.

The total of new miles spanning both projects is currently 2,604. The routes for Round 1 as engineeredrepresent 904 newly−operational miles of which 414 miles are new construction. All Round 1 fiber is now litand placed into service. The routes for Round 2 as engineered represent 1,700 total miles, of which 1,338 arenew construction and 362 are being obtained and/or leased via indefeasible rights of use (IRU) or existingfiber is being upgraded. As of today, 595 miles of new conduit has been built along the Round 2 project route,292 miles of fiber has been deployed within that conduit, and nearly 307 miles of dark fiber have beenobtained via IRUs.

The participating vendors and contractors who worked on Round 1 include: Fiber Technologies forconstruction/installation of fiber in western North Carolina;A, Globe Communications forconstruction/installation of fiber in the southeast; Comtech for all the fiber splicing related to this portion ofthe project;A, Cisco Systems for providing the Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Design Network Solution;CommScope for supplying all fiber−optic cable and materials; and ONUG Communications for engineeringdesign, project planning, and related services.

All vendors and contractors associated with Round 1 project are either North Carolina−based or have strongN.C. presence. To date, the overall project has been a $73 million infusion of spending with privateengineering, materials manufacturing, and optical equipment manufacturers, construction companies inaddition to acquiring fiber segments from telecommunications, cable companies, and electric membershipcooperatives.

All construction for the GLRBI is to be complete by 2013.

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MCNC's goal in seeking private funds and NTIA BTOP matching funds was to provide our CommunityAnchor Institution users of NCREN a network that would scale to rapidly increasing bandwidth demand atstable costs. Today, with the completion of the first phase of the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative,we move a significant step closer to that goal.

Mike Murphy

Chairman of the MCNC Board of Directors

In carrying out its three−part mission of teaching, research and outreach, the University of North Carolina isincreasingly reliant on technology and broadband infrastructure. These critical upgrades and the expansion ofthe North Carolina Research and Education Network will help ensure that our UNC campuses have thedigital infrastructure required to scale to our future needs. Every sector of education in the state will benefitfrom this important investment.

Tom Ross

President of the University of North Carolina

The future of North Carolina through improved access to education, better healthcare and robust economicdevelopment is enhanced with the completion of the first phase of the Golden LEAF Rural BroadbandInitiative.A, We can only imagine today the innovation and economic growth that will occur in the future dueto the expansion of this infrastructure that allows the great minds of North Carolina to collaborate with theworld.

Governor Bev Perdue

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State of North Carolina

By 2015, Internet video is projected to be 62 percent of consumer Internet traffic and the number of devicesconnected to IP networks will be twice as high as the global population. A robust and intelligent network isessential to keeping up with the exponentially increasing demand for access by students, consumers,businesses and organizations in North Carolina and across the world.

Edward D. Paradise

Vice President for Cisco's Global Government Solutions Group and RTP Site Executive

Cisco Systems

The potential impact of this project on our region's healthcare system can be tremendous. From helpingaddress healthcare disparities in rural areas to addressing the growing physician shortage, this investmentcomes at a pivotal time in the transformation of our region's and nation's healthcare system. Broadband willserve as the underlying infrastructure for the health information technology that has the potential to improvehealth care outcomes and control costs.

Edward J. Macko

Director and CTO, Healthcare & Life Sciences Solutions

IBM

CommScope has been involved in this project since the first shovel went into the ground in two years ago. Weare excited that the first phase of this project is completed because it has the potential to provide tremendous,long−lasting benefits to our state's residents. CommScope is proud to be part of several broadband initiativesaround the country, bringing high−speed networks to rural and underserved communities. MCNC and itsefforts to expand the North Carolina Research and Education Network through the Golden LEAF RuralBroadband Initiative is just one great example.

Ric Johnsen

Senior Vice President of Broadband

CommScope

(CommScope, based in Hickory, N.C., was selected by MCNC to provide materials for both project phases)

From the beginning, the MCNC team knew we needed great collaborators to successfully implement theBTOP project.A, CommScope, ONUG, Cisco, K&L Gates, FiberTech, Comtech,A, Globe Communications,the Office of Governor Bev Perdue, the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina CongressionalDelegation, the N.C. Institute for Minority Economic Development, NCDOT, and NCDENR are just a few ofthe key organizations that joined the MCNC staff in leading this phase of the project to a successfulcompletion.A,

Tommy Jacobson

MCNC Vice President of Network Initiatives and Chief NCREN Architect

MCNC & NCREN Community

MCNC is an independent, non−profit corporation. MCNC's main focus is to operate the North Carolina

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Research and Education Network (NCREN). For a more than a quarter century, NCREN continues toprovide advanced Intranet and Internet connectivity to a constantly expanding number of Community AnchorInstitutions throughout North Carolina. Today's users of NCREN include all 17 institutions of the Universityof North Carolina System, all 58 North Carolina Community Colleges, all 115 K−12 public school districtsas well as a growing number of K−12 charter and private schools, the majority of the state's private collegesand universities, several non−profit and public health care facilities, and a number of the state's premierresearch institutions. NCREN also serves as the Internet gateway network for all state employees. MCNCcurrently is working on a $144 million expansion of NCREN scheduled to be completed by summer 2013.This initiative has been labeled the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative. Visit www.mcnc.org orfollow@MCNC or@GLRBI.

About Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative

MCNC currently is working on a $144 million expansion of NCREN scheduled to be completed by 2013.This initiative has been labeled the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI).

To fund this expansion, MCNC applied for and received two U.S. Department of Commerce BroadbandTechnology Opportunities Program (BTOP) awards totaling $104 million. In addition, MCNC raised $40million in private matching funds as required by the BTOP program. MCNC's sources of matching fundsincluded $24 million from the Golden LEAF Foundation,$8 million from the MCNC Endowment,$4 millionfrom private−sector wholesale telecommunications company FRC, and an estimated $4 million throughdonations of land and existing conduit from individual community colleges, universities, and others includingthe Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. No direct funding from the State of NorthCarolina was required. MCNC estimates this project will create or save 2,500 engineering, construction, andmanufacturing jobs in the state.

Both MCNC awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of North Carolina GovernorBev Perdue, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment, and e−NC Authority to improvebroadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the tworounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships withprivate−sector service providers, more than 1,500 community anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, andreach more than 300,000 underserved families.

About The Golden LEAF Foundation

The Golden LEAF Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 to help transform NorthCarolina's economy. The foundation receives one−half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 MasterSettlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assistingtobacco−dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAFFoundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic developmentorganizations and nonprofits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,096 grants worth over $490million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888)684.8404.A,

Editorial Contacts

MCNC Communications Hotline: (919) 248.4105

Noah Garrett, NGC Communications, on behalf of MCNC: (252) 423.1277 or [email protected]

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Updated May. 18, 2012 at 8:02 a.m.

By RICK SMITH, WRAL Tech Wire Editor

The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder ofWRAL Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – More than 40 companies,from startups to global power players, are in the running to receiveone or more of five corporate awards in WRAL Tech Wire's first

"Full Steam Ahead Awards," a salute to North Carolina's tech and life science industries orcompanies using tech to help recreate the way they do business.

Our panel of judges (entrepreneurs, executives, investors – i.e. people who really know thebusiness) have made their nominations, and the winners will be announced next Thursday, May 24,at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham.

We are playing off a full-steam railroad theme, and here are the corporate nominees:

I. The Express – Non-stop on way to success

AppiaEMCSASRed HatLabCorpWindsor CircleShoeBoxedBandwidth.comSensusArgyle SocialShareFile (recently acquired)iContact (recently acquired)

II. The Turnaround – (The railroad turntable, turning engines around to run in oppositedirection) – A rebuilt, refocused or restructured company

MetabolonAdvanced Liquid LogicBioAgilytix

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ShareFileSciQuestLenovoSpringMetricsCharles & Colvard

III. The Golden Spike - A solid, grind-it-out day-to-day company

RailincBrontoChannelAdvisorReverb NationCreeRelevanceSASRed HatQuintilesGeomagicTwo Toasters

IV. The Subway – A company emerging from stealth mode or relative obscurity

XanofiEvoAppBandwidth.com519 GamesFitsistantShareFilePlotwattValencellTwo ToastersSempriusBoostSuiteBronto

V. Riding The Third Rail – A company achieving success on a deadly “third rail” where othercompanies have tried and failed

Bandwidth.comAppiaNetsertiveMCNC

For nominees in 10 individual award categories, read here.

Be sure to come to the party, which also will celebrate the 10th anniversary of WRAL Tech Wire.

There's no charge to attend, but you need to register and space is limited. Hope to see you there!


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DURHAM, N.C. – Dr. Charles Hamner, the "biodad" of NorthCarolina's growing biotechnology industry, and Epic Games stolethe spotlight at WRAL Tech Wire's first "Full Steam Ahead Awards"

Thursday night.

Dr. Hamner, a driving force behind North Carolina's becoming the third largest biotech cluster in theU.S., received two honors - the only person to do so. ("Biodad" or "biofather" is The Skinny'snickname for Dr. Hamner. The late James Graham was North Carolina's "sodfather" in agriculture,so The Skinny came up with a nickname that Dr. Hamner told us he does enjoy.)

First, he received a lifetime achievement award.

Jane Smith Patterson, the longtime director of e-NC, former science advisor to Gov. Jim Hunt and atireless visionary who helped bring broadband access to North Carolina, also received theachievement award.

Later, Hamner received the "Yardmaster" honor for his visionaryleadership in the state as the long-time chief executive officer atthe N.C. Biotechnology Center, his continuing role as an advisor tostate and industry leaders, and also his efforts to expand TheHamner Institutes in RTP.

Epic Games, meanwhile, received two honors.

Dr. Michael Capps, Epic's president, and Tim Sweeney, thecompany's CEO, chairman and technical director, shared the "Engineer" award, which went to thetop CEO as nominated by a panel of independent judges from the Triangle's entrepreneurialcommunity.

Capps, Sweeney and their team have built Epic into one of the world's top video game companieswith its "Unreal," "Gears of War" and "Infinity Blade" franchises. Epic also has created a series ofvideogame engines, called Unreal, which is used across all major game platforms and bycompanies around the globe. Unreal also is being used for virtual reality training. Their Gearsfranchise alone has produced more than $1 billion in sales.

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Epic's other award went to Cliff Bleszinski, who shared the "Inventor" award with Dr. JosephDeSimone, who teaches at both UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State when not discovering inventionsand launching new companies. Bleszinski is the creative director at Epic where his task is to inventand create new universes for game play.

An overflow crowd of more than 250 people packed the Fullsteam Breweryfor the event, which was a salute the best companies and technologyleadership North Carolina has to offer. We played off a train theme, thus the"Full Steam" name, and every award winner received an engineer's hat. Whyrailroads?

Well, they were America's original broadband.

Special Recognition

Because immigrants played such a key role in the building of thetranscontinental railroad, we chose to recognize to immigrants to America who became successfulentrepreneurs - true examples of living the American Dream.

Ping Fu, the chairman and CEO of 3-D software firm GeomagicVivek Wadhwa, now a professor at Duke and Stanford as well as a widely publishedcolumnist

FULL STEAM WINNERS

INDIVIDUALS

The other winners:

People's Choice Award

Troy Tolle, co-founder and chief technology officer at educational software firm Infinity LearningSolutions, sped all the way from Atlanta to Durham to receive the People's Choice award. Tolleedged past Joe Carr, chief executive officer at solar energy firm Semprius.

However, Carr did not go home empty handed. Semprius did receive the Subway award as theemerging tech success story.

The Mogul

Jim Goodmon and Capitol Broadcasting

The Conductor

Jim Goodnight, SAS

The Engineer (shared)

Dr. Michael Capps and Tim Sweeney, Epic Games

The Fireman

David Spitz, ChannelAdvisor


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The Brakeman

Charlie Peters, Red Hat

The Signalman

Gail Roper, City of Raleigh

The Rookie/top entrepreneur

Jesse Lipson, Sharefile

The Steward/Mentor

Joan Siefert Rose and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development team

The Yardmaster

Dr. Charles Hamner, The Hamner Institutes

The Inventor (tie)

Dr. Joseph DeSimone, UNC and NCSU plus multiple companiesCliff Bleszinski, Epic Games

CORPORATE WINNERS

The Express – Non-stop on way to success:

Appia

The Turnaround – (The railroad turntable, turning engines around to run in opposite direction) – Arebuilt, refocused or restructured company:

SciQuest

The Golden Spike - A solid, grind-it-out day-to-day company:

Bronto

The Subway – A company emerging from stealth mode or relative obscurity:

Semprius

Riding The Third Rail – A company achieving success on a deadly “third rail” where othercompanies have tried and failed:

MCNC



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(Durham, N.C.) MCNC was recognized with a Full Steam Award by WRAL Tech Wire recently for being acompany achieving success today where other companies have previously tried and failed. Playing off thetrain theme, every award winner received an engineer’s hat. MCNC received an award entitled, Riding TheThird Rail. In 2010, MCNC received $104 million in federal taxpayer dollars to bring broadband Internetaccess to businesses and schools in North Carolina. The money came from Broadband TechnologyOpportunities Program grants which were funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or“stimulus” funds. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the long-term effects of the stimulus willresult in a long-term 0.2 percent reduction in the GDP, an increase in budget deficits by about $825 billionthrough 2019, and “no long-term effects on unemployment.”

“In accepting the award I thought of 75 hard-working people at MCNC who made this happen,” said MCNCPresident and CEO Joe Freddoso, who also was nominated individually in the Engineer Category and theYardmaster Category. “We are very proud of the entrepreneurial spirit that defines MCNC. And, we are proudto be building an infrastructure that will scale to help North Carolina meet its broadband needs of the future.”

MCNC Vice President for Network Initiatives and NCREN’s Chief Architect Tommy Jacobson also was afinalist nominated in the Fireman Category, and MCNC Chief Financial Officer Pat Moody was a finalist inthe Brakeman Category.

Among many other Triangle tech leaders, also at the ceremony were Tom Miller, Jane Smith Patterson, andFred Hutchinson, all of whom contributed greatly to MCNC’s achievements. “MCNC’s award also honorstheir contributions as well as many others who have contributed to MCNC over the years,” added Freddoso.

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – More than 150 techentrepreneurs, executives, investors, advisors and leaders are inthe running for the first "Full Steam Ahead Awards" from WRAL

Tech Wire.

We're playing off a railroad theme as we celebrate North Carolina's tech and life science industriesas well as groups and organizations that support tech or utilize the latest in IT to transform theirbusinesses.

Our panel of judges (entrepreneurs, executives, investors – i.e. people who really know thebusiness) will name winners in these categories:

Mogul – Top investor/ownerConductor – Board chairmanEngineer – CEOFireman – COO (operations)Brakeman – CFO (spending)Signalman – CIO/CTO (technology/information)Rookie – Top entrepreneurSteward – Mentor/advisor to startupsYardmaster – Developer/visionary driving regional development and/or a type of technologyInventor – Creator/mastermind

Without further delay, here are the nominees:

I. THE MOGUL

Jason Caplain, David Jones at Southern Capitol VenturesSteve VanderwoudeMarc NoelJim Goodmon, Capitol BroadcastingBruce BoehmSteve Wiehe, SciQuest

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Dennis Gillings, QuintilesNC Idea Fund Partners/David Rizzo and teamBuck GoldsteinJoe VelkChristy Shaffer, Hatteras Ventures,Intersouth Partners/Dennis Dougherty and Mitch MummaDavid Murdock, Dole Food & North Carolina Research CampusScot Wingo, ChannelAdvisorBob Young, Lulu

II. THE CONDUCTOR

Henry Shelton, Red HatHenry Kaestner, Bandwidth.comChuck Swoboda, CreeJim Goodnight, SASDennis Gillings, QuintilesPing Fu, GeomagicYang Yuanqing, LenovoDavid Jones, Peak 10Aaron Houghton, iContact and BoostSuiteRichard Holcomb, StrikeIron

III. THE ENGINEER

Jim Whitehurst, Red HatMichael Capps, Epic GamesRon Unger, WorkSmartJoe Colopy, Bronto SoftwareClifton Vann, Livingston & HavenSteve Wiehe, SciQuestBen Weinberger, DigitalsmithsDavid Morken, Bandwidth.comFulton Breen, XSJohn Campbell, Campbell AllianceBrian Hamilton, SageworksKent Hudson, SchooldudeJoan Siefert Rose, CEDScot Wingo, ChannelAdvisorJames RRese, Tiger SwanDavid King, LabCorpRobbie Allen, StatSheet/Automated InsightKip Frey, EvoAppJud Bowman, AppiaJim Goodnight, SASRyan Allis, iContactJesse Lipton, ShareFile


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Eric Boggs, ArgyleJames Avery, AdzerkMike Doernberg, Reverb NationPing Fu, GeomagicJoe Freddoso, MCNCJoe Carr, SempriusCindy Marshall, AT&T North CarolinaVictoria Haynes, RTINorris Tolson, NC Biotech CenterYang Yuanqing, LenovoBob Freedman, SimpleAuctionSite.comJoe Epperson, MaxPointChuck Swoboda, Cree

IV. THE FIREMAN

Alan Hughes, BCBSNCTony Cockerham, Duke Net CommunicationsDavid Spitz, ChannelAdvisorChaz Felix, Bronto SoftwareTobi Walter, ShoeboxedBob Pickens, Secure Enterprise ComputingTom Kurke, GeomagicTom Jacobson, MCNCJohn Murdock, Bandwidth.comVince Beese, AmadesaScott Frederick, Automated InsightsMarco Fregenal, EvoAppEarl Philmon, NDSL

V.THE BRAKEMAN

Bruce Bocher, LiquidiaRicky Ayers, Work SmartDana Guzzo, Martin MariettaTom Staab, BiocrystRichard Eisinstadt, TranzymeCharlie Peters, Red HatJohn Kuntzweil, CreePat Moody, MCNCToby Walter, ShoeboxedTim Grist, Charles & Covard

VI. THE SIGNALMAN

Rob Simora, RailincJim Baxley, Square 1 Bank


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Lee Congdon, Red HatJeff Stovall, City of CharlotteGail Roper, City of RaleighRalph Kasuba, iContactDelisa Alexander, Red HatTim Sweeny, EpicKeith Collins, SASJoe Davy, EvoAppAdam Covati, Argyle SocialNathaniel Talbot, SpeedlyRobert Hubbard, Reverb Nation

VII. THE ROOKIE/TOP ENTREPRENEUR

Dara Keatts and Jess Shorland, Pengo LoansAndrew Fu, GoodfitJud Bowman, AppiaPeter Bourne,James Avery, AdzerkJosh Whiton, TranslocEric Boggs, Argyle SocialKeith Shephard, Imangi StudiosMatt Williamson, Windsor CircleAaron Houghton, iContact and BoostSuiteJesse Lipton, ShareFileRyan Allis, iContactRobbie Allen, Automated Insight

VIII. THE STEWARD/MENTOR

Chris Heavly and Dave Neal, Triangle Startup FactoryTom Miller, N.C. StateCouncil for Entrepreneurial Development teamDhruv Patel, CEDCharles Buenzli, CED Venture Mentoring ServiceLee BuckBrian Handly, StepLeaderKen Romley, Zift SolutionsCharles Buenzli, BlackBook Solutions GroupSean O’Leary, StrikeIronSteve Nelson, Wakefield GroupScot Wingo, ChannelAdvisorJohn Austin, Joystick LabsBill Warner, Cary Innovation CenterAndy Schwab, First Flight Venture Center

IX. THE YARDMASTER


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Jim Whitehurst, Red HatPam Lewis, Venture AVL, AshevilleMichael Goodmon, Capitol BroadcastingKeith Collins, SASJohn Covan, 6FusionRick West, Advanced Liquid LogicChris Heavly, Triangle Startup FactoryJustin Gehtland, Relevance SoftwareMerrette MooreJason Caplain, Southern Capitol VenturesAdam Klein, Durham Chamber of CommerceJoe Procopio, Automated Insight and The Exit EventRobbie Allen. Automated InsightJoan MyersJame Smith Patterson, formerly eNCMonica Doss, formerly CEDJoe Freddoso, MCNCCharles Hamner, The Hamner InstitutesJosh Whiton, Transloc

X. THE INVENTOR

Joe DeSimone, UNC and NCSU, multiple venturesTom Dempsey, Sylvan SportRic BoucherCliff Bleszinski, Epic GamesMiles Palmer, 8 Rivers CapitalCharles Hamner, The Hamner InstitutesMatt WilliamsonRobbie Allen, Automated InsightsAaron Houghton, iContact and BoostSuiteJud Bowman, Appia

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