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Debrief: In San Diego, a socioeconomic blueprint for LI
From Innovate LI’s San Diego office… (no, just kidding, we wish). But indeed from San Diego comes a regional innovation saga with surprisingly familiar themes. You might not think it at first blush,...
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Debrief: CSHL’s Whiteley fills shoes, answers needs
A seasoned veteran of scientific- and medical-research commercialization, Andrew Whiteley stepped up this month to take over Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s technology-transfer operations from Teri...
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Debrief: One year in, NYIT Prez Foley sees LI’s promise
Decades of high-level experience in university-based research and strategic planning, including 10 months at the helm of the New York Institute of Technology, infuse everything Hank Foley says about...
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Debrief: He’s Keith Hernandez
Though a particular fandom knows him best for a brief but bright cameo on the classic sitcom “Seinfeld” (26 years ago!), millions still revere Keith Hernandez as a field general and the steadiest bat...
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Debrief: For STEM warrior Havasy, it’s personal
Don’t get Ray Ann Havasy started about STEM. Actually, please do – the founder and director of the Center for Science Teaching and Learning is more than happy to dish on the benefits of STEM education...
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Debrief: Catell, consortium set to blow the doors off
Robert Catell isn’t so much “busy” as “hyperactive.” Decades after serving as chairman of KeySpan and National Grid’s U.S. operations, the iconic innovator (last Debriefed by Innovate LI in 2016)...
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Debrief: Innovations past and future, with Marc Alessi
Arguably the hardest-working man in Long Island innovation, former New York State Assemblyman Marc Alessi enjoys a singular socioeconomic viewpoint. The entrepreneur and champion of 5G connectivity...
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Debrief: Michael Chiang, mic’d up at Stony Brook SBDC
Michael Chiang didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. But firsthand exposure to Baruch College professors who were also successful entrepreneurs changed his mind (and his major), instilling a desire...
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Debrief: Abiding Kevin Law, as LI collides with destiny
Hard to believe, but it’s been five long years since Innovate LI last Debriefed Kevin Law, who’s now logged a full decade as President and CEO of the Long Island Association. As 2020 dawns, the...
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Debrief: He’s Fine (but manufacturers aren’t)
From its Parisian headquarters and throughout its multinational network, accounting giant Mazars has unequaled exposure to the coronavirus crisis, spanning continents and industries. And thanks to...
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Debrief: Topper, on a world of reinvention and hope
Thirty years later, Hilary Topper – part marketing ace, part social influencer, all 21st century It Girl – is still going strong. Game-changing technological jolts, 9/11, the Great Recession and now,...
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Debrief: Schnirman, on Nassau’s instant ‘revenue crisis’
Released Monday, an executive summary of Nassau County’s sales tax revenues (historically good for 40 percent of total county revenues, Nassau’s single-largest income source) shows a predictable and...
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Debrief: Big stage, challenges for sonic Boomgaarden
For his next number, Donald Boomgaarden is playing way past Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” (an aria plus 30 riffs, mastered years ago). The longtime concert pianist became St. Joseph’s College’s eighth...
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Debrief: For Costanzo, a direct path, largely north
A living legend of Long Island logistics, John Costanzo was front row during direct marketing’s evolution from snail-mailed mass-prints to glossy catalogues to e-commerce. More in the driver’s seat,...
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Debrief: With Yvonne Schultz, innovation in every pot
When Innovate Long Island last checked in on the goings on at Stony Brook University’s Business Incubator at Calverton, former Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency Executive Director Chris...
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