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Arizona-based FinTech Nominated for Two Startup Awards

August 11, 2020

Clear Core, an Arizona-founded and based financial technology company was nominated for two state-level awards, recognizing innovation and exceptional startups in 2020.

Leader of University of Arizona Tech Parks Named One Of Arizona’s Most Influential Women

August 10, 2020

Carol Stewart, Associate Vice President of Tech Parks Arizona for the University of Arizona, has been named one of the Most Influential Women in Arizona Business for 2020.

In the News

On the move at JLL, Tech Parks, JHC, CyberScout, Stantec

August 10, 2020

AZ BIG Media

Arizona business leaders, including Tech Park Arizona's Associate Vice-President, Carol Stewart, are making strides in their community.

Kevin Gullette will aid professional development for AZ Association for Economic Development

August 06, 2020

Austin Counts, Inside Tucson Business

Kevin Gullette is the new vice-chair of the Professional Development Committee for the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED).

Building Tucson Businesses: The Silicon Desert

November 06, 2019

Special to the Arizona Daily Star

Eleven years ago, a senior vice president of IBM asked a fresh out of University of Arizona, early-tenure employee with multiple undergraduate degrees and an MBA why she wanted to be a part of IBM. Out of a bundle of nerves, the employee gave an answer that spoke volumes: “Working here is like being in a great big candy store. You just have to be careful to not eat too much.”

That employee was Calline Sanchez, and she is now the IBM vice president of worldwide systems lab services and technical universities. The senior vice president who asked the question was Ginni Rometty, and she is now the CEO of IBM.

Fast-forward to today and some quick facts: IBM is 40 years in the Tucson marketplace. They are an anchor tenant at the University of Arizona’s Tech Park (IBM used to own the property and sold it to UA in 1994).