News Releases
Director of Community and Government Relations for Tech Parks Arizona Was Invited to Join the Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
June 23, 2021Peter Loya Director of Community and Government Relations for Tech Parks Arizona, has been appointed to the City of Tucson's Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Issues which acts as the official advisory body on GLBT issues.
Stackhouse Debuts Real Estate Startup at UA Tech Park
June 07, 2021Stackhouse, a local startup revolutionizing the real estate business, aims to change how people own and finance a home. Stackhouse has steadily progressed their business which builds urban residential towers engineered to lift mobile, container homes in and out enabling homeownership, community, and mobility in downtown cores.
In the News
Tucson startup Stackhouse’ aims to expand home ownership by reinventing communities
June 28, 2021Jeff Gardner
Tucson Local Media
Over the past decade, the concept of tiny homes has grown in popular culture, but a real estate startup aligned with the University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation is taking things to the next level.
Industry Professionals
June 16, 2021Monica Tapia
AZBex
AZBex's Industry Professionals from 06/08/2021 featured the UACI Sponsored Launch Program Fueled by Concord General Contracting and UACI startup, Stackhouse's exciting progress.
Building Tucson Businesses: The Silicon Desert
November 06, 2019Special 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).
Greater Tucson Leadership Honors 3 Community Leaders
October 25, 2017Arizona Daily Star
Greater Tucson Leadership has revealed its picks for the 2017 Tucson Man and Woman of the Year as well as the winner of the Founders Award.
