Columbus, Ohio, Executive to Serve on Board of International Association

CONTACT:
Dinah Adkins, Executive Director
National Business Incubation Association
phone: (740) 593-4331
fax: (740) 593-1996
e-mail: dadkins@nbia.org

or

David Cattey, Executive Director
Business Technology Center
phone: (614) 487-3702
fax: (614) 487-3704
e-mail: dcattey@osu-btc.com

ATHENS, OHIO — David Cattey, executive director of the Business Technology Center (BTC) in Columbus, Ohio, has been elected to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) board of directors.

"I hope that during the next year we can really focus on articulating to the public the value that business incubation provides to communities and to the country as a whole," says Cattey. "I think incubation provides very definite values that don't get recognized often enough."

NBIA is the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. It provides thousands of professionals with the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies.

Located on The Ohio State University's Science and Technology Campus, BTC has 15 scalable technology companies and recently raised $5 million in public and private funds to open a new 60,000 square foot facility.

Business incubation catalyzes the process of starting and growing companies. A proven model, it provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks and tools they need to make their ventures successful. Incubation programs diversify economies, commercialize technologies, create jobs and build wealth. Today, there are more than 900 of these programs in the United States, up from 12 in 1980.

Cattey has served as executive director of BTC since 1990. He has overseen its transformation from a struggling incubator to its relocation and expansion into a modern facility. Prior to joining BTC, Cattey worked as vice president of Master Systems, a software company specializing in nonprofit organizations, for Healthcare Foundation, and as director of administrative services for The Ohio State University Development Fund. Cattey also serves on The Ohio State University Technology Partnership Alliance, the board of trustees of the Ohio Foundation for Entrepreneurial Education, and is a former chair of The Edison Technology Incubators Directors Council for the Ohio Department of Development.