About Us

• BATEC Overview
• Our Vision
• Our 4 Year Plan
• Leadership Team
• Advisory Board
• National Visiting Committee
• Partners
• Media Kit

Advisory Board

Members of the BATEC Advisory Board include executives from local businesses; leaders from industry organizations; representatives from state and local government; and heads of community-based organizations. The Advisory Board members provide BATEC Leadership with substantial feedback on its proposed activities, help identify industry trends and workforce needs, and provide support needed to position BATEC for success in its metrics with the National Science Foundation

Leadership in Education:

Martha Hass, Tech Prep Coordinator, MA Department of Education
mhass@doe.mass.edu

Connie Louie, Director of Educational Technology, MA Department of Education
clouie@doe.mass.edu

Patricia Plummer, Deputy Chancellor, MA Board of Higher Education
dmccauley@bhe.mass.edu

Ann Dunphy, MA Executive Office of Community Colleges
adunphy@mcceo.mass.edu

Leadership in Industry

Amy Goggins, MA Network Communications Council
Amy@massnetcomms.org

John Hodgman, past-President, MA Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) (retired)
JFHodg@aol.com

Heather Johnson, Vice President Membership and Education, Mass Technology Leadership Council
heather@masstechleaders.org

George Moriarty, Executive Director, The Career Place (One Stop Career Center)
gmoriarty@middlesex.cc.ma.us

Neil Sullivan, Executive Director, Boston Private Industry Council
neils@bostonpic.org

Leadership in Business:

Aaron Abend, CEO, Recombinant Data Corporation
aabend@recomdata.com

Lukas Ruecker, Vice President, Strategy, Staples, Inc.
Lukas.Ruecker@Staples.com

Howard Kogan, Vice President of Client Services, Molecular, Inc.
hkogan@molecular.com

Randall Frank, Fidelity Investments
randall.frank@fmr.com

Marie Zwickert, Area Academy Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.
mzwicker@cisco.com

Jan Binda, Boston Area Corporate Affairs Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jan.Binda@Sun.com

Glenn Morgan, COO, Interactive Factory, Inc.
glenn@ifactory.com

Alen Yen, CEO, Interactive Factory, Inc.
alen@ifactory.com

Stephen Olive, CIO, Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Raytheon
Stephen_R_Olive@Raytheon.com

Bill Grotevant, Human Resources Director, Boston Scientific
grotevab@bsci.com

Edward Esposito, VP, Information Technology Support Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Edward.Esposito@bcbsma.com

Lewis Karabatsos, Director, Philanthropy Operations, Hewlett Packard
lewis.karabatsos@hp.com

Christine McLellan, ITD Chief of Staff, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Christine.McLellan@state.ma.us

Kevin Whiteside, Director, IT Performance and Productivity. Raytheon
Kevin_Whiteside@raytheon.com

Robert Nowak, Bank of America
Robert.S.Nowak@bankofamerica.com

Cara Babachicos, CIO/Corporate Director, Partners Continuing Care, Partners Healthcare System
CBabachicos@Partners.org

Leadership in Underrepresented groups:

Steven Gag, Mayor's Technology Advisor, Boston Mayor's Office, COO Tech Boston
steven.gag@ci.boston.ma.us

Khalid Mustafa, Technology Director, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
kmustafa@ulem.org

Geeta Pradhan, New Economy Initiative, The Boston Foundation
ppp@tbf.org

John Schneider, New Skills for a New Economy, MassINC
jschneider@massinc.org

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DUE 0302912, DUE 0703097, CCF 0722237 and CNS 0634412. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.