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Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) recently appointed Harold H. Shlevin, Ph.D as manager of ATDC-Biosciences and Nina Sawczuk as Assistant Director for Biosciences. Together, they will work to advance the bioscience industry in Georgia.

Shlevin will serve as a startup catalyst advising new biosciences companies that are based on emerging innovations from Georgia Tech research and from other areas of Georgia; Sawczuk’s main focus is on supporting the commercialization of bioscience innovation throughout the state of Georgia.

“There is, and will continue to be, a willingness among venture capitalists and others to invest in innovation that helps people live healthier lives,” Shlevin said. “Georgia Tech is well-positioned to supply that innovation, because of the high quality and diversity of multi-disciplinary science here, and because there is a willingness among the faculty to see their science realized in some type of application.”

Sawczuk said, “Through ATDC and the Georgia Research Alliance’s VentureLab commercialization program, we can provide an integrated set of services designed to support the startup and growth of bioscience companies statewide,” said Sawczuk. “This combination of resources gives Georgia entrepreneurs a strong advantage as they launch and build new companies in the biosciences.”

ATDC is a startup accelerator that helps Georgia technology entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. Founded in 1980, ATDC has helped create millions of dollars in tax revenues by graduating more than 120 companies, which together have raised more than a billion dollars in outside financing.

Recently ATDC expanded its mission by merging with Georgia Tech’s VentureLab and with the Georgia SBIR Assistance Program. The change enables ATDC to greatly extend its reach to serve more technology companies along multiple growth paths and at all stages of development. ATDC has opened its membership to all technology entrepreneurs in Georgia, from those at the earliest conception stage to the well-established, venture-fundable companies.

ATDC is part of the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) at Georgia Tech, which helps Georgia enterprises improve their competitiveness through the application of science, technology and innovation. ATDC currently has three facilities; two at Georgia Tech’s main campus in Atlanta, and one at Georgia Tech’s satellite campus in Savannah.

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To learn how you can get connected to ATDC, please contact Stacy Shuker, COI for Life Sciences director, at 706-829-4271 or swshuker@georgia.org.