Aris Melissaratos, senior advisor to the president for
enterprise development at Johns Hopkins,
has been named 2008 winner of the Baltimore's Extraordinary
Technology Advocate Award, the
Greater Baltimore Technology Council announced.
The BETA Award is presented at the GBTC's annual
TechNite celebration to an individual whose
words and actions have had an outstanding impact on the
Greater Baltimore technology community.
"Mr. Melissaratos has been a force for growth in the
Greater Baltimore community throughout
his entire career and has continuously devoted his efforts
to expanding and fostering technology in
the region," said Steve Kozak, executive director of GBTC.
"He's a true testament to the advocacy and
promotion of economic activity in the state and beyond.
We're fortunate to have the opportunity to
honor him."
Melissaratos, a 1966 Johns Hopkins graduate and
longtime member of the Whiting School of
Engineering's National Advisory Council, currently has
overall responsibility for building the
university's relationship with business and forging new
connections between the research and
corporate communities.
Melissaratos, whose undergraduate degree from Johns
Hopkins is in electrical
engineering,
spent most of his career with Westinghouse Electronics in
Baltimore, eventually becoming vice
president of science and technology and chief technology
officer at corporate headquarters in
Pittsburgh. Before joining government in 2003 as secretary
of the Maryland Department of Business
and Economic Development, he also served as vice president
of Thermo Electron Corp. and founded
Armel Private Equity Investments.
He holds a master's degree in engineering management
from George Washington University and
did graduate work in international politics at Catholic
University of America. He has also completed a
program for management development at Harvard Business
School.
Melissaratos will be presented with the BETA Award at
TechNite 2008, to be held from 5 to
8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Baltimore Convention
Center.
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