Venture Madness unveiled recent changes to its Board of Directors for 2024 including the appointment of Tom Fulcher as Board Chair and Karen Katzorke as President & CEO. Fulcher also serves as President and CEO of The Idea Gardener LLC and has over 30 years of management experience with startups, small businesses and Fortune 500 companies. He is an angel … [More]
Venture Madness Introduces 2024 Board of Directors
Organization also appoints Tom Fulcher to board chair and promotes Karen Katzorke to president and CEO
Avnet Names New Chief Digital Officer to Drive Distributor’s Digital Strategy
Avnet has hired Dave Youngblood as Chief Digital Officer, effective October 21, 2024. In this newly created role, Mr. Youngblood will lead and further enable Avnet’s enterprise-wide digital platform and eCommerce approach. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Phil Gallagher, he will also be joining Avnet’s executive leadership team. Avnet’s digital strategy focuses on … [More]
Republic Services Launches Tool to Help Businesses Improve Sustainable Practices
Circularity, the concept of maintaining the value and use of materials as long as possible to minimize waste and resource consumption, is critical for businesses to reduce their environmental impact and achieve sustainability goals. Republic Services, Inc., a leader in the environmental services industry, today launched the Circularity Index, a no-cost online tool to help … [More]
Community Tech Hub Launches Foundation to Expand Accessibility to STEM Education
GenTech, a community tech hub that provides personal tech support and STEM education programming, has launched the GenTech Foundation to bring its KidsTech program to more Valley schools, bridging the STEM education divide among students and allowing more kids the opportunity to explore their interest in technology. As part of its launch, the foundation has partnered with the … [More]
Data Center Vacancy Falls to 3% in the Americas, Phoenix Still Holds Third Largest Market Status
Cushman & Wakefield, the global real estate services firm, has released its latest research report on data center markets, showing that power and component lead times continue to slow delivery of new supply. The vacancy rate in the Americas has fallen to 3%, with over 80% of deliveries pre-leased in major markets, pushing lease rates higher. Phoenix comes in at the third … [More]
SWAP Hub Team Awarded CHIPS Act Funded Project to Converter for Advanced Radar Systems
The Deptartment of Defense has announced that the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub based at Arizona State University has been awarded $5M in funding by the CHIPS and Science Act for a Multi-MHz, High Density, Ultra-fast RADAR Power Convert project that will advance radar power systems in critical defense applications. Researchers at the SWAP Hub are developing a … [More]
Intel’s Challenge: Layoffs amid Semiconductor Expansion
Intel Corp., a major player in Arizona’s semiconductor industry, recently announced plans to cut 15% of its global workforce, roughly 15,000 jobs. This decision comes as the company grapples with financial challenges, including a $1.6 billion loss in the second quarter of 2024. The cuts are part of a broader restructuring aimed at saving $10 billion by 2025. What does this … [More]
Hyperion Technologies Looks to Make Peoria Home
The latest company to invest in Arizona's growing semiconductor industry is Hyperion Technologies, a leader in manufacturing high-density interconnect IC substrates (HDI-IC substrates). Although Hyperion may not yet be a household name, its recent announcement to build a 600,000-square-foot facility in Peoria aims to fill a crucial gap in the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and … [More]























