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GENEDGE Hires David Bartlow as Regional Growth Manager
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fairfax, Va. – GENEDGE is pleased to welcome David Bartlow to the organization as a Regional Growth Manager serving the Northern Virginia area, reporting to Dean Young, Vice President for Industrial Development. For the previous two years David has been the Program Manager for the successful DEFENDCUI-VA…
GENEDGE Promotes Anthony Cerilli to Vice President of Operations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Newport News, Va. – Bill Donohue, President and Executive Director of GENEDGE is very pleased to announce the promotion of Anthony (Tony) Cerilli to the position of Vice President of Operations at GENEDGE. Based out of the Newport News office, Tony will be responsible for executing demand-based…
GENEDGE Leverages Federal CARES Act Appropriation to Accelerate Statewide Response for Reshoring Critical Industries in Virginia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARTINSVILLE, VA.— GENEDGE announced this week that its proposal for a grant from the GO Virginia Economic Resilience and Recovery Program, with GO Virginia Region One serving as the lead applicant and the endorsement of all nine GO Virginia Regions, has been approved by the GO Virginia…
GO Virginia Region One to Serve as The Lead Region for GO Virginia’s First Statewide Competitive / Project: GENEDGE’s Re-tooling Virginia Manufacturers for Strategic Industries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kalen Hunter, Program Director GO Virginia Region OneEmail: khunter@uvawise.eduPhone: 276-870-7731 (Wise, VA) June 24, 2020 – The GO Virginia State Board approved the Economic Resilience and Recovery funding for GENEDGE’s Re-tooling Virginia Manufacturers for Strategic Industries statewide competitive application on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Re-tooling Virginia’s…
GENEDGE HIRES ASHLEY HUDSON FOR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER ROLE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Martinsville, Va. — Ashley Hudson was recently hired as the Administrative Manager for GENEDGE, based at headquarters in Martinsville. In this new role, Ashley will join our administrative team, reporting to Josh Dawson, CFO and Business Manager. She will focus on grants management, including grant writing and…
U.S. Department of Commerce Awards GENEDGE ALLIANCE of Martinsville $876,000 to Support Manufacturing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) – For The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded $876,000 to GENEDGE ALLIANCE of Martinsville to support Virginia-based U.S. small- and medium-sized manufacturers, including rural manufacturers, respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA)…
Lynchburg ABC News Affiliate posts article on $876,000 federal award to GENEDGE Alliance for supporting Virginia manufacturing
U.S. Department of Commerce awards $876,000 to support manufacturing in Martinsville by Ida Domingo MARTINSVILLE, Va. (WSET) — The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded $876,000 to Genedge Alliance of Martinsville. This is to support Virginia-based U.S. small- and medium-sized manufacturers, including rural manufacturers,…
IndustryWeek Article: Small Manufacturers Think Big about Partnerships During COVID-19
How SME’s are teaming up with public research universities and MEP centers to boost innovation capacity. Authors: Shalin R. Jyotishi and Sheila Martin This article mentions GENEDGE and Virginia Tech’s Center for High Performance Manufacturing (CHPM) ISE senior engineering students partnering together on projects with industry clients as an example…
Lean Innovation: What Manufacturers Can Learn From the Tech Sector’s Appropriation of Lean Thinking
This article was originally published on the Manufacturing Innovation Blog by NIST MEP. When most people think of lean processes, the prevailing attitude is that the goal is to optimize things in a step-by-step approach. The result that companies using lean methods can look forward to is incremental improvements brought…