"Jinx" Patel
Research Director and President,
Athens Research and Technology, Inc.
and General Partner, ARTBIO, LLC.
Hometown: Beckley, WV
University: Bachelor’s Degree from
Randolph‐Macon Woman’s College
Ph. D. from Washington University
Why I chose Athens‐Clarke County for business?
In 1967 I moved to Athens with my husband, Gordhan L. Patel, when
he accepted a faculty posi on at the University of Georgia. I worked
as a post‐doctoral fellow/Research Associate at the University while
rearing two daughters. Then, in the 1982, the federal government,
interested in moving technology developed by Universi es to the
market place, created the Small Business Innova ve Research Grant
program under the Small Business Innova on Development Act.
Partly in response to this, Athens Research and Technology, Inc.
(ART) was formed in 1986 by a group of pathologists and a professor
in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Georgia. I was
hired as the first employee of the newly formed company to head up
the laboratory. Lynn Bryant, an MBA graduate, was the second
employee and is at present, the CEO of ART. The two of us – Lynn
Ma Walker
Plant Manager, Carrier Transicold
Hometown: Shelby Township, MI
University: Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering from
Oakland University
Why I chose Athens‐Clarke County
for business?
My family and I relocated, when presented the opportunity to run
the opera on with has been in the Athens community for over 25
years. The Carrier Transicold facility manufactures Truck/Trailer/
Rail refrigera on and generator units for the transporta on
industry. Our products are used to keep cargo safe in regards to
temperature control.
Community Insight?
The local community provides the balance of a small town feel
with some of the benefits of a large metropolitan city in regards
to transporta on access, ameni es and infrastructure.
and I – have directed the busi