Trade associations
Alachua County Department of Growth Management
352.374.5249 • https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us
Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation
941.803.9036 • www.ThinkBradentonArea.com
Central Florida Development Council Inc.
863.551.4760 • www.cfdc.org
Citrus County Economic Development Council Inc.
352.795.2000 • www.citrusedc.com
City of Cocoa
321.433.8800 • www.cocoafl.org
City of Deltona
386.878.8100 • www.deltonafl.gov
DeSoto County Economic Development
863.993.4800 • www.teamdesoto.com
Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast
800.535.0203 • www.spacecoastedc.org
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
941.309.1200 • www.edcsarasotacounty.com
Enterprise Florida
407.956.5600 • www.enterpriseflorida.com
Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity
386.313.4071 • www.flaglercountyedc.com
Florida Economic Development Council Inc.
813.977.3332 • www.fedc.net
Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce
352.334.7100 • www.gainesvillechamber.com
Gainesville Council for Economic Outreach
352.334.7100 • www.gceo.com
Haines City Economic Development Council
863.422.2525 • www.hainescityedc.com
Hardee County Chamber of Commerce
863.773.6967 • www.hardeecc.com
Hernando County Office of Business Development
352.540.6400 • www.hernandobusiness.com
Highlands County Economic Development Commission
863.453.2818 • www.highlandsedc.com
Hillsborough County Economic Development Department
813.273.3684 • www.hillsboroughcounty.org/econdev
Lake County Office of Economic Development
352.742.3918 • www.businessinlakefl.com
Lakeland Economic Development Council
863.687.3788 • www.lakelandedc.com
Orlando Economic Development Commission
407.422.7159 • www.orlandoedc.com
Nature Coast Business Development Council of Levy County
352.493.6797 • www.naturecoast.org
Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership
352.629.8051 • www.ocalacep.com
Osceola County Economic Development Department
407.742.4200 • www.chooseosceola.com
Table of Contents
05 Publisher’s Letter
Randy Berridge
06 Corridor Briefs
Partner News from the 23-County Region
12 Sector Statistics
Measuring the Region’s High Tech Industry
19 University Research
Profiles of Research Collaborations between
Corridor Universities and High Tech Companies
40 An Exciting New Future
Emerges: You Can
Almost Sense it
The Founding of the Florida Advanced Manufacturing
Research Center and Sensor-Enabled Technologies
48 Cybersecurity in the
Age of the Internet
of Everything
A Connected World Made Safer by
Corridor Companies
54 Comeback at the Cape
How Brevard County Moved on
After Losing the Shuttle Program
59 Celebrating Two Unique
Decades of Achievement
The Corridor Turns 20
61 Game Changer
Venture Capital in The Corridor
64 Annual Report
Summary of the Florida High Tech
Corridor Council’s Yearly Activities
70 T rade Organizations
Regional Associations that Unite High Tech Industry
Pasco Economic Development Council
888.607.2726 • www.pascoedc.com
Pinellas County Economic Development
888.759.5627 • www.pced.org
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce
386.328.1503 • www.putnamcountychamber.com
Seminole County Department of Economic Development
407.665.7135 • www.businessinseminole.com
Faces of Technology
Read about 12 Corridor pioneers in profiles throughout this magazine
City of St. Petersburg Economic Development
727.893.7100 • www.stpeteshines.com
Sumter County Economic Development Council
352.689.4400 • www.sumterbusiness.com
Tampa Bay Partnership
813.878.2208 • www.tampabay.org
Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation
813.218.3300 • www.tampaedc.com
Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation
386.265.6332 • www.teamvolusiaedc.com
Volusia County Division of Economic Development
800.554.3801 • www.floridabusiness.org
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