{"id":52380,"date":"2023-08-07T09:25:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=52380"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:16:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:16:07","slug":"mike-bradshaw-named-director-of-utc-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/mike-bradshaw-named-director-of-utc-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Bradshaw named director of UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike Bradshaw is the new director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship after serving as the CIE’s first Entrepreneur-in-Residence since 2021. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Gary W. Rollins College of Business has named Mike Bradshaw director of the UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) was established in 2018 to engage, equip and encourage UTC\u2019s innovators and entrepreneurs. The Center supports the entire University community through cross-campus programming and initiatives and addresses UTC\u2019s strategic goal to \u201cInspire, nurture and empower scholarship, creativity, discovery, innovation and entrepreneurial initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bradshaw has served the CIE as its first Entrepreneur-in-Residence since 2021. He has a long history with UTC, going back to his days as a graduate student in the Rollins College of Business\u2014receiving a Master of Business Administration degree in 2008. He has been an adjunct faculty member since 2011 and is the director of the University\u2019s Urban Vision Initiative\u2014a program that supports disadvantaged individuals who are developing new businesses in underserved areas of Chattanooga.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted that Mike is moving into the role of CIE director,\u201d said Dr. Thomas Lyons, the Clarence E. Harris Chair of Excellence in Entrepreneurship and executive director of the CIE. \u201cWith his extensive entrepreneurial background and dedication to fostering innovation, he is poised to lead the CIE into the next phase of growth and success. I know he is already thinking about new ways to engage our students and to help them develop their entrepreneurship skills. I am also excited about the connections he brings to Chattanooga\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem as we continue to build the CIE\u2019s capacity to serve our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Bradshaw\u2019s leadership, the CIE will continue to:<\/p>\n