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Orlando, Fla. (June 4, 2003) - The University of Central Florida Technology Incubator is now home to one of America's most prominent weapons in the worldwide war against terror; the Homeland Security Industries Association (HSIA), based in Washington, D.C.
Carol Ann Dykes, associate director of the UCF Technology Incubator, said HSIA launched its first statewide chapter at the UCF Technology Incubator during Enterprise Florida's Homeland Security Defense Business Forum in Orlando recently. Many of the UCF Technology Incubator's member firms are HSIA constituents, Dykes said.
"HSIA has an important mission to establish relationships in the nation's top technology centers," said Dykes. "Many of our companies, as well as university faculty, are among the most renowned in research and development in areas applicable to Homeland Security. As such, Central Florida is a logical location for HSIA's first state chapter."
Yasmin Tirado-Chiodini of Intelliorg, Inc., a UCF Technology Incubator firm, chairs the executive committee of the HSIA Florida chapter.
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