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ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 30, 2008) --- Dr. Tom O'Neal, director of the University of Central Florida's award-winning Incubation Program,
has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Business Incubation Association.
Dr. O'Neal founded the UCF Technology Incubator in 1999. The UCF Incubation Program now includes the Downtown Orlando Incubator; the
Orlando Business Development Center/District 2 Incubator; the Photonics Incubator; the UCF Technology Incubator; and the UCF Incubator-Seminole
County/Winter Springs.
The UCF Incubation Program now serves more than 100 startup and growth companies in the Central Florida region.
O'Neal said his temporary appointment fills a vacancy on the board. In one year, O'Neal will stand for election to a permanent
seat on the board beginning in 2010.
The National Business Incubation Association is the nation's leading trade association and serves more than 960 business and technology
incubation programs nationwide.
For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu or www.nbia.org.
For more information about this news release, contact:
Tom O'Neal. Ph.D, UCF Incubation Program Executive Director, 407-882-1120, oneal@mail.ucf.edu;
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
About
the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging companies create over $300 million in annual revenue
and more than 900 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across the metro Orlando community, the Incubation
Program is a collaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter
Springs, and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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