High Technology Foundation President & CEO, Jim Estep featured on Inside West Virginia Politics to talk about the growth of West Virginia’s tech sector.
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by Conor Griffith BUSINESS EDITOR FAIRMONT — Several of the Mountain State’s various strides and ongoing aspirations to enhance cybersecurity’s job-creating potential were detailed Wednesday morning at a working group meeting of TechConnect West Virginia. Gathering at the Robert H. Mollohan Building of the I-79 Technology Park, the working group consisted of representatives from state […]
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If patience is a virtue, then Jim Estep may be the most virtuous man around. President and CEO of the High Technology Foundation, which has spearheaded technology development in North Central West Virginia for more than 20 years, Estep has waited patiently to be able to expand the foundation’s showpiece, the I-79 Technology Park. Like […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR Aug 11, 2019 FAIRMONT — After years of finding funds and drawing up plans, the High Technology Foundation is ready to begin work on Phase III of the I-79 Technology Park. Phase III, which will build a road to a currently uninhabited section of the park, is set […]
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President and CEO Jim Estep recently gave an overview of the High Technology Foundation to students visiting from Brazil who attended the LEGO Robotics competition.
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Hundreds gathered this morning for a reception at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center to commemorate the Redesignation of NASA’s Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility in Fairmont. This is a sincere honor for the I-79 Technology Park and the state of West Virginia.
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by Charles Young SENIOR STAFF WRITER FAIRMONT — NASA’s facility in Fairmont now bears the name of a pioneering African American and West Virginia native who was an instrumental part of the U.S. space program. The building housing NASA’s Independent Verification & Validation program was officially renamed the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR Apr 20, 2019 FAIRMONT — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is continuing its work in Fairmont in preparing to launch its next series of GOES weather satellites and beefing up its cybersecurity program. NOAA’s Fairmont location, which sits in the I-79 High Technology Park, is known mostly […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR Apr 20, 2019 FAIRMONT — Despite starting 2018 in bankruptcy, the High Technology Foundation has grown immensely over the past year, starting Phase III of work at the I-79 Technology Park and preparing for more federal anchors. The technology park, which houses NOAA, NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification […]
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Take Me Home Country Roads convention highlights reasons to invest in W.Va. by Conor Griffith BUSINESS EDITOR Apr 17, 2019 MORGANTOWN — North Central West Virginia’s economic potential, as well as its challenges, were discussed Wednesday during the second Take Me Home Country Roads Conference. The event was organized by the Morgantown Area Chamber […]
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