WIRED targets business innovation with position
The Piedmont Triad Partnership has opened applications for a new position that will help manufacturing companies in the region compete for business against regions around the world.
The position, called business innovation specialist, was created in partnership with the Industrial Extension Service of North Carolina State University and will work under the umbrella of the Workforce Innovations in Regional Economic Development program, called WIRED. WIRED was created by the federal government to help regions rebuild their economies. The Triad got a $15 million grant for the program.
The focus of the business innovation specialist position is to encourage the use of university- and government-developed technologies by local companies to create and use innovative and efficient manufacturing processes and practices.
Application for the Business Innovation Specialist position must be made online at https://jobs.ncsu.edu; reference position number 04-36-0701. Closing date for applications is April 16, 2007.