Armory Square Ventures, Micron Technology Leaders Part of New York’s Emerging Technology Advisory BoardPosted on June 21, 2024 |
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Somak Chattopadhyay of Armory Square Ventures, and Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron Technology, along with 16 other leaders have been named to the Emerging Technology Advisory Board, a council of tech luminaries hand-picked by NY Governor Kathy Hochul to help chart the course of innovation in the region.
The Advisory Board — which includes the CEOs of IBM, Micron, JetBlue, and Girls Who Code, among others — will be tasked with helping to “build a modern, inclusive economy, driven by artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and other fast-growing sectors, that will unlock opportunity for countless New Yorkers.” AI will be a primary focus area in the first six months, dovetailing on Hochul’s Empire AI initiative, which aims to transform New York into the national leader in responsible and civic-minded AI adoption.
The Emerging Technology Advisory Board includes the following members:
- Dr. Tarika Barrett (co-chair), CEO, Girls Who Code
- Arvind Krishna (co-chair), CEO and chairman, IBM
- Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer
- Richard Buery, CEO, Robin Hood
- Bertina Ceccarelli, CEO, Npower
- Somak Chattopadhyay, managing partner, Armory Square Ventures
- Mario Cilento, president, New York State AFL-CIO
- Dev Ittycheria, CEO, MongoDB
- Joanna Geraghty, CEO, JetBlue
- Lyndie Hice-Dunton, executive director, National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium
- René F. Jones, CEO, M&T Bank
- Lynn Martin, president, The New York Stock Exchange
- Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, Micron
- Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager of workspace, Google
- Julie Samuels, president and executive director, Tech:NYC
- Lisa Sobierajski Avila, CEO, Kitware
- Pat Wang, CEO, Healthfirst
- Darren Walker, president, Ford Foundation
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