The official GCMI “wall breaking” included the following
representatives: (left to right) Wayne Hodges, GCMI executive director; Mark Allen, GCMI
board chairman and executive
director, Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology; Charles Whatley, Atlanta Development Authority; John Fernandez,
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; Susan Shows,
senior vice president, Georgia Research Alliance and David Hartnett, Southeastern
Medical Device Association.