{"46220":{"#nid":"46220","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Motorola Veteran Joins Georgia Tech to Head FutureMedia Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith world-class university research, proven engineering and commercialization expertise, a successful community of entrepreneurs -- and leading digital media, communications and entertainment industries -- Georgia is poised to be a global pioneer and innovator in shaping the future of social, digital and multimedia.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs head of Georgia Tech\u0027s FutureMedia Initiative, Renu Kulkarni\u0027s charter is to help bring all these elements together in an open-innovation environment that will make the state of Georgia both a leader in developing new media and a model for how to bring new ideas to market.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Mine is a collaborative role, one that will help all the players span the innovation cycle from research to discovery to creation, commercialization and scale-up,\u0022 she said.  \u0022My job will be to connect universities, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry to create a rich and robust open innovation ecosystem that builds on and leverages our world-class resources.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost recently vice president for technology partnerships at communications giant Motorola, Kulkarni has more than 20 years of experience in turning research and development into new products, building strategic alliances for industry, and developing new business.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore becoming vice president, she also directed Motorola\u0027s research and development portfolio, managing a $150 million-per-year fund, a technology and market trend analysis program, and research and development partnerships with customers.  She also served as Motorola\u0027s senior director for corporate strategy and held a variety of business consulting, marketing and technical management positions for companies including Deloitte Consulting, BellSouth International, Sprint and GTE Corp.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKulkarni holds an M.B.A. from Emory University\u0027s Goizueta Business School and a B.S. degree from Georgia Tech\u0027s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.  She is also a graduate of the Stuyvesant High School, the famed mathematics and science magnet school in New York City.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, she reports to the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Tech\u0027s applied research organization, and to the Enterprise Innovation Institute, which helps enterprises of all kinds become more competitive through the application of science, technology and innovation.  Together, the two institutions span the innovation cycle from research and discovery to commercialization and scale-up.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With its more than seven decades of experience in integrating research results to solve real-world problems, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) can play a key role in bringing resources together to ensure that Georgia takes advantage of the opportunities in future media,\u0022 said Stephen E. Cross, GTRI\u0027s director and a Georgia Tech vice president.  \u0022With her background in technology collaborations, Renu Kulkarni is the ideal person to lead this initiative.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of Kulkarni\u0027s first assignments has been to lead development of the FutureMedia conference (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.futuremediaga.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.futuremediaga.org\u0022\u003Ewww.futuremediaga.org\u003C\/a\u003E) to be held on October 15, an event she expects will \u0022start the conversation\u0022 about what Georgia needs to do to capitalize on its strengths.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe broad-based event features Chris Klaus, founder and CEO of Kaneva, Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News and Ron Clark, founder of The Ron Clark Academy.  It will also include speakers from the University of Georgia, the Savannah College of Art and Design, Emory University and Georgia Tech -- and demonstrations from more than 60 startup companies and dozens of university researchers.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers from Georgia Tech will include G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson, Georgia Tech\u0027s president; Elizabeth Mynatt, director of the GVU Center, and Janet Murray, Dean\u0027s Recognition Professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC) and director of LCC\u0027s Graduate Program in Digital Media.  Stephen Fleming, vice provost of Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute, will moderate a panel discussion on the state of digital media.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHosted by Georgia Tech, the event is sponsored by Turner Broadcasting.  Partners include the Creative Coast Alliance, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Research Alliance, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta, the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia, the Savannah College of Art and Design, the Technology Association of Georgia, the Technology Executives Roundtable, and Venture Atlanta 09. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the event, Kulkarni has been meeting with more than a dozen campus leaders in digital media and with business organizations across the state that have a strategic interest in future media. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u0027s the ultimate goal of FutureMedia?  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We envision a physical and virtual place where all are invited to experiment, discover, create, commercialize and shape the future of digital media,\u0022 Kulkarni said.  \u0022We want to create an open innovation ecosystem that will make Georgia a global pioneer in this field and provide a model not only for what we do in future digital media, but also in how we do it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia  30308  USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Assistance\u003C\/strong\u003E: Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Renu Kulkarni Leads Effort to Create Open Innovation Environment"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Renu Kulkarni, formerly vice president for technology partnerships at the Motorola Corp., has been named to head Georgia Tech\u0027s new FutureMedia Initiative.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Renu Kulkarni named to head Tech\u0027s FutureMedia Initiative"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2009-09-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:14","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"46221":{"id":"46221","type":"image","title":"Renu Kulkarni","body":null,"created":"1449174358","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:58","changed":"1475894412","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:12","alt":"Renu Kulkarni","file":{"fid":"101025","name":"teo36792.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teo36792_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teo36792_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":502675,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/teo36792_0.jpg?itok=akYoeT4K"}}},"media_ids":["46221"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.futuremediaga.com\/","title":"FutureMedia Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2579","name":"commercialization"},{"id":"1446","name":"digital"},{"id":"4932","name":"FutureMedia"},{"id":"1976","name":"Media"},{"id":"167295","name":"social"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}