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Julie Coons leaves Tech Council of Maryland

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:October 29, 2008

The Tech Council of Maryland, representing the nation’s second-largest technology hub, has announced that chief executive officer Julie Coons is resigning her post, effective at the end of November.

Ms. Coons’ tenure was marked by significant accomplishments including most recently the successful rollback of Maryland’s computer services sales tax during the 2008 legislative session. The grassroots campaign mobilized hundreds of IT professionals and community leaders from every corner of the state to converge upon Annapolis in defense of Maryland’s most important growth industry.

“Julie has been a tremendous advocate for Maryland’s technology and biotech communities and I will personally miss working with her,” said Ed Rudnic, chairman of Tech Council of Maryland and former chief executive of Middlebrook Pharmaceuticals. “She leaves in place a top-notch professional staff and organization that will continue to represent and serve Maryland’s fastest growing sector very, very well.”

Ms. Coons joined TCM in 2004 and presided over an organization experiencing rapid growth. In 2006 she oversaw the group’s successful merger with MdBio, combining the strengths of the state’s two most important, high-growth sectors. Under Ms. Coons’ leadership, TCM doubled its operating budget, created a charitable foundation, and established an investment fund.

The Tech Council of Maryland (TCM) is the largest technology trade association serving the advanced technology and biotechnology communities of Maryland, the nation’s second largest technology hub. TCM’s mission is to advocate for the interests of the technology community, further the role of technology in the Maryland economy, and nurture an environment where technology companies can collaborate, grow and succeed. For more information, visit www.techcouncilmd.com.

Julie Coons
TCM Chief Executive Officer

Julie is Chief Executive Officer of the Tech Council of Maryland/MdBio. As CEO, she is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction of the Tech Council’s programming and business operations. Working closely with the Tech Council’s volunteer leadership Julie is responsible for the Council’s governance, its advocacy program, membership development, member benefits and program delivery. In addition she is responsible for overall management of the Council’s charitable organizations including the TCM Foundation, MdBio Foundation and Maryland Health Care Products Development Corporation.

Julie brings nearly twenty-five years of proven success in business strategy, project implementation and industry advocacy at for-profits and non-profits to her role as CEO. She has been instrumental in bringing new business solutions to organizations in crisis and building and managing successful teams. She is a well-regarded advocate for businesses with international and US regulators and legislators. Most recently she managed the merger of an operating foundation in to the Tech Council of Maryland resulting in a $16 million organization.

She has held key international roles at telecommunications firms Iridium and Teligent and is comfortable in both start -up environments and large organizations. Prior to her experience in the telecommunications industry, Coons spent a number of years in advocacy in the financial service industry as well as developing and implementing US-Japan trade policy for the US government.

Julie began her career nearly 25 years ago in Japan and has lived and worked in Asia for nearly her entire career. She speaks, reads and writes highly competent Japanese. Julie has two undergraduate degrees from the University of Pacific in Stockton, California in economics and Japanese language and literature.

She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Regional IT Associations (CRITA), a Steering Committee member of the Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum (www.wwlf.org), a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), a member of Women in Technology (WIT) and serves on the board of directors of the MdBio Foundation, Maryland Healthcare Products Development Corporation and the TCM Foundation.

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