Cenetec Elects Siegel to Board of Directors.Business Editors/Technology Writers BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001 Cenetec(R), the technology accelerator company, today elected Ned L. Siegel, a leading Florida real estate developer and economic development advocate, to its board. Siegel is founder and chairman of the board for the Siegel Group, a real estate investment and management group, and is known for major projects with significant economic impact throughout South Florida. He was a lead partner in the venture that transformed IBM's Boca Raton headquarters site into the Blue Lake Corporate Center, a focal point focal point n. See focus. for technology companies along the InternetCoast. He also is developer of Miami One Centre, a landmark nine-acre mixed-use project that will bring more than 4 million square feet of commercial space plus housing to the heart of downtown Miami. In the 1980s, he moved New Jersey's Weingarten-Siegel Group to Florida and built the company into one of the nation's top 50 for-sale residential developers. Active in supporting Florida's business growth, Siegel is a board member of Enterprise Florida, a state public/private partnership promoting economic development. He was recently appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the Space Research and Commerce Park Planning & Development Committee responsible for 400 acres at the John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Space Center. "Ned Siegel is playing a leadership role in cultivating Florida's future as a technology development center. He is a welcome addition to the board whose talents and insight will help guide Cenetec to the next level," said Chairman William D Hager. Siegel said, "Cenetec is an exceptional company, both in its approach to accelerating new technologies and in its commitment to community-wide initiatives that insure Florida has the infrastructure to rank as a top technology hub." Siegel serves as co-chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee in Florida and was Palm Beach County Finance Chairman for the 1998 Jeb Bush campaign. He also serves as vice chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) (formerly the National Jewish Coalition), founded in 1985, is a political lobbying group in the United States that advocates Jewish support for the Republican Party. in Washington, D.C. and on the American Jewish Committee
Siegel, a resident of Boca Raton, is a Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. graduate of the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. , with a Juris Doctorate from the Dickinson School of Law In 2005 a dispute over whether or not to move the Dickinson School of Law to Penn State's University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania led to a "dual campus" proposal being enacted. . About Cenetec Cenetec is the technology accelerator company that guides pioneering technology entrepreneurs to market. It infuses early-stage and fast-growing companies with the strategic support, technology and business expertise and resources, capital access, and facilities to rapidly transform high-growth potential products and services into successful enterprises. Cenetec's headquarters and first technology accelerator is located along the InternetCoast in Boca Raton, and serves the South Florida region. In Gainesville, its technology accelerator operates in association with the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. , and serves the north and central regions of the state. Cenetec is headquartered at 4950 Communication Ave., Suite 900, Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. 33431, 561-981-0200. More information is available at http://www.cenetec.com. |
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