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| David Mott (fifth from right), former CEO of MedImmune and chairman of the recently formed Montgomery County Bioscience Task Force, looks through a gift bag he received at the conclusion of the group's kick-off meeting on October 6. County Executive Isiah Leggett, County Council President Mike Knapp and DED Director Dr. Pradeep Ganguly were all on hand to inaugurate the task force. Pictured above are (left to right) David M. McDonough, senior director, real estate, Johns Hopkins Institutions; Henry Bernstein, senior vice president, Scheer Partners; Bernadette Musselwhite, DED business development specialist; Dr. Ganguly; Mr. Mott; Tina Benjamin, DED chief of staff; Janis Peters, senior business development specialist; and Corinne Rothblum, business development specialist. |

| County Executive Isiah Leggett joined Department of Economic Development Director Dr. Pradeep Ganguly to welcome London-based Matrix Knowledge Group’s new U.S. company, Matrix Knowledge Group International, Inc., to the Rockville Innovation Center on October 2. Pictured above are (left to right) Katie Knowlin, director of the department's Business Empowerment Division; Sean Roddy, Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Company, LLC; Dr. Ganguly; Jacque Mallender, CEO, Matrix Knowledge Group; County Executive Leggett; Andrew Richman, president, Matrix International; Poonam Kumar, chairperson, Mega Ace Consultancy (based in India); and David Thomas, vice president, International Health. Matrix International has three employees and plans to grow to 25 employees within five years.Mr. Richman will lead the company’s U.S. growth. Since 2000, the Business Innovation Network has graduated more than 85 companies that have created more than 1,800 jobs and occupy in excess of 500,000 square feet of commercial space in the county. |
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