Sustaining and Enhancing
a Leadership Position
for Massachusetts
in IT, Communications and Defense
The development of the Mass Insight IT, Communications and Defense report was a community effort that
brought together leaders in industry, academia and government. In addition to the generous contribution of
McKinsey & Company in assisting with the preparation of the report, Mass Insight would like to thank the
following:
ITCD Advisory Board:
James Champy, Chairman of Consulting, Perot
Systems (co-chair)
Annmarie Levins, Associate General Counsel,
Microsoft Corporation (co-chair)
Robert Brown, President, Boston University
Robert Nesbit, Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Center for Integrated
Intelligence Systems, The MITRE Corporation
Eric Nakajima, Senior Policy Advisor, Executive
Office of Housing and Economic Development
Keith Peden, Senior Vice President, Human
Resources, Raytheon Company
Daniel O’Connell, Secretary, Massachusetts
Executive Office of Housing and Economic
Development
Pamela Reeve, Former CEO, Lightbridge, Inc.
CEO, OpenAirBoston
Jack Wilson, President, University of
Massachusetts
ITCD Association Partners:
Associated Industries of Mass.
Defense Technology Initiative
Mass. High Technology Council
Mass. Network Communications Council
Mass. Technology Leadership Council
Global MA 2015 Sponsors:
American Crystal, Inc.
Bank of America
Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Cushman & Wakefield
Goodwin Procter
John Hancock
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Port Authority
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Mellon Financial Corporation
Microsoft
Mintz Levin
NAIOP Massachusetts
Novartis
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Raytheon
Rick Burnes / Charles River Ventures
State Street Corporation
The Boston Foundation
The MITRE Corporation
University of Massachusetts
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Verizon
In partnership with the AIM Foundation
June 2008
Global Massachusetts 2015 is a two-year initiative
organized by Mass Insight that bring