News from NMTC

The NMTC Board of Directors is honored and pleased to introduce you to Mr. Michael Geppi (Mike), our new Executive Director, effective September 1, 2023. He and current Executive Director, John Casner, will be co-directors through the month of September as Mike assimilates into his new role at NMTC.

Some may recall Mike serving as the youngest county council member in Harford County and on the Army Alliance board. He's a native of the county and has worked with organizations in Cecil County.

Mike has held numerous roles that fit well with the Executive Director position. He has created, managed, grown, and sustained various size organizations in multiple industries, from start-ups to ongoing enterprises.

His strong working knowledge and experience in business development, mergers and acquisitions, patent development, and intellectual property licensing will help members in these areas. Another member plus, he has led teams with various industry experience, including diverse fields such as cybersecurity, healthcare, veterinary medicine, distribution, financial services, and technology product development.

For the last 11 years, he has taught at the Smith School, U of MD, New Venture Finance, Business Communications and Negotiations for graduate students, Strategic Management/Business Policies, and Managing People & Organizations for undergraduates.

During that time, he was an elected official and gubernatorial appointee, where he learned his way around the levels of government here in Maryland. He is savvy in fundraising, having worked to acquire venture capital and private equity support for his endeavors.

Overall and more importantly, Mike has the character, personality, and passion for building a coalition, recruiting members, and creating NMTC programs for our next decade of growth.

Please join me and the NMTC Board in welcoming Mike Geppi as the new NMTC Executive Director.

On April 13, 2023, the NMTC hosted its 17th in the iDisruptor series, titled: "DRIVING THE (CLEAN) ENERGY TRANSITION IN MARYLAND," where panelists presented vital points and answers relative to "Capitalizing on Regulatory, Technology, and Economic Changes to Maryland's Energy Infrastructure."

With the new incoming administration, we have learned that Maryland's ambitious goal is 100% clean energy by 2035.

Many of our members and guests (from the MD energy community) joined us as the panelists discussed the critical enablers and challenges to the transition to a clean energy economy in Maryland and the implications for businesses, government institutions, and consumers across the region.

Our distinguished panel of experts from across government and industry shared how our transition to a clean energy future will have a transformative impact on the state of Maryland. After each presentation, our board member and tech talk moderator, John Karabias, summarized the key points. After all three presentations, the floor was open for a guided Q&A response.

Available for download and viewing are each of the three panelist's presentations on our YouTube Channel:

Paul Pinsky, Director, Maryland Energy Administration New Maryland Administration Commitments to Clean Energy

Mark Case, VP, BGE, Regulatory & Strategy, BGE Pathways to Decarbonization

Doug Wolf, Chief Technology Officer, Jacobs, Energy Transition In Maryland

 

More than 50 were interetsed in learning how once confined to risk management departments, organizational resiliency has quickly risen to the top of board and management agendas. In a persistently volatile world, a "deep resiliency" strategy and the actions that under-gird it has come to separate the highest performing organizations from the rest.

With global economic and geopolitical headwinds top of mind entering 2023, organizations face an even broader set of challenges, including addressing ESG, supply chain, and workforce retention issues.

To thrive in this new normal, leaders must employ a deliberate set of strategic and operational resiliency initiatives that allow them to succeed where others fail.

At iDisruptor 4.1, attendees learned how winning organizations are proactively forecasting supply chain risk, using advanced analytics to optimize operations, and creating authentic connections with employees to persevere through the inevitable downturns.

The iDisruptor Series facilitator, John Karabias, Vice President of Strategic Development at Jacobs, and NMTC Board member, conducted in his highly commendable style, a virtual fireside chat with the panelists.