CRP 60th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon

Please join us as we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Cummings Research Park and the role the Park and its companies play in Huntsville’s innovation ecosystem. The celebration luncheon will feature several special recognitions and honors, and Wexford’s Thomas Osha, a nationally recognized speaker who will position our innovation community and region as an economic and high-tech driver for years to come.

We also invite you to bring a new, unwrapped toy for Christmas Charities Year Round, the nonprofit created by Milton Cummings, the Park’s namesake.

Join us to celebrate 60 years of the Park and the visionaries who led us here as we look to the next 60 years of success!

Keynote Speaker:

Thomas Osha
Executive Vice President, Wexford Science + Technology
Board Chair, Global Institute on Innovation Districts

Tom is employed by Wexford Science + Technology as an Executive Vice President. In this role, he guides Wexford’s implementation of its Knowledge Community strategy across their development stakeholders globally to position Wexford’s research park developments as critical hubs in the regional innovation ecosystem.

Tom is an engaging speaker who has recently delivered keynotes on creating innovation ecosystems and helping Universities, research institutions, cities, regions, and federal governments, leverage their research and technologies into knowledge-led economic development, at the Associated of University Research Parks, the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Research Administration, and the NATO Industry Summit. He has also appeared on CNBC, CBC, CNN, and CBS and his opinions have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, The Globe and Mail, and The New York Times, among others.

Additionally, Tom serves as an innovation advisor to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade – Canada; helping Canadian companies successfully expand their operations into the United States and assisting U.S. companies in developing Canadian partnerships and markets. He also serves as an advisor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on global innovation, and the Brookings Institution for Innovation District research and measurement.

Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff at Broadwing Inc., an NYSE-listed, telecommunications provider, providing executive leadership in the areas of corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation.

Prior to that, he served as Special Assistant to United States Senator Richard G. Lugar (R-lnd.), providing advice on foreign policy issues. Tom also provided policy advice to the Reagan Administration and developed a research methodology that has become a standard at Congressional Quarterly magazine.

Event Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors
Adtran, Inc.
Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Westin Huntsville
University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)

Silver Sponsors
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
deciBel Research, Inc.
Dynetics, Inc.
Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation
Samples Properties