Gladis To Serve On NSF Tech Panel

The National Science Foundation has selected Peter Gladis, director of marketing at RSL Fiber Systems in Connecticut, to serve on a select panel of technology industry and organizational leaders who will evaluate the promise of cutting-edge research and development work proposed by small, innovative companies across the country.

Panel members will perform this work on behalf of the federally-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, coordinated by the Small Business Administration.

The panel convenes Monday, March 28, at NSF’s headquarters in Arlington, VA.

Gladis served on a Phase I panel in 2010 and has more than 30 years of industrial and high-tech marketing work experience. He spent 25 years with GE managing the marketing and sales of a wide variety of products and equipment and worked as a marketing leader for companies such as Universal Voltronics, SpecTran Fiber Optics and Ultra Electronics-DNE Technologies. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University.

A division of Skyler Technologies Group, RSL Fiber Systems provides advanced lighting solutions and integrated illumination systems for U.S. Navy ships and is also developing illumination systems and solutions for such diverse applications as mining, refineries, offshore oil exploration, first responders/homeland security, and renewable energy.

Northeast Cyberinfrastructure Consortium

More than $17 million in competitive awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been awarded to the Northeast Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC), to build a high-speed fiber optic network across five states, linking universities and research institutions.

The NECC is a consortium of the following states: Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Delaware.

For information regarding the NECC, contact Fenna Hanes at the New England Board of Higher Education, (617) 357-9620, extension 129 or e-mail fhanes@nebhe.org.