(Morrisville, N.C.)  Triangle businessman and technology executive Steve Rao has filed for the Democratic nomination for the District 3 Wake County Commission seat currently held by Republican Tony Gurley. The 38-year-old Rao is the founder of a successful sports management enterprise and works as a business development consultant for a global software company headquartered in the Triangle. He is currently serving his third term on the State of North Carolina’s Information Technology Advisory Board, playing a vital role in helping North Carolina’s information technology become more innovative, efficient and responsive. Read the rest of this entry →

Hospital beds, walkers, other supplies sent overseas to help families and children

(Raleigh, N.C.) North Carolina home medical equipment service providers have donated truckloads of durable medical equipment to the people of Haiti in the five weeks since that country’s devastating earthquake, according to the North Carolina Association for Medical Equipment Services (NCAMES). Read the rest of this entry →

Growing specialized consulting firm lends drug development expertise, support to premier industry event

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) ClinPharm Consulting, a specialized consulting firm offering a unique paradigm for empowering drug development pipelines, will be joining life sciences industry leaders as a gold level sponsor and exhibitor at the 2010 CED Biotech Conference February 22-23. Read the rest of this entry →

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) The Morrisville Chamber of Commerce, a dynamic member-based organization vital to the growth, development and sustainability of the Morrisville community, is celebrating its 20th anniversary at its Annual Meeting with the first public speech as CEO by J. Bradley Wilson of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Mr. Wilson will be delivering the keynote address at the event scheduled for February 17 at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at RTP. Read the rest of this entry →

(Cary, N.C.) Internationally renowned business strategy expert Lea Strickland, MBA/CMA/CFM/CBM/GMC, addressed two dozen attendees of a recent Executives in Transition seminar organized by outplacement and career branding firm Career Pro. Read the rest of this entry →

(Apex, N.C.) Innovative public relations and strategic messaging firm Menzies Consulting, Inc. has published an informative case study on media relations for business professionals looking to enhance their brand and increase market share. Read the rest of this entry →

(Apex, N.C.) NCTechNews, North Carolina’s Technology News Source, has been added as an active news feed to one of the nation’s largest community news networks, StateNewslines.com. The NCTechNews RSS feed was added after detailed review by StateNewslines staff for content integrity and value to their audience. By helping readers browse and search news headlines in their state, StateNewslines helps readers quickly find articles of interest and click the link to see the full story on the publisher’s website. Read the rest of this entry →

Informative presentation to provide insight into taking a product to market

(Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Roland, president of collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design, will be leading the discussion, “X-Rest - The Process of Going from Concept to Consumer” February 1st as part of the RTP Product Development Guild Speaker Series. The event will be hosted at multimedia and mobile messaging firm Tekelec from 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. Read the rest of this entry →

(Cary, N.C.) RUaGamer, the Triangle’s premier interactive social gaming destination, is partnering with Karate International of Cary to offer a fun and unique full-day track-out camp for middle school students beginning in February 2010. Both businesses are conveniently located in the same shopping center just off Buck Jones Road in the Crossroads area of Cary. Read the rest of this entry →

(Morrisville, N.C.) The Research Triangle Park’s local business advocacy organization, the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce, has announced that Blue Cross and Blue Shield Chief Operating Officer J. Bradley Wilson will deliver the keynote address at the Chamber’s 2010 Annual Meeting. The event, to be held February 17 at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at RTP, will celebrate the organization’s 20th year of pro-business advancement and education. Read the rest of this entry →