Hot Growth Segments of Massachusetts Economy September Meeting Topic

MICHAEL OLIVIERI
the publisher of Mass High Tech magazine and Boston Business Journal.

Wireless, Internet and medical device industries are the important growth segments of the New England economy, according to Michael Olivieri, the publisher of Mass High Tech magazine and Boston Business Journal. He will be the featured speaker for the September 13th meeting of the WPI Venture Forum. Olivieri will address the growth sectors in the New England high technology economy identified by Mass High Tech research.

Mass High Tech and the Boston Business Journal are publications of American City Business Journals, which owns and operates local business journals in 42 cities in the United States. Olivieri has been with American City Business Journals for 11 years.

Mass High Tech specializes in covering the region's incubation of next generation technologies and the people and companies behind our innovation economy. The Boston Business Journal specializes in reporting on the area's growth companies and the people who are leading them, with close attention to the intersection of business and civic life and the philanthropic activities of the business community. Together, they are the region's leading source of business and technology news, reaching more than 150,000 business and technology executives each week. Olivieri has been a resident of the Merrimack Valley for 24 years and is a graduate of University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where he recently joined the Board of the College of Science. He serves on several local non-profit boards, including Junior Achievement of Northern New England, The Catalogue for Philanthropy, AccesSport America, the Board of Visitors for the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is currently the Chair of the Mayor's Cup Regatta.

When Olivieri is not working, he can be found running along the Charles River or in Andover preparing for his next marathon. He completed the Marine Corps Marathon in 2003, the New York Marathon in 2004 and his first Boston Marathon in April 2005.