What's Right and Wrong with Massachusetts Business?

Michael G. Olivieri
Publisher, BBJ & MHT

B oston Business Journal (BBJ) publisher Michael G. Olivieri returns to the WPI Venture Forum to tackle the best and the worst of today's regional economy. At the September 12 meeting, Olivieri's keynote address will dispel ten myths about the Massachusetts business economy, and offer his projections for change in the coming year.

Olivieri, who is also publisher of Mass High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology (MHT), has a unique perspective on the business environment. In discussing what's really right - and what's really wrong - with the state of business in Massachusetts, he will offer a forthright analysis of the state's leading and lagging industries. His presentation will also provide some suggestions on altering the business climate to support new growth.

Olivieri has been with American City Business Journals for 12 years. American City owns and operates local business journals in 42 cities in the United States. BBJ specializes in reporting on the area's growth companies and the people who are leading them, and pays close attention to the intersection of business and civic life and the philanthropic activities of the business community. MHT specializes in covering the region's incubation of next generation technologies and the people and companies behind our innovation economy.

A resident of the Merrimack Valley for 24 years, Olivieri is a graduate of UMass- 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 the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.