{"id":3409,"date":"2024-09-06T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T13:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expo.tedco.md\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2024-09-06T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T13:29:53","slug":"abishek-abi-kulshreshtha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expo.tedco.md\/2024\/abishek-abi-kulshreshtha\/","title":{"rendered":"Abishek (Abi) Kulshreshtha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"usp-images-wrap\"><span class=\"usp-image-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/expo.tedco.md\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Abi-Kulshreshtha_Professional-e1725629386533.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"usp-attach-id-3420\" class=\"usp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/expo.tedco.md\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Abi-Kulshreshtha_Professional-e1725629386533-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"usp-image-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/expo.tedco.md\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-09-05_66da228c5755c_TEDCOheadshot.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"usp-attach-id-3410\" class=\"usp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/expo.tedco.md\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-09-05_66da228c5755c_TEDCOheadshot-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><p>Abi serves as the Executive Director of the Maryland Innovation Initiative, where he supports the commercialization of new technologies from Maryland\u2019s universities and research institutions. Abi\u2019s expertise lies at the intersection of scientific innovation, economic development, and entrepreneurship, and he has worked across the U.S. advancing regional economic competitiveness through research and development. Prior, Abi served as Chief Business Officer at Southern Research, where he launched the organization\u2019s Station 41 biotechnology commercialization programs and led collaborative federal and state grant opportunities, including the Build Back Better and Regional Tech Hubs programs. Abi additionally worked at McKinsey &amp; Co. as a consultant, advising state &amp; local governments on economic development and biopharmaceutical companies on R&amp;D operations. 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