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Keep shining the spotlight on thriving tech sector
GUEST FOREWORD by Ashley Tizard , managing director , Tascomp
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE OF TEES BUSINESS :
32-53
TEES TECH AWARDS All the headlines from the third annual digital celebration
60-61
TEES UP ! We chat with newly-crowned Tees Tech Business Leader Malcolm Knott
64-65
APPLIANCE OF AUTOMATED SCIENCE Tees firm is helping businesses introduce gamechanging technology
74-75
LIVING AND LEARNING Mark White OBE DL reflects on 27 years of Teesside college governance
102-103
HISTORIC HQ OPENS Industrial heritage inspires Port of Middlesbrough ’ s new state-of-the-art facility
154
TEES TALK Female digital leaders discuss the lack of women in the tech sector
Wow ! I was surprised and slightly taken aback to be asked to write the foreword to the summer edition of Tees Business . Hopefully , my take on the state of the sector can live up to the high level set previously !
David Dixon from Digital City is up there on the front page , and rightly so in my opinion . His knowledge of the tech sector in the Tees Valley is second to none , and his enthusiasm for helping businesses grow to their full potential is obvious as soon as you talk to him . He is a true Tech Ambassador and thoroughly deserves the honour he received at the Tees Tech Awards . You can read all about them in a special supplement inside .
The tech sector within the Tees Valley is thriving and varied – from major gaming companies such as Double Eleven , the florists behind Strelitzia Software , video production experts like Wander Films , to my own team at Tascomp , developing control and monitoring systems .
And it ’ s great to see several digital leaders making the top 30 Most Inspiring Business Leaders list , which features within this issue ( see page 18 ).
Tascomp has traditionally operated below the radar , quietly delivering to customers all over the world . The Tees Tech Awards have helped raise our profile and the team was given a major boost when they won the Best Project for their work at London City Airport .
Education is also doing its part . Middlesbrough College recently opened its Digital Centre with local companies sponsoring classrooms , while Teesside University ’ s Industrial Digitalisation Technology Centre was set up to highlight how digital tools can benefit manufacturers .
We need to keep highlighting the incredible things that are going on in the region and Tees Business is providing a perfect platform for that .
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