{"id":12323,"date":"2024-09-30T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.utk.edu\/oried\/?p=12323"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:47:49","slug":"new-president-and-ceo-of-cherokee-farm-development-corporation-sees-growth-opportunities-for-ut-research-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.utk.edu\/oried\/2024\/09\/30\/new-president-and-ceo-of-cherokee-farm-development-corporation-sees-growth-opportunities-for-ut-research-park\/","title":{"rendered":"New President and CEO of Cherokee Farm Development Corporation Sees Growth Opportunities for UT Research Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cherokee Farm Development Corporation welcomed Brett Malone as its new president and chief executive officer on September 30. CFDC is responsible for the development and support of real estate and innovation assets that bolster the research, innovation, and workforce development goals of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12325\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12325\" class=\"wp-image-12325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utk.edu\/oried\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Brett_Malone.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Malone\" width=\"200\" height=\"275\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brett Malone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Malone, who served as president of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center for over four years, will lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnresearchpark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Tennessee Research Park at Cherokee Farm<\/a>, a 150-acre site located directly across the Tennessee River from the UT campus and originally the university\u2019s dairy farm. The park hosts a growing number of partner companies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/news.utk.edu\/2020\/01\/17\/volkswagen-ut-and-ornl-announce-partnership-innovation-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volkswagen\u2019s first innovation hub in North America<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnresearchpark.org\/spark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spark Innovation Center<\/a>, which focuses on entrepreneurship and the development and support of technology-based startups in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch parks play a vital role in helping a university grow by combining place and programming,\u201d Malone said. \u201cIt is that unique combination between cutting-edge research and economic development that drives the state\u2019s economy on a global level. I love being an operator at the intersection of those big forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malone is looking forward to continuing the work of taking university research \u201cfrom the bench out into the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.utk.edu\/2024\/09\/30\/new-president-and-ceo-of-cherokee-farm-development-corporation-sees-growth-opportunities-for-ut-research-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cherokee Farm Development Corporation welcomed Brett Malone as its new president and chief executive officer on September 30, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":12324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[281,137,231],"class_list":["post-12323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spark-innovation-center","tag-ut-research-park-cherokee-farm","tag-volkswagen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New President and CEO of Cherokee Farm Development Corporation Sees Growth Opportunities for UT Research Park - Research, Innovation &amp; 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