Ron Angelo

Ron Angelo is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), where he is responsible for all operations. CCAT is a nonprofit that creates and implements bold ideas for applied technologies, export and cyber services, energy solutions, STEM education and career development. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in East Hartford, Conn., CCAT leads state, regional and national partnerships and helps manufacturers, academia, government and nonprofit organizations to excel.

He is formerly Principal of Great River Advisors, which developed and delivered innovative solutions to growth-driven domestic and international corporations with an emphasis on late-stage venture companies. Ron also advised and assisted organizations across a range of industries to drive top-line revenue and provide strategic capital introductions by identifying and leveraging synergies through strategic partnership development.

Prior to establishing Great River Advisors, Ron served as Deputy Commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Economic Development, (DECD) appointed in 2004 by then-Governor M. Jodi Rell. He was responsible for administering business development programs totaling more than $3 billion that targeted retention and expansion of in-state businesses as well as state and federal programs focused on building strong neighborhoods and communities. Prior to his DECD appointment, he served as Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Consumer Protection and Vice President for Fleet Financial Group.

Ron has extensive experience developing, negotiating and executing complex public financing transactions with small, mid-sized and large cap companies. Over the course of his career, he has worked with many global industry leading companies, including General Dynamics, United Technologies, Deloitte, Cigna, Aetna, Bridgewater Associates, Voya, RBS, Starwood Hotels, Pfizer and Alexion. Ron's work has also included projects involving municipal, state, federal, and Department of Commerce and Department of Defense platforms.

Ron has extensive foreign/direct investment experience and has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce domestically and throughout Europe and Asia and maintains an active global network of business and governmental entities. He has dealt directly with several U.S. Ambassadors and represented various U.S. governmental entities before foreign governments. He also worked extensively with the U. S. Small Business Administration to develop an enhanced program to assist small businesses.

Ron also has extensive experience directing large-scale urban and industrial development and re-development projects involving significantly challenged sites including decommissioned airports, active water ports, blighted urban properties and highly contaminated properties.

He has over 25 years of management experience in both the public and private sector including complex union environments. He also has experience working with Universities and institutions of higher education and with several successful not for profit organizations.

Ron is a board advisor for several corporations and has held numerous boards of director's seats and professional designations and memberships.