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Initiative Technological Eastern Center (INTECO for its Spanish language acronym) started operations in September 2003 in order to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Central-Eastern region, the same, more than an initiative for regionalization based on the development of sciences and research, the development of enterprises and innovation, is an entire new manner to conceive and to make business, where the municipalities, academia and private enterprise joint to commercialize innovating technologies, to strengthen industry itself and to create new enterprises and to stimulate commercial activity.
INTECO
is comprised by the following organizations:
1.
Autonomous
Municipality of Caguas
2. Municipality
of Cayey
3. Municipality
of Gurabo
4. Autonomous
Municipality of Humacao
5. Municipality
of Juncos
6. Municipality
of Las Piedras
7. Municipality
of Naguabo
8. Municipality
of San Lorenzo
9. Economic
and Commercial Development Departament
10.Sistema
Universitario Ana G. Méndez (SUAGM)
11. Universidad
del Turabo (UT)
12. Universidad
Metropolitana (UMET)
13. Universidad
del Este (UNE)
14.
Centro
de Telecomunicaciones y Educación a Distancia (CETED)
15. University
of Puerto Rico (UPR) Humacao Campus
16. University
of Puerto Rico (UPR) Cayey Campus
17. Red
Técnico Universitaria de Caguas – It is comprised by: (Huertas
Junior College, Columbia College, EDIC College and Mech-Tech,
Inc.)
18. Manufacturing
Technology Services, Inc. (MTS)
19. Microsoft
Caribbean
20. Virtual
Educational Resources Network, Inc. (VERNET)
21. Avant
Technologies of Puerto Rico Inc.
22.
LEHIGH
Press Puerto Rico, Inc.
23.
NYPRO Puerto Rico, Inc.
On October 3, 2003 the first meeting of the INTECO Board of
Directors was held. At
said meeting the following persons were elected to hold the main
positions of the organization:
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Engineer Oscar Jiménez was appointed as President and chief executive in charge of the operations. The office of Mr. Jiménez is located at the Engineering Building of the University of Turabo located in Municipality of Gurabo.
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