Gary Oppedahl, Director, Economic Development Department, has a conversation with Robert Kwasny of Watch ABQ regarding the progress his department has already accomplished. Gary comes from the private sector where he has spent much of his career fostering tech start-ups including EMCORE and most recently TriLumina, both of which are built from research conducted at Sandia National Labs. Mr. Oppedahl has been involved with business start-up activity in Silicon Valley and is a former Intel employee whose duties included new site start-ups. Mayor Berry has directed Gary to work with existing tech-transfer leaders and innovators in Albuquerque and around the world with the goal of building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Albuquerque and to identify opportunities for growth and job creation; more specifically \u2013 the commercialization of research from our National Labs and our Universities.<\/p>\n