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Nasir Ali will leave Tech Garden to team with Martin Babinec on Upstate Venture Connect

Nasir Ali, who five years ago started up our supporting member the the Tech Garden, will leave to team up with high-tech entrepreneur Martin Babinec on Upstate Venture Connect, an online community that will help connect upstate entrepreneurial resources with each other, and upstate "expats" worldwide to aspiring entrepreneurs upstate.

Incubation programs at the Syracuse Technology Garden will continue to be directed by Tech Garden Vice President of Entrepreneurial Services Paul Brooks, and the affiliated, NYSERDA-sponsored Cleantech Center by Executive Director Linda Dickerson Hartsock. Martin Babinec is a native of Little Falls who resettled upstate after a successful run as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

Please see the Tech Garden's complete press release for more background. News coverage in the Post-Standard here. Congratulations, Nasir!