The Center for Technology Commercialization, Inc. (CTC)
The Center for Technology Commercialization, Inc. (CTC) is a private not-for-profit company based in Westborough, MA. CTC’s mission is to enhance the competitiveness of technology-based businesses through product and process definition, technology acquisition, and product commercialization. CTC is recognized for its success with governmental agencies, such as NASA (CTC is NASA’s Northeast Regional Technology Center), the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice.
The Northeast is home to three of the six top-ranked research and development states in the nation. In addition, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island all rank in the top ten states for R&D intensity (states having the highest R&D/GSP ratio). CTC helps grow tech-based businesses and aids government agencies to sell and acquire access to new technologies. CTC focuses on companies in the Northeast, connecting commercial entities with the latest in NASA, university, and Federal Laboratory technologies. CTC provides the resources necessary for the successful commercialization of technology. Services include: technology assessments, technical research, technology commercialization, patent research, strategic planning, corporate start-ups, and small business turn-arounds.
Through the work of the Liberty Square Group and Liberty Square, D.C. the Center for Technology Commercialization was awarded one million dollars under the Department of Defense appropriations bill in FY05. The money will develop a Department of Homeland Security Support Center, creating a single point of training and technical support in New England for the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and State, as well as local first responders. The Center will provide training programs and technology support programs to first responders and has gained support from a number of agencies including: Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, MIT Draper Labs, National Protection Center – US Army Soldier Center at Natick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and the US Attorney’s Office Anti-Terrorism Task Force (Boston).
