Team

David P. Rizzo, President & CEO

David Rizzo is President & CEO of NC IDEA. David joined MCNC in 2002 and led the company through a restructuring that resulted in the spin-off of MCNC Research & Development Institute (now NC IDEA). Prior to joining MCNC, David was the Chairman and CEO of Osprey Systems, a venture-backed software services company he founded in Charlotte in 1992 and sold in 2002. David spent the first 13 years of his career with IBM in various leadership positions, ultimately serving as the Trading Area General Manager for the $800M business operations of North and South Carolina.

David is an active proponent of North Carolina's entrepreneurial community and has served on the boards of several key organizations such as the CED, the Kenan Institute Center for Entrepreneurship, and as a past chairman of NCTA. David has a B.A. from William and Mary and has studied at the Wharton School's Financial Services Institute and the Brookings Public Policy Institute.

Andrea Cook, Grants Program Manager

 

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