Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Tech Hubs Program’s Site Visit on July 29, 2024

Austin College - Idea Center

Sherman, TX

  • Suku Nair, Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Officer

  • Charles McCall, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Reps

  • Remark by President Steven O'Day

  • President Jeremy McMillen, Grayson College

  • Eric Smith Tech Hubs Program Director

  • Industry Roundtable, Suku Nair

  • Global Wafers America, Wyatt Watson

  • Coherent, David Maxwell

  • Sherman Economic Development Corporation, Kent Sharp

  • Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, James Grimsley

  • Workforce Roundtable, Scott Douglas

  • Austin College, David Griffith, Michael Higgs

  • Grayson College, Karen Campbell

  • Texoma Workforce, Janie Bates

  • Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, James Grimsley

A group of people seated around a U-shaped conference table in a modern meeting room at Austin College, with a banner, water bottles, and laptops visible.
People participating in a panel discussion or meeting in a conference room, with water bottles and name tags on the table, and a red banner with a shield logo and the words 'Winning College' on the side.
Business professionals seated at a long conference table in a meeting room with large window blinds behind them. One person is speaking, and others are listening or taking notes. Water bottles, notepads, and nameplates are on the table.
Group of diverse professionals posing for a photo in a conference room, some wearing name tags, with a large screen and a banner in the background.
A group of diverse adults seated around a conference table in a meeting room, engaged in discussion. Water bottles and name tags are in front of them, with a poster of the periodic table on the wall and shelves with decorative objects in the background.
A man in a suit stands at a podium giving a presentation to an audience seated at tables in a conference room. A large screen behind him displays the agenda, with a few people looking towards him. Attendees include men and women, some with notebooks and water bottles, and a bookshelf with molecular models is visible on the left.

GlobalWafers - America

Sherman, TX

New factory construction

  • Wyatt Watson, Stephanie Davidson

Aerial view of a large construction site with a white warehouse building, construction cranes, ongoing work, and surrounding infrastructure, in a green and rural landscape with roads, fields, and trees.
Aerial view of a large construction site next to a commercial building with cranes, dump trailers, construction vehicles, and workers, with a paved road and FedEx distribution center in the background.
Four men in formal attire standing at a construction site with a large, modern building under construction in the background. The site is fenced with orange safety netting and cones, and construction equipment and vehicles are visible.

Grayson College - South Campus

Van Alstyne, TX

TI student training program

  • Texas Instruments, John Fullilove

  • Grayson College, Karen Campbell and colleagues

A young man wearing a VR headset and holding a VR controller stands in the foreground of a conference room filled with professionally dressed people, some standing and some seated. The room has large windows, black chairs, and a gray carpet.
A classroom with three women and one man, some tables and chairs, a large projection screen displaying a presentation, and laboratory equipment on a table at the back.
Group of people in a classroom or training room, standing and sitting around tables, with medical equipment visible in the background.

Strike Photonics

Allen, TX

New factory and product line construction

  • Strike Photonics, Dan Carothers, Suzanne Hill

Group of professionally dressed individuals, including men in suits and a woman, gathered inside a modern industrial or laboratory setting with metallic structures, pipes, and equipment, listening to someone not visible in the image.
Group of people gathered in a manufacturing or industrial workshop, listening to a presentation or discussion. Tools and equipment are visible on workbenches and shelves.
Group of professionals in a laboratory or workshop setting, standing and listening attentively, with equipment and cabinets in the background.
Group of people standing and talking in a hallway with white walls, tiled ceiling, and lockers in the background.
A group of four men in business attire and one man in a blue polo shirt with a logo, in a room with industrial equipment. One man is giving a presentation or explanation, gesturing with his arm extended.

SMU

Dallas, TX

  • Workforce Roundtable, Scott Douglas

  • Dallas College, Ben Magill

  • Jarvis Christian Univ., Dorothy Langley

  • Tarrant County College, Natalie Johnson

  • North Central Texas Workforce, Glynnis Woolridge

  • Texas Instruments, Koushik Venkataraman

  • Fablet presentation, J.-C. Chiao

  • Commercialization Roundtable, Suku Nair

  • Waymaker, Julie Huls

  • Integral-Semi, Chris Manack

  • Actium, Mason Smith

  • Spears Institute, Joshua Taylor

  • Strike Photonics, Suzanne Hill

A group of diverse professionals sitting around a conference table during a meeting, with one person speaking and others listening.
A woman in a black suit speaks during a meeting at a conference table, with other attendees listening and taking notes.
Business meeting with diverse attendees seated around a U-shaped table in a conference room at SMU.
Three people sitting at a conference table during a meeting, with water bottles, name tags, and documents in front of them. There is a window in the background and a coffee station to the right.