Paul Brooks joined the
Syracuse Technology Garden as Executive Director in July 2006. He is responsible
for management of the Technology Garden and oversight of its programs and entrepreneurship
outreach. His focus is to foster high tech entrepreneurship in the Central
New York region through start-up business incubation both resident and virtual.
Paul is an experienced entrepreneur having owned Brooks Communications, a technology oriented marketing communications firm. In addition, he has a wealth of sales, marketing and administrative tenure in both high-tech businesses, and financial services organizations. His special area of expertise is business development, sales and marketing, lending that capability to the Technology Garden’s services to its clients.
Prior to joining the Technology Garden, Paul was Northeastern Regional Business Development Director of Cincom Systems, a worldwide software development and marketing firm headquartered in Cincinnati. His previous associations include management responsibilities at Xerox Corporation, Sykes Datatronics and CIS Corporation where he served as Vice President Communications and Management Services.
Mr. Brooks holds a BS degree in Business Administration and an MBA in Marketing Management from Syracuse University. In addition to his business involvement he has an active community presence serving as Chairman of the Board of the Greater Cazenovia Area Chamber of Commerce, and as an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cazenovia.
Paul can be reached at 315-474-0910 or by email at: Paul@growsyracuse.com.