October 2007 — www.hceda.org
By Staff Writer, Corridor Inc.
Excerpt from Cover Story: “Business School Chancellor Kirwan helps Corridor make the grade”
October 2007 — www.hceda.org
By Staff Writer, Corridor Inc.
Excerpt from Cover Story: “Business School Chancellor Kirwan helps Corridor make the grade”
Innovative Biosensors Inc., a Rockville company that specializes in developing biodefense pathogen sensors, was born in a College Park incubator in 2004.
With senior staff hailing from Silicon Valley and the company’s technology created in Boston — two other prominent biotechnology regions in the country — the company consciously chose Maryland.
“We felt there was a strong labor force here for biotech and sciences and it had the infrastructure support for companies at the state and university level,” said Joe Hernandez, president and CEO.
Since graduating from the incubator in February, the company has added five employees for a total of 20 and tripled its work space. But Innovative Biosensors continues to partner with the university. Hernandez accompanied the school on a trip to China, where he identified a number of possible partnerships.
“It was just another vehicle for us,” he said. “We view our relationship as a continual one.”
Joe Hernandez, president and CEO of Innovative Biosensors,
which develops biodefense pathogen sensors. Photo by John Keith.
