University of California, Riverside (UCR) has appointed Taj Ahmad Eldridge (pictured) as the new executive director of its Excite accelerator program.
Launched two years ago, Excite is a collaboration between public and private actors, including local business leaders, economic developers from the city and the county of Riverside as well as from the UCR Office of Technology Partnerships.
The program has, until now, resembled a co-working space but Eldridge’s appointment is expected to grow Excite into a full-fledged accelerator.
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