Governor, Tech Companies Push Ga. Jobs
The Technology Association of Georgia brings Gov. Deal, legislators to McKesson in Alpharetta for a pep rally on the state's technology industry strengths.
Gov. Nathan Deal visited one of Alpharetta's high-tech companies along with members of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) to publicize the strength of the state's technology industries. Jim Maran, President and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, and Nick Masino, Vice President of Economic Development at the Chamber, were both on hand for the talk. More than 13,000 technology companies employ more than 250,000 Georgians, Deal said. McKesson, one of those companies, was the site for TAG's efforts today to push that technology is "Where Georgia Leads," the buzzwords for the initiative. Deal and TAG officials identified health IT, logistics, financial technology, information security and IT communications as Georgia's strong …
