Why tech matters to Idaho – The Idaho Technology Council

To borrow a phrase from my experience in the U.S. Navy, the rising tide lifts all boats.

That has never been truer than right now, within the high technology community of Idaho. Here, a rising tide of energy and collaboration is elevating a unified, statewide voice for high tech in our fearless, ambitious state.

The Idaho Technology Council http://www.idahotechcouncil.org/ was formally launched earlier this year by some of the leading organizations in the state — standing right alongside dozens of the less-well-known but equally promising younger companies that have taken root in the fertile soil that is the start-up environment in Idaho.

By Retired Adm. Archie Clemins of Boise, the founder of Caribou Technologies consulting firm, is on the executive committee of the Idaho Technology Council, is the former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

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