Potsdam’s CITEC Business Solutions appoints Carter as new executive director

POTSDAM, N.Y. — The board of directors at CITEC Business Solutions has appointed Reg Carter as the nonprofit’s new executive director.

Carter, who has worked as a business advisor at CITEC since February 2013, started his work as executive director on Feb. 10, the organization said in a news release issued Sunday.

He replaces William Murray, who resigned at the end of 2015 to pursue personal interests, a CITEC spokesperson said in an email response to a BJNN inquiry.

CITEC operates at the Clarkson University small-business incubator in Potsdam.

Carter has worked as a senior level executive with companies that include Fairfield, Connecticut–based General Electric (NYSE: GE); Stockholm, Sweden–based AB Electrolux; and Merrillville, Indiana–based utility NiSource (NYSE: NI), according to CITEC.

“With our recent contract approval by Empire State Development extending our funding for the next five years, I am excited about our opportunities to bring the experts, programs and resources to the small- and medium-sized firms in our North Country region,” Carter said in the release.

CITEC describes itself as a nonprofit business-consulting organization that works to “help the small- and medium-sized enterprises in northern New York to thrive, rather than just survive,” according to its release.

It offers clients a consulting team and a “nationwide network” of resources so business can “grow strategically, improve profitability and create the competitive advantages they need.”

As a member of the federal and state Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, an independent third party surveys CITEC clients upon project completion. Those clients have reported more than $335 million in results, so far, the nonprofit said.

On average, working with CITEC provides a return of $120 for every $1 of project cost, it contends in the release.

CITEC is the organization’s formal name. It was originally short for Council for International Trade, Technology, Education and Communication.

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