Byron Clayton has accepted an offer from the Research Park Corp. board of directors to become president and CEO and will start the job Jan. 19.
The RPC board voted Thursday to offer the CEO post to Clayton, 57, an economic development expert from Cleveland. Since 2010, Clayton has been vice president of cluster acceleration for NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization working to revitalize northeast Ohio. He directed the organization’s cluster strategy for flexible electronics, advanced energy, water technologies and 3-D printing to accelerate commercial activity in Ohio. His work there has resulted in 934 new jobs, $59 million in new payroll and $144 million in new capital.
