In December, the Research Park Corp. board of directors hired a new president and CEO—a position that remained vacant for the much of the past six years—to lead the organization, which governs the Louisiana Tech Park. Byron Clayton comes to Baton Rouge after four years as the vice president of cluster development at NorTech, a Cleveland-based nonprofit economic development organization. He assumed the top spot at RPC in January. In his new position, Capital Region business leaders are looking to Clayton to coordinate the startup community and be the outspoken advocate for entrepreneurship and innovation in the region. As a self-proclaimed “tech guy” with a knack for aligning people around common goals, Clayton’s new role is one he’s eager to play.
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