ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ entrepreneur and University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ alumnus Fletcher McCusker has been recognized as a leader in technology industry development by the state and ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s biggest tech group.
McCusker, who launched two successful companies and has worked closely with the UA, was named the 2019 Ed Denison Business Leader of the Year by the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Technology Council and the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Commerce Authority as part of the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards.
McCusker will receive the honor on Oct. 24 at the 16th annual awards event at the Phoenix Convention Center.
A third-generation ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥an, McCusker graduated from the UA in 1975 in 1996 launched Providence Service Corp., the country's first home-based healthcare provider.
After leaving Providence, McCusker in 2013 launched Sinfonia Healthcare and worked with the UA to spin off a medication-monitoring program developed at the UA College of Pharmacy. Startup SinfonÃaRx was acquired by New Jersey-based Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc. in 2017 in a deal worth $131 million.
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In 2017, McCusker and partner Michael Deitch launched UAVenture Capital, a venture-capital fund dedicated to investing in UA-related tech companies that has so far invested in seven local startups.
McCusker also has been credited with turning around the troubled Rio Nuevo development district and leading a downtown revival asÂ
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