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Job Opening: Administrative Coordinator, Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program
Founded in 2017 with funding from GO Virginia, the City of Roanoke, and Virginia Western Community College, RAMP has now nurtured 33 technology and health & life science startups. In September 2020, RAMP received a major endorsement by the U.S. Economic...

Verge Job Opening: Financial and Administrative Coordinator
Position Placed On Hold - 7/7/2022 Part-time position (25 – 30 hours per week) Verge is a collaborative strategic alliance established to grow the region’s innovation economy, technology, and life sciences sectors, and the supporting professional communities....

Verge Job Opening: Director of Programs
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. Verge, part of the RBTC collaborative alliance, is poised to grow significantly this year and in the future with multiple grant proposals and funding requests in the pipeline. The key to our success is largely dependent on the stellar...

Verge President Named to Roanoke College Post
Erin Burcham was recently named to Roanoke College’s Community Advisory Group. Burcham is the President of Verge and Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council. Verge is the regional technology alliance that includes affiliates of the...

Valleys Innovation Council Receives $200,000 Grant from Truist Foundation to Support PitchPlus Program
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, Dec. 21, 2021 – Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), an affiliate of Verge, announced today that it has received a $200,000 grant from Truist Foundation to offer new educational programming and...

Verge Announces New President
Roanoke, Virginia, [December 8, 2021] – Verge announced today the hiring of Erin Burcham as the new President of Verge, the regional technology alliance that includes affiliates the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, Valleys Innovation Council and RAMP, the...

Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council Selects New Leader
Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council Selects New Leader Erin Burcham brings extensive professional, networking, and fundraising experience to the role. May 24, 2021 (Roanoke, VA) - The Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, a Verge affiliate, announces...

Verge Featured in Virginia Business
The Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC) and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP) have formed an alliance called the Verge. Read more online for the full Virginia Business Article.

Alliance Releases New Name, Brand, Vision
Roanoke, Virginia, March 8, 2021 – Today, at a special virtual event, three established and well-known regional technology organizations formalized and celebrated their 2020 strategic alliance - revealing the new entity’s name, ‘Verge,’ brand identity, website, and a...

VIC, RBTC AND RAMP form Strategic Alliance
Region’s Innovation Economy and Technology Community to Benefit Roanoke, VA—Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC), and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP) today announced they are joining forces in a strategic...