Executive Director

Jane Teague is Executive Director of the Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida (EDC), a public/private partnership organization that assists emerging science and technology companies. In her role she is responsible for oversight of EDC's mentor/protégé program, the Technology Business Incubator, annual EDC conferences, fundraising, administration of New World Angels, management of the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research, and other programs that EDC runs in support of the emerging science and technology community.

Teague has been an active supporter of the technology community since moving to Florida in 2000. She has supported the InternetCoast (iCoast) initiative, helping to brand the region as a center for high-technology excellence, and has served on a number of committees dedicated to the growth of Florida's technology sector. She participates with organizations such as the South Florida Technology Alliance, BioFlorida's Southeast Chapter, the MIT Enterprise Forum, and Enterprise Florida's Technology, Entrepreneurship and Capital Council, and is a frequent guest speaker on entrepreneurship in South Florida. She serves on the Executive Advisory Council of Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering & Computer Science, and the Engineering Advisory Committee at Miami Dade College. In 2007 she received the In Focus Magazine "Quiet Storm" award, and in June 2009 was recognized in "The Power Issue" of South Florida Business Leader Magazine.

Teague has over 20 years experience in the software and technology industries. Prior to joining EDC in April 2002, Teague held a variety of marketing management positions with Dun & Bradstreet Software, (formerly McCormack & Dodge), and HighGround, Inc., a provider of public relations and marketing support for emerging technology. Teague graduated McGill University, Montreal, Quebec in 1980.