Mailhot will chair NH High Tech Council
MANCHESTER —The NH High Tech Council has announced the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors, as well as the selection of a new Board chair. Matt Benson and Jamie Coughlin were elected to the Council's Board of Directors and Paul Mailhot was named the new Board chair.
At the Council member meeting held in May, Benson and Coughlin were added to the Council's Board of Directors.
Benson is a corporate attorney with Cook Little Rosenblatt & Manson p.l.l.c in Manchester. Coughlin is CEO and Entrepreneur in Residence of the abi Innovation Hub, where he led the successful turn-around and rebranding of this 15-year-old organization into NH's most active incubator and innovation center. In addition, he has founded and managed a variety of disruptive businesses, including a venture into the faith-based world with a prayer-based online funding platform startup called PlusGrace.
Mailhot's appointment as Chair of the Board was approved at the Council Board meeting on June 17. He is the VP, Business Operations, at Dyn in Manchester. A fixture in the New Hampshire high tech scene for years, Mailhot also spent 19 years in various leadership positions at Autodesk, Inc., including Sales, Sales Management, Academic Programs, Learning and Training and Business Development. He is also one of the earliest members/supporters of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of New Hampshire.
For more information, visit NHHTC.org.