Mr. William Wahlig serves as the Executive Director of the Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT), New York State’s Regional Technology Development Center and Manufacturing Extension Partner for Long Island. In this role, he administers state and federal grants and contracts with missions toward the advancement of manufacturing technologies, workforce development, technology-based economic development and job growth for Long Island. Having been associated with the organization at the Board and operational levels since 2001, Bill has been at the center of many of the new initiatives established by LIFT. These include the recently established Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security