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wbjournal.com | August 7, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 3 Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com News Editor, Grant Welker, gwelker@wbjournal.com (Real estate, higher education) Staff Writers Zachary Comeau, zcomeau@wbjournal.com (Manufacturing) Emily Micucci, emicucci@wbjournal.com (Health care) Contributors Susan Shalhoub Livia Gershon Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Associate Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Matt Majikas, mmajikas@wbjournal.com Custom Publishing Project Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Senior Special Accounts Manager Mary Lynn Bosiak, mlbosiak@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com Sales & Events Intern Eric Goudreau, egoudreau@wbjournal.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Manager, Valerie Clark, vclark@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel, rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com Human Resources, Kim Vautour, kvautour@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Joseph Zwiebel jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com T he HBO epic drama "Game of Thrones" provided a rare moment of hilarity this season when its two main protagonists – Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow – met each other after seven seasons. When Jon enters Daenerys' throne room, her attendant pronounced, "You stand in the presence of Daenerys Stormborn, of House Targaryen, rightful heir to the Iron Throne, rightful queen to the Andals and the First Men, protec- tor of the Seven Kingdoms, the mother of dragons, the khaleesi of Great Grass Sea, the unburnt, the breaker of chains." After a little prompting, Jon's compan- ion replied, "This is Jon Snow." And then following an awkward silence, "He's king in the North." As a journalist who has spent 14 years cramming people's really long job titles into limited word-count stories, I had to pause the show and laugh hysterically while my wife gave me strange looks. You've got to appreciate the few profes- sionals who can simply give their name, a short title, drop the mic and walk away. As former Worcester mayor, Massachusetts lieutenant governor and current Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, the busi- ness professional who can put together the most impressive business card is Timothy Murray. Although if you meet Tim, he keeps the title short, because his reputation proceeds him. The same is true for Bowditch & Dewey Chairman Michael Angelini, and Worcester Railers Owner Cliff Rucker – may soon join the club after he is finished buying up all the properties around Worcester and starting an array of businesses. Kevin O'Sullivan – the subject of this issue's Focus on Biotechnology feature on page 12 – falls into the same category. Although he has been in the same lead- ership position at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives for the last 14 years, his influence over the Worcester economy stretches back to the early 1970s, playing key roles in development, legislation and now the Central Massachusetts biomanufacturing push. Kevin is definitely a man about town, helping spur the economy this way and that, whether it is through formal posi- 'This is Jon Snow' Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063-6595) is published bi-weeky, 24x per year, including 5 special issues in April, July, September, November and December, by New Engand Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA 01604. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, MA. Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Worcester Business Journal, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894. Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions are available for $54.95. For more information, please email wbjournal@ cambeywest.com or contact our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Fax: 845.267.3478 Advertising: For advertising information, please call Mark Murray at 508-755-8004 ext. 227. Fax: 508-755-8860. 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