Mark Willis

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  Mark Willis, Director, Business & Industry, 307.777.2842

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  It sounded good to Mark Willis, good enough for him to join WBC in March as the director of its business and industry division, fresh from previous economic development posts in Texas and Oklahoma.
  
  Sure, Wyoming is a state known for the advantages afforded it by its natural resources, but it's all the other kinds of resources — work force, technical and facility among them — that will help the state take the next step up in economic development.
  
  "Wyoming has the right idea in what they're doing, supporting expansion of infrastructure in the cities first," he says as he drives between communities in early April."That's what you have to have in place before you can recruit."
  
  Cost of doing business always leads the way in corporate enticements to Wyoming.Willis said, "All we ask is for them to do a comparison.

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  A conversation with,Mark Willis, Director of the Business and Industry Division of the Wyoming Business Council

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  "Wyoming's economic development program is innovative in the services it provides to companies of all sizes and the communities that support them," said Mark Willis, director of the Business and Industry Division of the Wyoming Business Council.

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  Mark Willis, Director214 West 15th StreetCheyenne, WY 82002307-777-2800800-262-3425

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  Mark Willis, Business & Industry DirectorMark Willis joined the Wyoming Business Council as the Director of the Business and Industry Division on March 1, 2005.Willis comes to the Business Council from the Johnson County Economic Development Commission in Texas where he served as the executive director.Prior to that, Willis worked as President and CEO of the Ada, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation.While working at the Oklahoma Chamber, he was named the "1999 Oklahoma Economic Development Professional of the Year."Willis received his MBA from Texas A & M University.He is a Certified Economic Developer through the International Economic Development Council and has been working in the economic development sector for more than 12 years.Other professional credits include, serving as Director of Business Retention for the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation in Texas.During his tenure at Bryan-College Station, he was also appointed Senior Counselor for the Chamber's Small Business Development Center.His private sector experience includes 10 years working as a Field Engineer for the Western Company of North America, where he was responsible for the sale and design of oil and gas well stimulation treatments.As Business and Industry Director, he will coordinate and develop programs to help local organizations, such as economic development groups, chambers of commerce and local government, lay the foundation for economic development.Willis will also oversee programs to help strengthen and expand existing Wyoming business, as well as recruit new business to the state.

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  ,,Mark Willis, WBC chief operating officer, said there have been companies expressing interest over the past year and this may be the way to get them to commit.
  
  ,,"We have interest throughout the state from companies considering locating data centers here," Willis said."Broadband and power will drive that."
  
  ,,Data centers, which provide managed server hosting and data storage services, require enormous amounts of power.
  
  ,,Willis says the state is poised to take advantage of the interest.
  
  ,,"We've taken some Business Ready Communities Grant money and dedicated it to data centers since we're starting to see the interest there," Willis said."We're trying to kind of custom make a BRC data center grant program.It will mainly be dedicated to lowering energy costs and broadband costs for the first three years to help them get their cash flow going."
  
  ,, Wyoming is well positioned with technology.
  
  ,,"The state is about as well wired as any in the western U.S. except California," Willis said.
  
  ,,That broadband capability is increasingly important as businesses of all types rely more and more on the Internet to do business.
  
  ,,"We're looking at closing some data center deals in the next year or so," Willis said."The cost per square foot is astronomical so, naturally, they're very cautious."
  
  ,,Willis said that enterprise-level data centers that offer services to a variety of companies are the most likely to locate here.
  
  ,,"It's hard for us to go out there and get the huge 100,000-square-foot data centers that Google, Prologic and those type of companies do," Willis said.

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  "We, as a state, have not been real active in recruiting business until this year," says Mark Willis, director of business and industry, Wyoming Business Council.
  
  "We have spent our budget on providing grants for infrastructure, through the Business Ready Community Grant Program, so that cities can get themselves ready for business."Willis says that there is ongoing discussion about expanding this program to include housing developments in communities that have that need."We expect a new grant program coming out for that, but we won't know until the Legislature takes that up in January," Willis says.
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  Because of the diversity present in the state, Willis says local municipalities and economic development organizations are allowed to dictate which industries they focus on attracting."Cody is interested in and is already attracting companies involved in medical devices," Willis says.
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  "So the companies we are targeting are technology companies and small firms," Willis says.

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  A conversation with,Mark Willis, Director of the Business and Industry Division of the Wyoming Business Council
  
  "At this point, we are managing growth rather than pushing growth.

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  The epiphany arrived unexpectedly, a phone call late one night in 2005 from Alexander to Mark Willis, the fourth director of the running back's charity.
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  "I got it," Willis remembers Alexander saying.

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