2024 Connect & Learn about Innovate Alabama

Innovate Alabama welcomes innovators and businesses of all kinds with a comprehensive suite of incentives and programs. Through these efforts, Innovate Alabama empowers entrepreneurs, business owners and students to build a business, a career and a life in Alabama.

Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama will talk about their Network Designation, SSBCI programs, SBIR/STTR grants, and the Tax Credit program. Learn about eligibility requirements, how to apply and upcoming deadlines.

Whether you are an organization supporting entrepreneurs and founders, a founder, a lender or an investor, Innovate AL has a program you need to learn more about!

Upcoming Innovate AL application deadlines:

Network Designation - next application round opens in October
Innovate AL Network Project Grant - next application round opens in October

SPEAKER

Cynthia Crutchfield
CEO, Innovate Alabama

Ms. Cynthia Crutchfield is the CEO of Innovate Alabama. In this role, she oversees the development and implementation of corporate strategy, leads day-to-day operations and ensures the advancement of the organization’s mission through forging partnerships, developing programs and managing innovation activities.

Prior to joining Innovate Alabama, she served as the founder/president/CEO of Crutchfield Management Consulting, where she set the strategic vision and growth plan for the company. She also served as the COO of The Crutchfield Company, a real estate investment company, providing affordable housing to college students, veterans and underprivileged families. Crutchfield enjoyed a career of 40+ years within the Federal Government market as a civil servant (18 years) and as a contractor within private industry (22 years).

During her 22-year career with private industry, she served in numerous positions including: Executive VP (Infinity Technology); Senior VP (AECOM); VP (URS, Oceus Networks and ManTech); and Program and Project Manager and Sr. Software Engineer (Computer Sciences Corporation) supporting and leading large, small and mid-tier organizations. In these roles, she developed and executed strategic visions and growth plans and provided oversight of Profit and Loss centers for organizations where she exceeded growth goals for revenues (up to $2B) and profit goals (upwards of 15%) as well as other growth goals. She provided management and oversight of teams of up to 800 program managers, engineers, and IT specialists delivering Information Technology, Aircraft Maintenance and Training, Cybersecurity, and National and Defense Intelligence services to Government customers including the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, National Aerospace and Space Agency/Jet Propulsion Lab, Department of State, the United States Army and the U.S. Air Force.