Mr. Robert Lann
Robert B. Lann has over three decades of experience in economic, simulation, public policy, energy, and technology transfer research. He is the past Director of Community Policy and Research Services, a division of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), and a principal research associate. Mr. Lann retired from EI2 in December 2010 and is now consulting and working part time for EI2.
Current research interests include fiscal and economic impact analysis, technology-based economic development, and industry cluster analysis. He is a co-developer of the WebLOCI™ software, a nationally recognized model for economic development practitioners to use to evaluate the fiscal and economic impact of new or expanding businesses. From 1987 to 2002, Mr. Lann managed the Economic Development Research Program, which performed research on a variety of topics to promote the economic development of Georgia.
He received the “Outstanding Research” Award, Resource Laboratories, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984. Mr. Lann holds a Master's degree and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Davis and Chico State University, respectively.