ITAAO is a non-profit corporation serving the growing information technology industry of southern Ohio, the Appalachian region, and the Ohio Valley region by promoting investment, knowledge networking, entrepreneurship, and job creation.

Mission Statement in brief:

ITAAO promotes the IT sector of Appalachian and southern Ohio regions and the Ohio Valley region. In keeping with ITAAO’s mission the organization plans to pursue the following work plan over the next two to five years:

1. Build and coordinate an angel investor network that will seek-out investment opportunities in the region for IT startup businesses, and for the growth of existing IT businesses.

2. Promote regional job creation through the support of entrepreneurial technology projects, company start-ups, expansions, and relocations. ITAAO will document success stories and create case studies for the benefit of entrepreneurs, investors, grant providers, schools, training programs, and other interested parties.

3. Coordinate and promote new and emerging IT strengths of the region. Facilitate the cooperation between private interests, public and private educational facilities, and government entities in focusing upon these potential areas of growth. Assist all parties in using available technologies to minimize and/or eliminate the geographic boundaries that have historically limited cooperative ventures.

4. Leverage the assets of the region by connecting regional, state, and federal sources of business support, technical knowledge, and funding with the IT entrepreneurs in the region.

5. Continue to expand the membership and services of ITAAO as the IT trade organization serving this region and representing this region's IT industry to the state, the nation, and the world.