Boulder Valley, Northern Colorado raise profiles in technology sector

Our regions seem to have it all: stunning natural beauty, fantastic quality of life, dynamic economies. It’s the latter description that would have been difficult to utter just a few years ago, when residential foreclosures and job losses were the norm at many major employers.

But “dynamic” is indeed an apt descriptor for the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado economies, and one sector that has remained strong even through the past downturn is technology.

Tech companies continue to grow, and innovation erupts not only from young startups but also from established Fortune 100 companies, the universities and federal laboratories. Colorado State University…