Brian Reilly

As the coordinator of the Harrisburg Market Keystone Innovation Zone, Brian Reilly spends huge amounts of time talking to students, faculty, young professionals and entrepreneurs in the capital city. His job, at age 24, is to help commercialize research and development at colleges and universities, promote entrepreneurship, and provide opportunities for young professionals. As you can imagine, he uses social media tools quite a bit and keeps a blog, MidstateMantra, about happenings in South Central Pa. Reilly is also a big proponent of internships, and helps run StayInventCentralPA.com to assist local businesses in their search.

A native Northeast Philadelphian, Reilly attended Messiah College in Harrisburg, where he’s been savoring the city’s immense variety of restaurants and festivals for the past five years. Right now, he’s busy organizing an annual downtown career fair called Experience Harrisburg, which is like a pub crawl for jobs; tour guides lead groups of students around town to experience the nightlife and meet employers at ten locations throughout the city.

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