2012 Mentor-Protégé Conference Presentations & Photos
2012 MPP Conference Photos
Tuesday
General Sessions| Overview of MPP | Joseph Misanin, OSD, OSBP |
| Partnering For Success: SPAWAR | Captain Scott Hoffman, Space & Naval Warfare Systems CMD |
| Maximize Small Business Contracting | Stuart Hazlett, Army Corps of Engineers |
| Doing Business with the Federal Government | Rob Holder, HP |
| NAVFAC Perspective: Benefits of the Mentor Protégé Program | Veneece McNeley, NAVFAC |
| Overview of the SCORE Foundation | Tom Vaughan, SCORE |
| National Veteran Small Business Coalition | John Molière, Standard Communications, Inc. |
| Learning Through Success ASM Research & Networking & Engineering Technologies Inc. SAIC ERRG |
ASM Research & Networking & Engineering Technologies, Inc SAIC ERRG |
| Above and Beyond Mentoring Beyond Mentoring Strategic Partnerships |
Jeff Krongaard, Raytheon Missile Systems Greg Reyes, DynCorp |
| Access to Capital SBA’s Contract CAPLines Program Access to Capital/Credit |
Sloan Coleman, SBA Paul Courtney, Buffalo Group |
| New Media: Impact of Social Media on the Federal Government Social Media for Small Business New Media: The Impact of Social Media on Government & Industry |
Anthony Braun, Halfaker and Associates Craig Ridley, TASC, Inc |
| Applying Emotional Intelligence(EQ) | Gustavo Grodnitzky, Ph.D. |
| Hybrid Mentor-Protégé Contract Agreements Hybrid Mentor-Protégé Contract Agreements |
Peggy Butler, Army Elaine Howell, DCMA |
Wednesday
General Sessions| Small Business Jobs Act Update | Kenneth Dodds, SBA |
| Learning Through Success ISYS Technologies & Lockheed Martin NVision & CSC KnightPoint Systems & CSC |
Teresa Porter, ISYS Colleen de Vries, Lockheed Martin Mike Lillard, CSC Joel Lawhead, NVision Randy Rose, CSC Douglas Duenkel, Knight Point Systems |
| US Patent & Trade Office (USPTO) Basics | Azam Khan, USPTO |
| Accelerating the Transition of Small Business Innovations into High Priority Defense Programs | Lou Kelly, San Diego State University ADT Cluster |
| Contracting Officer's Perspective Doing Business with the Office of Naval Research Air Force MPP Contracting Officer's Perspective Army Contracting Officer's Perspective |
Vera Carroll, ONR Natalie Sitkowski, Air Force Rebecca Williams, Army |
| Leveraging Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI & the HPO) Leveraging HBCU/MI The HBCU/MI Project Office |
Tiffany Bussey, Morehouse College Hank Valentine, HBCU/MI Project Office |
| Ready or Not, Here They Come! Understanding and Motivating the Millennial Generation Millennial Generation |
Dr. Gustavo Grodnitzky, Gustavo Grodnitzky, PLLC |
| Finding Your Own Crystal Ball... How to read someone in 60 seconds or less |
Pat Bender, Bayley & Bender |
| DCMA Session: Annual Review | Elaine Howell, Cynthia Abarca Libby Edwards, Rosalyn Wiggins DCMA |
Thursday
General Sessions| Army Corps of Engineers: Opportunities | Jack Beecher |
| NAVFAC: Opportunities | Veneece McNeley |
| Air Force: Opportunities | Eugene Toni |
| Missile Defense Agency: Opportunities | Lee Rosenberg |
| Army Breakouts Leveraging Small Business Teams MPP Overview Program Value (ROI) |
Eric Adolphe, CSTI Peggy Butler, Army OSBP Tracy Pinson, Army OSBP |
| Navy Breakout DON MPP |
Oreta Stinson |
| ODA Breakout MBCU/MI by HPO |