Agenda

Kathy Anthony, O'Sullivan Creel

Kathy Anthony is the partner responsible for O'Sullivan Creel's business administration. She joined the firm in 1998 after a 23-year career in banking that culminated in serving as senior vice president and retail market manager for Barnett Bank. A Professional of Human Resources (PHR), Kathy has extensive expertise in firm administration, marketing and human resources. In addition to her role in the firm, Kathy also serves as the Chair of a Chief Executive Leadership Program with Vistage Florida.

Named the National Firm Administrator of the Year in 2002 by the Association of Accounting Administrators, Kathy directs the firm's administrative staff and oversees the human resources department, in addition to screening and interviewing candidates for clients as requested. Kathy speaks at numerous seminars and conferences training in marketing and human resources. She is recognized for her ability to develop positive and effective relationships at all levels within the firm and the community.

Theresa Brunasso, President & Founder of D&S Microwave

Theresa Brunasso, Founder and President of D&S Microwave, is a 30-year veteran in the field of Electrical Engineering. Prior to starting D&S Microwave, she spent more than 20 years at EMS Technologies, Defense and Space division. At EMS, Theresa served as Microwave Engineering Manager, Director of Technology Development, and provided innovative design and development expertise for numerous programs, including JSTARS, TDRS, XM Radio, DarkStar, NSTAR, Milstar, Advanced EHF, IntelSat and the Mars Science Lab. Her extensive experience makes her well suited to microwave systems definition, development, detailed design and the application in the Commercial, Defense and Space markets.

Theresa began her career in the U.S. Navy as an Instructor at the Consolidated Naval Electronic Warfare School in Pensacola, FL. She was awarded a graduate fellowship through the Air Force Thermionic Engineering Research Program.

Theresa holds an Engineer's Degree and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, and a B.S. in Physics from the University of West Florida. She is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, the National Physics Honor Society, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

In 2008, she was one of three Georgia area women honored by Women in Technology (WIT) as a winner in the ninth annual Women of the Year in Technology Awards. She is a contributing author to "Climb: Leading Women in Technology Share Their Journeys to Success." Theresa lives in Snellville with her husband, Brian Boe, a mathematics professor at UGA.

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A woman's journey to engineer and business owner. Learn how the grand-daughter of immigrants became the first in her family to get a college education, went on to graduate school, spent over twenty years designing hardware for aircraft, satellites, and space exploration, and started her own company. It all started at UWF, and the University continues to provide services for success.

Jennifer Grove, Workforce Development Coordinator, Gulf Power

Jennifer has worked with The Southern Company for 17 years. Jennifer currently holds the position of Gulf Power's Workforce Development Coordinator, where she is responsible for the management of school partnerships and the creation of workforce development programs to enhance Northwest Florida's economic development position. Previously, Jennifer served as Gulf Power Generation's Technical Training Coordinator, a Performance Consultant with Southern Company College- the management education arm of Southern Company, and a Change Management Consultant with Andersen Consulting.

Jennifer actively serves in many community, state and national organizations focused on education and workforce development including serving as a Governor-appointed Board member of Workforce Florida, Inc. – our state's Workforce Investment Board, STEMflorida Business Steering Council member; Executive Committee member of ECARE (Every Child A Reader in Escambia County); and Steering Committee member of the Northwest Florida and Bay County Ford Next Generation Learning Communities. Jennifer serves as the Industry Chair of the Florida Energy Workforce Consortium and on the Florida Banner Centers for Energy and Construction Industry Advisory Councils. Jennifer serves on the Florida Chamber Foundation's Talent and Education Caucus and the FACTE Career Academy Division Board of Directors. Jennifer is actively engaged in workforce development initiatives at both the Southern Company and national level – through the Southern Company Workforce Development Council and the national Center for Energy Workforce Development.

Jennifer holds a Masters of Science degree in Organizational Communication from Purdue University and Bachelors degrees in Political Science and Communications from Birmingham-Southern College.

Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, including husband, Ray, and four boys: Andrew, Hank, Matt & Scott. They enjoy deep-sea fishing, surfing, and camping.

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This presentation will provide an overview of state and local workforce development resources available to companies in NW FL for building a talent pipeline and of benefit to technology-oriented companies. These include Florida's Talent Supply Chain Team, Workforce Florida's Target Industry Cluster Task Forces, STEMflorida, Employ Florida Banner Centers, and Workforce Florida's signature workforce training grant programs (Incumbent Worker Training, Quick Response Training). Jennifer will explain the regional Workforce Board system, their key programs that can support technology-based companies.

Laurie Jones, HR Manager, AppRiver

Laurie currently is the Human Resources Manager with AppRiver, a rapidly growing technology company located in Gulf Breeze. Since 2010 this company has grown by 22% and currently has 143 employees. The emphasis of the positions have been in the technical support or software development area. We currently have 143 employees.

Laurie has over fifteen years of human resources management experience in the corporate, manufacturing, union and non-union as well as public environments. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Human Resources Management from Upper Iowa University.

Laurie is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) by the Society for Human Resource Management and is an active member of the Society of Human Resources Professionals and in April of this year earned her Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation from the national recognized World at Work organization. This designation is known throughout the reward community as a mark of expertise and excellence in all areas of compensation.

Chris Kenney, CBDO, Coco Design

Chris Kenney, CBDO of Coco Design, a national web design and internet marketing company

Chris has over thirteen years of web design, web application development and internet marketing experience. There were approximately 600 websites on the internet when he created his first site. As a managing principal, his current role covers all aspects of the development cycle: research, architecting, design, development & campaign management. He frequently speaks to groups, businesses and professional associations on e-commerce, web design, internet marketing & social media marketing. Chris currently serves on the executive board of the American Advertising Federation in Pensacola.

Coco Design is a national web design and internet marketing firm headquartered in Pensacola, Florida. Established in 1994, Coco's expertise grew out of a passion for new media and web-based information technology.

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This presentation will help business owners understand the basics of search engine optimization. As more people turn to the internet to find businesses, it is important to have a professionally designed website that ranks well in the search engines (Google, Yahoo, & Bing) for keywords that relate to your industry.

Shannon Libbert, HR Leader, Studer Group

Shannon is a native of Pensacola and graduated with a Master of Public Administration with a Graduate Certification in Human Resource Management, a BS in Political Science, and a BS in Criminology and Criminal Justice, all from Florida State University.

She has over 18 years of experience in the government and human resources sector, and is currently the Human Resources Leader at Studer Group in Gulf Breeze, FL. She was previously the Director of Human Resources at Avalex Technologies.

Shannon's specializations include recruiting in quickly growing organizations, employee relations, retention and training. She was instrumental in obtaining the "Best Small and Medium Companies to Work For" designation at Studer Group, a Malcolm Baldrige recipient. At Avalex, she was instrumental in increasing the staffing levels of technical professionals by 40% and decreasing turnover to 12%.

Shannon is passionate about human resources and her work at Studer Group. In her spare time she enjoys reading, jogging, watching baseball games, and spending time with her husband Jason and their 2 ½ year old son Zane.

Hazel Wiggington, Managing Partner & CEO, H2 Performance Consulting

Hazel Wiggington is Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer at H2 Performance Consulting, a management and technology consulting firm based in Pensacola, FL. Hazel has over 13 years of experience providing consulting to Federal and DoD agencies. She specializes in providing project and program management, change management, strategic management and financial management consulting services. Prior to co-founding H2, she held management positions at KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint in their Navy Sector. During that time, she has managed several multi-million dollar projects with government clients to include the Naval Education and Training Command at NAS Pensacola.

Ms. Wiggington has a BS in Accounting from Shepherd College and is currently the Director of the provisional Emerald Coast Chapter Project Management Institute (PMI) Branch in Pensacola, FL and on the Board of Directors for the Gulf Coast Government Contractors Association based out of New Orleans, LA . She is also a member of Vistage CEO group 2037 in the Pensacola Region and VP/Program Chair for ITGULFCOAST.

H2 Performance Consulting currently has clients to include SSC NOLA, SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic - Charleston, Navy Manpower, Personnel, Education and Training Command, Navy Program Executive Office – Enterprise Information Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs via SPAWAR LANT. H2 provides the following services: Project and Program Management; Strategy, Planning and Communications; Enterprise Performance Management; Organization Change Management; Microsoft SharePoint Deployment and Services; and Training Development and Delivery. Additionally, H2 was presented with the 2009 Industry Excellence Award for Entrepreneurship by the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce and was ranked 139 on Magazine's list of 500\5000 fastest growing companies in America for 2010 and 2011.

Jeremy Wyatt, VP of Software Engineering, ActiGraph, LLC

Jeremy has been a hardware engineer for 6 years. Primarily involved in design/implementation of military spec avionics and test equipment. Developed replacements for digital control assemblies for F-15, F-16 and Kiowa Warrior platforms.

Jeremy is a 2 year member of a design team for an ambulatory waist/wrist-worn activity monitor capable of measuring levels of physical activity. Developed both industrial and commercial versions.

Jeremy has managed the software engineering department for 2 years. Responsible for all deployed software related to physical activity measurement and monitoring. His specialties include:
Embedded firmware development, VHDL programmable logic, microprocessor development, low power hardware design, Software engineering management

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Jeremy Wyatt will talk about his work as VP of Software Engineering at Actigraph and explain the field of actigraphy. He will discuss some of the challenges that he and the company face daily and how they have successfully met those challenges to grow the company in an international market. Jeremy will address hardware and software technical issues, talent and HR, product design, and business development issues.

Heidi Otway, Director, PR & Social Media

Heidi Otway is the Director of PR and Social Media at SalterMitchell, an award-winning communications and behavior change firm with offices in Tallahassee, Orlando and Alexandra, Virginia. At Salter>Mitchell, Heidi is the chief strategist for developing social media engagement tools, tactics and content for client accounts. Her clients include the CDC, Florida Healthy Kids, and the Florida Retail Federation.

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Entrepreneurs & corporations are harnessing the power of online social networks to reach consumers and grow their business. With an array of platforms–from Facebook, Twitter, foursquare and YouTube – there are limitless channels to reach their target audience. With so many options, which platform should you choose?

This workshop will cover:
• Most popular social media networks for business
• Building customer brand ambassadors
• Tips and best practices from businesses achieving social media success

Niels K. Andersen, President & CEO KAMedData

Niels Andersen began his healthcare career in 1980 as a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman and since then has gained experience in healthcare administration, physician recruitment, technology design, and finance. He has held positions in physician recruitment, medical staff development, group expansion and acquisition, strategic business management, marketing, and financial management with companies such as the Sacred Heart Health System, Franciscan Health System, Merritt Hawkins & Associates, Merrill Lynch, and Curacare Diagnostics, a division of AMI.

He attended the University of Maryland and National University where he received his bachelors of business degree with an emphasis in marketing, and has studied financial management and international business towards his masters of business administration degree.

After several years utilizing technology to help integrate proven business methods into the analysis, management, and planning efforts of healthcare enterprises, he formed KAMedData.com, Inc. As the parent company of VeritasHealthCare and KontactIntelligence, KAMedData oversees subsidiaries which collectively provide technology solutions, consultative support, and industry research throughout the healthcare continuum. KAMedData has been on the Inc. Magazine 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list three times.

Over the years, Mr. Andersen has gained a reputation for introducing proven business skills to the healthcare staffing, healthcare technology, physician recruitment, and provider network expansion industry. A published industry writer and speaker, Mr. Andersen is a contributor to such publications as the New England Journal of Medicine's Recruiting Physicians Today, Association of Staff Physician Recruiters publications, and the Physician Recruiter Magazine. Mr. Andersen also has substantial experience in business plan development and implementation, coupled with a great deal of experience in strategic partnering within the healthcare environment.

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The Healthcare Reform Bill of 2010 forever changed how US healthcare will be managed and administered. The most significant impacts on the industry are in the coming years and the impacts to the information technology that supports healthcare are significant. Brian works daily with hospital executives educating them on the process and technological changes to healthcare administration and how to comply with the Reform Bill requirements. Brian will share his vision of the future of Healthcare IT and the challenges associated with achieving that future state.

Bob David, President, Technology Leader, Techsoft

Bob David is President of TECHSOFT and the company's technology leader. Mr. David is actively involved in management, technical contract execution, and other corporate commitments. In addition to these management responsibilities, he personally serves as the Program Manager of a Congressionally-funded joint U.S.-Norwegian Common Information Centric Security project.

Mr. David has over 25 years experience in a variety of computer-related fields and possesses a strong programming background in several languages and various platforms. He has designed and implemented numerous Wide and Local area networks, and has developed and taught highly-technical computer science courses at the university level.

Mr. David joined TECHSOFT in 1994 after his retirement from the U.S. Navy. During his 21-year Naval career, Mr. David served in a variety of technical lead roles, including four years as Operations Chief for the European Cryptologic ADP Coordination Center/Senior Analyst for Shore Cryptologic Support Systems. His last assignment was as support networks Program Manager for the Naval Technical Training Center in Pensacola.

Mr. David holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of West Florida and a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from the University of Maryland.

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Mr. David will talk about the varied skill sets needed in Gulf Coast IT workforce of today. He'll also discuss the relationship between industry, academia and the community and what's being done to prepare our future employees to fill current and future employment needs. Mr. David will also discuss "Intense IT Investigation (I3)" an event held this past summer to provide local high school "career academy" students with a taste of what it's like working for an IT Company. I3 was a 3 day event that exposed students from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties to the daily activities and responsibilities of the average IT professional.

Tim Roberts, Dr. Jay Clune, Dr. David Dawson.

UWF NextExitHistory™ is a joint project of the History, Engineering and Computer Technology Departments at UWF and venture technology firm Wirehead Labs.

This exciting web and mobile technology product engages, informs, and entertains the public by providing a certified database of historical and cultural landmarks and locations along with pictures, podcasts, and videos. Find it in App Store or Android Market!

Join the team for a panel discussion on experiences gained through the ongoing development of new technologies with UWF, including technology transfer and third party involvement.

Sonya Negley

Sonya is President of g.r.e.e.n. Consulting & Solutions, LLC. Her solutions oriented company is based in Northwest Florida and provides grant writing, administration and strategic planning assistance to profit and non-profit organizations. In addition, she provides services for GSA Schedule development, contract proposals, renewable energy site location, funding, feedstock utilization planning, entrepreneurial economic development and non-profit management services.

Prior to her entrepreneurial venture, Sonya was manager of business and community development with Florida's Great Northwest where she focused her effort on grant writing, Small Business Innovative Research assistance, International trade, foreign direct investment, renewable energy projects, research and life sciences.

Sonya spent 15 years in senior management with the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and Oklahoma State Chamber. Her career included the founding and development of two non-profit subsidiaries, one for-profit subsidiary, funding and construction of a self-sustaining small business incubator and assistance in launching over 3,000 private ventures. She is a certified NX Level Entrepreneurship trainer, she has been a reviewer for State and Federal granting agencies, and has authored training programs on grant writing, starting a small business, regionalism and innovation.

She has collaborated on over $70 million in grants, $12 million in dedicated funds and has personally secured $28 million in funding for her clients.

Patrick G. Rooney
Value Building CXO

Patrick serves as the Lead Principal Consultant at Coastal CXO Services, Inc. where he leads a team of Executive/Senior Managers providing comprehensive business and technology consulting services. The firm delivers C-Suite expertise to firms' Founders, Management, Investors, and Directors. Coastal CXO helps identify critical pain points, prepares strategic and tactical plans addressing root causes (not mere symptoms), assists with improving business processes across the entire enterprise, and resolves problems hindering success in achieving business objectives.

He has served as a Senior Financial and Operations Executive working with start-ups and mid-stage firms in defense, electronics, software development/systems integration, education, manufacturing, multimedia distribution, information security and health-care. His 30-years of work experience encompasses a vast range of experience from controller, vice-president, and CFO to CEO and Chairman with companies such as Brand Asset Digital, Cogon Systems, Deloitte Touche & Co, Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI) & many more.

He has a proven track record in building and leading high performance teams needing effective assistance with private fund raising, enterprise process improvements, and operating management process development. He is a graduate of the University of West Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting with magna cum laude honors. He earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in November 1980.

He is an active member in the community:

• President, Blue Angels Pensacola Chapter Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA)
• Co-Founder/Director, itgulfcoast.org
• Leadership Pensacola, Class of 2001
• Member, AICPA.
• Member, NW Florida Life Sciences Council
• Member, WIRED NW Florida IT Advisory Council

Dean N. Parker, Jr.
President and CEO of Callis Communications

Dean N. Parker, Jr., is President and CEO of Callis Communications, which has grown over 600% in just three years. Prior to founding Callis, Parker oversaw a $100 million-plus business division for General Electric's private radio division and then later acquired by Ericsson. Parker is a business graduate of Liberty University, and serves on corporate and university boards. He is married to his wife Joanne and has three children, Jody (9), Trey (7), and Lauren (3), and they are in the process of adopting 2 more children.

W.K (Ker) Ferguson
Assistant Vice President
Research Office of Industry Liaison

Ker Ferguson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, raised in Scotland and spent most of his adult life in Canada. While in Canada he obtained both his undergraduate and masters degrees in business administration from the Ivey School of Business, Canada's premier business school.

After graduation he worked primarily in the financial sector, within merchant banking and real estate. He has also been active in the small business sector, as a partner in taking a start-up firm to national prominence and industry leader in less than three years, with offices in London, Vancouver and Montreal.

In 1996 he joined The University of Western Ontario in their newly formed Technology Transfer Offices, where he assessed the commercial feasibility of new technologies and established appropriate paths to market. While at The University of Western Ontario he was asked to assist with managing the Research Park and undertook both roles for a period. Shortly thereafter the University asked him to take on the position of Director of the Research Park on a full-time basis. Under Ker's management and direction The University of Western Ontario Research & Development Park more than doubled its business base, including opening a second research park campus as a joint venture between the University and a neighboring municipality.

Ker moved to the University of South Alabama in the Fall of 2005 and is responsible for the development of their Research Park initiative and oversight of the Office of Technology Transfer at South Alabama (ranked 15th in the nation on return on investment by Forbes Magazine in 2008, in terms of license revenue versus research expenditures).

Ker is currently a candidate for a Ph.D. in Human Capital Development at the University of Southern Mississippi. His research interests focus on the innovation economy and technology based economic development. This includes the effectiveness of research parks as a vehicle for these activities.

Tanaga A. Boozer, JD, MBA

Acting Director for the Office of Technology Transfer, Licensing and Commercialization and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University. Ms. Boozer has over fourteen years of intellectual property experience and conducts technology transfer presentations and patent seminars for the faculty, staff and students. She also performs initial evaluations of faculty inventions, coordinates and manages both the Intellectual Property Review Committee and the Committee for the Commercialization of University Innovations. She conducts patent searches and drafts patent applications. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Boozer is a former United States Patent and Trademark Patent Examiner, consultant for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Technology Transfer Reviewer with the Department of Defense for its Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.

Ms. Boozer holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, a Master of Business Administration from Prairie View A&M University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Rust College. Ms. Boozer is an entrepreneur whose company received two Innovation Grants--a Technology Commercialization Grant from Tallahassee's Innovation Park Authority and a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Grant.

Tanaga A. Boozer, JD, MBA
Acting Director, Office of Technology Transfer
Florida A&M University
Phone: (850) 412-7232
Email: tanaga.boozer@famu.edu