Florida. Business Technology Program championed by at&t

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1 Florida Jim Karam Pasco-Hernando SCORE #0439 Phone: (h) (c) Over 40 years experience in the development of large-scale systems, both commercial and in aerospace. Started his career with 14 years as an R&D officer in the US Air Force, working with military satellites, as an associate professor teaching graduate Engineering courses, and as a project manager at DARPA. Then held leadership positions in various large companies, including General Dynamics Convair, Sony, Philips Medical, and Lunar Corp. Ended his employed career as Senior VP, Engineering and Program Management at Cubic Transportation Systems, the dominant supplier of automated fare collection equipment for transit agencies worldwide. More info at SEO, Marketer, Mentor, LifeHacker, Husband, Chelsea Supporter. Jon is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Startup and Company, a boutique data, marketing and SEO strategy firm aimed at helping small, to mid-size, to any-size business find more eyeballs and convert them into customers. Jon Pauley Palm Beach SCORE #0224 Phone: (o) (or 0871) (c) jonmpauley@startupandco.com Jon began his career in Manhattan, later moving to Boston where he mapped T-CxR and Frame Relay Convergence Efficiencies across existing tech infrastructure. He then moved on to project and field management in the corporate world for companies such as Toys R Us and Office Depot. Jon served as the field project leader responsible for the national launch of technical services products. Jon also participated in successful bids for private equity/venture capital funding up to $350M. 1 P a g e

2 Illinois Business Technology Program Tammy Finch Peoria SCORE #0090 Phone: Tammy Finch is a well-known website designer and social media consultant from East Peoria, IL, and the founder of Web Services, Inc. She has more than 15 years of experience building websites and teaching clients to use the Internet as a business tool. Ms. Finch has given numerous talks at national conventions throughout the United States on the power of sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and specifically how to use them to grow sales, deepen customer relationships, and improve recruiting. In addition to managing hundreds of websites and social media profiles for her clients, she is a frequent contributor to numerous business publications and magazines. Michigan IT professional with 40 years experience. Web developer/designer. President of Grover Media Group web design firm ( Terry Grover Ann Arbor Area SCORE # tgrover1654@comcast.net 2 P a g e

3 Minnesota Business Technology Program Brian Alwin SE Minnesota SCORE #0406 Phone: Worked in manufacturing from 1981 until 2006 in various capacities ranging from engineering, customer support, quality assurance, value analysis and information technologies. I was a department manager for 11 of those years in both quality assurance and information technology. In 2006 along with wife and business partner Kimberly, we started a business (called A Smooth Move) helping older adults down-size and move to new homes. We have branched out into consignment sales and cleaning services as well. Currently serves as Assistant District Director at SCORE. New Jersey Andrea Dick Ocean County SCORE # andrea.dick@scorevolunteer.org Highly skilled Information Technology professional with a cross-functional background in the areas of Software and Intellectual Property. Over 20 years in the software business designing, developing and delivering enterprise class commercial software applications. A broad range of professional, technical, management and hands on experience in Information technology, software and Intellectual property. 3 P a g e

4 New Mexico Peter Mikelson Albuquerque SCORE #0067 Phone: Twelve years in a New York publishing and international consulting company, with management responsibility for database development, electronic publishing, business forecasting. Thirteen years with a leading electronic publisher with management assignments in product development, vendor negotiations and partner sales management. Subsequently, worked in executive search, insurance and operated a marketing and web design consultancy. Currently serves as District Director at SCORE. New York Michael Drake Greater Binghamton SCORE #0217 Phone: mike-drake@live.com Michael J. Drake manages a successful online (home based) business. His web based, e-commerce site offer s foreign and domestic caviar sales throughout the Continental U.S. Mike served 12 years as an Army Officer (honorably discharged at the rank of Major) in the US, Europe, and S.W. Asia. He started his business career (post military) in Retail / Wholesale Auto Parts sales (4 years), followed by Project and Production Management (3 years) for a Manufacturing Group. Mike relocated to Vestal, NY as General Manager for NES Rentals, following completion of his graduate studies. Mike volunteers at SCORE, Binghamton, NY and is the Marketing and Publicity Chairman / Veteran Liaison Officer for his Chapter. Mike has a BBA from University of Miami and an MBA from St. John Fisher College P a g e

5 Pennsylvania Stephen Cohen, M.A., Economics; MBA is President of Keystone By Design, Inc., a marketing consulting firm providing web design, internet marketing and promotional products to small businesses in Western Pennsylvania. He has over thirty years experience in sales and marketing, serving as a senior marketing executive for several health insurance-related entities. Stephen Cohen Pittsburgh SCORE #0007 Phone: stephenr.cohen@gmail.com Mr. Cohen is Past Chair of the SCORE Chapter in Southwestern Pennsylvania and has been a frequent presenter at SCORE s Business Basics Workshop. Texas Raj Mashruwala Houston SCORE # raj@scorehouston.org Raj joined SCORE as a Management Counselor in 2003, after he retired from Lyondell Chemical Co. where he was Director of Corporate Strategic Planning. Raj brings 28 years of experience with Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) and its spin offs, Lyondell Chemical Co. and Equistar Chemicals, in the areas of engineering, plant operations, economic optimization, major projects coordination, profit planning and analysis, business process redesign, marketing and long range strategic planning. His non-profit experience includes being a mentor at SCORE and a management consultant at ESCH where he works with nonprofits. 5 P a g e

6 Texas (cont d) Carleton Smith Austin SCORE # Mr. Smith has a BSEE and MEA. He worked in the electronics industry for forty years. He retired as the VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing from a Fortune 500 corporation. Prior to that assignment, he was the general manager of two manufacturing plants in mainland China. His career included numerous business turn-around assignments; i.e., fixing sub-par operations by identifying their problems and then making them profitable. He was also successfully involved in numerous acquisition and mergers of companies. His executive training included studies at Harvard, Northwestern, Wisconsin and Texas A&M universities. He has been a volunteer counselor with Austin SCORE for eight years. Washington, DC Joe Clarke Washington, DC SCORE # joseph.clarke@scorevolunteer.org Distance Willing to Travel: up to 100 miles Joe Clarke has over 40 years of experience providing consulting services to clients in both the federal government and commercial sectors. This experience includes over 25 years of specializing in IT consulting. Mr. Clarke holds certification as an ITIL Expert, the highest certification available for the IT Service Management field. Mr. Clarke retired from Gartner Consulting where he was a subject matter expert in process engineering and service management. His experience includes over 15 years of helping a small consulting firm grow from 12 employees to over 150. Mr. Clarke served as an officer in the US Coast Guard with tours of duty in Vietnam and in the Office of Boating Safety. 6 P a g e