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Background
Small Business Administration established Innovative Economies Initiative to support economic development
Community leaders selected VCSI to lead Huntsville team competition for Advanced Defense Technology Cluster grant
Huntsville named one of three ADTCs* and immediately includes DoD, other Agencies
Huntsville ADTC Team demonstrates regional collaboration
*San Diego and Minnesota 2
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Procurement Training
Technology Commercialization
MentoringTechnology
Transfer Counseling
SBIR Support
Entrepreneurship Training
Business Counseling
Collaboration
Sharing Our Strengths to
meet Key National Needs
Cybersecurity Small Spacecraft
Interoperable Systems
ISR
Environmental Monitoring
Energy Innovation
Understand Customer
Requirements
Specialized Small Business Services
Assess and Integrate Tech Teams Secure Contracts, Execute Projects, Create Jobs
Business Services Team
Jenni Jeffers, Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County
Joanne Randolph, WBCNA
Kannan Grant / Steve Briere, UAHuntsville
Eric Ohene-Nyako, Alabama A&M University
Ralph Mitchell, DAU
Gary Tauss, BizTech
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Technology Focus Area / Integration Team
Rich White / Small Spacecraft (32%)
John Horack / Environmental Monitoring (22%)
Greg Pruitt / Intel-Surveillance-Recon (35%)
Terry Griffin / Robotics-UVs-Interoperable Systems (35%)
Rodney Robertson / Cybersecurity (29%)
Dale Jobes/ Innovative Energy Applications (38%)
Glenn Priddy & Frank Arena / Technology Integration & PartneringMarty Kress & Greg Pruitt / Business Development
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Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Technology Committee
Provides a forum for member companies to facilitate collaboration and innovation for the benefit of regional economic development and job creation through new products, services and markets.Subcommittees and chairpersons align with ADTC Tech focus areasCTC Chair – John GullySmall Spacecraft / Rich WhiteEnvironment Monitoring / John HorackIntel-Surveillance-Recon / Greg PruittRobotics-UVs-Interoperable Systems / Terry GriffinCybersecurity / Rodney RobertsonInnovative Energy Applications / Dale Jobes
Cyber HuntsvilleSecure the Cyber Mission for Huntsville
• Leverage What Huntsville Does Best - High-technology Solutions to Complex Problem Sets
• Focus on the Critical Cyber “Hard Problems”
• Leverage the Community’s Proven Cyber Leaders
• Harness the Power of Partnerships
• Execution Via an Agile and Flexible Organization Oriented on Achieving Measurable Results
• Involve Participants With “Skin in the Game”
Identify – Partner – Innovate – Solve
What We’re Doing…
Small Business Access to Customer Requirements
Early Notification of Short-Term Technology Needs
Tactically and Strategically Focused SBIR Topics
Direct linkage to customers Culture of Collaboration Five Questions per Opportunity
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For more information, visit us online at: www.HuntsvilleADT.vcsi.org
Markeeva Morgan, Project Manager, NASA