USF CONNECT Seminar Series

• Paul Wavrock, Owner, Wavrock Health Insurance of Florida, "Health Insurance for Small Businesses"
• Megan Newman, Director, USF College of Business Office of Employer Relations, "Recruiting the Best Employees for Your Small Business"
• Tonya Clark, Executive Director, Star-Tec Incubator, "How to Help Your Small Business Succeed"
• David Stepanek, Director, Athena Capital Partners, "How to Attract Investors to Your Small Business"
• Deborah Collier, Account Executive, Brighthouse Networks, "Increase the Speed of Your Business"
• Joanne Weiland, CEO, Commanding View, "Empowering Your Vision, Concepts & Goals"
• Jennifer Biles, Community Service Coordinator, Hillsborough County Small Business Information Center, "Understanding Personalities"
• Matthew Hammer, Account Director, Harden & Associates, "Protecting Your Investment"
• Kim Wagner, Business Counselor, Small Business Development Center, "Obtaining & Maintaining Customer Loyalty"
• Dave Gussow, Former Tech Editor, St. Petersburg Times, "Communications for High-Tech Small Businesses"
• Ed Hejlek, Managing Partner, Senniger Powers, "Intellectual Property Issues for Emerging Business: What in the world is happening with patents?" 
• Kim Wagner, Business Counselor, Small Business Development Center, "Time Management"
• John Lucas, Independent Medical Devices Professional, "Attracting Investment"
• Thomas Steele, Managing Shareholder, Steele, Watson & Benner P.A., "Trade Secrets, Non-Compete and Confidentiality Agreements"
• Stephfan Nurse, Associate Director, Affluent Consulting, "Research & Development Tax Credit Solutions"
• Dr. Kevin Sill, VP Product Development, Intezyne Technologies, "The Capabilities and Usage of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) at the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator."
• Jeff Parks, Owner, Bayside IT Consulting, Inc., "Growing Your Small Technology-Based Company" 
• Anton Hopen, Esq., Smith & Hopen, U.S. Patent Attorneys, "Patenting Software Philosophies"
• Jeff Bleil PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Utek Corporation,
  "Connecting Technology Start-Up Companies with Venture Capitalists"
•  Andre Carter, Irimi Corporation and Steve Stein, Holland & Knight, "Turning Your Innovations into a Successful Business: Attracting Venture Capital and Business Partners While Protecting Your Innovations" 
• Valerie Landrio McDevitt, JD, Director, USF Division of Patents & Licensing, "Negotiating and Navigating Restrictions on Outside Consulting Agreements"
• Jeff Lloyd, JD and Christopher Eisenschenk, JD, PhD, Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik, "What is My Invention?"
• Beth Calhoun, Hillsborough County Small Business Information Center, "Business Protection 101"