BPIIMPTW17
Check out the slides from DoD's SBIR Beyond Phase II (BPII) and Mentor-Protege Training Week (MPTW), which was Aug. 14-17, 2017, in Chicago. The event featured an outstanding lineup of speakers, tons of opportunities for networking and an awards ceremony recognizing the fiscal year 2016 Nunn-Perry award winners. You can find #BPII17 tweets here and #MPTW17 tweets here.
Monday
Tuesday
- Commercialization 101: Phase II Rules, Requirements and Considerations (Mr. Kirk Burton, Innovation Strategist, ByteCubed)
- DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (Mr. Shannon Jackson, Associate Director, DoD OSBP)
- DoD Mentor-Protégé Semi-Annual Report (SAR) Completion Instructions (Ms. Shelly Thomas, Assistant Director, DCMA)
- DoD Protégé Gains in Revenue and Jobs (Mr. Shannon Jackson, Associate Director, DoD OSBP)
- Finding the Right Transition Path: Common Pitfalls in Commercialization (Mr. A.J. Yarmie, Government Engagement Strategist, ByteCubed)
- Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Understanding the Strings Attached to Government Funding (Mr. Ed Jameson, Managing Partner, Jameson & Company)
- How to Write a Winning RIF Proposal (Ms. Ellen Purdy, Director, OSD Research & Engineering)
- Intellectual Property and Data Rights (Mr. George Wang, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, ByteCubed)
- JSTO-CBD RIF Efforts (Mr. Larry Pollack, Chemical and Biological Defense SBIR/STTR Program Manager, DTRA)
- Key Elements of a Successful Nunn-Perry Award Package (Ms. Shelly Thomas, Assistant Director, DCMA)
- Keynote (Mr. Michael Rochelle, President and CEO, MDR Strategies)
- Navy CRP (Ms. Lee Ann Boyer, SBIR CRP Manager, Navy)
- Navy SBIR Program Overview (Ms. Lee Ann Boyer, SBIR CRP Manager, Navy)
- PTAC/SBDC: How to Make the Most of Them (Ms. Anna Urman, Director, Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Program)
- RIF 101 (Mr. Ted Bujewski, RIF Program Manager, DoD OSBP)
- RIF: DISA’s Perspective (Mr. Riki Barbour, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, DISA)
- SBIR 201: Advanced Resources and Tools (Ms. Mary Nawab, Lead Business Analyst, ByteCubed)
- The Ins and Outs of SBIR Contracting (Mr. Chris Harris, Senior Policy Analyst, ByteCubed)
- The New All Small Mentor-Protégé Program (Ms. Sandra Clifford, Deputy Director, All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, SBA)
Wednesday
- Air Force RIF Requirements (Mr. Richard Lile, RIF Program Management Office, Air Force)
- Army RIF Requirements (Mr. Rob Saunders, RIF Lead, Army)
- Blue Ocean Strategy: Making Your Competition Irrelevant (Mr. Steve Reed, Director, Partner Programs, Tec-Masters)
- Lean Methodology for SBIR (Ms. Jangela Shumskas, Innovation Director, Velociter Program)
- Leveraging DoD Tech Consortiums (Mr. Tony Melita, CEO, Melita Consulting)
- Navy RIF Requirements (Mr. Scott Bartlett, RIF Program Manager, Navy)
- Partnering with Primes (Mr. Craig Owens, SBIR Program Manager, Lockheed Martin)
- Partnering with Primes (Mr. Tizoc Loza, Corporate Manager, Northrop Grumman)
- Partnering with Primes (Mr. Mike McComas, SBIR Liaison, BAE)
- PEO Primes (Mr. Tim Ryan, Chief, Technology Transfer and International Cooperation, Army ARDEC)
Thursday
- Basic Research Commercialization: New Approaches to Drive Technology Maturity (Ms. Camylle Coley, ByteCubed)
- DoD Manufacturing USA Institutes (Ms. Tracy Frost, Acting Director, Manufacturing Technology, OASD MIBP)
- Security Clearance in the DoD Marketplace (Ms. Elizabeth Mudd, Small Business Program Manager, Defense Security Service)
- Small Business and Innovation in the Department of the Navy (Ms. Emily Harman, Director, Navy OSBP)
- Small Business Legislative Update (Mr. Jere Glover, Executive Director, Small Business Technology Council)
- What Services Does DCMA Offer? (Ms. Tatia Evelyn-Bellamy, Director, DCMA OSBP)
Speaker Quotes
We appreciate the BPII/MPTW speakers for sharing their valuable insights with attendees. Can you match the quotes below to the correct speakers?
- “You can knock a golf ball around, but you can’t knock people around.”
- “We never cease being protégés.”
- “Our diversity makes us strong.”
- “We have to overload the circuits with [small business] success stories.”
- “We don’t talk about goals. We talk about meeting the mission of our customers.”
- “You should always have a side hustle.”
- “Don’t forget the third win. How is it going to benefit MDA?”
- “Army Mentor-Protégé agreements are tied to a mission requirement.”
- “Once a protégé, always a protégé.”
- “As a small business, you have to be lean, flexible, agile, mobile and capable.”
- “There are a lot of synergies between the SBIR and RIF Programs.”
- “Use the [SBIR] pre-release period. Call the topic author.”
- “We have to make sure it’s not a fair fight. We have to bring our kids home.”
- “The mentor-protégé relationship is a marathon.”
- “We are revamping the DoD Mentor-Protégé program to make it better.”
- “Your best allies stand beside you, celebrate your successes and become part of the solution.”
- "There is always a flip side.”
- “With RIF, there are multiple ways to get your technology out of your workspace and into the hands of the warfighter.”
- “R&D is a very risky sport.”
- “New MPP agreements will focus on DoD technology gaps and defense-industrial-base challenges.”
ANSWER KEY
1. Dr. Marvin Carroll 2. Dr. James Galvin 3. Dr. James Galvin 4. Ms. Emily Harman 5. Ms. Emily Harman 6. Mr. Robert Smith 7. Mr. Lee Rosenberg 8. Mr. Tommy Marks 9. Mr. Jeff Krongaard 10. Mr. Rodney Williams 11. Mr. Scott Bartlett 12. Ms. Lee Ann Boyer 13. Mr. Jim Sweeney 14. Mr. Shannon Jackson 15. Ms. Alice Williams 16. Mr. John Dignam 17. Mr. Michael Rochelle 18. Ms. Ellen Purdy 19. Ms. Ellen Purdy 20. Mr. Shannon Jackson