This document contains the schedule for the small business symposium sessions. It lists the various tracks including the entrepreneur track, procurement track, and paths to success track. It outlines the session titles and presenters for each time slot between 8:30am and 4:30pm. These sessions will cover various topics helpful for small businesses such as branding, financing, contracting opportunities, and more. The document also provides information on registration, locations of sessions, and sponsors of the event.

1. entrepreneur track procurement track paths to success track
8:30am - 9:20am 8:30am - 9:20am 8:30am - 9:20am 8:30am - 9:20am 8:30am - 10:20am
Certification Sessions Small Business Administration (SBA): Small Business Procurement Financing during Changing
The Art of Branding
Ross Mitchell, Exec. Dir. South Regional Programs & Services Opportunities with the Army Economic Times
Lionel Sosa, Sosa Consulting
small business symposium sessions schedule
Central TX Regional Certification Pamela Sapia, SBA District Director Dan Shackelford, U.S. Army Medical Lydia Gonzalez, Sr. VP Regional Sales Mgr.,
Room 212 Command Small Business
Agency Room 211 Lone Star National Bank
Room 213 Room 209 Non-Conventional Financial Programs
Gary Lindner, COO, ACCION TX-LA
9:30am - 10:20am 9:30am - 10:20am 9:30am - 10:20am 9:30am - 10:20am
Using Your Contracts to Secure Financing
General Services Administration Corporate Procurement Opportunities Counter-Intelligence Marty Bartlett, President & CEO, Pivotal Funding
Steal this Presentation: Creative Commons
(GSA) Schedules & Procurements for Small Businesses Domain: Protecting Business Room 210
and the Future of Marketing
Albert J. Garza, Dir. Small Business Oliver Turman, Dir. of Supplier Diversity, Intelligence
Michelle Greer, Sr. Mgr. Developer Outreach,
Utilization, GSA Greater SW Region AT&T Steve Smith, Rene Salinas &
Rackspace Cloud
Jim Vinarskai, Sr. Associate, Kerry Cooper, Sr. Manager Corporate Services, Chris Eldredge, FBI Special Agents
Room 212
Coley & Associates, Inc. Valero Room 213
Room 211 Room 209
10:30am - 11:20am 10:30am - 11:20am 10:30am - 11:20am 10:30am - 11:20am 10:30am - 11:20am
Building a Strong Presence in your Market: Procurement Technical Assistance Contracting Opportunities in the Green Initiatives & Cost-Saving Succession Planning
Public Relations from Media to Customers Center (PTAC): Federal Health Sector Rebates for Small Businesses Joe Skarda, Director of Education & Training,
Andi Rodriguez, Marketing Columnist, Pat Tovar, Local Procurement Officer Colonel Scott Svabek, Commander/ Anson Green, Alamo Colleges Sapient/Mass Mutual
San Antonio Business Journal Procurement: PARC Health Care Acquisition Activity Phil Weynand, SAWS Room 210
Lauren Mason, President & CEO, Mason PR Daniel Garza, Bexar County Lynda Rodriguez, CPS Energy
Room 209
Purchasing Agent
Room 212 Room 213
Room 211
1:40pm - 2:30pm 1:40pm - 2:30pm 1:40pm - 2:30pm 1:40pm - 2:30pm 1:40pm - 2:30pm
The Art of Business: The Changing Federal Small Business Contracting is Procurement Opportunities for Tax Incentives for Employers
Connecting and Sealing the Deal Procurement Landscape Big Business Small Businesses Charlie Moke, Director of Business Services,
Ursula Pari, News Anchor, KSAT 12 Robert Burton, Venable, Angie Coats, Fellow/CPCM/President, Wayne Terry, Manager, Workforce Solutions-Alamo
Mary Ellen Trevino, President, P3S Corporation Former Deputy Administrator for National Contract Management Association Supplier Diversity, H-E-B Dawn Finlayson, Attorney-Labor Law,
Room 212 Federal Procurement Policy Greater SA Chapter, ACE Solution$ Room 213 The Gardner Law Firm
Room 211 Room 209 Room 210
2:40pm - 3:30pm 2:40pm - 3:30pm 2:40pm - 3:30pm 2:40pm - 3:30pm 2:40pm - 3:30pm
Sales 101: Digging Deep, Growing Profits Contract Performance Management Contract Law - Business Issues Corporate Procurement Preparing an Exit Strategy
Erik Darmstetter, Chief Energy Officer, Sales by 5 Joe Mirrow, Director Air Force Medical John C. Dulske, Esq. Opportunities for Small Business Juan A. Landa, Principal Equity Porfolio Manager,
Room 212 Service Commodity Council The Law Offices of Dulske & Gluys, P.C. Oliver Turman, Dir. of Supplier Matterhorn Capital Management
Room 211 Diversity, AT&T
Room 209 Room 210
Kerry Cooper, Sr. Manager Corporate
Services, Valero
Room 213
3:40pm - 4:30pm 3:40pm - 4:30pm 3:40pm - 4:30pm 3:40pm - 4:30pm
Managing the Back Office Policy Formulation - Advocate for Small Business Retirement Mergers & Acquisitions as a Growth Strategy
Ed Guerrero, President, Guerrero CPA San Antonio Businesses Programs Roy Graham, Managing Director, SA Office,
Room 212 Ramiro Cavazos, President & CEO Keith Blackmon, Regional Director, Corporate Finance Associates
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber ING Retirement Services Division Room 210
Room 211 Room 213
cyber cafÉ expo area – room 214 – open 8:00am - 4:00pm

2. thank you to our sponsors
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7:00am - 7:45am
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Registration & Breakfast - Park View Lobby
218
access to capital sponsors
8:00am - 4:00pm
Market Street
Cyber Café Expo - Room 214
Funded in part through a
grant award with the SBA
Luncheon
217
7:45am - 8:15am
breakfast sponsors
Morning Presentation - Park View Lobby
8:30am - 11:20am Alamo Street
luncheon sponsors Morning Sessions - Rooms 208-213
11:30am - 1:30pm
216
networking reception sponsors
Special Luncheon Presentation Featuring
Guest Panelists - Room 217 From Tower View Parking:
Gisela Girard, Creative Civilization • Take elevator to
215
John Gonzalez, JDG & Associates, Inc. Tower View level
Valerie Gonzalez-Handley, Delicious Tamales • Enter glass doors
• Approach Registration site
Main Registration
Berto Guerra, Avanzar Interior Technologies
Park View Lobby
cyber café expo & it sponsor
Max Navarro, Operational Technologies in Park View Lobby
Cyber Café
Expo Area
214
Rey Salinas, HTS Voice & Data Systems
business leader sponsors
FRIDAY, MAY 21 Patricia Stout, The Alamo Travel Group
Ted Terrazas, Terra Health
From Main Entrance:
• Enter main doors on
HENRY B. GONZALEZ Market Street
CONVENTION CENTER 1:30pm - 4:30pm • Cross café lobby area
Afternoon Sessions - Rooms 208-213 toward UPS Store
• Take escalators to the
213
Concourse Level
4:30pm - 6:00pm
• Walk down the hall lined
media sponsor Networking Reception - Park View Lobby with statues
211
212
Complimentary Beverages Provided • Approach Main
Registration site
210
209
in-kind sponsors
Main Entrance
208
register online at www.sahcc.org
or rsvp to rsvp@sahcc.org
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