2. Like Joining Three Organizations in One!
• Tinker and the Primes Requirements Symposium
• AfterCareers On-Site & Virtual Career Fairs
• Online Business Network Data Sharing
• Streaming Video Advisors Meetings
3.
4. • With the various units of the Air Force Sustainment
Center and Tinker Air Force Base.
• With Prime Contractors.
• Tinker and the Primes is a
national business event focused
on enabling businesses to connect
with business opportunities:
• With other Military and Government Organizations.
• With Small and Disadvantaged Businesses.
6. o Assist transitioning or unemployed veterans and other DOD personnel
with hiring events and online career transition resources.
• AfterCareers was initiated in 2007 on the
advice of Tinker’s Airman and Family
Readiness Center and the OESC Veterans
Center to assist the 1,000 – 1,200
personnel annually transitioning to the
civilian workforce from Tinker AFB.
• The AfterCareers Career Transition Project seeks to:
o Assist employers in filling position vacancies by providing online and
hiring event opportunities to connect with the high quality workforce
in transition from military enlistment, DOD employment or other
displacements.
o Collaborate with workforce training and assistance programs to
promote strategies that mutually benefit transitioning workers and
employers.
7. • DIA has begun the process of becoming a stand alone
501 (c) (6) Non-Profit Corporation.
• DIA is preparing to assume the the Midwest City Chamber
of Commerce’s role as fiscal agent and
producer/manager for:
o Tinker and the Primes
o AfterCareers
• DIA Will coalesce past, present and future Tinker and the
Primes and AfterCareers participating organizations into
a vital, pro-active defense industry focused business
alliance.
• Provides a Three-Fold Synergy in
connecting and leveraging a defense
industry focused vision and mission:
8. Vision
To create a vitally connected and influential business network
from the current and prospective participants in the Tinker and
the Primes Requirements Symposium and the AfterCareers
Career Transition Project.
When businesses connect opportunity happens!
The Defense Industry Alliance (DIA) is the
membership organization of choice for
unsurpassed business opportunities for the
defense and government contracting industry.
Mission
Values
9. The DIA Difference:
• DIA is more broadly focused than a single category association.
• DIA includes all defense contractors/suppliers and businesses who
want to do business with them.
• DIA’s email database, along with its tradeshow and conference marketing
initiatives, allow its message to be seen by thousands of defense related
business leaders every year.
• DIA’s AfterCareers project provides a low cost method of connecting with
highly qualified career seekers.
10. Corporate and Govt./Non-Profit
Members of the Defense Industry
Alliance receive the following
benefits:
o Requirements Symposiums and Business Networking Events.
o Career Fairs & Workforce Recruiting Services.
• A 25% discount on all Tinker and the Primes and AfterCareers events,
products and services:
• Discounts apply to all company employees.
• A listing/link on all three websites.
• Access to all DIA, Tinker and the Primes and AfterCareers Online Databases.
• News updates from military and political leaders that may impact your
business.
11. DIA Membership Benefits…(continued)
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
o Streaming live and/or recorded video forums on topics with current relevance
to the defense industry.
o A sortable/searchable online data base for completing and accessing
information found in the TAP Abbreviated Qualifications Statement.
• DIA will also explore implementing additional communications &/or
media technologies that will allow for greater connectivity and business
opportunities among the membership.
• Quarterly membership meetings.
• Social network marketing groups on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
• Inclusion in all email updates.
12. Dues Structure
Corporate Level Membership (@$350 / year)
• Affords individual membership privileges to all company employees.
Non-Profit/Government Agency Level
Membership (@$150 / year)
• Affords individual membership privileges to all organizational employees.
