Come join us at

The BWI Airport Marriott

Wednesday March 20, 2019

"Doing Business with the Government": Lecture Series

Join us for the 7:30am "Breakfast with the DoD"round-table session featuring a keynote addresses from prominent leaders in the DoD procurement system. 

 Sign up for the Noon "Small Business Procurement Lucheon, Contracting with State & Federal Agencies" round-table session featuring a keynote addresses from from prominent leaders in the Virginia and Federal governments procurement systems. 

Speakers include

Kent L. Hibben

Senior Policy Analyst

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

U.S. Department of Energy

 

Kent is the Senior Policy Analyst with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).

Kent’s 26-year DOE experience encompasses advancing energy technologies, small business procurement policies and practices, and technology transfer initiatives.

In OSDBU, Kent reviews small business policies relevant to DOE, and updates the Department’s small business policy guidance.  He also ensures DOE program elements are outfitted to meet or exceed statutory socioeconomic small business procurement goals and business-growth measures, and helps formulate small business policy as the OSDBU representative on the FAR Small Business Team.

Jimmy Rhee
Special Secretary

Office of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs

 

Born in Seoul, South Korea, August 3, 1956. University of Maryland, College Park, B.S. (management studies), 1981; Carey Business School, The Johns Hopkins University, M.A.S., 1992, M.B.A. 2005. Certificate, Electronic Systems Design, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Professional Certificate, Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage, Stanford University. Investment Manager, Cleverlearn, Inc., 1999-2003. Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Global Technology Systems Consortium, Inc., 2003-09. Consultant and advisor, Adjoiner Corp., 2009-10. Strategic Advisor, The Livingston Group, 2014. Partner, EIGC Holdings, 2014. Member, Diversity Advisory Committee, George Mason University, 2001. Founding member, Asian Information Technology Business CEO Organization, 2005-. Board of Directors, School for Future, 2007-09. Co-founder, Asians in Energy, Environment, and Commerce, 2008- (board of directors). Board of Directors, Fairfax County Symphony Orchestra, 2010-12; Montero Medical Missions, 2012-. Leadership Maryland, 2017. Korean Presidential Medal, President of

 

 

South Korea, 2012. Married.

Helga Weschke 
‎Director of Federal Business Relations

‎Maryland Department of Commerce

 

• Director of business development activities, domestic and international, Manager of major projects and programs.Evaluator of business needs. Coordinator of business resources and incentives. Marketer of state and local strategic assets .Relationship builder with key organizations. Facilitator of workforce recruitment resources. Innovator of business impact programs.

Speakers invited:

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Don't forget to tour the trade-show and visit with the exhibitors from all accross the USA that bring you TTExpoBaltimore 2019!

7am Early Registration • 8:00am - 3:30pm Conference Sessions • ExpoBaltimore 2019 Trade Show

1743 W Nursery Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090