Background  Small Business Administration established Innovative Economies Initiative to support economic development  Community leaders selected VCSI to lead Huntsville team competition for Advanced Defense Technology Cluster grant  Huntsville named one of three ADTCs* and immediately includes DoD, other Agencies  Huntsville ADTC Team demonstrates regional collaboration *San Diego and Minnesota 2

3 Understand Customer Requirements Specialized Small Business Services Assess and Integrate Tech Teams Secure Contracts, Execute Projects, Create Jobs

Business Services Team  Jenni Jeffers, Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County  Joanne Randolph, WBCNA  Kannan Grant / Steve Briere, UAHuntsville  Eric Ohene-Nyako, Alabama A&M University  Ralph Mitchell, DAU  Gary Tauss, BizTech

5 Technology Focus Area / Integration Team  Rich White / Small Spacecraft (32%)  John Horack / Environmental Monitoring (22%)  Greg Pruitt / Intel-Surveillance-Recon (35%)  Terry Griffin / Robotics-UVs-Interoperable Systems (35%)  Rodney Robertson / Cybersecurity (29%)  Dale Jobes/ Innovative Energy Applications (38%)  Glenn Priddy & Frank Arena / Technology Integration & Partnering  Marty Kress & Greg Pruitt / Business Development

6 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Technology Committee  Provides a forum for member companies to facilitate collaboration and innovation for the benefit of regional economic development and job creation through new products, services and markets.  Subcommittees and chairpersons align with ADTC Tech focus areas  CTC Chair – John Gully  Small Spacecraft / Rich White  Environment Monitoring / John Horack  Intel-Surveillance-Recon / Greg Pruitt  Robotics-UVs-Interoperable Systems / Terry Griffin  Cybersecurity / Rodney Robertson  Innovative Energy Applications / Dale Jobes

Cyber Huntsville Secure the Cyber Mission for Huntsville Leverage What Huntsville Does Best  High-technology Solutions to Complex Problem Sets Focus on the Critical Cyber “Hard Problems” Leverage the Community’s Proven Cyber Leaders Harness the Power of Partnerships Execution Via an Agile and Flexible Organization Oriented on Achieving Measurable Results Involve Participants With “Skin in the Game” Identify – Partner – Innovate – Solve

What We’re Doing…  Small Business Access to Customer Requirements  Early Notification of Short-Term Technology Needs  Tactically and Strategically Focused SBIR Topics  Direct linkage to customers  Culture of Collaboration  Five Questions per Opportunity 8

For more information, visit us online at: Markeeva Morgan, Project Manager, NASA