The Cape Fear Capital Connection News Hour Tuesday August 26, 2014 News and Information About Technology, Capital Markets, and Business In The Cape Fear Valley With Thomas Vass The Private Capital News Network Presents

Segment One: The Week In Review With Special Guest Deborah Carpenter, Executive at Kuraray America, in Houston, Texas Announcement that DuPont Plant in Fayetteville has been sold to Kuraray America, Inc. (KAI), a global leader in specialty chemical, fiber and resin production. What this announcement means to the Cape Fear economy and labor market.

Internal Career Paths At The Fayetteville Plant Position Summary: Kuraray is seeking an experienced Chemical Engineer for our Butacite® resin unit in Fayetteville, North Carolina. What types of skills and jobs are available and what type of career ladder is there for North Carolina workers. What should high school students being doing today to get ready to work at the Kuraray plant?

What types of intermediate supplies does the plant need to produce its products? Can you find those supplies in smaller firms in the Cape Fear region? How do North Carolina firms go about the process of becoming one of your suppliers? What does the down stream supply chain look like, and do you sell to North Carolina firms?

Our Cape Fear Economy Is Creating Two New Technological Clusters In Addition to the Five Dominant Clusters Aviation, and aeronautics Marine Biotech Do you think the plant in Fayetteville, or plants in the entire Kuraray corporation can connect to these two emerging clusters?

Segment Two: Focus on Cape Fear Companies: This Week’s Focus is CloudWyze Shaun Olsen is the CEO and President at CloudWyze. Two weeks ago, we interviewed Charles Metzler, the VP of Sales for SouthTek Systems about how his company and technology provide services and support to other technology companies. Your company also provides an important type of intermediate input, or what we call a supply chain resource, to all types of companies. Can you describe how your company provides service and support to small technology companies? The name of your company includes the term, cloud, As a technological innovation, how did the cloud arise and what is the next evolutionary step in cloud computing?

Focus on CloudWyze Executives of companies hate being left behind in computing technology by not upgrading fast enough or not anticipating changes to their computer systems. What should technology executives in the Cape Fer be doing today to get ready for the future cloud innovations? What services does your company offer to help technology executives get ready for the future? In terms of getting the entire Cape Fear region ready for the future, what resources and assets do you think are most important to service and support the 112 small technology companies located in New Hanover and Pender County?

Segment Three: Important News On nCino: Special Guest Sean Desmond Sean Desmond responsible for the planning, oversight, and execution of customer projects. Can you describe what your company produces and how you market your goods?

nCino Invited to Present at The Upcoming CED Event in Research Triangle Why is this presentation important to your company? What type of forum is the event? Would this type of event be important to nCino if it was to take place here in the Cape Fear region?

Our News Program Has Been Promoting A Capital Market Infrastructure to Help Companies Like nCino Obtain Capital What types of capital market resources would be most helpful to nCino? What form of capital would be most helpful to nCino? How would additional capital help your company grow?

Segment Four: Understanding An Emerging Technological Cluster With Our Guest:Penny Whiteheart, Managing Director of NC Aerospace What is an aviation cluster? Where are the existing clusters? How does the cluster in Charleston, South Carolina compare to the ones in North Carolina? Why is this relationship between Charleston and North Carolina important economically?

More About the New Organization: NC Aerospace What is the goal of the organization? How does this affect the Cape Fear economy? What does this region need to do to help small companies take advantage of the emerging cluster?