Past Luncheon Presentations

Presentation Materials

From time to time our speakers will provide a copy of their presentation so those who missed the event may view the content. Please remember these presentations are for information only, and we ask that you do not copy or use without permission. Thank you.

A History of SVTC Luncheon & Event Topics and Presenters (04/2007 – 11/2018)

• November 29, 2018
  Deep Neural Networks: How They Work & When They Don’t
  Nathan Sprague, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science at James Madison University | Nathan Sprague’s Presentation
• March 1, 2018
  Cryptocurrency and Bitcoins: The Deeper Dive
  Morgan Benton, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University | Hyperledger Composer playground
• January 25, 2018
  Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain: What is it? Why should I care?
  Morgan Benton, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University | Morgan Benton’s presentation (slides.com)
• November 10, 2016
  Disaster Recovery and Contingency Management Planning
  Dale Hulvey, CIO, AVP Information Technology James Madison University | Dale Hulvey’s presentation (pdf)
• October 27, 2016
  Cybersecurity Awareness for Business 2.0 (cohosted with SV SBDC)
  Celia Paulsen, NIST | Cybersecurity for Small Businesses (pdf)
  Chris Sullivan, SVP & CIO, Serco, Inc. | Cyber Threats Facing CIOs and How to Defend Against Them (pdf)
  Roy Luebke,  Genedge | Cyber (In)Security, The Internet of Things, and Risk Management (pdf)
• September 15, 2016
  The Evolution of “Big Data”
  Andrew Fast Ph.D, Chief Scientist, Elder Research, Inc. | Andrew Fast’s Presentation (pdf)
• November 19, 2015
  Broadband Initiatives
  Sandie Terry, CIT | Sandie Terry’s Presentation
• October 30, 2015
  Cyber Security Awareness, A Workshop for Businesses
  Pat Toth, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pat Toth’s presentation (pdf)
  Mike Mitri, JMU College of Business, Computer Information System and Business Analytics | Mike Mitri’s presentation (pdf)
• October 15, 2015
  Anthony Fung, Deputy Secretary of Technology | Anthony Fung’s presentation
  Christ Mayfield, Apps 4 VA | Chris Mayfield’s presentation
• May 21, 2014
  Mobile Apps for Business
  Ben Kilmer, GroMobi presented on | Mr. Kilmer’s presentation
• April 24, 2014
  Departing Employees:  How Employers Can Protect Their Trade Secrets from Walking Out the Door
  Steven Brown, LeClairRyan | Mr. Brown’s presentation
• March 20, 2014
  Managing Mobile Devices Across and Enterprise
  Michael Rozmus, Sentara RMH Medial Center presented on | Mr. Rozmus’ presentation
• February 21, 2014
  Business Analytics
  Dr. Mike Mitri, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics Department of JMU’s College of Business | Dr. Mitri’s presentation
• January 23, 2014
  Clean Tech Innovations, Nationally and Close to Home
  Michael Bowman, Managing Editor Way Better Patents | Mr. Bowman’s presentation
• November 13, 2013
  Network Resiliency: Fault Tolerance for Your Critical Applications
  Craig Drinkhall, VP of Product Management and Engineering for Lumos | Mr. Drinkhall’s presentation.
• October 24, 2013
  SRI Shenandoah Valley
  Dr. Walter Moos, Vice President of BioSciences for SRI International, spoke about | Dr. Moos’ Presentation (pdf)
• February 21, 2013
  Preventing Injection OWASP
  Dr. Mike Mitri, JMU Professor of Computer Information Systems and Interim Department Head, CIS & BSAN | Dr. Mitri’s SQL / OWASP Presentation (pdf)
• January 24, 2013
  Security in the Cloud
  Craig Drinkhall, Lumos Networks VP of Product Management and Engineering | Craig Drinkhall’s presentation (pdf)
• October 18, 2012
  Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act
  Mike Drzal, Chair of Technology and Venture Capital Practice at LeClairRyan | Mike Drzal’s presentation (pdf)
• September 19, 2012
  Small Wind Training and Testing Facility
  Dr. Jonathan Miles, Director of the Virginia Center for Wind Energy (VCWE) and ISAT professor, and VCWE colleagues | VCWE presentation (pdf)
• November 17, 2011
• Electronic Medical Records Presentation
  Dr. Robert Underwood, Rockingham Memorial Hospital | Dr. Underwood’s presentation (pdf)
• May 18, 2011
  Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery Presentation
  Mike Lam, Premier Technical Services | Mike Lam’s presentation (pdf)
• April 2011
  Special Event: GAP Funds Information Session.  Presentations from the session included
  • Federal Funding
  • GAP Funds
  • Commonwealth Energy Fund
• March 24, 2011
  Technology-based Economic Development Initiatives & Policies, and How Your Company Can Benefit
  SVTC luncheon: Speaker, Mark Herzog, Director, Virginia Biotechnology Association | Mark Herzog’s presentation
• December 9, 2010
  Facebook Marketing
  Todd Wickersty, Founder, Business Bullpen | Todd Wickersty’s presentation (pdf)
• November 18, 2010
  Angel Investing 101
  Mike Drzal, LeClair Ryan | Mike Drzal’s presentation (pdf)
• June 23, 2010
  The Seven Secrets of Social Media for Small Businesses
  Rob Hustick, VP of Social Media and Digital Strategy for SusQtech | Rob Hustick’s presentation

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