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 – 7/2020)
- February 18, 2021
Innovation Partnerships for Virginia (What projects lend themselves for the Shenandoah Valley?)
David Ihrie, Center for Innovative Technology
David Ihrie’s Presentation Feb 18, 2021 (PDF) | Watch the full presentation Feb 18, 2021 (YouTube) - September 9, 2020
State of the Tech Economy
Fletcher Mangum, Mangum Economics | Watch Full Presentation Sept 9, 2020 - July 16, 2020
How Are Unmanned Systems (UxS) Actually Utilized Today… and How Will They Be Used Tomorrow?
Tracy Tynan and Jay Willmott, Virginia Unmanned Systems Center at CIT | Watch Full Presentation July 16, 2020 - June 10, 2020
Best Practices for Effective Remote Work: From the Sudden to the Sustainable
Tammy Bjelland, Workplaceless | Tammy Bjelland’s Presentation June 10, 2020 and accompanying worksheet in Google Docs or as a PDF - April 15, 2020
What is 5G and why should I Care?
Scott Robohn, Nokia | Watch FULL Presentation (Google Hangouts Meet) - January 23, 2020
Protecting Small and Medium-Size Businesses from Cyber Attacks
Dan O’Brien, Cybersecurity Instructor, Blue Ridge Community College
Dan O’Brien’s Presentation Jan 23, 2020 - November 20, 2019
Innovate and Improve Brand by Embracing Web Accessibility
Chris O’Brien, UX Team Lead & Senior Designer, Jenzabar
Chris O’Brien’s Presentation Nov 20, 2019 - October 24, 2019
WTF is Strategy and Why Should You Care?
David Deaton, CEO/Founder, Deaton Group
David Deaton’s Presentation Oct 24, 2019 - March 21, 2019
How to Speak Web Developer
Chiedo, CEO/Founder, Chiedo Labs
Chiedo’s Presentation March 21, 2019 - February 21, 2019
Natural Language Processing
Mike Mitri, CIS Professor, College of Business at James Madison University
Mike Mitri’s Presentation Feb 21, 2019 - January 27, 2019
What to Do a Year After the FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality Regulations?
Harry Reif, Associate Professor, Professor Emeritus of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics at James Madison University | Harry Reif’s Presentation Jan 27. 2019 - 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 Nov 29, 2018 - 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) Jan 25, 2018 - 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 - 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