Welcome


The JPL Small Business Programs Office along with the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is proud to host the Small Business Opportunity Fair. This event focuses on helping the small businesses throughout the country highlight their products and/or services to the large business and government communities. We continue to support and promote events such as this to find small businesses that can provide various types of products and/or service efforts through their creativity and ingenuity with problem solving.

We appreciate the opportunity to host this event and hope each participant can make the most of their attendance.


Felicia A. Bell, CPCM
Manager
Small Business Programs Office
Jet Propulsion Laboratory


Felicia A. Bell

Manager
Small Business Programs Office


The JPL Small Business Programs Office along with the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is proud to host the Small Business Opportunity Fair. This event focuses on helping the small businesses throughout the country highlight their products and/or services to the large business and government communities. We continue to support and promote events such as this to find small businesses that can provide various types of products and/or service efforts through their creativity and ingenuity with problem solving.

We appreciate the opportunity to host this event and hope each participant can make the most of their attendance.




Felicia A. Bell, CPCM
Manager, Small Business Programs Office
Jet Propulsion Laboratory


Felicia A. Bell, CPCM

Manager
Small Business Programs Office
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Schedule


Pasadena Conference Center – Tuesday, April 2, 2019

08:00 a.m. – 04:30 p.m.

Welcome Track One Track Two
08:00 am – 09:00 am Registration Area Registration
09:00 am – 09:10 am Room 107 Welcome - Andre Stefanovich, JPL Acquisition Division Manager
09:10 am – 09:20 am Room 107 City of Pasadena – Tyrone Hampton, City Council Member and Erika Estrada, Purchasing Administrator
09:20 am – 09:30 am Room 107 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce - Paul Little, President
09:30 am – 10:00 am Room 107 Keynote Speaker - Larry James, JPL Deputy Director
10:00 am – 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Room 106 Matchmaking
10:15 am – 11:15 am Room 107 Workshop - “Creative Content for Social Media,” Roni Ramos, Harmony 3 Productions
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Room 107 Workshop - “How Can We Help You?” – Beatriz Devis, Entrepreneurial Development Office, Small Business Administration and Venessa Gleich, Program Manager, Native American Procurement Technical Assistance Center
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK (on your own)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Room 107 Panel Discussion – "What We Look for in a Small Business" with JPL, City of Pasadena, and L.A. County
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room 106 Matchmaking
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Room 107 Workshop – “Small Business Presentation Skills” Brian Palermo, Palermo Science Improv
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room 107 Workshop - “100 Worst Mistakes in Government Contracting,” Michael Kleine, Subcontract Compliance Advisor, JPL
EXHIBITORS
09:00 am – 04:30 pm Open Area Marketplace Open – Government Agencies, Large Businesses and JPL Subcontractor Business Council Small Business Members
04:30 pm – 6:30 pm Sponsored Networking Event

All events take place on the lower-level


Thank you to our sponsors that helped contribute to this event

Buy Local
Pasadena Chamber
Raytheon
Columbus
Peraton
Mori Associates
Northrop Grumman
Jada Systems
Mantech
Martinez and Turek
KBR Wyle
Anre Technologies
B&A Engineering
Millennium Engineering and Integration Company
Space Vector
SAIC