BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1565@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210518T090000 DTSTAMP:20210324T175013Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/developing-talent-using-cei-labforce SUMMARY:AZBioPEERS: Developing Talent Using CEI LabForce - - 18 May 21 08: 00 DESCRIPTION:\nDeveloping Talent Using CEI LabForce\nTuesday May 18th\, 2021   08:00 – 09:00 AM\n\nFeatured speakers:\n\n  Tom Schumann\, LabForc e Project Lead\, CEI Executive Director\n\nMeeting Lead:\n\n Russ Yelton\ , President/CEO\, Yelton and Associates\, LLC\n\nPlease join us for a vir tual demonstration of CEI LabForce.\n\n \;\nREGISTER\nAbout Our Speake rs\nTom Schumann- LabForce Project Lead\, CEI Executive Director\nThomas is an experienced business counselor providing financial and technical ass istance to small and medium-sized businesses across a variety of industrie s and stages of development. Tom uses his background in economics\, accoun ting and finance to help growing companies secure the financial resources required for growth through private investment and commercial and non-trad itional lending. His educational background includes degrees in accounting and economics\, an MBA\, a doctoral candidate in Computer and Information Systems. He holds certifications as an SBA commercial loan underwriter an d an INBIA Certification in Business Incubation Management\, and he is a c ertified trainer in the Profit Mastery and Growth Wheel programs.\nAt the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI)\, Thomas leads a state-of-the- art\, award-winning business incubator that focuses on the commercializati on of bioscience and medical device technologies emerging from Arizona’s higher education community.  CEI is expanding its mission by launching L abForce\, state-wide workforce training initiative focused on developing t he skills and talent required by the Arizona bioscience industry.\nThomas came to CEI after a 25 year career in Michigan universities where he held a variety of leadership positions and spearheaded multiple state-wide outr each initiatives to support businesses and entrepreneurs\, such as the Inv entors Center of Michigan\, the Michigan Manufacturing Resource and Produc tivity Center and the Michigan Business Incubation Association. Throughout his career\, Tom has been at the forefront of technology use in education .  He was recognized by the Michigan legislature as “Michigan’s E-Lea rning Pioneer” and has served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs for the Michigan Virtual University and the Michigan Virtual High School.\ n \;\n\nRuss Yelton\, President/CEO\, Yelton and Associates\, LLC\n\n Russ Yelton is President/CEO of Yelton and Associates.  Yelton and Associ ates is a consulting firm that provides community development services to municipalities and scaling businesses.  Utilizing extensive business incu bation experience and professional contacts\, the firm assists business in cubation projects\, as well as private companies\, to scale to obtain ange l investment\, private equity\, as well as venture capital.  One current project include assisting in the development of LabForce a $5m project of the Maricopa Community College System to develop a bioscience workforce tr aining center on the downtown medical campus in the newly constructed Wexf ord building.  This project for the last year has involved identifying li fe science companies from Flagstaff to Tucson to participate in pilot prog rams designed to build a sustainable workforce.  This program is also dev eloping a statewide internship program to connect students to life science jobs in Arizona and retain them within Arizona’s workforce.  Additiona l current projects include the creation of a STEM based technology commerc ialization center at the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe worki ng with companies ranging from startups to companies such as Sonora Quest and Benchmark Electronics\, working with the City of Tempe to develop entr epreneurship programs around capital formation and life science companies\ , training to support aerospace workers losing their jobs and seeking entr epreneurial opportunities in Prescott through NACOG\,  development of a m edical research facility in the City of St. Johns\, Arizona and several ot hers.\n\nPreviously\, Yelton served as Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Transplant Technologies (PTT).  Under Yelton’s leadership\, PTT scaled from 20 to over 130 associates\, grew to distribute products in every sta te in the United States\, as well as 19 countries\, increased processing a nd administrative space from 25\,000 to 40\,000 sq. ft. and grew revenues from $3.6m to over $20m.  PTT also was named to the Inc. 5000 list in 201 6 and 2017. Prior to PTT\, Russ was President/CEO of the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET).  At NACET\, Russ ove rsaw the development of multiple business incubation sites across the Stat e of Arizona\, including the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation at Gate way Community College (CEI)\, the Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship (MC E) in the City of Maricopa\, as well as the Native American Incubation Net work (NAIN). Upon his departure\, 62 companies were in the current portfol io\, and clients raised over $82 million in capital in 4 years. He also se rved as the founding President of the Arizona Business Incubation Associat ion (AzBIA).\n\n \; CATEGORIES:webinars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200518T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR