Small Business Enterprise IT Day Highlights Maintaining the Competitive Advantage

In May, the AFCEA NOVA Small Business Committee hosted the Small Business Enterprise IT Day in Herndon, Virginia. The event brought together 250 people from industry and government to network and connect. The theme of the event was "Breaking Down Barriers to Maintain the Competitive Advantage" and featured keynote speakers Farooq Mitha, director, Office of Small Business Programs Director, U.S. Department of Defense, and Michelle Goddard-Kim, chief diversity officer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Many of the Office of Small Business Programs directors attended and participated in panels during the day. The panelists included Carlen Capenos, DISA, Kimberly Buehler, U.S. Army, and Scott Kiser, U.S. Air Force. In addition, Lisa Wood of Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), an Apex Accelerator, led an industry panel.