{"237751":{"#nid":"237751","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Manufacturing Brown Bag Seminar Series: Connie Casteel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) welcomes the Advanced Technology Development Center\u0027s Connie Casteel on Monday, Oct. 28, for GTMI\u2019s weekly Brown Bag Seminar Series. The seminar,\u0026nbsp; \u0022SBIR\/STTR: How Does It Relate to Manufacturers?\u0022 will begin at noon in Room 114 of the Callaway Manufacturing Research Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConnie Casteel\u003C\/strong\u003E manages the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program for Georgia Tech\u2019s technology incubator, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) and is the liaison to Georgia\u2019s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP). In her roles, she provides information, consulting, guidance and strategic direction for start-up companies aiming to utilize the federal SBIR\/STTR research funds to advance their technology, as well as connecting these companies to manufacturers and GaMEP resources as their companies grow. Prior to her current position, she served as a Growth Services Project Manager for GaMEP, helping Georgia manufacturers grow their businesses through technology scouting, strategic business development projects, and connecting them with Georgia Tech research solutions. In 2005, Ms. Casteel helped launch Georgia\u0027s SBIR Assistance Program, a business assistance program located at Georgia Tech, which helped Georgia\u0027s start-up and small high-tech companies obtain federal research and development funding. She began her Georgia Tech career evaluating technologies and managing the marketing efforts of NASA\u0027s Southeast Regional Technology Transfer Center (SERTTC), which licensed and transferred NASA-developed technologies to the private sector. Prior to Georgia Tech, she worked for TMP (Executive Search Division) and Solvay Pharmaceuticals doing business development and competitive intelligence research. Throughout her career, Ms. Casteel\u2019s roles have included program management, consulting, marketing, database administration, business and competitive intelligence, business development, training, technology assessment, and partnership development. A native of Virginia, Ms. Casteel received her BA from the University of Mary Washington and her MLIS from the University of South Carolina.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC is one of the oldest and most successful research university affiliated incubators in the United States. Founded in 1980, ATDC has fostered innovation and economic development by graduating more than 150 companies, which together have raised over $2 billion in outside financing.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center\u0027s Connie Casteel will present \u0022SBIR\/STTR: How Does It Relate to Manufacturers?\u0022 at this week\u0027s Manufacturing Brown Bag Seminar Series.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Advanced Technology Development Center\u0027s Connie Casteel will present \u0022SBIR\/STTR: How Does It Relate to Manufacturers?\u0022 at this week\u0027s Manufacturing Brown Bag Seminar Series."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-16 14:51:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:04:46","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-10-28T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-10-28T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-10-28T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-10-28 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-10-28 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-10-28 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"167833","name":"SBIR"},{"id":"167834","name":"start up"},{"id":"167835","name":"STTR"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}