Agenda
August 20, 2014 at 11:30am
University of South Alabama Research Park
Mentor Graphics Building
Introductions and Announcements Members and guests introduce themselves and make any announcements to GCTC
 Past GCTC Scholarship Award winners please introduce yourself
Welcome Lynne Chronister
Vice President for Research and Econ. Dev.
University of South Alabama
Meeting Sponsor: Ker Ferguson
Vice President Research
University of South Alabama
USA Research Park
Scholarship Contributors; Pilot Catastrophe, MCG Business Solutions, Remington College,
Prism Systems, Oil Recovery, ITT Technical Institute, Brett Robinson Real Estate, Esfeller
Construction, Meador Warehousing, Orion Engineering, ASM Recycling, Logical Computer
Solutions, Star Services, Southern Light
Speaker: Dr. Mark Weaver, USA Mitchell College of Business
 Topic: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: How USA is Creating a Big Footprint
Speaker‘s Bio: .
Dr. K. Mark Weaver joined the Mitchell College of Business faculty in the fall of 2011 as the Ben May
Chair of Entrepreneurship where he teaches entrepreneurship courses. He is the founding director of the Carl and Jewel
Melton Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He has helped create incubator facilities for technology companies at multiple universities and student hatchery programs at Rowan University, where he served at the Rohrer Chair of Entrepreneurial
Studies, and the University of South Alabama.
Dr. Weaver received his BS degree in Industrial Management and a PhD in Management from Louisiana State
University. He published over 100 referred articles, book chapters, cases, and proceedings papers.
A tour of the Coastal Innovation Hub will be available after the meeting concludes.
Next Meeting: October 15 th , 11:30-12:30, Mobile Chamber’s Tricentennial Room. Sam St.
John, President of Logical Computer Solutions, Inc. will speak on the Do’s and Don’ts to keep your business secure.
P lease e-mail Emily McGrath at emcgrath@mobilechamber.com if you would like to sponsor a future meeting or a TechMixer
The mission of the Gulf Coast Technology Council is to foster the long-term growth of the technology sector on the central Gulf Coast and position the region as a global leader in the creation of technology-based jobs.
The Gulf Coast Technology Council is a program of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.