UCFBIP presents, The Lunch Connection, *Effective Interviewing: Asking the Questions & Evaluating the Answers*

UCF Business Incubation Program presents: The Lunch Connection sponsored by Timmy Rupeiks and Stephen Smith, VACO Orlando, LLC
Date: Thursday, January 14th Time: 11:30-1:00
Fee: $20 (Free to Incubator Clients) Lunch will be provided
Location: University Tower 12201 Research Parkway, 2nd Floor, Orlando, FL., 32826
Please RSVP to Renee Ayala at 407-882-0202 or via email rayala@mail.ucf.edu
Come join in a roundtable discussion about effective interviewing and how to tailor the interview process to your individual corporate culture. We will highlight best practices that our clients employ and useful tips for maximizing your time with interviewees to ensure long-term success and to attract the right kind of candidates for your environment.
Vaco, ranked on the Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies for 2007, 2008, 2009, is a strategic consulting and executive recruiting firm with particular focus on Finance, Accounting, Technology and Administrative areas.
Bios:
Stephen Smith
Stephen F. Smith joined Vaco in June 2006 and serves as director of financial recruiting for our Central Florida offices. He has over a decade of experience in the permanent placement and recruitment of accounting and finance professionals. A former recruiting manager and top producer for an S&P 500 publicly traded company. Stephen placed professionals in full-time opportunities and consistently ranked among the top sales professionals in the organization earning Chairman's Club Sales and President Club Awards. Stephen earned his bachelor's degree from Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey and his master's degree from the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He lives in Central Florida with his wife and three children.
Timmy Rupeiks
Timmy has been a part of Vaco Orlando for three and half years and has been the top business development producer in the Technology division for the past three years. His hard work and dedication have allowed him success in numerous industries like biotech, hospitality, healthcare, insurance, to name a few. Previously, he worked for five years for a statewide non-profit organization promoting and recruiting for a network of non-profits through the placement of recent college graduates in positions such as Immigration Attorneys, Paralegals, Social Workers, Teachers and Health Care Workers. For the three years prior, he worked for an international non-profit in Peru, South America. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University (cum laude) , speaks Spanish fluently, and enjoys playing music, reading and playing sports.

AIAA Plans Aerospace Sciences Event in Orlando on Jan. 4-7

The AIAA will hold the 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition) at the Orlando World Center Marriott on Jan. 4-7. This is a major multidisciplinary event for aerospace scientists and engineers from around the world. It provides an forum for scientists and engineers from industry, government, and academia to share and disseminate scientific knowledge and research results with a view toward new technologies for aerospace systems. New additions to the event for 2010 include a Jan. 4 session entitled NASA Research: Then and Now. Click here for information and registration.

Courtesy ERAU SPACErePORT

OSA: ONR Seeks Research in Electronic Warfare Technology

(Applications Due: May 11, 2010) The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is seeking proposals for its Electronic Warfare Technology program. The goal of the program is to control the electromagnetic spectrum by "exploiting, deceiving, or denying enemy use of the spectrum while ensuring its use by friendly forces." Applications are due by May 11, 2010.
From "Electronic Warfare Technology" Grants.gov (12/01/09)

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OSA: DARPA Solicits Proposals for MOSAIC Program

(Applications Due: April 21, 2010) The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting research proposals for its Maximally scalable Optical Sensor Array Imaging with Computation (MOSAIC) program. The program "aims to overcome the limits of conventional imaging system design strategies and to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative design approaches providing for near-linear growth of optical information throughput with increasing imaging system scale." Applications are due by April 21, 2010.
From "Maximally Scalable Optical Sensor Array Imaging With Computation (MOSAIC)" Grants.gov (10/12/09)

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OSA: DARPA Seeks Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics

(Applications Due: April 21, 2010) The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for its Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics program. The program is seeking "innovative research proposals in the area of photovoltaic power sources that excel in efficiency, portability, flexibility, durability, and ease of manufacture." Applications are due by April 21, 2010.
From "Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics (PoP)" Federal Business Opportunities (11/12/09)

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OSA: NSF Seeks Biosensing Research

(Applications Due: March 3, 2010) The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting proposals for its Biosensing program. The program "supports innovative, transformative, and insightful investigations of fundamental problems with broad long term impact and applications that require novel use of bio-inspired engineering principles and sophisticated devices to meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation." An estimated five awards will be given, ranging from $300,000 to $600,000. The full proposal window is February 1, 2010, to March 3, 2010.
From "Biosensing" National Science Foundation (12/03/09)

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OSA: NIH Solicits Proposals for Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative

(Applications Due: January 7, 2010) The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting proposals for its Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative. The program aims to promote research "that employs nanotechnology to enable the development of diagnostics and interventions for treating diseases." A focus of the effort will be the development of principles and instrumentation capable of measuring and imaging biological processes of health and disease and methods to assemble nanosystems. Applications are due by January 7, 2010.
From "Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative" U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DC) (11/17/09)

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