14 Article written by Jim Ingram - Starting up your own business presents its own specialized set of challenges and unexpected headaches. In the past, doing business with the federal government proved to be an intimidating and daunting task to some. Those hurdles were even higher for minorities – a problem the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program has been placing increased focus on recently. Ultimately, those efforts are proving fruitful, allowing the Air Force Research Laboratory to better serve the warfighter.
These efforts have been noticed by Srujal Sheth, CEO and co-founder of Vana, a technological integration firm based in Beavercreek, Ohio.
Brian Lee at Maine Medical Partners in otolaryngology in Biddeford,
Heidi Miller at Maine Medical Partners in the Casco Bay surgical care unit,
Eric Shurtleff at Maine Medical Partners in the division of acute care surgery, and
Josh Vaughn at Maine Medical Partners in orthopedics and sports medicine, a division of orthopedic trauma and fracture care.
Landry/French Construction in Scarborough hired
Bert Kiesow as project development executive. Kiesow has 25 years of experience in construction management.
Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth hired
Michele Camarco as vice president of finance and CFO. Camarco was previously director of finance and operations at Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Inc. in Indianapolis.
EMDC’s Maine PTAC program director receives APTAC Achievement Award Contributed • April 3, 2021
Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s Maine PTAC Program Director Ken Bloch received national recognition from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. Bloch was awarded the 2021 Betty McDonald Outstanding Member Achievement Award, and voted president-elect of APTAC.
Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s Maine PTAC Program Director Ken Bloch received national recognition from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. Bloch was awarded the 2021 Betty McDonald Outstanding Member Achievement Award, and voted president-elect of APTAC.
McDonald was the founder and first president of APTAC. The award, named in her honor, “Represents significant contribution and deep commitment, not just to the procurement profession, but to APTAC and its members,” APTAC said at the awards ceremony. When the COVID-19 pandemic impacted APTAC’s na