Technology and Small Business
A Series Devoted to Small Business Leaders

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DATE: November 8, 2006
LOCATION: Millersville University- Bolger Conference Center-University Room

If you come into Millersville University on George St you'll turn left on James Street (it's the last left hand turn) and park in the lot on your left.-Parking passes will be provided at the conference

7:45 a.m.-8:15 a.m.: Networking/ Breakfast
8:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks and Greeting: Kelly Lewis, Esq., President & CEO, Technology Council of Central PA ; Diane Fleishman, Director, Community & Academic Partnerships, Millersville University and Susquehanna Bank
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. : Program
11:30 a.m. : Closing Remarks, Kelly Lewis, Esq., President & CEO, Technology Council of Central PA

The Technology and Small Business Series is devoted to helping Small Business Leaders find and deploy innovative ways to grow revenues, improve efficiencies and productivity, protect assets and company intellectual property and capital, develop, train and motivate an excellent workforce, in order to maintain and increase profit margins in a globally competitive marketplace. Susquehanna Bank and The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania are bringing together technology leaders from various industries and platforms to present their strategies, services, and ideas to jumpstart Pennsylvania competitiveness in our vitally important growing business marketplace. Our continuing goal of the Series and subsequent meetings, task forces and user groups is to continually find ways to help Pennsylvania small businesses deploy industry leading technology so they can successfully compete locally, nationally and globally.

You are personally invited to attend and participate.

Speakers Include:

Matt Long, Susquehanna Bank: Susquehanna Bank is committed to providing financial services of value to customers and communities throughout the central Susquehanna Valley. Susquehanna is proud to co-sponsor the Technology and Small Business workshop series because technology is changing today's business and banking landscapes. Their goal in sponsoring this series is to provide small business owners in central Pennsylvania with a forum to discover innovative ways to grow and maximize their businesses using today's technology. Matt will be discussing: 'Bringing the Bank to You'

Wendy Moyer, PENNTAP: PENNTAP helps Pennsylvania companies improve their competitiveness by providing a limited amount of free technology assistance and information to help resolve specific technical questions or needs. The program focuses on helping smaller firms that normally do not have the in-house expertise or resources to resolve specific technology questions or needs. PENNTAP technical specialists assist small companies by providing technical advice, technical information, and connections to other expertise, resources, or programs. Wendy's presentation is titled: 'TAP' into technology with PENNTAP.

Heather Brown, New Horizons: Since 1982, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers has grown to become the largest independent IT training company worldwide. We offer more courses, at more times and in more locations than any other company in the computer training industry. For small, medium and large organizations, New Horizons has become a single source for all their IT training. Our customized enterprise solutions allow corporate training managers the ability to easily administer their learning programs and track the progress of all participating employees. Maximizing the investment in training is important for all companies, and New Horizons assists each client with the management and measurement of their training activities. The variety of learning options from New Horizons allows students to learn in the manner that best suits their schedule, budget, learning style and expertise. Heather will be talking about, 'Maximizing your Technology Investments.'

Guy Suter, BitLeap: BitLeap's innovative backup solution was released in 2004. This solution allows small and medium-sized businesses with limited IT budgets, staff, and infrastructure to implement automatic offsite data backups with ease. Today, Bitleap continues to redefine the industry with a managed server line called LeapServ, which administers the bandwidth-efficient backup service and controls virtual private network connections.

Brad Moyer and Linda Leiby, Computer Aid, Inc: CAI, located in Harrisburg, PA, is an industry leader in providing business and management consulting services that enhance customer efficiency and productivity. CAI¿s Business/ IT Management Consulting enables the customer to define and implement a strategic company direction. Brad and Linda will be talking how your company can get an intern.

Bill Bachenberg, DBSi, Inc: DBSi is a premier provider of flexible Disaster Recovery, Business Continuance and secure Managed Hosting services. For over 22 years DBSi has provided customized solutions for mid-size to Fortune 500 corporations around the world. DBSi's enterprise Network Operation Center (eNOC) provides 24 x 365 monitoring of networks, servers and applications and real-time firewall and intrusion detection monitoring for maximum protection. DBSi supports SAS/70 and HIPAA requirements.

Ted Bryne, Business2Business Magazines: With edition in the Harrisburg metro Region, Lancaster, Berks and Chester Counties, Business2Busniess Magazines are directly delivered to more senior executive decision makers than any other. With a primary circulation of 30,000 across all four editions, the total circulation is larger than the next two Commonwealth business publications together. Through targeted mailings, B2B reaches the top managers in business, government and nonprofit sectors.

Gina Rendina, Optical Image Technology: With its suite of award-winning electronic document management software (EDMS), OIT powers traditional business processes. OIT's EDM e-Solutions combine this technology with the power of the Web to enable global workflow, content management, and document imaging solutions to help you manage your business from any location, at any time. DocFinity helps organizations of all sizes to store and manage their valuable business data, reduce storage costs, improve productivity and services, and comply with federal regulations. Gina¿s topic is: ¿Transforming Your SMB's Efficiency with Integrated Document Management and Workflow. She will show how electronic document management and automated workflow can help small and mid-sized businesses to reduce costs and achieve a higher level of business performance. She will show how effective document management helps businesses to reduce paper, store and share information effectively, process work faster, comply with audits and regulations, and improve customer services. The presentation will include case studies of a variety of SMBs that have reformed their business and are seeing real ROI.

Don Bishop, Affinigent, Inc., Affinigent Inc. is a York PA internet development company specializing in website development, website applications, and Internet marketing. Affinigent helps a client company develop strategy and achieve execution excellence in deploying the strategy. Don will be speaking about eCommerce Solutions for Small Business

About our sponsors:

Industry Series Sponsor: Susquehanna Bank is committed to providing financial services of value to customers and communities throughout the central Susquehanna Valley. Susquehanna is proud to co-sponsor the Technology and Small Business workshop series because technology is changing today's business and banking landscapes. Their goal in sponsoring this series is to provide small business owners in central Pennsylvania with a forum to discover innovative ways to grow and maximize their businesses using today's technology.

Host Sponsor: The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania has been providing technology leadership for more than 15 years. The Council is the advocacy group for technology leadership in Central Pennsylvania; leads mobilization efforts to attract, retain and train the best technology workforce in the nation and to help grow our organizations into industry-leading positions. www.tccp.org

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Technology and Small Business
A Series Devoted to Small Business Leaders

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DATE: July 21, 2006
LOCATION: Central Pennsylvania College
Summerdale Campus-Susquehanna Room

7:45 a.m.-8:15 a.m.: Networking/Full Traditional Breakfast
8:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks and Greeting, Kelly Lewis, President & CEO, Tech Council of Central PA
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. : Program
11:30 a.m. : Closing Remarks, Kelly Lewis, President & CEO, Technology Council of Central PA

The Technology and Small Business Series is devoted to helping Small Business Leaders find and deploy innovative ways to grow revenues, improve efficiencies and productivity, protect assets and company intellectual property and capital, develop, train and motivate an excellent workforce, in order to maintain and increase profit margins in a globally competitive marketplace. Susquehanna Bank and The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania are bringing together technology leaders from various industries and platforms to present their strategies, services, and ideas to jumpstart Pennsylvania competitiveness in our vitally important growing business marketplace. Our continuing goal of the Series and subsequent meetings, task forces and user groups is to continually find ways to help Pennsylvania small businesses deploy industry leading technology so they can successfully compete locally, nationally and globally.

Speakers Include:

Don Bishop, Affinigent, Inc., Affinigent Inc. is a York PA internet development company specializing in website development, website applications, and Internet marketing. Affinigent helps a client company develop strategy and achieve execution excellence in deploying the strategy. Don will be speaking about Internet Marketing.

Ellen Sigl, Computer Aid, Inc., CAI, located in Harrisburg, PA, is an industry leader in providing business and management consulting services that enhance customer efficiency and productivity. CAI's Business/ IT Management Consulting enables the customer to define and implement a strategic company direction. Ellen will be speaking about how small businesses can become involved in the PA State Staff Augmentation contract.

Doug Baillie, Acordia- A Wells Fargo Company, Acordia, Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, provides insurance brokerage, administrative services, as well as a wide range of financial and consulting services to thousands of clients from over 150 local offices across the nation. Doug will be providing a list of services that can protect small businesses.

Doug Wendt, Cumberland County Economic Development Corporation, The Cumberland Area Development Corporation does business as both the Cumberland County Economic Development and as the Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau. The Cumberland EDC serves as both the authorized economic development agency and the authorized tourism promotion agency, for the County of Cumberland. The EDC's five identified core competencies are: Business-to-Business Outreach, Service Provider Focus, Level-of-Service Management, Business Diplomacy and Market Awareness & Response.

Michael Drei, D&E Communications, As a leading integrated communications provider, D&E Communications, located in Ephrata, PA, offers systems and solutions that provide a competitive advantage to businesses of all sizes in central Pennsylvania. Mike will be talking about how businesses can use technology to better their businesses.

Rod Lefever, Susquehanna Bank, Susquehanna is a regional financial services holding company headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania. With offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia, they operate numerous commercial banking, wealth management, insurance and leasing companies. Their extensive portfolio of financial products and services is managed locally to provide maximum value to our customers and communities. Rod will be sharing how some of Susquehanna's services can help your small business.

About our sponsors:

Industry Series Sponsor: Susquehanna Bank is committed to providing financial services of value to customers and communities throughout the central Susquehanna Valley. Susquehanna is proud to co-sponsor the Technology and Small Business workshop series because technology is changing today's business and banking landscapes. Their goal in sponsoring this series is to provide small business owners in central Pennsylvania with a forum to discover innovative ways to grow and maximize their businesses using today's technology.

Host Sponsor: LAM Systems, Inc is a custom computer manufacture and technology solutions provider located in Central Pennsylvania. LAM computers can be found in K-12 schools, colleges, government offices and commercial businesses. It is their dedication to personal customer service that sets them apart.

Host Sponsor: Ben Franklin Technology Partners is a statewide network that fosters innovation to stimulate Pennsylvania's economic growth and prosperity. Operating regionally with four centers strategically located throughout the Commonwealth, Ben Franklin Technology Partners brings together the best of Pennsylvania's people, ideas, and technology to serve as a catalyst for advancing the state's knowledge-based economy.

Host Sponsor: Cumberland County Economic Development Corporation serves as both the authorized economic development agency and the authorized tourism promotion agency, for the County of Cumberland. Cumberland County is served by a single, independent, county-chartered economic development corporation with responsibility for the execution of an integrated economic development and tourism marketing strategy on behalf of the citizens and businesses of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Host Sponsor: The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania has been providing technology leadership for more than 15 years. The Council is the advocacy group for technology leadership in Central Pennsylvania; leads mobilization efforts to attract, retain and train the best technology workforce in the nation and to help grow our organizations into industry-leading positions. www.tccp.org

Technology and Small Business

A Series Devoted to Small Business Leaders

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DATE: April 21, 2006

LOCATION: Susquehanna Bank's Headquarters
1570 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA

*Space is limited*

8 a.m.-8:30 a.m.: Networking/Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.: Opening Remarks and Greeting, Kelly Lewis, President & CEO,
Technology Council of Central PA and John Montgomery, Executive Vice President of Business Banking, Susquehanna Bank
8:45 a.m.-Noon : Program
Noon : Closing Remarks, Kelly Lewis, President & CEO, Technology Council of Central PA

The Technology and Small Business Series is devoted to helping Small Business Leaders find and deploy innovative ways to grow revenues, improve efficiencies and productivity, protect assets and company intellectual property and capital, develop, train and motivate an excellent workforce, in order to maintain and increase profit margins in a globally competitive marketplace. Susquehanna Bank and The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania are bringing together technology leaders from various industries and platforms to present their strategies, services, and ideas to jumpstart Pennsylvania competitiveness in our vitally important growing business marketplace. Our continuing goal of the Series and subsequent meetings, task forces and user groups is to continually find ways to help Pennsylvania small businesses deploy industry leading technology so they can successfully compete locally, nationally and globally.

You are personally invited to attend and participate.

Companies to speak:

John Lozzi, Listrak: Located in Lititz, PA, Listrak is a leading provider of hosted email marketing software that allows permission-based marketers to manage, send, track and grow their email marketing investment. Using an intuitive web-based application, Listrak delivers email marketing intelligence. Leading marketers have come to rely on this intelligence to better manage email in their multi-channel marketing mix.

Drew McLain, Express Dynamics: Located in Carlisle, PA, Express Dynamics is an innovative enterprise software provider who believes that clients should get world-class solutions built to their exact specifications, the process should be easy and the software should remain flexible. One product that does that is WorkXpress, which is an engine that reduces enterprise software costs by over 75% by eliminating the need for custom coding, scripting, database management, document writing and all the other headaches that come with them.

Craig Petrasic, DCED: DCED is the state's economic development agency providing a toolbox of resources available for Pennsylvania's industry sectors. Mr. Petrasic will provide a general overview of DCED resources including an update on the Second Stage loan financing for growing companies

About our sponsors:

Industry Series Sponsor: Susquehanna Bank is committed to providing financial services of value to customers and communities throughout the central Susquehanna Valley. Susquehanna is proud to co-sponsor the Technology and Small Business workshop series because technology is changing today's business and banking landscapes. Our goal in sponsoring this series is to provide small business owners in central Pennsylvania with a forum to discover innovative ways to grow and maximize their businesses using today's technology.

Susquehanna Bank, with corporate offices in Lancaster, operates 53 retail branches in Lancaster, York, Lycoming, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties and is expanding our services to neighboring communities. Our affiliated banks operate an additional 40 retail branches in southeastern and south central Pennsylvania.

Susquehanna Bank is one of three banking affiliates of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., a holding company that operates commercial banking, wealth management, insurance and leasing companies throughout south eastern Pennsylvania, NJ, MD and West Virginia.

Host Sponsor: LAM Systems, Inc is a custom computer manufacture and technology solutions provider located in Central Pennsylvania. LAM computers can be found in K-12 schools, colleges, government offices and commercial businesses. It is their dedication to personal customer service that sets them apart.

Host Sponsor: The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania has been providing technology leadership for more than 15 years. The Council is the advocacy group for technology leadership in Central Pennsylvania; leads mobilization efforts to attract, retain and train the best technology workforce in the nation and to help grow our organizations into industry-leading positions. www.tccp.org

Host Sponsor: The TechQuest Internship Project is a web-based innovation system linking schools, students and companies around a common goal of matching students and companies with excellent internships. The system is specifically designed to manage the internship process. In March/April 2006 training and deployments commence. For more information, and to get involved contact: Gwen Stettler at 717.635.2172, gstettler@tccp.org, www.tccptechquest.org