Many members of NDIA these days are taking advantage of a new outreach program sponsored by the association's Small Business Division.
For the past several years, the division has held Small Business Opportunity Breakfasts, where representatives from prime contractors and government agencies can discuss their projects with interested members. In 2005, however, the division's chair and vice chair--Tyrone Taylor, of the West Virginia High Technology Foundation and Ronald Perlman, of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney--realized that their organization had other resources it could offer.
The division's membership, they recognized, has accumulated a wealth of knowledge about …