Get a Hold of Procurement Techniques

September 28th @ Sauk Valley Community College - We are proud to announce that at our September E&I Club meeting we will be having Vicky L. Miller from the Northwest Region Procurement Technical Assistance Center speak with us about obtaining contracts with corporations to government agencies. The club meeting will start at 6PM. Click here for the flyer! See you there! Dave

Vicky L. Miller, C. B. S. has over 25 years experience as a business professional with human resources, program development, management, strategic business planning, business consulting, business plan development, insurance planning, benefits coordination, ADA and OSHA requirements, legal compliance, advertising, business structure, finances, government business compliance, Internet business planning, marketing and sales. She is a Certified Business Specialist with the State of Illinois.

Ms. Miller currently is the Northwest Region Procurement Technical Assistance Center Coordinator for the State of Illinois. She also teaches Business Certification classes for the business community at Black Hawk College for the Small Business Development Center. She has written an Internet Business Plan for developing a profitable Internet Business as well as a series of seven books for E-Commerce Business for Internet Business classes and books that plan for the various types of business structures for the Small Business Development Center at Black
Hawk College.

Ms. Miller has been the keynote speaker for business topics for many professional business groups. She counsels business owners and entrepreneurs for their business needs at the Small Business Development
Center at Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois. She has opened or
expanded numerous business projects and has helped secure millions of dollars in business loans for her business clientele. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Continuing Service Options Board for Rock Island, and Mercer Counties, The Black Hawk College Small Business Development Board of Directors for the Small Business Development Center, International Trade Center and Procurement Technical Assistance Center and The Board of Directors of the Christian Friendliness/Center of Hope Program. She is a member of the National Association for the Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC)
which is supported by the Department of Defense Logistics Agency.

Ms. Miller is a volunteer business teacher for the Jr. Achievement Program and has been awarded a bronze award for that service. She is an active Chairman in the Moline Rotary, the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce, 5:15 Business After Hours and assists on planning committees for numerous charitable and business committees. She is an honored Ambassador with the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce.

In addition, she is an active member of Calvary Church of the Quad
Cities in Moline, Illinois. She has received the highest level of
achievement, The Golden Rose Award of Excellence from United Hospitals.
She is listed as an honored Professional of the Directory of Congress in Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. She has received the Rotary's Governors Award in Service and most recently a Government Contracting Award of Excellence from the State of Illinois Entrepreneur Network Association with the Department of Economic and Commerce Opportunity.