Small Business Expo

During NASA's Business Opportunities Expo 2018 on Oct. 23, a Mentor-Protégé Agreement is signed inside Cruise Terminal 6 at Port Canaveral in Florida. From left, are Tabisa Taliwaku Kalisa, program manager at NASA Headquarters; Amber Allen, program analyst in the Launch Services Program; Steve Owens, deputy program manager with a.i. solutions Inc., a contractor at Kennedy; Barry Hamilton, CEO and Founder of Red Canyon Software Inc.; and Glenn Delgado, associate administrator, NASA Office of Small Business Programs. A.I. Solutions will serve as the mentor to protégé Red Canyon Software. The 28th Business Opportunities Expo featured more than 200 businesses, large and small, and government exhibitors from throughout the Space Coast and the nation. The Business Opportunities Expo is facilitated by Kennedy's Small Business Programs Office and Prime Contractor Board, along with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing and Canaveral Port Authority. Vendors from a variety of product and service areas, such as computer technology, engineering services, communication equipment and services, and construction and safety products, to name a few, were at the expo. Representatives from the 45th Space Wing, Kennedy prime contractors, NASA and many more agencies and organizations were on hand to provide information and answer questions.