Networking/Business Development Meeting

Description

Speaker: Karen Sharp, Proforma Impact Promotions
Topic: Analyze your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats using the SWOT analysis tool


Bio:
Karen Sharp spent 15 years in business advising in the Open for Business program at Houston Community College serving minority women entrepreneurs and the Small Business Development Center at Lone Star College. She served as Adjunct Faculty - Business for 5 years at Lone Star College and currently serves as adjunct faculty at University of Houston Downtown.  She is a mod faculty member for the Small Business Success Series and the HCC Business Plan Competition.
 
Karen served 6 years on the board of directors for Woman Within South Central, three of which were as President.  She currently serves as the co-chair of the Networking and Business Development Committee at the CyFair Houston Chamber of Commerce. 
 
Karen owns Proforma Impact Promotions where she manages her clients’ brands and marketing strategies through the usage of promotional products, corporate apparel, print and multimedia.
 
Prior to owning her business, Karen spent 14 years in information technology in varied roles, including systems analyst, project manager, IT consultant and salesperson.  She worked for Shell Oil, Tenneco Oil, Informatics, Ansa Software and BMC Software.
 
Karen earned her BS in Applied Science, Systems Analysis from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and MBA from University of Houston.