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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
WIDENER UNIVERSITY
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC)
PROFILE
Kevin provides counseling and education on how to start a business, business planning, and website building.
Using an interactive approach, Kevin focuses on teaching and empowering clients to be successful without his help. He guides clients through the process of getting started, making sure they identify, evaluate, and address critical issues that would otherwise impede their success. By being put in the pilot’s seat his clients feel more prepared to handle recurring issues as well as implement design-thinking strategies when new ones are incurred.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As a consultant for the Widener Small Business Development Center (WDSBDC) Kevin helps entrepreneurs design and test marketing strategies that accelerate their business growth.
He leads focused, action-oriented growth sprints with clients related to business planning and modeling techniques, pricing, and marketing. He delivers online, NextGen, and immersive programming to SBDC clients that cover a wide array of topics.
As the Assistant Director, Kevin is responsible for insuring optimum center operations and creating custom action plans for all clients to make sure Widener Clients get the best possible results.
He is also responsible for assisting the Widener University Community. Widener Students, Faculty, and Alumni, are given access to assistance in the following areas: starting a business, obtaining capital, and commercializing new technologies. To facilitate the management of this initiative he also serves as an adjunct professor for the Widener school of business. He teaches courses centered on Design Thinking and Entrepreneurial Branding. He also teaches the senior capstone course in which Student teams of 4-6 help to find some foundational information, statistics, and basic analysis while also providing energy, excitement, and vision to an SBDC client’s business plan.
EDUCATION
Widener University | Masters of Science Taxation & Financial Planning (MSTFP)
Elizabethtown College | Bachelor of Science (Finance & Economics)
CERTIFICATIONS
Growth Wheel | Certified Business Advisor
Microsoft Office Specialist | Excel, Certiport – A Pearson VUE Business
PUBLICATIONS
Journal of Financial Services Professionals:
Planning for Hobby Loss
Is That Retirement Calculator Right for your Client?
Extending the 60 Day Rollover Period
