Laura Schoppe To Serve As Panelist At Healthcare Businesswomen's Association Event On May 22

APEX, NC, May 10, 2013 (Press-News.org) Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com/), a local consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer services, announced that president Laura Schoppe will serve as a panelist at the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association's RTP Chapter event on the realities of working virtually on Wednesday, May 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Quintiles office located at 4820 Emperor Blvd., Durham, N.C. The event will address how to highlight virtual leadership skills, the pitfalls often associated with working virtually and the presumption that virtual is not as good as face-to-face.

Schoppe founded Fuentek in 2001 as a completely virtual company based in Apex, N.C. She has since grown her company to be a multi-million dollar technology transfer consulting firm that is one of the most well-known firms in this space across the globe. Fuentek's virtual structure has been featured on National Public Radio and in the book The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

Additional panelists include: Kim Boericke of Quintiles, Lynn Boswell of Dude Solutions, Dr. Melanie T. Paff of GlaxoSmithKline and Dr. Nancy Shepherd of Shepherd Research.

To register visit: http://bit.ly/11cBShI

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"So much of what we do today is virtual," said Schoppe. "As our society continues to be mobile and on the go all the time, it becomes increasingly more important to understand how to be successful in this virtual work world. I am honored to be a part of this panel and to share insight that I have learned over the years."

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ABOUT FUENTEK, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology transfer services. With a specialization in technology commercialization and the Symbiotic Innovation approach to open innovation, Fuentek works with a wide variety of clients to identify promising technologies and assist them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, the firm is one of the largest NASA contractors in North Carolina and has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need through licensing as well as collaborative research and development (R&D) partnerships. Led by President Laura A. Schoppe, a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award, Fuentek also offers training workshops, guidebooks, white papers, and websites to help clients and other tech transfer professionals improve effectiveness in managing their intellectual property. Recognized as a top women- and minority-owned small business in North Carolina for the past six years, Fuentek has been featured on National Public Radio and in the book The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. For more information, please call (919) 249-0327 or visit Fuentek's website at http://www.fuentek.com.

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