Coco Design Associates at joint NASA / SBIR 2008 Spring conference in Orlando, Florida.  

P. Jay Massey, President/CEO of Coco Design Associates (Coco) had one-on-one meetings with representatives from NASA, Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS),  Dept. of Transportation (DOT), Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).  There were also training sessions in Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) application preparation led by Greenwood Consulting Group though the Florida Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC).

"I found the one-on-one meetings very productive." Massey said, "After speaking with the different federal organizations offering SBIR solicitations, I found there to be exciting opportunities for Coco with both NASA and DOT.  What has me most excited about DOT is the impact Coco can have on our local community, meaning that  any work we do can have a direct affect on local infrastructure as well as an opportunity to bring more technology jobs to Pensacola.  What has me most excited about NASA is, well it's NASA, they land on other planets. What's more exciting than that?"

Coco Design Associates, Inc. is a full-service, application development, venture technology, and internet marketing firm located in Pensacola, Florida. Established in 1994, Coco has expertise in new media design and development with a focus on browser-based information technologies.

Coco provides application realization for emerging entrepreneurs, next-step development for advancing companies and innovation research for government agencies. The three major divisions are internet marketing, commercial venture and the new government research division.

The company focus is threefold: application development for technology transfer (Small Business Innovation Research - SBIR), online application development for commercial business and internet marketing.

The Florida Small Business Development Center Network < http://FloridaSBDC.org > organized the 2008 Spring National Conference with a focus on Florida's economic development priorities -- development of venture capital pools, promoting & education technology-related small companies, and acquisition of national technology accreditation. For more information about the Florida SBDC Network contact: the Business Technology and Commercialization Manager, Lew Attardo at at 850-473-5416.

For more information about Coco Design contact: Jay Massey at 850-434-2626 or email: jay@cocodesign.com.
http://cocodesign.com