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March 15, 2010

Joan Galvan, Public Information Officer
(805) 965-0581 ext. 2307
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SBCC's Scheinfeld Center Presents a Conversation with Pamela Lopker on Journey to Success

Santa Barbara City College’s Scheinfeld Center Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series will host Pamela Lopker, founder and president of QAD, on Friday, April 16 from 2:30- 4:30 p.m. at the Fé Bland Forum on SBCC’s West Campus. This event is open to the public and free of charge. However, space is limited and RSVPs are required. To register for the event, please go to: http://scheinfeld.sbcc.edu/events_announcements.html.

This program will focus on Pamela Lopker and her "Journey to Success" during a casual chat. The audience will have an opportunity to participate in a Q & A time with Ms. Lopker and can personally interact during a reception and networking to follow. A Conversation with Pamela Lopker presents a rare opportunity for guests to learn about and interact with a highly successful woman leader, entrepreneur and glass ceiling breaker who founded and runs a software company.

Ms. Lopker has long been recognized for her entrepreneurialism and leadership in the advancement of manufacturing software. In March 2001, Fortune magazine named her a "Hero of U.S. Manufacturing." She has been profiled four times by Forbes magazine and numbers among Manufacturing Systems’ “Legends of Manufacturing,” as well as START magazine’s manufacturing industry visionaries. She received Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Greater Los Angeles area in 1996. Ms. Lopker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from the University of California Santa Barbara. She is certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

"The Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series gives students and our community access to highly successful and unique local entrepreneurs and innovators which we hope infuses inspiration in new entrepreneurs and existing business owners,” said SBCC's Scheinfeld Center's director Melissa Crawford.

To view past speakers in the series, go to the Scheinfeld Center's virtual Video Library: http://scheinfeld.sbcc.edu/scheinfeld_center_info/video_library.html

SBCC’s Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation offers courses and events on entrepreneurship and provides resources to entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses. For more information please visit our website at http://scheinfeld.sbcc.edu.

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