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Daniel P. Daly

Regional President
Busey Bank
6699 N. Sheridan Road
Peoria, Illinois 61614
ddaly@busey.com
(309) 683-2310 (direct)
(309) 683-2312 (assistant, Jean Wade)
Dan is a certified public accountant; he has focused his career on the financial services industry, beginning as an auditor and consultant.  Dan is a Bradley University graduate, and has been actively involved in the community having served on various boards.

David Drake

Fidelity On Call, Ltd.
Controller
691-1500

Julie Drake

Jewel Technology Services, Inc.
Co-owner
243-8100
julie@jewelteam.com

Katharine Francis 

Founder and Chief Clinical Officer 
InformMed
kfrancis@informMed.com
www.informMed.com
309.243.8553

InformMed, a Peoria area start-up company, is focused on developing, patenting and commercializing innovative product and service-based solutions for the medication error solution space.  InformMed’s patented flagship product, pac2™, is a performance-support system designed to help nurses prevent Wrong Dose Errors at the point of care, a major healthcare problem. Kathy is the original inventor and chief clinical visionary of InformMed’s patented technology. 

Dean A. Heinzmann

Senior Vice President / Division Head
Commercial Banking
LaSalle Bank, N.A.
230 S.W. Adams, Suite 501
Peoria, IL  61602
Phone:  (309) 680-4399
Fax:  (309) 680-4381
dean.heinzmann@abnamro.com

Ken Klotz

Director, Illinois Small Business Development Center at Bradley University
141 Jobst Hall
(309) 677-2992
sbdc@bradley.edu
Areas of expertise:  business start up advice; business plans

Ross Miller

Assistant Director
Illinois Small Business Development Center at Bradley University
Turner Center for Entrepreneurship
309-677-2992
rmiller@bradley.edu
Areas of expertise:
Start-up Business Development
Marketing
eBusiness

Greg Shaheen

Business Development Manager
Clifton Gunderson Technology Solutions
Phone: 309-495-8878
Email: greg.shaheen@cliftoncpa.com
 Area of expertise: Identify technology solutions to meet business needs.

Mickey Scheffki, CPA, CISA, CITP

Partner, Director of Technology Consulting
Clifton Gunderson Technology Solutions
301 SW Adams - Suite 900
Peoria, IL  61602
309.671.4500 x58840 / FAX 309.671.1812
DID: 309.495.8840
Mickey.Scheffki@cliftoncpa.com

Matt Smutz, CPA

Senior Manager
Clifton Gunderson LLP
301 SW Adams Suite 900
Peoria, IL  61602
309.495.8782 / FAX 309.671.4519
Matt.Smutz@cliftoncpa.com

Business Plan Outline
Key Parts of Business Plan:
• Executive Summary
• Nature of the business
• The target market
• Describe the product or service
• Competitive advantage
• Will you build or buy your product
• How will you market the product or service
• The management team
• Objectives and goals
• Time line
• Financial data

 

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