Natasha Conley, PMP serves as the Vice President of Professional Services & Resources, Inc. (PSRI), a family owned businesses which was incorporated in 1987. She also serves as President of PSRI Technologies, LLC (PSRI Tech) which she founded in 2001. PSRI Tech's headquarters are located in Jefferson City, Missouri and has a branch office in Metropolitan St. Louis. Her company is a United States Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) graduate and also certified by the SBA as an Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). Her company's core competencies include staff augmentation (information technology/administrative and clerical), help-desk operations and project management. Natasha is a Doctoral Student at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and holds the distinction of being a Fellow for the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. Her research area of interest is entrepreneurship, specifically minority and women owned business growth and sustainability. She holds a Master's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Central Missouri State University. She is also certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has served as a board member for the Mid-Missouri PMI Chapter as Vice President of Administration. She is a current member of the Black Data Processing Association, The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Mid-States Minority Development Council, Metro St. Louis PMI Chapter, Association of Information Technology Professionals, Executive Women's Golf Association, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Vice President of Membership for the National Contract Management Association – St. Louis Chapter and a Founding Mentor for the Mizzou Venture Mentoring Service which is located on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia.