The purpose of the Southside Business Technology Center (SBTC) is to promote economic development in Southside Virginia. 

 

SBTC helps entrepreneurs enhance their knowledge of business management through the development of high-quality business projects, individual consultations and seminars tailored to specific client needs.  The Southside Business Technology Center also helps businesses obtain data and analysis that is generally unobtainable to them on their own.  The SBTC receives its funding from the Harvest Foundation and the Lucy P. Sale Foundation.

 

The Southside Business Technology Center (SBTC) was created in partnership with Virginia Tech in 2005 and is located in the West Piedmont Business Development Center (WPBDC) in uptown Martinsville.

 

Joe Cobbe,
          Chair of the SBTC Board of Directors,

          SBTC Executive Committee and Finance Committee member;

 

Phyllis Karavatakis,
          Vice–Chair of the SBTC Board of Directors, SBTC Finance Committee member, 

          Senior Executive Vice-President, Carter Bank & Trust;

Candace Payne,
          President, Shenandoah Furniture,
          SBTC Board of Directors immediate past Chairperson, Executive Committee member;

Kim Adkins,
          Executive Director, West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board,
          SBTC Executive Committee and Marketing Committee member;

Jeff Kohler,
          Director, Virginia Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership,
          SBTC Finance Committee member;

Dr. Ted Settle,
          Director, Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development,
          SBTC Marketing Committee member;

Dr. Jerry Niles,
          Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research,

          SBTC Board of Directors member;

Dr. Richard Daugherty, 
          Director, Virginia Tech Business Technology Center, 
          SBTC Executive Committee member;

Harold E. Thornton, Jr.;
          Executive Vice President, Davenport Energy,

          SBTC Finance Committee member;

 

Linda Hutson Green,

          President, Dan River Business Development Center,

          SBTC Board of Directors member.