Book Ric Acevedo for Your
Chamber, Board, or Association
Ten years of fixing Central Florida small-business technology, turned into talks your members can act on the same week. No slideware, no vendor pitch, no jargon – just the questions worth asking about your own systems.
What Makes These Talks Different?
Most technology talks are a vendor presentation with the price slide removed. These are not that.
Every session is built around questions your members can answer about their own business, in the room, without calling their IT person. They leave with a score or a checklist – something concrete – rather than a general sense that they should probably worry more.
The material comes from actual work. iTech Plus has supported more than 700 businesses across Polk and Osceola counties and greater Orlando since 2016, much of it in the compliance-heavy worlds of medical practices, law firms, and accounting and tax firms. The examples are local, recent, and real.
No Sales Pitch
No product demo, no pricing slide, no follow-up call unless someone asks for one. Organizers get the outline in advance and can strike anything.
Everyone Leaves With Something
A scored self-audit, a checklist, or a one-page framework – printed and handed out, not emailed in exchange for a business card.
Built for Non-Technical Rooms
Owners, office managers, board members, practice administrators. If a session needs an acronym, it gets explained once and then dropped.
Local, and Actually Here
Based in Haines City. Polk, Osceola, and Orange county dates do not carry travel costs, and rescheduling is not a production.
Available Talks
Each can run as a 20-minute chamber slot, a 45-minute lunch-and-learn, or a 90-minute working session. Custom topics welcome.
The 30-Systems Test
The room scores itself, live, on thirty yes-or-no questions across identity, file ownership, workstations, and what happens when someone quits. Most Central Florida businesses come in under 19 out of 30. Everyone leaves knowing their number and the one thing to fix first. See the test →
What the FTC Safeguards Rule Actually Requires
Tax preparers, CPAs, and bookkeepers are covered by a federal rule most did not know applied to them. What it demands in plain terms, what a written information security plan has to contain, and the handful of controls that account for most of the gap. Self-assessment →
Putting AI to Work Without Gambling With Your Data
Your staff are already using AI, whether or not anyone approved it. Which uses are genuinely safe, which quietly hand your client data to a third party, and how a small business sets rules people will actually follow – without banning the thing that saves them hours.
What Happens When Someone Quits
The most common way small businesses lose data is not a hacker – it is a departure nobody documented. Who still has access, which files left with them, and what a same-day offboarding actually looks like. Every attendee leaves with the checklist.
How to Read an IT Quote
Why one provider quotes $50 a user and another quotes $150 for what sounds like the same thing. Per-device versus per-user versus hourly, what “unlimited support” usually excludes, and the four questions that expose the difference before you sign.
Built for Your Audience
Boards, practice administrators, property managers, and contractors each have a different version of the same problem. Send the audience and the time slot and you will get a proposed outline before you commit.
Formats & Logistics
| Format | Length | Best For | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber slot | 15 – 20 min | Breakfasts, luncheons, Business After Hours | None |
| Lunch-and-learn | 45 min | Association meetings, firm in-services | None |
| Working session | 90 min | Boards and leadership teams, hands-on scoring | None for local nonprofits |
| Panel or moderated Q&A | As needed | Multi-speaker events | None |
No speaking fee for chambers, nonprofits, and professional associations in Polk, Osceola, and Orange counties. Bring a projector if you have one; the sessions work without slides if you do not.
About Ric Acevedo
Ric Acevedo is the founder and owner of iTech Plus, a Central Florida managed IT provider he started in 2016 on a simple idea: small businesses deserve the same caliber of IT protection and strategy that large companies pay a fortune for, at a predictable flat rate, from a local team that answers the phone.
iTech Plus now supports more than 700 clients across Polk and Osceola counties and the greater Orlando area. As a Microsoft Partner, Ric and his team specialize in managed IT, cybersecurity, Microsoft 365, and practical AI adoption – with deep experience in the compliance-driven worlds of medical practices, law firms, and accounting and tax firms.
He writes regularly on small-business technology, cybersecurity, and how owners can put AI to work without gambling with their data. He is based in Haines City. Full bio →
What You Get When You Book
Outline in Advance
A written outline before the date, so you know exactly what will be said and can cut anything that does not fit your audience.
Promo Copy and Headshot
Session title, speaker blurb, and a high-resolution headshot you can download straight from this page – so promoting it is not extra work for your staff.
Printed Handouts
Enough copies of the checklist or self-audit for your expected headcount, brought to the room. No QR code, no email capture at the door.
On Time, and Done on Time
Sessions end when they are scheduled to end. If you give twenty minutes, you get twenty minutes.
Have a Date
You Need Filled?
Send the audience, the format, and the date. You will get a proposed outline back before anything is confirmed.
Serving chambers, boards, and associations across Polk, Osceola, and Orange counties.