Regional Office Contact Info
USF CONNECT
3802 Spectrum Blvd., Suite 201
Tampa, FL 33612
The Florida SBDC at the University of South Florida is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide partnership program nationally accredited by the Association of America’s SBDCs and funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Department of Defense, State of Florida, and other private and public partners, with the University of West Florida serving as the network’s lead host institution. Florida SBDC services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals.
State Designated as Florida’s Principal Provider of Business Assistance [§ 288.01, Fla. Stat.]
Randy Hayes
Consultants, Hayes, Polk CountyFlorida SBDC at USF, Polk County
Specialty: Startup, Employee Recruitment/Retention
Randy Hayes has more than 15 years of business consulting experience with businesses of various sizes from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. His work with these companies ranged from guiding them through their financial services needs as a banker to ensuring that they met their monetary goals. As recruiter/talent acquisition partner and business owner, Hayes worked with businesses to help them identify, recruit, and ultimately hire top talent to join their companies and addressed turnover, existing market share growth, new market development, and/or succession planning goals. His experience in the financial services and recruiting industries allows him to provide business consulting to entrepreneurs with a balanced understanding of starting and growing their business, by focusing on both the product and/or service they offer and the human capital needed to make it happen. Hayes has a bachelor’s degree from Palm Beach State College and a master’s in human resource management and services from Nova Southeastern University. He is also a Certified Professional with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP).