by WebAdmin | Jan 31, 2019
The CEO Forum: Central Florida Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Winter Park, FL Featured Presenter: Barbara Stankowski AMTIS, Inc. Ms. Barbara Stankowski completed a distinguished 28-year career in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1998. After her retirement from the Navy, she worked for several women-owned small businesses as a training and education consultant and facilitator supporting government and industry clients. From 2007 to 2018, she was the owner and President/Chief Executive Officer of AMTIS, Inc., an SDVOSB and woman- owned small business providing services to commercial, federal, and state agencies. AMTIS, Inc. was selected by GrowFL as one of the 2012 Florida Companies to Watch, honored with multiple awards and was recognized from 2013 to 2018 by Inc.500/5000 as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. AMTIS, Inc. is celebrating 11 years in business. Barbara and her team have grown AMTIS into a multimillion-dollar company serving several government agencies. Barbara sold AMTIS, Inc. in December of 2018 and now serves clients as an independent consultant. Barbara is a strong supporter of second stage small businesses through the GrowFL Advisory Board and Chairman’s Council. She is also a member of the Veteran Small Business Coalition, NDIA, Women in Defense (WID), and on the Board of Directors for Tech Sassy Girlz (TSG). Barbara holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. She continues to facilitate Senior Executive development and leadership workshops as well as strategic planning and change management sessions for a variety of federal, state, and...
by WebAdmin | Jan 11, 2019
Date 1:00 pm Thu., February 28, 2019 to 1:00 pm to Fri. March 1, 2019 Location Mission Inn Resort & Club (map) Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 34737 (800) 874-9053 www.missioninnresort.com 6 Sessions plus Networking Cybersecurity, EOS best practices, Labor law, Leadership, Succession & more Thu. Dinner / Fri. Breakfast Thu. Dinner / Fri. breakfast will be at Mission Inn (included in registration) Announcing the 2019 CEO Nexus retreat at Mission Inn! All CEO Roundtable members are invited. Spouses and significant others are also welcome, but they may not attend retreat program presentations unless they are an active member of the ownership / leadership team and have day-to-day decision-making responsibility in the business. • The event agenda includes a mix of presentations, panel discussions, best practices and networking exercises consistent with member feedback gathered following the 2018 member retreat. Topics to be addressed include leadership, cybersecurity, EOS best practices, succession planning and business valuation. The program will emphasize group interaction and expanded networking opportunities. • Each CEO attendee will receive a booklet containing attendee contact information, speaker biographies and links to related assessments and tools presented at the event. If you would like to distribute promotional material about your company at the event, please submit a request to info@ceonexus.com and provide the physical materials to your roundtable facilitator at the scheduled January roundtable meeting. • A member golf event will follow the Friday session (projected tee time, 200 pm). To participate in this related but separate activity, send a message noting your desire to participate in the golf event to info@ceonexus.com . A member host will contact you to coordinate details. Hotel...
by WebAdmin | Jan 10, 2019
CEO Forum – February 2019 Leadership & Business Growth Series Technical Services Designed Specifically for Entrepreneurs Speakers: Becky Siekmeier, Pat Dillon, Sarah Swenty Thursday, February 21, 20197:30 to 9:00 am St. Louis Park City Hall – 3rd floor Council Chambers5005 Minnetonka Blvd.St. Louis Park, MN 55416 7:30 am to 8:00 am – Registration and continental breakfast (sponsored by Insperity)8:00 am to 9:00 am – Speaker presentation and Q&A Becky SiekmeierMinnesota High Tech Association “SciTechsperience STEM Internship Program” Pat DillonMinnesota High Tech Association “SBIR/STTR Program” Sarah SwentyU.S. Small Business Administration “SBA’s Emerging Leaders Program” CLICK HERE TO REGISTER For more information, please visitwww.Hennepin.us/BusinessAssistance and click on the Economic Gardening section, call 612-348-4191, or email...
by WebAdmin | Jan 4, 2019
CEO Forum – January 2019 Leadership & Business Growth Series Speaker: Paul J. Wagner, Chairman and CEO of Minnesota Wire Thursday, January 17, 20197:30 to 9:00 am St. Louis Park City Hall – 3rd floor Council Chambers5005 Minnetonka Blvd.St. Louis Park, MN 55416 7:30 am to 8:00 am – Registration and continental breakfast (sponsored by Insperity)8:00 am to 9:00 am – Speaker presentation and Q&A Paul Wagner Paul Wagner is chairman and chief executive officer of Minnesota Wire. He has been with the St. Paul based custom development and manufacturing firm since 1985, when he joined the sales department. Before coming to Minnesota Wire, Mr. Wagner worked for Northstar Financial Corporation and the Metropolitan Sports Center. He became president of Minnesota Wire in 1992 and was named CEO in 2000. During that time, Mr. Wagner greatly expanded the company’s market exposure which now includes the medical, defense, industrial, and commercial sectors; and he has provided strategic direction to evolve the business into a high technology development house, primarily through federal research and development grants. The company has a greater than 80 percent capture rate on federal grant applications (compared with a 10 percent national average) and won the prestigious Tibbetts Award in 2007 for excellence in Small Business Innovation Research. Mr. Wagner developed Minnesota Wire’s subsidiary Minnesota Med-Equip, the Minnesota Defense division, a joint venture with Primordial, Inc., and was a founding member of the state’s Manufacturers Alliance and Leaders Alliance. In 2004, he founded Defense Alliance, the region’s defense and homeland security industry network that is the first of its kind nationally. The organization serves to network businesses, organizations,...
by WebAdmin | Dec 4, 2018
CEO Forum – December 2018 Leadership & Business Growth Series Thursday, December 20, 20187:30 to 9:00 amWIPFLi – Conference Room7650 Edinborough Way, Suite 330Edina, MN 55435 7:30 am to 8:00 am – Registration and continental breakfast (sponsored by Insperity)8:00 am to 9:00 am – Speaker presentation and Q&A Rhoda Olsen Rhoda Olsen began consulting with Great Clips, Inc., in 1984, only two years after this Minnesota-based brand opened its first location. During her time as a consultant, Olsen helped develop the brand’s inaugural franchisee orientation program and operations manual. She joined the corporate team as vice-president for human resources and training in 1987, at which time she also became an owner. Over the years, she assumed additional responsibility for several other functional areas including marketing, communications, operations, facilities, and purchasing. She was named president in 1998 and transitioned to CEO in 2011. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, Olsen transitioned from CEO to the role of vice-chairperson on the board of directors. Great Clips grew from 1,000 salons in 1998 to more than 4,100 salons across the United States and Canada in 2016. During that time, Great Clips also grew system revenues four-fold, increasing from $200 million to well over a billion dollars. Today, Great Clips is the world’s largest salon brand with locations in more than 180 markets across North America. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER For more information, please visitwww.Hennepin.us/BusinessAssistance and click on the Economic Gardening section, call 612-348-4191, or email...
by WebAdmin | Dec 1, 2018
Up Close with Steve Quello A career, like any journey, is subject to chance encounters and events that influence the choices and ultimate course of that journey. It was such an encounter that changed the career path for Steve Quello when he met Edward Lowe, an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur — the inventor of Kitty Litter, Tidy Cat and a host of other successful business ventures. The introduction to Lowe and subsequent working relationship gave Quello a deep understanding of exactly what it takes for entrepreneurs to start, grow and scale a business. This understanding is what ultimately led Quello to his current position as president of CEO Nexus, a consulting business dedicated to providing the resources and networks leaders of second-stage businesses need to sustain and scale a company… To continue reading this article, please visit i4...
