keynote speaker announced for the 2014 annual chamber conference

KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2014 ANNUAL CHAMBER CONFERENCE Doug Tatum Entrepreneur In Residence Jim Moran Institute, Florida State University Doug is a recognized expert on the capital markets and the entrepreneurial growth economy. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on numerous occasions about the financing challenges growing companies face and about U.S. tax policy. He has been a keynote speaker at the Securities Exchange Commission Forum. Doug speaks extensively throughout the world, presenting the research and frameworks included in his book No Man’s Land: Where Growing Companies Fail. The book, published in the U.S. in 2007, has received four national Best Business Book awards and has been published in China, Taiwan and South Korea and is slated for publication in Vietnam. The book was included in the recently updated edition of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten. Doug’s insights about rapid growth companies, private equity and the capital markets have been cited in hundreds of media outlets including Inc. Magazine, The Financial Times, New York Times online and the Chicago Daily Herald. Doug serves as Chairman of the Board for Newport Board Group, a national partnership of CEO’s and senior executives who advise emerging middle market companies and the private equity firms that invest in them. He also serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University. He is Vice-Chairman of the Board and slated to be 2014–2015 Chairman of the Board of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), a global not-for-profit organization with 58 Chapters and 14,000 members in the US and internationally, representing middle market private capital investors, intermediaries and the middle market deal community. Doug also serves as the Advisory Board Chairman for the Institute for Exceptional Growth Companies, a national research institute-funded by the NASDAQ Foundation and the Edward Lowe Foundation. Its mission is to study exceptional growth companies, the capital markets, and their impact on employment and economic growth. Previously, Doug was Chairman and CEO of Tatum LLC, which grew into a highly respected national professional services firm with 30 offices and over 1000 professionals and employees. The company was sold to Spherion in 2010. Prior to his role with Tatum LLC, Doug served a number of companies as a senior executive and/or board member.

When

August 8, 2014 8:00 AM - August 10, 2014 11:00 AM Eastern Time

Where

Omni Amelia Island Plantation 39 Marsh Lagoon Road, Amelia Island, Florida 32034

Attire

Resort Casual

Fee

Full Conference Registration Chamber Member Registration Fee $475.00 Non Chamber Member Registration Fee $575.00 View Event Summary View Event Agenda

RSVP

July 31, 2014