JUNE 9 CENTRAL OREGON PUBTALK TO FEATURE PRESIDENT OF KEY PAYROLL ONLINE
The last Central Oregon PubTalk of the 2004-2005 season will be held Thursday, June 9th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School in Father Luke’s Foundation Room (Parrish Center, 720 Bond Street, Bend). After a brief summer hiatus the 2005-2006 PubTalk season will begin in September. The event is open to both Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) and OEF members (cost is $15) and non-members (cost is $25). To register for the event, please contact to Marketing Manager Meg Thompson at EDCO: meg@edforco.org or visit www.edforco.org. Presented by Economic Development for Central Oregon in partnership with OEF, PubTalks are sponsored by Ball Janik LLP and the 2005 Bend Venture Conference.
PubTalk will feature keynote speaker Mike Miller, President of Key Payroll Online (www.payrollonline.com), which provides technology enabled outsourcing services for payroll, benefits, human resources and time and attendance data processing. This past April, KEYCORP, one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, acquired Bellevue, Wash-based Payroll Online. Mike Miller currently serves as President of Key Payroll Online, where he oversees operations and strategic direction. Mike started his career in the human resource and professional staffing industry, holding the position of Regional Sales Manager and Human Resource consultant for Prostaff, Inc., a leading employee staffing company headquartered in Minneapolis, MN from 1990-1993. He co-founded Payroll Online in 1993 where he has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development overseeing strategic alliances, distribution partnerships and direct sales. Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Political Science from Syracuse University.
Rob Stout of Ball Janik LLP (www.balljanik.com) will also present the fifth in a series of six short Legal Mini Camps titled: "Protecting Your Technology and Business Information."
A student from OSU Cascade’s New Ventures class, a senior-level course in entrepreneurship in which students write business plans for start-up ventures, will present his/her business plan at PubTalk as a means to gain “real-life” experience presenting to an audience of investors and business professionals. OSU–Cascades Campus and Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) partnered to develop an innovative new program connecting business students at Oregon State University’s Cascade Campus with local entrepreneurs. The program provided students with hands-on business experience and offered Central Oregon entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop well-defined business plans for their ventures. In this program, students and local entrepreneurs were given an opportunity to be “matched” to help both achieve their goals.
PubTalk will also feature an early stage company presentation by Biodegradable Food Service (www.bdfs.net), a manufacturer of biodegradable and compost able products to food service companies and industrial users. Early stage presentations, which follow the keynote speaker, provide new or start-up businesses a venue to receive feedback on products, services, marketing strategy or other integral components of the business. Presenters share ideas, experiences and strategies for success with other businesses, angel investors, and EDCO/OEF members.
Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) is a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to building a strong and secure economic future for Central Oregon. EDCO has been co-sponsoring the popular PubTalk events for the last two years as part of its mission to cultivate a strong entrepreneurial community in Central Oregon. To learn more about the Central Oregon PubTalk and EDCO visit www.edforco.org.
The Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum (OEF) (www.oef.org) is a non-profit organization that helps entrepreneurs from across Oregon and southwest Washington launch and manage early-stage ventures with high growth potential from any industry.
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