February 24, 2006

Business innovator Robert Price to speak at UNM

Author, former Control Data CEO to speak at free business breakfast

The ASM at the University of New Mexico and 770 KKOB-AM will host Robert M. Price, the former CEO and Chairman of business legend Control Data Corporation, at a free business breakfast on Friday, March 31 at the Student Union Building at UNM.

Price, who is also the author of The Eye for Innovation: Recognizing Possibilities and Managing the Creative Enterprise, draws on 40 years at the forefront of the computer industry as he explains the principles that transformed Control Data from a small upstart into a company with 45,000 employees and revenues topping $1 billion.

Price will present to the Albuquerque business community his argument that innovators are made, not born, and that successful businesses must deliberately foster innovation to stay ahead.

WHAT: Business Breakfast with Innovator and Author Robert M. Price

WHEN: Friday, March 31 from 7:30-9:00am

WHERE: University of New Mexico Student Union Building

RESERVATIONS: Free and open to the public. Reservations required as seating is limited. RSVP to (505) 767-6795 or rsvp@770kkob.com.

The Business Breakfast is sponsored by PNM, The ASM at UNM, Presbyterian Health Services, and Wagner Mechanical and is part of 770 KKOB-AM's quarterly Business Breakfast series.

Contact: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu

Posted by scarr at February 24, 2006 10:02 AM