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