2009 ULM Business Symposium

Preparing for Leadership

Wednesday, September 30

4:00 CBA Business Brain Bowl Coordinated by Dr. Michelle McEacharn

Student Union Building

6:30 Session 1 “Leadership Issues in the Surplus Lines Insurance Market”

Blake Bartnick, President, Casualty Broker
CRC Insurance Services, Inc. Dallas, TX

Thursday, October 1 (All Sessions in ULM Student Union Building except where indicated)

8:15 – 9:15 Session 1 “Potential Tax Changes: Funding Health Care Reform”
Jonathan Davies, Tax Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, DC

Session 2 “Moving Sidewalks and Roller Coasters (How Careers Begin and
Where They Go)”
Sidney Tassin, President of Carta Energy LLC, Dallas, TX; Former Chief
Financial Officer for Boone Pickens / Mesa Petroleum and Pres. of Energy
Private Equity Firm

Session 3 “Leading from the Middle”

Angela Dana, Avon, Monroe; Laurie Williams, CenturyLink, Monroe

9:15 – 9:30 Break

9:30 – 10:45 Session 1 “Let’s be Honest……Am I a Leader or a Follower?”

Albert Ku, Sr. Segment Executive & Portico Business Line President
Credit Union Solutions, Fiserv, Dallas

Session 2 “Sweden and Aluminum Extrusion: Managing one of the Largest Extrusion
Firms in the World”
Malin Oresten, SAPA Profiles AB, Sweden

Session 3 “Building a Career”

Ken Renwick, Dallas, Former President/CEO of All-Phase Electric Supply
Company; Former President/CEO of Summer Electric Company, Dallas

11:00 – 12:15 Session 1 “4 Pillars of Success”

Angela McCray & Krystal Bradshaw, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dallas

Session 2 “Leadership in Entrepreneurial Firms”

Dr. Tim Holcomb, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Session 3 “The Pain of Leadership”

Clyde Jewitt, Johnston Flying Service, Houma, LA
11:30 – 1:30 Cookout for students, faculty, and business guests North End of Admin

1:30 – 2:45 Session 1 “Leadership during an Acquisition: Stories of Challenge and Success”
David Cole, Accounting, Responsible for CenturyLink's Accounting, End-User and
Carrier Billing, Revenue Assurance and Financial Planning Monroe

Session 2 “Leadership through Strategic Transactions”

Jay Lewis, Chief Accounting Officer, Enexusenergy Jackson, MS
Enexusenergy is the nuclear division of Entergy. Plans are to spin off from Entergy
as a separate entity

6:30 – 7:30 “Leadership in the Construction Industry” Construction 100

Beryl Richardson, Vice President of Operations, The “R” Group
Monroe

Friday, October 2

9:30 – 10:30 First Job Experiences (Alumni in First Year of Career) Brown Auditorium
Lena Nguyen, Micah Pulliam, Katie Wood, Andrew Smith
Joey Trappey, and Chris Brown Ann Smith & Brenda Allen
ULM Career Connections

11:00 – 12:00 Leadership is a Lifestyle: Strategies to Fast Track Your Career!

Jason Dorsey, the Gen Y Guy Brown Auditorium

Saturday, October 3

10:00 – 2:00 CBA Tailgating in the Grove

2:30 PM Homecoming Football game with Florida International