TiEcon 2015 Announces Jack Welch And Suzy Welch As Keynote Speakers
Legendary GE CEO Jack Welch and bestselling business author Suzy Welch to share their insights into Disruptive Entrepreneurship at the May 15-16 event in Silicon Valley
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TiEcon 2015, the world's largest gathering of entrepreneurs, today announced that Jack Welch, the iconic former CEO of GE and current Executive Chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute, together with former Harvard Business Review editor Suzy Welch, will present a Keynote Discussion at this year's event. One of the world's most renowned business leaders, Welsh joins a host of compelling innovators and disruptors speaking during the two-day conference.
Declared the "Manager of the Century" by Fortune magazine, the legendary business leader is arguably the world's foremost corporate change agent, and its leading authority on harnessing employee talent to drive competitiveness. During his storied 20 years at the helm of GE, Welch grew the value of the company by over 4000%, and pioneered new models for leadership, which are being followed by top CEOs today.
With his famous candor, Welch will share his "straight talk" insights into disruptive entrepreneurship with some 4000 leading innovators and entrepreneurs at the annual mega-event, which is to be held on May 15 – 16 at Silicon Valley's Santa Clara Convention Center.
He will be joined on stage by Suzy Welch, the former editor of the Harvard Business Review, with whom he has co-authored a new book – "The Real Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career".
Venktesh Shukla, president of TiE Silicon Valley, said: "We are delighted, and honored, to have Jack and Suzy Welch share their ideas and incomparable experience with our TiEcon community this year. Jack is a global titan of the free market, and is its pre-eminent voice on how to challenge and change corporate culture to unlock innovation and growth. Suzy Welch is a distinguished expert on career development whose best-selling books have helped to change the game for HR executives and aspiring innovators. Together, they represent a dream team for tech entrepreneurs seeking clear direction on strategy in a fast-changing market."
Serial entrepreneur and CEO, Vivek Paul will moderate the discussion. Paul was part of the founding team of WiproGE Medical Systems and went on to become the company's CEO. The joint venture went on to be named as the best joint venture in Asia by The Economist. Paul was then named Vice Chairman of Wipro and CEO of its outsourcing unit. Paul is considered one of the major influencers to help take Wipro from a $150-million company to a global business that grew into a multibillion-dollar company.
The presentation will include discussion around:
- The importance of enabling cross-functional innovation, and eliminating siloes
- Building effective teams
- The innovative power of intrapreneurship
- How to root out fear of failure
- The power of feedback and bottom-up inspiration for products and services
- Management practices in today's economy driven by disruptive innovation
TiEcon 2015 conveners are BJ Arun and AG Karunakaran.
About TiEcon 2015
The theme of this year's TiEcon is "Disruptive Entrepreneurship: Break-In. Break-Out. Break Away." It will include major tracks on topics such as The Data Economy, Cloud Infrastructure, and the Internet of Things, as well as Entrepreneurship, TiE Youth, Healthcare, Oil & Gas Technology and Online Education. Technology sessions will feature keynotes by industry luminaries, customer perspectives, technology talks, VC panels, and presentations by six of hottest start-ups in each respective area.
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About TiE
TiE is a global not-for-profit organization fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, education, and networking. We consider entrepreneurship to be the single most powerful instrument to advance global prosperity. Our greatest strength is our network of over 60 chapters in 17 countries with a worldwide membership exceeding 14,000 that includes successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs. For more information on TiE, visit www.tie.org
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