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Dear IBB Community,

Please join us in welcoming the IMPACT Seminar Series to the IBB Atrium on October 16, 2009.

William W. George
Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School;
former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic, Inc;
Author of several books, the latest, “7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis”

Seminar Title – “The Innovation Economy: Building on America’s Strengths”
October 16, 2009 at 3:30pm followed by a reception and book signing

The IMPACT Speaker Series welcomes local and international business and non-profit leaders to share their experiences with Georgia Tech students. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.

BIOGRAPHY

Bill George is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of three best-selling books True North, Finding Your True North, and Authentic Leadership. Mr. George is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. He joined Medtronic in 1989 as President and Chief Operating Officer, was Chief Executive Officer from 1991-2001, and Chairman of the Board from 1996 to 2002. Under his leadership, Medtronic’s market capitalization grew from $1.1 billion to $60 billion, averaging 35% per year. Earlier in his career, he was an executive with Honeywell and Litton Industries and served in the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mr. George currently serves as a director of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs, and also recently served on the board of Novartis and Target Corporation. He is also currently a trustee of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, World Economic Forum USA and the Guthrie Theater. He has served as chair of the board chair of Allina Health System, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, United Way of the Greater Twin Cities, and Advamed.

He has been named one of “Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years” by PBS; “Executive of the Year-2001″ by the Academy of Management; and “Director of the Year-2001-02″ by the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. George has made frequent appearances on television and radio, including: The Charlie Rose Show, The Today Show, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, NOW, CNBC, Bloomberg News, and NPR. His articles have appeared in Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and numerous other publications.

Mr. George received his BSIE with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar, and honorary PhDs from Georgia Tech and Bryant University. During 2002-03 he was professor at IMD International and Ecole Polytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland, and executive-in-residence at Yale School of Management.

He and his wife Penny reside in Minnesota. They have two sons: Jeff George, who lives in Munich, Germany with his wife Renee Will and daughter Dylan; and Jon George, MD, who lives in San Francisco with his wife Jeannette Lager, MD, and son Freeman.

Join the Emory CF Center, CHoA 5w & The McCarty Lab for Great Strides for CF Charity Night at Thinking Man!

Saturday, May 2 6:30 pm
Thinking Man Tavern
537 W. Howard Ave, Decatur, GA

• Beer Specials with proceeds going to Great Strides
• Bingo with prizes
• Silent Auction including signed Georgia Tech & UGA items,  local art, photography & more!

Flyer attached:
great-strides-flyer-09

If you plan on attending this event, please email Megan McDevitt mcdevitt@ibb.gatech.edu  – due to space constraints, the first 30 people who RSVP can attend. Please read the announcement carefully and only respond if you are serious about this opportunity.

Special Seminar: Career Opportunities in Technology at Monsanto Company
Janet Hogan, Technology HR Lead

Thursday, April 16
11:45 PM – 12:45 PM
Location – Cherry Emerson room 322

“Monsanto’s Technology organization is a multi-functional, multi-crop organization comprised of the five broad areas of Biotechnology, Breeding, Breeding Technology, Regulatory, and Chemistry.  The research and development these groups collaborate on is based on an unmatched technology platform of chemistry, biochemistry, genomics, biotechnology, and plant breeding.  The company’s R&D pipeline has a proven track record of products that are proprietary, first to market, and profitable.

Janet Hogan, HR Lead in the Technology organization at Monsanto Company, will be on campus to discuss career opportunities within Technology. Specifically, she will highlight a new rotational program that will engage incoming scientists in cross-functional training across three different areas of the organization over a 3 year period (e.g. Biotechnology, Breeding and Breeding Technology). This program is targeted to top talent who are recent PhD or Post-Doctoral graduates educated in one of the areas including, but not limited to, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Breeding, Quantitative Genetics, Crop Science, Toxicology, Plant Pathology, and Plant Biology.  The purpose of this cross-functional experience is to broaden scientists’ understanding of the business and strategy so they can help deliver on Monsanto’s commitments while cultivating and enhancing their own leadership skills.

Monsanto is the world leader in agriculture biotechnology.  Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and operating in over 60 countries, Monsanto applies innovation and technology to help farmers around the world produce more while conserving more.  In addition, Monsanto helps farmers grow yield sustainably so they can be successful, produce healthier foods, better animal feeds and more fiber, while also reducing agriculture’s impact on our environment.”