BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T020000 RDATE:20141102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141028T180832Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141113T093000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141113T073000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141028T180832Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141028T180832Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250467253 DESCRIPTION:## Are you ready for growth? Is your business ready for growt h? How will you scale to meet or exceed your customer needs? \;\n \;\nHear how other companies have planned (or not) for growth\, what cha llenges they’ve faced\, and what tools and resources they’ve used to fac ilitate the ups and downs of their business. \;\n \;\n### What Wil l You Learn? \;\n \;\n*How their company planned to facilitate gro wth\, what was successful\, and what wasn’t \;\n*The challenges (plan ned/unplanned) they have faced in growing their business \;\n*Key lea rnings and outcomes while scaling their growth \;\n \;\n### Paneli sts: \;\n \;\n[Kent Lewis](https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?i d=325170&\;authType=NAME_SEARCH&\;authToken=OMaX&\;locale=en_US &\;srchid=174828481413929916099&\;srchindex=1&\;srchtotal=98&am p\;trk=vsrp_people_res_name&\;trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1748284814139299 16099%2CVSRPtargetId%3A325170%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary) \, Founder of Anvil Media\, an integrated marketing agency\, providing analytics\, search en gine &\; social media marketing to clients. Anvil was listed as one o f PBJ’s “Fastest Growing Private Companies” and Inc.’s “Most Philanthrop ic Small Companies”\, and Kent has founded and co-founded numerous succe ssful companies. \;\n \;\n \;\n[Chris Mike](http://www.linkedi n.com/in/chrismike) \, VP Account Management at Chirpify\, a technology company that activates #hashtags for brands and agencies who want to lev erage social media for multi-channel marketing conversion. Chris has exp erience with technology startups and the challenges and successes they p rovide\, as well as larger companies such as Nike and EA. \;\n \; \n \;\n[Tim Tragesser](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-tragesser/2/13 b/493) \, President at Polar Systems\, Inc.\, a Portland based managed s ervices provider\, offers a comprehensive suite of services focused arou nd managing your IT environment\, including IT project delivery and stra tegic IT consultation\, including virtual Chief Information Officer (vCI O) services\, cloud-based services\, project management\, network securi ty\, managed email\, and business continuity and disaster recovery servi ces. Polar has been in the MSP 500 and the CRN 250. Tim has a backgrou nd in corporate finance and has spent the last 12 years providing indust ry thought leadership on leveraging best-in-class IT solutions to mainta in a competitive advantage in various vertical markets. \;\n \;\n# ## Moderator: \;\n \;\n \;\nNate Ankenbrandt\, Sr. Analyst at Salesforce.com \;\nNate has a broad background in service operations support team growth and development. Connecting customers dots with pe ople and technology. \;\n \;\n### Who Should Attend? \;\nAny p erson who is looking to grow or is planning for growth of their business \, and is looking for solutions on how to scale\, leverage resources\, a nd hear about how others have done it.\n\nImported from: http://calagato r.org/events/1250467253 URL:http://www.techoregon.org/event?eventid=13275438193 SUMMARY:Professional Services Scaling for Growth: Planning\, Challenges\, and Resources | Technology Service Event LOCATION:Multnomah Athletic Club: 1849 SW Salmon St.\, Portland OR 97205 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR