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:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T174404Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100421T133000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100421T113000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T174404Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T210007Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458434 DESCRIPTION:Frank Helle\, CEO of Axian\, Inc.\, will lead an interactive discussion that will help entrepreneurs gain some insightful perspective s on Boards of Directors. Come share your challenges\, observations and successes with other CEOs of emerging businesses. The group will discuss strategies for selecting\, structuring and making your board more effec tive. You will also receive a high-level recap of the discussion from Fr ank. \;\n \;\nOpen only to CEOs or Presidents of currently operati ng companies that have employees. Box lunch will be served. This program is limited to 12 participants\, and is available on a first-come\, firs t-served basis. \;\n \;\nSpeaker: Frank Helle\, Axian\, Inc. - www .axian.com \;\n \;\nFrank Helle is CEO of Axian\, Inc.\, a 20-year old privately-held web-services company creating collaboration portals and business intelligence (software &\; data). Prior to 2002 he was a senior global manager at Monsanto Company. During that career he lived in Brussels Belgium for 5 years managing manufacturing\, engineering\, a nd supply chain for Europe\, Middle East\, and Africa. He then lived in Singapore for 5 years as Asia-Pacific Managing Director for 3 Monsanto D ivisions. \;\n \;\nFrank's leadership helps organizations realize more of their full potential\, and often focuses on turnarounds and turb o-charging growth. \;\n \;\nAside from positioning Axian to be &qu ot\;built to last\,"\; Frank mentors and coaches local CXOs to help them compete in the global marketplace and create more jobs in Oregon. F rank is an active Board Director of Oregon's Association for Corporate G rowth as Chair Emeritus &\; Past-President\, is an active Board Direc tor of Oregon’s high tech trade association\,Tech America\, and is an ac tive volunteer with the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network - chairing the CEO Roundtable.\n\nTags: oen\, round table\, board of directors\, ceo\, tvg\ n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458434 URL:http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=122 SUMMARY:OEN CEO Roundtable with Frank Helle: Perspectives on Boards of Di rectors LOCATION:IronStone Bank : 309 SW Sixth Avenue\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR