Making The Handoff

Nov. 5 – 3:00pm
Senate + Gallery Room

The age of leaders in the channel continues to increase. Do you have a succession plan in place? What if something happens to you – the proverbial bus runs you down. What is your legacy plan? Legacy is what happens when you are no longer in the picture.

Is there a plan for keeping your hard work, sweat and blood active and moving forward once you are gone? You’ve poured your life into building something – so maybe spending a little time thinking through the future makes sense.

This session will cover information critical for your consideration in preparing for the inevitable or the unexpected. We will discuss things that need to be done to prepare. Different options for transition will be overviewed. But most importantly the session will ask a lot of questions you need to have answers for. Are you ready?

arlinsorenson Making The Handoff Arlin Sorensen
CEO, Heartland Technology Solutions and Founder of the HTG Group

Arlin Sorensen grew up on the family farm near Harlan, Iowa. After graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in Farm Operations, he came back to Harlan with his wife, Nancy, and began farming in 1977. In 1982, he purchased his first personal computer, an Apple II+, to assist with farming operations. This hobby turned into a consulting practice, and in 1985 became a retail business. In 1990, Arlin and his brother formed Sorensen’s Computer Connection, Inc. (SCCI).

Through a series of mergers and acquisitions the company became Heartland Technologies Group with 6 offices in 5 states and over 75 employees providing solutions in networking, document imaging, managed services, electronic marketing, GPS-based precision agriculture, telephony and other technologies. In 2000, Arlin founded Heartland Tech Group (HTG), a peer group organization focused on business improvement, accountability, and work-life excellence among leading IT solution providers.

HTG has over 225 member companies throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom spread over 20 groups of 12 non-competing member companies. Groups meet quarterly for a confidential two-day event of sharing best practices, benchmarking, process improvement and business review.

Websites:
www.heartlandtechnologies.com
www.htgmembers.com

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Want to have the best drafted service agreement possible? Want to avoid lawsuits? Want to sleep better at night knowing your valuable intellectual property and services are not being abused, misused or otherwise stolen by your competitors? If so, then you must attend this presentation in which Brad Gross, a leading attorney in the area of cloud computing and IT service transactions, will discuss and breakdown the complex legal issues that impact your business, and show you how to protect your assets and stay out of litigation. You’ll leave this session with a greater understanding of how to draft solid agreements that help your company achieve its business goals. Actual case examples and the latest court decisions impacting the IT industry will be explained, and their impact on your business will be discussed.

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