| Date & Time | Tuesday, April 2 | 11:30am-1:00pm |
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| Location | Iowa State University Memorial Union, Sun Room | 2229 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014 |
| Contact | info@isupjcenter.org |
Join us Tuesday, April 2, to hear from Bruce Lehrman, serial entrepreneur and founder of Involta, an award-winning national IT service provider and consulting firm. Bruce will share insights into the startup world based on his many years of entrepreneurial experience along with lessons learned so you don’t have to make the same mistakes!
Lunch will be provided and served from 11:30am-12pm. Bruce will speak from 12:05pm-1pm.
This event is free and open to the public. *RSVP is required.
About Bruce Lehrman:
Bruce Lehrman is the founder, Vice Chair, and former CEO of Inovlta LLC, a Carlyle-owned multi-tenant data center and IT services company based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Known for his entrepreneurial spirit, Bruce led Involta to rank #40 on the Inc 500 Fastest Growing Company list (#2 in IT services) and received the CEO of the Year and Company of the Year awards from the Technology Association of Iowa Prometheus Awards.
Building community is an important focus for Bruce. He believes in the strength of the entrepreneurial spirit and supports the men and women who are working to develop companies in his work on the Boards of Entrepreneurial Development Center, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance (Chair 2015), Iowa Seed Fund, Iowa Startup Accelerator Fund, Van Meter Industrial (Chair), Higher Learning Technology (Chair), UGen, and the Technology Association of Iowa (serving as Chair for 2013).
Bruce has prior experience in the startup world as CEO/Founder of LIVEware5, a premier streaming media company, which grew to be the premier provider of business training technology as a partner to Intel. Bruce holds a BBA in marketing from Iowa State University and is a frequent speaker at industry events and entrepreneurship programs.
