Are you interested in innovation and entrepreneurship? The Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at UNL is happy to present Doug Burgum, who will provide a spectrum of insights into understanding and pursuing successful entrepreneurship and innovation. Details of the event:
Friday, April 20, 2012 Kauffman Center, UNL 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – “Courageous Curiosity: Transcending conventional wisdom” 2:00 – 2:30 –Reception with students and the Raikes School Corporate Advisory Board At UNL’s Raikes School (located just North of the Nebraska Student Union) Lincoln, NE
Doug Burgum, entrepreneur and philanthropist, has served as an investor and board member of SuccessFactors, a cloud-based leader in business execution software, since October 2007 and as board chair since June 2010. SAP acquired SuccessFactors in February 2012 for $3.4 billion. Since January 2011, Doug has served as interim CEO of Intelligent InSites, a leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software. He is founder and chairman of Kilbourne Group, a company committed to inspiring and supporting the redevelopment and revitalization of downtown Fargo, North Dakota, and is co-founder and chairman of Arthur Ventures, a Fargo-based venture capital group that focuses on early-stage software companies, with a concentration on healthcare.
A graduate of North Dakota State University and Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA), Doug worked at the Chicago office of McKinsey & Co. until 1983, when he returned to his native North Dakota and literally “bet the farm” for the seed capital for Great Plains Software, Inc., then a very small startup company in the fledgling PC software industry. He served Great Plains in executive roles including chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors. Driven by a strong vision and powerful dream, he led Great Plains to a worldwide presence and to its successful initial public offering in 1997. Microsoft Corporation acquired the company in 2001 for $1.1 billion. From April 2001 to August 2007, Doug served as senior vice president at Microsoft Corporation.
Doug has received honorary doctorate degrees from NDSU (2000) and the University of Mary (2006). In 2009, then-North Dakota Governor John Hoeven presented Doug with the state’s highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award. Doug’s philanthropic efforts focus on youth, education, the arts, and healthcare. The Raikes School of Computer Science and Management is a nationally recognized leader in interdisciplinary computer science and business honors education. The School recruits high achieving students and provides them with an intense and well-rounded educational experience that results in graduates that are world class innovators and leaders.
If you would like to attend the event, please RSVP to raikesschool@unl.edu by Wednesday, April 18. You are welcome to bring a guest(s) to the event, please let us know your guests’ names when you RSVP.
