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Lecture: Seek What You Don't Know by James Kelly
Venue: Alumni Assembly Hall (Holtzman Alumni Center), Blacksburg
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Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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James B. Kelly, a partner in Hickory Ridge Group, which advises health care and technology companies, will give his talk, “Seek What You Don't Know,” on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 3:30 p.m. at the Holtzman Alumni Center’s Alumni Assembly Hall as part of the Wachovia Distinguished Lecture Series.

In addition to his Virginia Tech bachelor’s degree in business administration, earned in 1963, Kelly also received a bachelor’s degree in 1964 at what is now the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He was formerly president and CEO of Flight Explorer, a Northern Virginia software and information technology solutions provider to the global aviation industry. A former pilot, Kelly turned the company from a loss to profitability, doubling its revenue.

Previously, he was the founder, president, and CEO of SynXis, a leading hotel reservation management software provider, and its telecommunications spin-off Innovectra. Innovectra was acquired by Edison Venture Fund, and SynXis and Flight Explorer by Sabre Holdings. He held division vice president positions at BDM (now part of Northrop Grumman), and SAIC and served as a deputy assistant secretary for economic policy under Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige during the Reagan administration.

Kelly is a partner in VT Growth Partners, which provides business expertise from experienced Virginia Tech alumni and friends to early-stage companies. He serves on the Pamplin Advisory Council.

The event is free and open to the public, no tickets needed. Free parking is available at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center. Find more parking information online at http://www.parking.vt.edu/ or call 540-231-3200.

In addition to speakers from Wachovia — now Wells Fargo — the lecture series has featured senior executives from Nielsen, GE, Wells Fargo Securities, IBM, Ralph Lauren, KPMG, Siemens Corporation, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, among others.

For more information, visit: http://www.pamplin.vt.edu/