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Speaker Sponsor Top Moments Sponsor Champion Table Sponsors Durham Bulls Baseball Club Greene Resources UNC REX Healthcare Wolfpack Club Gold Medal Table Sponsors Allen Kelly & Co., Inc. Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Mudcats Carolina Railhawks KPMG LLP Mort's Inc. Raleigh as a Sports Town: Leading Company Culture, Community Growth, and Economic Impact Learn about a major economic driver for Raleigh and Wake County from the vantage point of a business expert who understands the sports markets around the globe. George Bodenheimer, former ESPN president, got his career start in the mailroom of ESPN and worked his way up to the top of the organization. Hear his passionate story of innovation and culture's competitive advantage and discover
Receive a signed copy of Bodenheimer's book "Every Town is a Sports Town: Business Leadership at ESPN, fom the Mailroom to the Boardroom," a Best Business Book of 2015. Proceeds will benefit The V Foundation. Since Bodenheimer took over as president of ESPN in 1998 through the time of his appointment as executive chairman in 2012, ESPN grew to
The Bristol ESPN campus increased to 116 acres (from 39), 18 buildings (from eight), and 1.3 million square feet (from 260,000). A state-of-the-art production facility in Los Angeles opened in 2009, and construction began on a second Digital Center in Bristol that opened in 2014. His leadership style was simple but effective: empower all employees to proactively take charge of their careers and to base decisions on the company's stated mission: "Serve Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere." Questions? Call 919.664.7090 or email Abbie Szymanski