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Featuring:
Acklen Avenue CTO Byron Sommardahl &
Director of Agile Operations Tommy Norman

While agile may run the world in software development, its core principles have nothing to do with coding. It’s a way of approaching tasks and problems that makes them easier to understand, prioritize, and resolve.

Acklen Avenue CTO Byron Sommardahl and Director of Agile Operations Tommy Norman will discuss how agile principles can help in parts of your life and business that you don’t expect, from proving your concept and raising funds, to hiring a great team, to raising kids, to personal development.

Featuring:
Zach Gemignani, CEO, Juice Analytics
Corbette Doyle, Senior Lecturer: Leadership, Policy & Organizations &
Dan George, Workplace Analytics & Planning Lead

All too often management, will rely on Finance or Operations to handle all aspects of the bottom line. However, little time is spent on analyzing one of the most expensive costs; its people. Join the NTC and a panel of local experts to discuss how a business of any size can use data from its workforce to improve bottom line savings and even top line growth.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pleased to partner with the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry to present solutions for small and midsize businesses struggling with starting or improving their cybersecurity posture.

On June 21, we will host a cybersecurity conference in Nashville . Speakers in government, law enforcement, and industry will explore the latest threat landscape, cyber policy, and industry-developed best practices. A distinguished lineup of national security experts will examine what leaders can do to defend critical infrastructure and deter malicious actors. Speakers include:

• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Scott Augenbaum, special agent, FBI;
• William Hudson, special agent in charge, U.S. Secret Service;
• Adam Sedgewick, senior information technology policy advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology; and
• Brian Moyer, President & CEO of the Nashville Technology Council
• And many more.

 

Featuring
Michael DePalma, ​Business Development Manager, Datto

In 2016, companies worldwide paid over $500 MILLION because of Ransomware attacks; when you include the cost of downtime caused by these attacks, the total loss to businesses is closer to $50 BILLION. 34% of victimized businesses reported losing revenue due to Ransomware, while 20% had to stop operations completely in the aftermath of a successful data breach.

Michael DePalma, an expert in data protection, will give you the tools you need to successfully navigate today’s tech-security environment. Join us for this lunch and learn where he will cover:

• Key statistics and headlines from the modern cyber threat
• How to be alert to potential cyber attacks
• The difference between traditional tactics and modern business continuity
• How to calculate recovery and downtime costs for your company
• And More