Robert Stephens, Geek Squad founder and former Best Buy CTO, will keynote the 2017 ACG Utah Intermountain Growth Conference scheduled for the Salt Lake Marriott City Center on March 7.
Now in its 14th year, the ACG Utah Intermountain Growth Conference is billed as the only conference that connects private equity groups with middle-market businesses and the intermediaries who work with them across the Intermountain West. More than 30 percent of the attendees represent fast-growing companies from the region and participants at the event are assured the opportunity to network, exchange ideas and build relationships, ACG said in a release.
In addition to the conference, the DealSource Lounge and ACG Capital Connection will be featured. DealSource offers private equity groups and intermediaries active in the Intermountain region the opportunity to interact with deal-sourcing professionals in the Mountain West region. Capital Connection will be held during the cocktail reception and buffet dinner starting at 5 p.m.
Stephens will speak about his experiences as an entrepreneur, lessons learned along the way and offer his insights on how to approach the new economy and blaze the trail forward in 2017 and beyond.
With a start as a student fixing computers, Stephens turned Geek Squad into what is now one of the world’s top tech support services. After selling Geek Squad to Best Buy in 2002, Stephens began a new business venture, Assist, which provides enhanced messaging capabilities for sales and customer service for clients that include Hyatt, Fandango, Sephora and 1-800-Flowers.
Registration information for the conference is available at www.acg.org/utah.