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Entrepreneurship & Internet 2.0 Trends and Opportunities Tom Wallace, CEO of RedVector Feb. 15, 7:00pm, BRY 232 Tom Wallace founded his first technology company at the age of 23. When he sold the company seven years later it was generating nearly $20 million in annual sales. He then founded The Waldec Group, a network integration company based in Tampa, Florida. The Waldec Group made the Inc. 500, Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest growing privately held companies in America three years in a row. Waldec was also on LAN Magazine's list of the top 100 systems integrators in America and won the Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Year Award in 1996. In January of 1997, The Waldec Group had grown to over $75 million in sales and 300 employees and was sold to IKON Office Solutions (NY:IKN). Tom is presently the CEO of RedVector.com Inc. RedVector is the leading provider on-line continuing education for the AEC (Architects, Engineers, and Contractors) industry. Mr. Wallace previously spent two years on Microsoft's Partner Advisory Council. He is also a past Chairman of the Tampa chapter of the Council of CEO’s. Tom as served as a judge for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and he also serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay. Mr. Wallace is a past Trustee at the University of Tampa and is a past recipient of the Entrepreneur of the year award for his alma mater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Tom is a co-founder and past President of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) and presently serves on TBTF’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Tom is a frequent speaker, panelist and author on technology, sales/marketing and entrepreneurship. Tom presently serves on the Board of Directors of Tribridge and RedVector.com, Inc., in the past he has served on the Boards of Q-Link Technologies (sold to Adobe), System One Technical (sold to TMP), and Fortress Technologies (raised $ 15m from Liberty Ventures). Tom lives in Tampa with his wife and daughter. He has been in the Tampa Bay area for the past fifteen years. He is an avid golfer, skier, runner, biker, and fitness enthusiast. |
