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Wearable Technology – Replay

Saturday, April 1, 2017 @10am

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Our Guests:

Benjamin E. Ford
Employment Attorney

Elizabeth Connellan Smith
Employment Attorney

Verrill Dana

Wearable Technology –

Verrill Dana is a full service law firm with more than 130 attorneys and a growing number of service-based practice groups. The firm has a regional presence in the Northeast, with offices from Maine to Washington, D.C., allowing us to serve clients with interests across the country and around the world. Through scalable staffing, careful communication and skillful project management, Verrill Dana helps individuals and businesses achieve their goals in a manner that suits their unique legal needs and preferred work methods.

We embrace the principles behind the Association of Corporate Counsel Value Challenge. We are committed to providing value-driven, quality legal services and practical solutions in a cost-effective manner. Our lawyers are not satisfied being only quality service providers. We strive to earn the status of trusted counsel, advocates and allies in our clients’ success.

Verrill Dana’s enduring commitment to quality client service is complemented by our commitment to community service. Verrill Dana believes that its role as a leading New England business carries a corresponding obligation to give back to the communities in which we live and work. This obligation is fulfilled through the personal service of our lawyers and staff in numerous community organizations, the firm’s prominent charitable giving program and the direct provision of pro bono legal services.

HR for Hospitality

Saturday, March 18, 2015 @10am

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Our Guest:

Teri Swanson
HR Director
Witham Family Hotels

HR for Hospitality –

Director of Volunteer Services and Maine Coast Lifeline Maine Coast Memorial Hospital

May 2000 – March 2010 (9 years 11 months) Ellsworth

Overseeing 26 departments needs for Volunteers. Seeking to continually build a quality group of Volunteers to serve in these departments. Developing and building a strong community culture that allowed us to be a place of choice.

Our lifeline program serviced people throughout Hancock and Washington Counties. Providing an in-home emergency response service. The process began with the incoming call to our office for service and ended with us going into the field to install the monitors. This took a lot of planning, as we utilized

Volunteers to fulfill this very worthy service.

Semi-Absentee Business Ownership

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @10am

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Our Guest:

Chris CynkarChris Cynkar
Franchise Consultant
FranChoice

412-877-2000
ccynkar@franchoise.com

Semi-Absentee Business Ownership –

Chris Cynkar knows the challenges of finding the perfect business opportunity. For the past 15 years, Chris has walked in the shoes of a business owner. With business ownership experience in multiple industries, Chris possesses the skills necessary to help candidates find the perfect franchise opportunity to achieve their specific goals. After beginning his career with a Big 6 accounting firm and earning his CPA license, Chris spent 3 years working in financial management with 2 rapidly growing companies in the healthcare and manufacturing industries. In 1999, Chris made a career shift from employee to owner. Since he chose business ownership, Chris has owned and operated businesses in a variety of industries including commercial printing, medical equipment, professional services, real estate and healthcare staffing services. In all of these businesses, Chris served as both the lead investor and, more importantly, the leading executive of the company.

Since 2006, Chris has been an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked with hundreds of students to evaluate, plan and start businesses in countless industry segments. In 2011, Chris joined a leading retail franchise as a master franchisee.

Chris has joined FranChoice in order to help candidates benefit from his deep and diverse business ownership experience. Because of the variety of industries in which Chris has direct experience, he is able to assist candidates in evaluating multiple business opportunities with an experienced guide on their side. Chris’ goal is to help every candidate find the franchise opportunity that will help them reach all of their personal and professional goals.