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SUMMARY:SACC Dallas - Speaker series: CEO Spotlight - Rashid Skaf
DESCRIPTION:CEO Spotlight - Rashid Skaf\, CEO and co-chairman of Biamp \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a fireside chat with Rashid Skaf who will share his success and the lessons learnt through his interesting life and career.  \n\nRashid is a Dallas based industry veteran and entrepreneur at heart\, with several successful exits and currently on yet another tremendous journey with his new company Biamp (www.biamp.com)\n\n\n\nThroughout his career he has lead technology companies that have experienced tremendous global growth. He attributes his success to relentless focus on five important principles: \n1. Shared Success   A company is more than a profit engine. Rather\, it is a vehicle to fulfill \n\n    the personal needs and aspirations of its investors\, employees\, and customers. Only by \n\n    understanding each and carefully balancing them will a company maintain the long-term \n\n    support and commitment of each group and in doing so\, fulfill the company's full potential.\n\n\n\n2. Strategic Direction   A great product does not by itself make a great company. To maintain \n\n    lasting relevance\, a company must identify and commit to an enduring strategic mission that \n\n    its products merely embody. During my career I developed and executed numerous strategic \n\n    plans to grow companies from a single product line to solutions-based offerings that \n\n    accomplished precisely this and renewed flagging franchises.\n\n\n\n3. Culture Change   Understanding that people are the greatest asset of any company\, I focus \n\n    on transforming cultures to put people and their success at the top of our priorities. \n\n    Organizations I have led were named the Best Place to Work in the United States for 6 \n\n    consecutive years.\n\n\n\n4. Energy & Risk Tolerance   Throughout my career\, I've brought a consistent energy that inspired \n\n    my teams. This gave the organizations the confidence to make bold moves in times of uncertainty\, \n\n    which ultimately translated to revenue growth.\n\n\n\n5. Leadership   I've led organizations through difficult transitions & uncertain times. During my \n\n    career\, I've acquired 8 companies in 3 different countries\, been acquired three times\, turned \n\n    around companies and lived through 2 recessions. Building trust\, faith and leading from the \n\n    front enables an organization to band together and gain confidence in its ability to achieve \n\n    long-term goals despite short-term challenges.\n\n\n\nWelcome to a very interesting evening - for the first time in collaboration with TexChange!\n\n\n\nOn behalf of the SACC DFW Board\n\n\n\nWelcome\n\n\n\nPatrik Melander\n\nChairman \n\nSACC DFW
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><strong>CEO Spotlight - Rashid Skaf\, CEO and co-chairman of Biamp&nbsp\;</strong></span><br />\n<br />\nPlease join us for a fireside chat with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashidskaf/">Rashid Skaf</a> who&nbsp\;will share his success and the lessons learnt through his interesting life and career.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>Rashid is a Dallas based industry veteran and entrepreneur at heart\, with several successful exits and currently on yet another tremendous journey with his new company Biamp (www.biamp.com)<br />\n<br />\nThroughout his career he has lead technology companies that have experienced tremendous global growth.&nbsp\;He attributes his success to relentless focus on five important principles:&nbsp\;</p>\n<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">1. Shared Success &ndash\; A company is more than a profit engine. Rather\, it is a vehicle to fulfill </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">the personal needs and aspirations of its investors\, employees\, and customers. Only by </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">understanding each and carefully balancing them will a company maintain the long-term </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">support and commitment of each group and in doing so\, fulfill the company&rsquo\;s full potential.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">2. Strategic Direction &ndash\; A great product does not by itself make a great company. To maintain </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">lasting relevance\, a company must identify and commit to an enduring strategic mission that </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">its products merely embody. During my career I developed and executed numerous strategic </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">plans to grow companies from a single product line to solutions-based offerings that </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">accomplished </span><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">precisely this and renewed flagging franchises.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">3. Culture Change &ndash\; Understanding that people are the greatest asset of any company\, I focus </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">on transforming cultures to put people and their success at the top of our priorities. </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">Organizations I </span><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">have led were named the <em>Best Place to Work in the United States</em> for 6 </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">consecutive years.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">4. Energy &amp\; Risk Tolerance &ndash\; Throughout my career\, I&rsquo\;ve brought a consistent energy that inspired </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">my teams. This gave the organizations</span>&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">the confidence to make bold moves in times of uncertainty\, </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">which ultimately translated to revenue growth.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">5. Leadership &ndash\; I&rsquo\;ve led organizations through difficult transitions &amp\; uncertain times. During my </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">career\, I&rsquo\;ve acquired 8 companies in 3 different countries\, been acquired three times\, turned </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">around companies and lived through 2 recessions. Building trust\, faith and leading from the </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">front enables an organization to band together and gain confidence in its ability to achieve </span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre\;">long-term goals despite short-term challenges.</span>\n\n<p><br />\nWelcome to a&nbsp\;very interesting evening - for the first time in collaboration with TexChange!<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the SACC DFW&nbsp\;Board<br />\n<br />\nWelcome<br />\n<br />\nPatrik Melander<br />\nChairman&nbsp\;<br />\nSACC&nbsp\;DFW</p>\n
LOCATION:This event will be held on Zoom and may be accessed here using the following credentials. No registration is required. Meeting ID: 828 5862 8705 Password: 777566
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URL:https://chamber.sacctx.com/events/details/sacc-dallas-speaker-series-ceo-spotlight-rashid-skaf-3635
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