{"408761":{"#nid":"408761","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Talk: Monty Hamilton, Rural Sourcing, Inc","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMonty Hamilton leads the executive team and drives the overall strategy for Rural Sourcing, Inc. Mr. Hamilton is responsible for leading the strategic direction and the growth of RSI and is leading the team in their goal to launch 10 new high-tech hubs over the next few years. He has recently been featured on CNBC, BBC, NPR radio and at various industry conferences including IAOP, Gartner, Digital Georgia and others. In addition, recent articles depicting RSI\u2019s innovative outsourcing model have appeared in Business Week, CNN Money magazine, CFO magazine, and CIO magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is Hamilton\u2019s second entrepreneurial startup venture after leaving Accenture in 1995. After growing Clarkston Consulting into a global strategic and systems integration firm with offices across the US and Europe, he became the CEO in 2009 after Clarkston\u2019s acquisition of RS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Hamilton is active in the community and civic circles as well. He is on the Advisory Boards for Mobile Chamber of Commerce, the Bond Group and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. He is currently involved with the Special Olympics and is a former Board Chair for the Adaptive Learning Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Hamilton holds an M.B.A. from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a B.B.A. in business from Millsaps College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHamilton will speak at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/IMPACT.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s IMPACT Speaker Series\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. All are welcome to attend. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis talk is part of the IMPACT lecture series sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CEO, Rural Sourcing, Inc"}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2015-05-29 15:32:46","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:19:16","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-09-23T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-09-23T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-09-23T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-09-23 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-09-23 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-09-23 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"408611":{"id":"408611","type":"image","title":"Monty Hamilton Fall 2015","body":null,"created":"1449254188","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:28","changed":"1475895134","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:14","alt":"Monty Hamilton Fall 2015","file":{"fid":"202194","name":"monty.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/monty_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/monty_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40738,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/monty_0.jpg?itok=NZmkUCp6"}}},"media_ids":["408611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html","title":"ILE Home"},{"url":"http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html","title":"IMPACT Home"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}