Event

Whiting-Turner Lecture -- "Plan B"

Thursday, April 17, 2008
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
1110 Kim Engineering Building
Melissa Corley
301 405 6501
mcorley@umd.edu
http://www.eng.umd.edu/whitingturner

"Plan B"
Speaker: Fred Schaufeld, NEW Corporation

Abstract
What happens when things don't work exactly as planned? In this personal story, Fred Schaufeld, Founder and Chairman of NEW Customer Service Companies, Inc., will discuss how responding to unexpected family and business crises—and to unexpected results when advanced technology interfaces with average consumers—allowed this entrepreneur, only two years out of college to follow "Plan B" and build a multi-billion dollar enterprise on a $79 investment. Mr. Schaufeld will share "war stories" about building and selling a business; provide a glimpse into how his company handles over 15 million consumer claims each year; and discuss what's next.

It's many an engineer's dream—to create and introduce a new product or technology, and in the process make the world a better place and reap financial benefits. The Whiting-Turner Business and Entrepreneurial Lecture Series, now beginning its second decade at the A. James Clark School of Engineering, celebrates this dream and helps make students, faculty, alumni and regional business people more likely to achieve it.

The series brings leading technology enterprise thinkers to campus—men and women from large, established companies or small and promising start-ups, who deal with the real-world challenges of a fast-paced, global economy. In their lectures and question-and-answer sessions, they share their insights and experiences, their "war stories" and predictions, inspiring audience members to apply new ideas and approaches in their current or future careers.

The Clark School would like to thank the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company for supporting this lecture series.

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