TiE Carolinas is happy to host an engaging panel on marketing lessons on how to grow your clientele in 2018.

Becoming a successful marketer takes hard work, dedication and a passion to the trade.  Our distinguished panelist includes following proven marketers and strategists from the Triangle area who have grown their businesses with their expertise in sales and marketing.

Join our diverse panel of speakers on Thursday, January 25th at 5:30 pm at The Research Triangle Park Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC as they participate in an enthusiastic and lively discussion regarding marketing ideas to grow your business in 2018.

Panelists:

• Michael Soluri, Chief Revenue Officer, EDM Americas
• Robert Buhler, Newport Ventures
• Scott Williams, Director of Marketing, Paragon Bank

Michael Soluri As Chief Revenue Officer since May 2016, Michael leads all client-facing activities, which include industry verticals, marketing and sales operations, and business development with new and existing clients. He works closely with the executive leadership team to create a long-term business and execution strategy to ensure EDM’s revenue objectives are met and go-to-market strategies are achieved. Michael also serves on the EDM Group Board of Directors.

Prior to joining EDM, Michael served in various direct contributor and management roles at Lexmark across multiple geographies for almost two decades. For ten years, he served as the executive manager of global imaging solutions and services focusing on the F100. Through his efforts, he helped many of Lexmark’s global clients reduce costs and manage their technology investments while improving business workflow efficiency surrounding paper-based processes.

Michael is a proven technology sales transformation executive providing complex solutions that solve business challenges surrounding output management, data management, and business process automation and workflow inefficiencies. He has helped many global organizations reduce costs and manage their technology investments while improving the efficiency within line of business workflows surrounding paper-based processes.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michael has received numerous accolades for his professional achievements. This includes six Lexmark Enterprise Manager of the Year Awards over the past nine years, as well as the highest attainable honor within Lexmark for superior sales and service, the Circle of Excellence Diamond Award consecutively from 2007 to 2015.

Robert Buhler

Robert Buhler leads Newport Ventures LLC, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based venture company that invests in long-term growth companies. Newport Ventures is the holding company of BAERING, a Raleigh-based strategic communications, and advertising firm, and previously acquired ABAP, a Boston-based vintage auto parts supplier that was divested in 2013. As chairman of BAERING, Robert advises executives on business issues, community outreach, and strategic introductions.

But it’s more than his business-operations chops that make us proud to have Rob as our Advocate in Chief. It’s his determined work in the Raleigh community, where he serves on the board for The First Tee of The Triangle, Wake Education Partnership and the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. He also volunteers for the Food Bank, StepUp Ministry, and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He is also an advocate for JDRF, of which he was the 2017 JDRF Gala Honoree.

So, yeah, Rob’s got a lot of passion. But what else would you expect from a guy who earned his 26.2 sticker before he could even drive the car to put it on?

Robert is a graduate of The University of Utah and Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. He resides in Raleigh with his wife and two children.

Scott Williams

Scott Williams has more than 20 years of bank marketing leadership experience. He is responsible for developing integrated marketing and sales support strategies that enhance awareness of the Paragon Bank brand, deepen existing client relationships and attract new clients. He is also heavily involved in implementing and managing the Bank’s ongoing Extraordinary Client Experience initiative.

His banking career includes building marketing teams, developing or realigning brands, strategic marketing planning, and client relationship development. Before joining Paragon Bank in 2013, he led marketing departments at banks with assets up to $4.5 billion in the Carolinas, Florida, and Texas.

Scott earned his undergraduate degree from Clemson University and is an honors graduate of the American Bankers Association (ABA) School of Bank Marketing and Management. He also holds the Certified Financial Marketing Professional (CFMP) designation. Scott is a lifetime member of the ABA Marketing Network, previously serving in leadership roles on the national advisory council and as co-chair of two national conventions. Most recently, he served on the editorial advisory board of the ABA Bank Marketing & Sales magazine where he was instrumental in shifting the magazine’s focus – and name – to include sales-related content.

Scott currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tammy Lynn Center, which helps children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Raised in a military family, Scott lived in multiple states across the country and overseas in the Panama Canal Zone and Germany. Scott considers North Carolina “home” and resides in Apex with his wife, Sue.

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