Tim Vasko to be Keynote Speaker at UVic Business Banquet
We are thrilled to announce that Tim Vasko will be the keynote speaker for the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Business Banquet for students, faculty and the business community on November 26th, 2009.
His speech, “Let’s Face It: Tough Markets, Broken Models, You Can Make a Difference” will focus on how changes affect us and our perspectives and how it gives us the opportunity to reach for new horizons.
“Let’s face it - it is a fact of life that the world changes; business changes and the economy changes. But rarely do we see an impact on society like we’re experiencing today. Not in an entire generation has the world been so impacted. And it has never been due to such a ubiquitous, interconnected event as the recent financial meltdown.”
Speaking from personal experience, Tim will illustrate how an individual can make a difference and how one person can come full circle to reach a new horizon. Before arriving to Canada as a new immigrant, Tim was deposed as CEO in a hostile takeover of the company he founded. He became a single father, then a father of five, before becoming a professor and is now once again a CEO in Canada. Tim is a living example of how we can accept change positively and look at each opportunity as a possibility to benefit and grow, both as individuals and as a society.
Tim believes that the students of today have an entire world within their grasp to change for the better; both for themselves and for societies the world over. He is extremely excited for the opportunity to speak to the leaders of tomorrow in the University of Victoria’s Business program.
