Business Network Luncheon 02-03-2011 

Join the INCREASE CDC Business Network for lunch as we discuss "Leadership with a Purpose in 2011" with business owners Archie Williamson and Carolyn Williams Francis

Thursday, February 3, 2011
The Meeting Place, 2215 Citygate Dr.
11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Panel Discussion Topics:

• Leadership Strategies(Start-up, Growth, Success, Barriers, Challenges)
• Leadership Styles that Work
• Leadership Visionaries

Facilitator: Curt Caffey, Associate Director of INCREASE CDC

Archie D. Williamson, Jr.(President/CEO of Diversified Systems, Inc.)

Diversified Systems, Inc. provides management and information systems consulting services for Fortune 1000 businesses as well as federal, state and local government agencies throughout Ohio, neighboring States and Washington, D.C. area.

• In 2005, Mr. Williamson was selected as a TopCAT Innovation Awards finalist for Executive of the Year.
• In 2006 and 2007, Diversified Systems, Inc.  was picked as a TopCAT Innovation Awards finalist for both Outstanding Service and Minority Owned Enterprise of the year.

 Carolyn Williams Francis (President/CEO of Williams Interior Design)

Williams Interior Designs opened in 1985, the company is a successful Woman Owned and Minority Business Enterprise(WBE & MBE) providing integrated office supply, furniture design and procurement solutions for local, national, and international companies and organizations of every size.

• In 2008, INCREASE CDC Micro Entrepreneur Award
• In 2009, Business First Fast Fifty
• In 2009, Small Business Administration Minority Champion of the Year