2023 VCEDC Annual Meeting

You're Invited

VCEDC Annual Meeting (Virtual)

Friday, December 8, 2023

11 am to 12 Noon

Welcome 

Jim Tuckwell, VCEDC Board Chairman

Keynote Speaker

Craig Dickman, Managing Director, TitletownTech

“Bridging Innovation: TitletownTech to Vilas County”

Craig Dickman, Managing Director, is one of the key visionaries in the creation of TitletownTech, a venture capital firm formed out of a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, that's investing in early-stage startups.

Previously, Craig founded StageThree, an innovation-focused practice working with corporate partners and entrepreneurs to create, build, and commercialize new capabilities and ventures. He is an experienced entrepreneur who founded Breakthrough Fuel and co-founded the New Venture Foundry; an inventor with multiple patents; and a successful chief executive at Breakthrough Fuel, Paper Transport, and Master Fleet. Before launching and leading successful businesses, he was an executive at Schneider National and SHADE Information Systems as well as a contracted team member on two NASA Discovery Missions: Lunar Prospector and Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR).

Craig currently serves as Vice Chair of the UW-Green Bay Council of Trustees and on the Board of Directors for the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

2023 in Review

Kathy Schmitz, VCEDC Executive Director

Marisue Drumm, VCEDC Business Outreach Specialist

Broadband’s Role in a Thriving Economy

Mark O’Connell, President and CEO, Wisconsin Counties Association

(Video)

Vilas County Broadband Update

Jim Tuckwell

VCEDC Business of the Year Award!