{"154171":{"#nid":"154171","#data":{"type":"event","title":"HealthSouth Executive to Discuss Corporate Scandal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAaron Beam is a co-founder and former executive of HealthSouth. During his time with the company, he was involved in a major corporate accounting scandal and was eventually imprisoned for bank fraud. Now, he believes it is his obligation to share his story with others in an attempt to help them avoid making the same mistakes that he made. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Beam will speak at Georgia Tech as part of the IMPACT Speaker Series, a program that brings successful business and nonprofit leaders from a variety of industries to Georgia Tech\u2019s campus to share their experiences. His talk, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Fifty Shades of Grey,\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E will be held on October 3 at 4:30 pm in the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about the Speaker\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAaron Beam\u0027s story reads like the \u0022Great American Success Story\u0022: start a company from zero, raise some venture capital, take the company public, become a millionaire overnight, and see the company become the darling of Wall Street. But this success story didn\u0027t end there. Instead, Beam found himself in the middle of a corporate scandal, lost almost everything, and ended up in prison. That\u0027s not the way success stories are supposed to end, but for Beam, that was the harsh reality. Read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Fall12\/bio_Beam.pdf\u0022\u003Emore\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. Events for the series take place in LeCraw Auditorium in the Scheller College of Business at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays, unless otherwise noted. \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAaron Beam is a co-founder and former executive of HealthSouth. During his time with the company, he was involved in a major corporate accounting scandal and was eventually imprisoned for bank fraud. He will come to Tech to share his story with students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aaron Beam will speak at the IMPACT Series, a weekly presentation sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2012-09-14 10:51:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:37","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-10-03T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-10-03T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-10-03T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-10-03 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-10-03 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-10-03 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/impact.html","title":"IMPACT Speaker Series"},{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"40031","name":"Asperger\u0027s"},{"id":"40051","name":"learning disability solutions"},{"id":"40011","name":"mobile technology"},{"id":"167683","name":"special needs"},{"id":"40041","name":"Wynsum Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}