{"154381":{"#nid":"154381","#data":{"type":"event","title":"BlackBerry Executive to discuss \u0022Leadership in Times of Change\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobin Bienfait is the Chief Information Officer of BlackBerry. During her tenure, she has successfully led the company to achieve high levels of service while operating in a changing environment, a testament to her focus on scalability, reliability, security and people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Nov. 14, she will speak at Tech as part of the IMPACT Speaker Series, addressing a timely and important topic: \u0022Leadership in Times of Change.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for this event at 4:30 p.m. in the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about the Speaker:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobin Bienfait is the Chief Information Officer of Research In Motion. In this position, she oversees the Enterprise Business Unit, BlackBerry Operations, Customer Service and Corporate IT functions. A key component of her role is to manage the end-to-end global BlackBerry customer experience. Prior to joining Research in Motion, Robin held senior leadership positions with AT\u0026amp;T in the Labs and Global Network Services lines of business. Read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/files\/robin_bienfait_bio.pdf\u0022\u003Efull bio\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\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.\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\u003EBienfait is the Chief Operating Officer of Research in Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry product line. She will visit Tech to speak to students, faculty, and staff as part of the IMPACT Speaker Series.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robin Bienfait will speak at the IMPACT Series, a weekly presentation sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2012-09-14 16:20:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:57","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-11-14T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-11-14T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-11-14T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-11-14 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-11-14 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-11-14 21:30:00","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":""}}}