This workshop will introduce entrepreneurs to certifications that can help secure contracts, focusing on the available certifications in the state of Illinois.

Speaker

Bruce Montgomery is an active contributor to Chicago’s business, technology, and cultural communities, and currently serves as the Acting Commissioner of the State of Illinois Commission on Equity & Inclusion. Bruce is the founder of Montgomery & Company, a digital media, information, and communications technology company, and founded, produces, and hosts Technology Access Television, Chicago’s long running weekly business, innovation and tech news focused show. Bruce established the Entrepreneur Success Program, which serves early-stage business founders in accelerating their path to sustainable growth, and serves on the boards of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, (BroadbandIllinois.org) and the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission, (Blackmetropolis.org).

Bruce studied journalism, advertising and marketing at Northwestern University and completed MBEP/AMBEP programs at the Amos Tuck Graduate School of Business at Dartmouth College.