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Chief Outsiders CMO Ed Valdez to Serve as Moderator for PowerUp Austin Event

Written by The Chief Outsider | 8.26.2019

Austin Chamber hosts event to provide success strategies for Austin business owners

AUSTIN, TX – August 26, 2019 – Fractional chief marketing executive Ed Valdez is slated to moderate Austin Chamber's upcoming event, PowerUp Austin: How to Sustain Growth in a Tight Talent Market. This interactive panel session will be held at the Austin Chamber Board Room on Thursday, September 5.

Austin's substantial growth over the past three years has created unique challenges.The panel will identify some of the most pressing issues companies are facing and the strategies and actions being taken to sustain growth despite industry or economic headwinds. The event also provides an opportunity to network with peers and share best practices on sustaining growth.

Ed Valdez, an Austin-based Partner and CMO at Chief Outsiders, will moderate the session, which includes panelists Adam Jernigan, Andrew Millet and Nicole Tanzillo. In preparation for the event, attendees are asked to fill out a short survey on Accelerating Growth, and the results will be discussed at the meeting. 

To learn more about PowerUp Austin and register for the event, visit the Austin Chamber website.

About Chief Outsiders

Chief Outsiders, LLC is a nationwide "Executives-as-a-Service" firm, with 70 part-time, or fractional, Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) engaged from coast-to-coast. Unlike other strategic marketing and management consulting firms, each CMO has held the position of VP Marketing or higher at one or more operating companies. Chief Outsiders have served on the executive team of over 800 client companies to drive growth strategy and execution plans for a fraction of the cost of a full-time executive.

Because of its market-based growth plans, quality of leadership, and experienced team, Chief Outsiders has been recognized for the past six years by Inc. Magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest growing privately held companies in the US, and was recognized in 2019 as a Forbes Small Giant. Chief Outsiders’ CEO Art Saxby and Principal Pete Hayes are the co-authors of “The Growth Gears: Using a Market-Based Framework to Drive Business Success,” an Amazon #1 best-seller for business owners and CEOs. For additional information about the companies who trust Chief Outsiders as their premier source for business growth acceleration, click here