Event

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 — WiTT Meeting
Topic: Entrepreneurs in Technology

Speaker: Beth Chase

President, C3 Consulting LLC

Speaker: Letha Edwards

Owner, Big Mean Kitty

Help us kick off the New Year with a fun and inspiring event. We are proud to have two of Nashville's female technology entrepreneurs join us at Sambuca's Restaurant for a candid Q&A session. Not only will we touch on why and how they both decided to start their own business, but find out more about what makes these ladies successful entrepreneurs.

Beth Chase, President, C3 Consulting LLC
Beth has 20 years of experience in the consulting and Information Technology profession. She is President and owner of C3 Consulting LLC. Beth's leadership roles include business development, consulting, employee relations, and client relationship management.

As a principal consultant, Beth specializes in helping companies redesign and streamline critical business processes to increase value and reduce costs. Additionally, she manages strategic initiatives for her clients, facilitates planning sessions for complex decision-making and system/process definition, and helps companies make buy vs. build software decisions that best meet their business needs. Beth has worked with Fortune 100 clients in the healthcare, insurance, distribution, manufacturing, publishing, and financial services industries, and currently serves as the Chairman-elect of the Nashville Technology Council Board of Directors.

Prior to starting C3, Beth co-founded a local management and information technology-consulting firm and grew the company into a profitable $4 million, 35-person business.

Letha Edwards, Owner, Big Mean Kitty
Letha owns Big Mean Kitty Internet Studio. Big Mean Kitty provides website design, hosting, streaming media, flash animation and eCommerce solutions. Big Mean Kitty's client roster includes music stars like Joe Diffie, the Dixie Chicks, and Montgomery Gentry. She has also created promotional websites for movie soundtracks, non-profit groups, and businesses of all types. Letha is also involved in the Nashville NAWBO chapter (National Association of Women Business Owners).

Location: Sambuca Restaurant, in the Gulch (just S. of 12th and Demonbreun)