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Agenda

About Fowler Women In Entrepreneurship The World Around Us Key Messages

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About Fowler B.S. Computer Information Systems (aka geek) Corporate IT and Major Consulting Companies Titles I have had in my career

o Developero Business Analysto Data Modelero Team Leadero Project Managero Program Managero Senior Management Consultanto Account Managero Sales Consultanto IT Directoro Managing Partnero Entrepreneur/Owner

Roles I have playedo Leadero Team Playero Executiveo Marketero Public Speakero Mentoro Counseloro Laborero Decision Makero Negotiatoro Project Evangelisto Entrepreneuro Interpretero Collaboratoro Innovatoro Experto Integratoro Liaisono Connector

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About Fowler So, what is not on the resume?

o Formative Years• Grew up in small town in Central Illinois• Baby of five• Father died when I was fifteen• Paid my way through college with full time job• Why Computer Science?

o 20’s • Moved to Chicago• Saw lots of Diversity• Had a lot of fun – worked and played hard• Experienced major Corporate America

o 30’s • Moved to Colorado• Taking networking seriously• Got married and had a family• Took a risk• Started my own business 13 yrs. ago

o 40’s and beyond• Building and Maintaining a Company• Giving Back – Philanthropy

– Girls Inc. Denver Metro– American Diabetes Association

• Mentoring girls and women• Got remarried – have two step kids• Raising two boys• ????

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LEWIS FOWLER OVERVIEW

Lewis Fowler has been helping Fortune 1000

executive leaders reach their enterprise

strategy targets for more than

a decade.

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LEWIS FOWLER OVERVIEW

Our program-centric solutions include:Program and project delivery

Program Office consulting

Performance improvement

Engineering project support

Project controls

Federal contract compliance

Business process reengineering

Risk Management

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Fun Projects We Have Worked On

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Why this event?

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Women in Entrepreneurship

Women own 10.6 million businesses in the United States They employ 19.1 million workers--that's one in every seven employees

Their businesses account for $2.5 trillion in sales.Source: Center for Women's Business Research, December 2004

Small-Business GrowthStates with the highest rate of new business growth*: California .................................................................................+4.0%Utah ……………...........................................................................+3.8%Nevada.....................................................................................+3.4%Florida......................................................................................+3.1%Washington..............................................................................+2.9%Idaho........................................................................................+2.2%Colorado..................................................................................+2.2%Oregon.....................................................................................+2.1%Montana…...............................................................................+2.0%Alaska.......................................................................................+1.9%

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The World Around Us Baby Boomers are retiring at a rate of 10,000 a day • More than 70 million Baby Boomers will retire before

2030, according to the Social Security Administration. But Georgetown University says their absence in the workforce will help create upwards of 30 million job openings by 2020.

Top IT Trends for jobs are related to IT Security, big data, mobile applications, social media and the cloud, Internet of Things

Nearly 100,000 jobs in IT were added in 2013 and are trending up

IT pays really well $$$$ - big gap of IT labor IT is everywhere – there is not a single business that does

not use some sort of technology – can you name one?

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Key Messages Go to college - get a degree in anything (but hopefully IT) Take Risks Network, network, network Be a girls/women promoter, not a hater Appearance matters – and I do not mean looks Find a mentor Help EVERYONE Independence is everything “95% of life is attitude, the other 5% is showing up.” “You can do anything you put your mind to.” “If you can dream it you can do it.” “Success is a journey.”

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Questions?