ACG slates its 14th annual Intermountain Growth Conference March 7 in SLC

The 2017 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Utah Intermountain Growth Conference will be held at the Salt Lake Marriott City Center on March 7, the organization has announced.

Geek Squad founder and former Best Buy CTO Robert Stephens will keynote the lunch event, speaking about his experiences as an entrepreneur and lessons he has learned along the way. He will also offer insights on how to approach the new economy.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in seminars, panels and workshops, according to a release from ACG. These events will include topics such as “Mergers and Acquisitions,” “Partnering with Private Equity” and “Creating and Maintaining Positive Work Cultures.

The business leaders conducting these workshops include Geoffrey Loos of D.A. Davidson & Co., Craig Burson of H.I.G. Growth Partners, Michael Layman of TSG Consumer Partners, Greg Warnock of Mercato Partners, Dave Dandel of Evergreen Pacific Partners, Donald Rands of Zions Bank, John Dudash of Mity Inc., Shane Jones of Backcountry Group, Mark McBride of Ivanti, Steve Mills of Uinta Brewing, Matthew Marsh of Sorenson Capital, Jeffery Nelson of Nelson Laboratories, Ben Peterson of BambooHR, Davis Smith of Cotopaxi and Bob Millerberg of Crest Financial.

Now in its 14th year, the Growth Conference connects private equity groups with middle market businesses and the intermediaries who work with them across the Intermountain West. More than 30 percent of the attendees represent the best and fastest-growing companies from the region, ACG said

In addition to the conference, the DealSource Lounge and ACG Capital Connection will be featured. DealSource offers private equity groups and intermediaries active in the Intermountain region an opportunity to spend time interacting with deal-sourcing professionals. Capital Connection will be held during the cocktail reception and buffet dinner starting at 5 p.m.

Details about ACG Utah and the conference are available at www.acg-utah.com.