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Register for the 16th Annual RG Swedo Golf Outing Today!

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Registration is open for the 16th Annual R Gregory Swedo Golf Outing – please start signing up for this year’s outing. For the 3rd straight year, we’ll award the Matt Heldman Trophy to the ATO team with the lowest score. Note – reduced price for ATO’s under 30 ($75).

WHEN – August 12, 2017 – 1pm Shotgun Start, BBQ Starts at 5pm
WHERE – Carillon Golf Course, 21200 S Carillon Dr, Plainfield, IL 60544

Link for registration and additional details – http://gregswedo.nationbuilder.com/golf_outing_20190407

Retired Brigadier General Frank Blazey ’42 gives keynote address on Memorial Day

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FrankBlazeyJust came across this article about Retired Brigadier General Frank E. Blazey who initiated in Gamma Zeta in 1942 who gave the keynote address at a Memorial Day event in Hendersonville, NC a couple of weeks ago. Based upon his initiation year, he must be about 91… that’s pretty impressive. Congrats General Blazey!! – http://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/news/4002-take-time-to-honor-veterans-and-those-who-gave-all.html

Catching up with “Tau Tank” Veteran Kyle Cushing ’11

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cushingLast spring Kyle Cushing ’11 was one of four ATO presenters at our “Tau Tank” networking lunch in Chicago.  He talked about his startup, ClearContract.  Here’s a quick update…

Kyle, for those who weren’t at the “Tau Tank” event, tell us a little about ClearContract and what progress you’ve made since that event?

First, thank you Dane for revitalizing the alumni community.  It has been great to get to know GZ’s from multiple eras.  For me it has led not only to multiple friendships but also a number of fruitful business relationships.

When I spoke at Tau Tank we were pre-product, pre-revenue and still very focused on solving a niche problem for a niche industry.  Now we are working with Microsoft!

In the last year we’ve launched with a number of paying customers in the financial services space and have grown our employee base by 2.5x (what I really mean by this is we have grown our team from 2 to 5 J).  Our team is currently in Seattle working with Microsoft to expand our product functionality and distribution channels.  We’re leveraging the Microsoft Office suite to make it easier for attorneys and business professionals to manage their contract negotiations, regardless of length or complexity.  Our market segments are expanding from solely focused on financial services to in-house counsel, commercial real estate, and consulting.Continue reading→