2003 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year to Speak at Upcoming Conference

For Immediate Release

Ithaca, New York—John Alexander, President of The CBORD Group, Inc. and winner of the 2003 Ernst and Young Technology Entrepreneur Of The Year® award, will present "Building a Business from the Ground Up" on Monday, March 15 at the Regional Education Conference (REC) 2004 sponsored by the Northeast Region’s International Special Events Society (ISES).

Alexander’s presentation will focus on growing a business in the foodservice marketplace through market-to-market expansion techniques. He will speak from 11:05 AM-12:15 PM. CBORD will also host a tradeshow booth at the conference on Saturday, March 13.

The theme of the conference, "Hot Topics and Cool Events," promises to inspire creativity and professionalism. There’s still time to register. See www.isesnortheast.com for information and registration. The ISES conference runs from Saturday, March 13 to Monday, March 15 at the Sheraton Hotel, Syracuse, NY.

The CBORD Group is the world’s primary supplier of computer software systems for foodservice, nutrition, campus-wide privilege control, and cashless management.

The Northeast chapter of ISES is comprised of over 1000 event professionals throughout the Northeast United States and Canada. ISES provides education and networking to its members to promote professionalism in the special events industry.

“We have increased our patient satisfaction scores from 30 to 70 percent in the first month and they continue to rise. Six months after the Room Service implementation was complete patient satisfaction was up to 80% and remain high.”

— Bernice Wolf, Foodservice Manager
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario