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HOWARD A. TULLMAN TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD AT 10TH ANNUAL MOMENTUM AWARDS DINNER
1871 CEO Howard A. Tullman to Receive First Ever Lifetime Achievement in
Entrepreneurship Award for Dedicated Leadership and Incredible Results Over
a 50-Year Career in Chicago
CHICAGO (October 30, 2017) --
The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center and 1871 announced Monday that
Howard A. Tullman, 1871’s outgoing CEO, will receive the first ever
Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship Award at the 10th Annual Momentum
Awards Dinner, held November 2 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago. This
is a new honor that will periodically recognize a serial entrepreneur or
businessperson who has left a significant, long-term and permanent mark on
the Chicago community through his or her business and civic contributions.
"Howard’s
contributions to the Chicago business ecosystem, civic organizations,
educational community and thousands of startups are enough to fill several
lifetimes,” said Eileen Murphy, Founder and CEO of ThinkCERCA. “Howard’s
leadership, generous time mentoring Chicago entrepreneurs and strategic investment
in Chicago startups over several decades has had an enormous and lasting
effect on the city.”
Tullman’s
entrepreneurial, venture, management and leadership experience is extensive
and diverse. Following a decade of practicing law in the 1970s, he founded
CCC Information Services (named the fastest growing company in Illinois
from 1981 to 1985 as well as one of the top 100 fastest growing companies
in the nation) and has since served as the Chief Executive Officer for an
impressive roster of technology companies over the span of 50 years
including Experiencia, Inc., Information Kinetics, Inc., COIN, Inc. and
Imagination Pilots, Inc., as well as Tribeca Flashpoint College, Kendall
College, and venture capital firm Eager Enterprises, Inc. Tullman possesses
a substantial technical and operations background in web development,
online services, database design and the creation and production of all
types of media and digital content. Today, alongside his duties as the CEO
of 1871, Tullman serves as the General Managing Partner of G2T3V, LLC and
Chicago High Tech Investment Partners.
In
addition to his distinguished achievements in business and
entrepreneurship, Tullman’s legacy extends to civic, educational, and
creative pursuits that have impacted people all over the world. The Howard
A. and Judith Tullman Art Collection is among the largest and most diverse
collections of contemporary realist art in America, and is housed in
multiple locations including the halls of 1871. He is a prolific and
authoritative author on business and entrepreneurship and regular
contributor to several online publications including Inc.com. He is a member of Mayor Emanuel’s
ChicagoNEXT and Cultural Affairs Councils; the Innovate Illinois Advisory
and Illinois Arts Councils; a member of President Preckwinkle’s New Media
Council; an adjunct professor at Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University; and an advisor to many startups. Tullman
has also been lauded for his commitment to education: his continual efforts
include teaching MBA classes and lecturing regularly on entrepreneurship,
venturing, and change management at Kellogg and the Pritzker School of Law
and teaching an entrepreneurship course at Chicago’s Walter H. Dyett High
School for the Arts. He speaks globally on technology trends,
entrepreneurship and design.
"It has been the honor of my lifetime to have worked with so
many talented businesses, entrepreneurs and leaders to further the Chicago
economy and support so many incredible organizations throughout my career,”
Tullman said. “It is my belief that this work is never finished, and I plan
on helping our city and our tech community continue to accelerate its
impact for years to come. As I reflect on 50 years of service, it seems
that the things you value the most, apart from family, are those which you
did for or gave to others.”
Tullman
has served as the CEO of 1871 for the last four years, and his transformative
vision for the nonprofit has nearly tripled the physical size and revenues
of the space in The Merchandise Mart and grown the community to more than
500 member companies, 1,500 individual members, 800 mentors and an
ecosystem that hosts more than 1,000 events and workshops each year. In his
tenure, 1871 has been globally ranked as a leading incubator, including
being named the #1 university affiliated incubator in the United States by
UBI.
Several
other honors will be presented at the event on November 2, including the
Merrick Momentum Award, the Momentum Rising Star Award, the Corporate
Champion Award, the Entrepreneurial Champion Award and the Chicagoness
Award. The event will be attended by more than 1,000 of Chicago’s best and
brightest tech innovators, corporate leaders and civic supporters. It is
the largest gathering of the tech community annually and the primary
fundraiser for CEC, which supports the activities and operations of 1871.
The 2017
Momentum Dinner is co-chaired by Michael Ferro, Chairman of Merrick
Ventures, LLC, Jeffrey Aronin, CEO of Paragon Biosciences and Tom Ricketts,
Incapital CEO. The Momentum Dinner Host Committee includes Matthew Summy,
Vice President of External and Government Affairs for Comcast, Renee Sang,
Managing Director for Innovation and Talent at Accenture, Holly Copeland,
Director of Public Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility at Horizon
Pharma, Leslie Anderson, Senior Vice President, Head of Treasury and
Payment Solutions at BMO Harris Bank, Omar Duque, President and CEO of the
Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Joe Shenton, Principal at Summit
Trail Advisors.
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