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Eight Lessons from the Trenches: Building a startup from the ground up
How the CEO of a thriving startup went from Michigan to Silicon Valley ... and what he learned along the way
Jason Blessing, CEO of Plex Systems, will discuss his journey from Ann Arbor undergrad to entrepreneur and CEO of the high-flying software company Plex Systems.
Plex Systems, Inc. is a software company that develops the Plex Manufacturing Cloud, a software as a service (SaaS) or cloud computing enterprise resource planning (ERP) for manufacturing. It is considered the first company to provide a complete SaaS ERP solution for manufacturing companies.
Plex Systems is based in Troy, Michigan and has been named one of Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2014 and 2015 and a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press.
Jason came to Plex Systems from Oracle, where he was senior vice president of Talent Management Cloud Applications. He joined Oracle in 2011 through the acquisition of Taleo, a pioneer in cloud software. Jason founded Taleo’s small and medium-sized business unit, where he had global responsibility for sales, marketing, product development and services.
Previously, he held a variety of executive positions at PeopleSoft, Oracle and Price Waterhouse. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Refreshments served.
Plex Systems, Inc. is a software company that develops the Plex Manufacturing Cloud, a software as a service (SaaS) or cloud computing enterprise resource planning (ERP) for manufacturing. It is considered the first company to provide a complete SaaS ERP solution for manufacturing companies.
Plex Systems is based in Troy, Michigan and has been named one of Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2014 and 2015 and a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press.
Jason came to Plex Systems from Oracle, where he was senior vice president of Talent Management Cloud Applications. He joined Oracle in 2011 through the acquisition of Taleo, a pioneer in cloud software. Jason founded Taleo’s small and medium-sized business unit, where he had global responsibility for sales, marketing, product development and services.
Previously, he held a variety of executive positions at PeopleSoft, Oracle and Price Waterhouse. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Refreshments served.
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