Scott Kane is founder and partner of Gray Hair Management, a career coaching and networking company helping senior professionals and executives enhance their careers and find new opportunities.

He has held senior executive positions in the tele-production industry for over 25 years, and is an experienced leader, innovator, negotiator, marketer and manager. Scott spent most of his career managing television facilities, but started as a producer and director for TV commercials, sports and entertainment programming. Some of his projects as a Producer-Director, were Big 10 Basketball for NBC, NCAA Basketball for HBO, and Live Aid.

Later in his career, Scott was President of Optimus, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch and a nationally recognized commercial film and video post-production facility located in Chicago.

Scott founded Gray Hair Management® in 2000 with the mission to help senior professionals and executives find new opportunities and employment. Gray Hair Management currently provides professional coaching to managers, directors, vice-presidents, and C-level executives to help them win the race for a new opportunity using unique techniques and processes. In addition, the company sends over 1,500 monthly job leads and networking opportunities to the GHM network, and now has over 6,700 professionals and executives in its worldwide database.

Using his experiences from helping people get jobs with the Gray Hair Management process, Scott has co-authored the book, Winning the Job Race: Pathways Through Transition, available on the Gray Hair website or on Amazon.com.

THE GRAY HAIR LAWS OF NETWORKING PRESENTATION
With a better than 80% chance that your next opportunity will come from someone you know, the Gray Hair Laws of Networking presentation will help you better understand how to use networking to:
(1) Establish yourself as your own brand
(2) Use your elevator speech to attract attention
(3) Get yourself in front of the right person.

Cheryl has been with Paulsen Productions since 1999 and is the Executive Vice President / CFO. She brings a strong financial and IT background to the company.

Attending Northern Illinois University, Cheryl graduated with dual degrees in Finance and Computer Science. She then worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, managing mergers and acquisitions, and processing classified information. Leaving the Federal Reserve, Cheryl served as a consultant to new businesses, helping them create business and financial plans. She has written several manuals and conducted training on computer systems.

Cheryl’s work with non-profit groups has been one of her passions. She has become a strong advocate for their causes. She has made presentations to civic groups and governmental bodies to affect positive change. Currently she is very involved with providing support and services for the youth of America - consulting with agencies focused on a positive, pro-active approach to healthy lifestyles. In addition, she works closely with companies around the world negotiating contracts and setting up partnerships with our international clients.

Cheryl’s leadership, vision, and management experience in all facets of ownership are an asset to building strong corporate ties. She is driven to develop people and corporations to achieve their highest potentials through personal and professional development.

The program and the networking are ideal for those who are unemployed, under-employed or just looking for a new employment opportunity.  The large majority of new jobs are found through networking, and participants are eager to help each other find the right contact to land a new position.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
1145 N. 5th Avenue
St. Charles, IL

Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free to all.

October 11 & 25
November 8 & 22
December 13 & 27

The Tri-City Unemployment Group (TUG) is an ongoing volunteer-based program formed in October 2001 to address the needs of the unemployed and under employed in the Tri-Cities area. One-on-one guidance is offered by TUG steering committee representatives. Job postings are available through TUG’s electronic newsletter.

For more information about TUG, contact executive director Jim Klink at (630) 631-1871 or email info@tricityug.org.