Consultants Series - Hiring Consultants - Beginning Consulting / Advanced Consulting - Consulting 101 and 201

About this event

In-Person please purchase a Q&A ticket.

Hiring a Consultant / Working as a Consultant

Consulting 101 and 201 Beginning Consulting and Advanced Consulting

Presenters: Mark Fitzgerald - Silver Bullet Engineering, Inc.

and

Larry Nelson Sr - Nelson Research

Two for One Night

Beginning Consulting with Mark:

• Consultants Value Add

• Finding the Proper Consultant

• Retaining a Consultant

• Getting started in the consulting business / headhunters

• Contracts 101 Potential Liability

• W2 work, direct C2C, Headhunters, Rates

• General: Incorporation, Insurance

• Presenting Your Company, Networking! Networking!

Advanced Consulting with Larry:

• General Business Practices including some Truths and Lies

• Going it alone - The one person shop.

• Partnerships and associations. How to do more while keeping control and not having to do it all yourself.

• Working with Agencies. The Good, Bad, and Ugly.

• Diversification of your business. Adding services to keep a steady cash flow.

About the Event:

Zoom or In Person: Stevens Memorial Library 345 Main Street North Andover, 01845

Pizza, snacks, and beverages provided in person.

Presentation is free to all. Q/A additional charge.

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Agenda: 6:30 PM EST Networking (optional if you want to come early)

6:55 PM Introductions

7:00 PM Presentation

8:00 PM Q/A Member only or Purchased Ticket

8:30 Meeting ends

Sponsored by: IEEE Boston Consultants Network and IEEE Worcester Consultants Network

Mark Fitzgerald

Mark Fitzgerald has been a consultant since 1993. Mark established Silver Bullet Engineering, Inc. providing electronics design in both hardware and software, and project management / Agile ScrumMaster, specializing in medical devices (IEC-62304), safety standard designs (IEC-61508). Networking and Control Systems (PLCs) are also a specialty. Mark has several patents and has published several technical publications. He is an IEEE senior member and CNET board member as Treasurer and Webmaster.

Website: https://www.silverbulletengineeringinc.com/

CNET Profile Page: https://www.bostonconsultants.org/member/mark-fitzgerald

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-a-fitzgerald/

Larry Nelson Sr

Having been a technology consultant for over 40 years Larry Nelson Sr has seen many shifts in the business climate. Hopefully you have all seen the first in this series of presentations on what it takes to get started in consulting. This session is a more advanced look at what you can and should do to grow your business and keep it healthy. Larry will show how he has made his consulting business stronger over the years, and how he modified his offerings to keep things moving forward, and protect cash flow during good times and bad.

Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers

http://www.Mchipguru.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-nelson-sr-p-e-dfe-71ab81