{"id":9,"date":"2014-05-15T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T11:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speakers.co.uk\/microsites\/don-strickland\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2019-03-27T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:43:05","slug":"about-don-strickland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.speakers.co.uk\/microsites\/don-strickland\/","title":{"rendered":"About Don Strickland"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; 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<\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">Don Strickland<\/h2><p  ><span>Business Visionary and Serial Innovator<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-desktop-content-width=\"auto\" data-tablet-content-width=\"auto\" data-bg-alignment=\"center\" data-color-scheme=\"light\" data-x-pos=\"left\" data-y-pos=\"middle\" ><div class=\"slide-bg-wrap\"><div class=\"image-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.speakers.co.uk\/microsites\/don-strickland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/donstricklandheader2.jpg);\"> &nbsp; <\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p  ><span>\"Expect to come away with a unique<br> perspective on innovation, leadership<br> and entrepreneurship.\"<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><\/div><div class=\"container normal-container slider-pagination-wrap\"><div class=\"slider-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-slider-loading \"> <span class=\"loading-icon none\">   <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; 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As a CEO he has consistently combined new technologies and business models to reinvent companies and grow stockholder value.<\/p>\n<p>Now the President and CEO of Strickland Associates he offers companies the benefit of his experience. 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