Strategic Staffing for Startups
Growing and scaling a business can only occur with the right human resources. Whether full-time, part-time, or contractors, an intentional staffing strategy can ensure growth and success for a small business. This session will provide business owners with a framework to create a staffing model that aligns with their needs. The session will focus on establishing foundational processes and systems to approach staffing your business.
Lunch from Fino's will be provided.
This event will start right at 11:30AM. Plan to arrive with enough time to find parking and locate our entrance at the corner of Peabody and BB King, directly across from Hooters and Hampton Inn.
About Your Presenter: Dr. Darrell Ray
Dr. Darrell Ray is the driving force behind Systematic Equity Solutions, LLC, a Memphis-based consulting firm committed to fostering equity-centered processes, facilitating organizational change, and delivering top-tier coaching and training. In 2021, Dr. Ray transitioned from a 25-year career in higher education as an executive-level administrator and faculty member to entrepreneurship.
In his current role as Chief Equity Strategist at Systematic Equity Solutions, LLC, Dr. Ray channels his professional experience, leading clients from all sectors in analyzing systems, processes, and policies to address threats and weaknesses in organizational culture. The SES team offers organizational development, process analysis, training, program design and evaluation. The team also facilitates strategic planning, HR policy analysis, and DEI principles for organizations in structuring overall equitable processes.
Dr. Ray’s professional journey spans institutions including University of Georgia, Louisiana State University, the University of Memphis, and Rhodes College. Holding a BA and MA from the University of Alabama and a PhD from the University of Georgia.
About Epicenter
As the front door to Memphis’ entrepreneur ecosystem, Epicenter collaborates with a network of partners to ensure that entrepreneurs have equitable access to the networks, ideas, people, capital and customers they need to launch and thrive.