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Ken Taunton, CSP

President and chief executive officer, The Royster Group

In 2001, Taunton leveraged his proven track record of leading mid- to senior-level executive searches for public and private companies and founded the Royster Group. Prior to establishing his company, he was a senior associate with Korn / Ferry International and held various recruiting and sales positions at Merck & Co. In 2014, the Royster Group was ranked 1512 on the prestigious Inc. 500 | 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The company was also selected by the University of Alabama–Birmingham’s national alumni society, in partnership with the Birmingham Business Journal, for the 2013 UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 award and listed as the No. 3 fastest-growing firm owned or operated by university alumni. The Royster Group was selected as the 2013 Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council Supplier of the Year and 2014 National Minority Supplier Development Council Regional Supplier of the Year. In addition, the Royster Group is a recent graduate of the Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection Program and is a graduate of the Small Business Administration’s Emerging 200 Initiative Program, a federal training initiative that specifically focuses on executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged communities. Taunton is ASA treasurer.
Tuesday Oct. 711:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Breakout Session

Navigating Federal Government Contracts: From Small Business Subcontractors to Large Prime Contractors