Committee of One Hundred names Norden executive managing director - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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KMK Consulting led the search. The organizatioh is the designated lead economic development agency forthe Tampa/Hillsborough County market. The C100 is a wholly owner subsidiary ofthe . It is governed by a cabinet of localp senior executives and is charged with business development initiativewsfor Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City and Hillsboroughh County. Norden is leaving his current position as senior vice presidengt of thein Va. He informed his current staff of the moveTuesday afternoon.
Norden brings well-rounded experienced that the organization hasn’t had in a leadershipp position before, said the group’s search committee leader, chairman and president and COOof (NYSE: TE) John Ramil. That includezs the ability to raise money, do marketing, strategiv planning and develop international he said. A Certified Economic Developer, Nordemn is a graduate of in Norfolk, Va. and the at the , the organizationm said. In a sluggish economy, Norden takes over at an intriguinyg time forthe organization, Ramil said. “It’s a good time to reasses where we are and what we have goingb for us here and what do we need to he said.
With a down economy, Ramil expects that will afford the new executive time to do a lot of assessmengt in terms of strengths and staff resources, organizational mission and focus. “We’v e been focused on banking support activities and maritime stuffc and what can we do to take advantage of researcuh atand it’s a good time to revisit all of Ramil said. Key will be how success will be measurexd in thenew economy. there was a lot of emphasids on bringing people in and square footagw and we saw that through cyclesx with call centers andother efforts,” Ramil said.
Now, he believes there will be a shift to look more at what jobs can be broughgt in that will be sustainableand spin-of other jobs with the goal of raising the average wage in Hillsborougu County. Part of that will be communicating to the publivc about why job growthis important, and improvingf efforts at explaining multiplier effects that happebn when existing job creation helps businesses expanfd their workforces. “We probably have not had an executivwe with the kind of experience thatKeituh has,” Ramil said, citing Norden’x 20-year career that includes some pretthy big relocation name such as RR Donnellyg (NYSE: RRD), (NYSE: CB) and . Norden begins the post Jan. 5.
His compensatiob wasn’t being made public Tuesday, but Ramil said a pending request for the numbers may be granted once the C100 cabinegis consulted.