SCOTT ISSEN

Managing Director
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center

(312) 494-6734
scott@chicagolandec.org

Scott Issen is the Managing Director and a business advisor at the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC).

In this role, Scott oversees the marketing and branding of the CEC. Scott also counsels clients on debt financing, market and channel analysis, lead generation strategies and corporate positioning and messaging. Also, Scott launched and manages the CEC’s Future Founders youth entrepreneurship program, which fosters entrepreneurship among high school students in underserved areas. In addition to providing client services and working on the Entrepreneurship Center Grant Award program, he serves as the CEC's liaison to the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. In this role, he staffs the Chamber's Technology Growth Committee and is responsible for developing and marketing technology programs for Chamber members. Scott is the publisher of electronic newsletters for the CEC (The Beacon) and the Chamber (Business@Work and Event Newsletter) and also oversees the organizations' websites.

Prior to working with the CEC, Scott held positions at ABN AMRO/LaSalle Banks.

Scott graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and majors in marketing and finance.