Successful entrepreneur, alumnus Dickman is commencement speaker

Business entrepreneur and UW-Green Bay graduate Craig Dickman will deliver the commencement address when his alma mater holds its mid-year graduation ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. this Saturday (Dec. 14) at the Weidner Center. Dickman is a 1982 Business Administration grad and founder, CEO and chief innovation officer for Breakthrough Fuel, winning acclaim for his innovative approach to supply chain logistics and fuel cost management. In less than a decade, Dickman’s Green Bay company has grown to become a partner to some of American industry’s leading brands including Procter & Gamble, Ace Hardware, Georgia-Pacific, John Deere, Polaris Industries, SCA Tissue and Shopko, among others. He says he’ll talk about the valuable lessons learned through UW-Green Bay’s interdisciplinary approach to problem solving. See a photo and more on the December 2013 commencement speaker.