MENOMONIE—Timm Boettcher, president/CEO of Realityworks, will deliver a keynote speech at WSTS on Monday, July 21.

During his tenure, Realityworks—a learning solutions provider—achieved significant growth in revenues, along with dramatic profit and cash flow improvement. In recent years, revenue from domestic markets doubled through rapid innovation and development of the company’s product offerings.

Boettcher has a passion for innovation and fostering strong collaboration between educators and business leaders to prepare young people for a successful future. He has expertise in product development and strategic corporate planning, as well as leading and advising various education and non-profit organizations.

He has presented on the topics of education and workforce development numerous times, including at the national level. In recognition of his efforts, Boettcher received the 2015 Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Business Leader of the Year.

WSTS is a two-day UW System-focused research and innovation symposium. This year it will be held at UW-Stout.

WSTS was formerly known as the Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium but now goes solely by the letters WSTS. The name was changed in order to be more inclusive and reflect the broader scope of research being done throughout the UW System.

WiSys is a nonprofit organization that works with faculty, staff, students and alumni of the UW System to facilitate cutting-edge research programs, develop and commercialize discoveries, and foster a spirit of innovative and entrepreneurial thinking across the state.