Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship

Doug Tatum, Chairholder 

Doug Tatum, associate professor (Business Communication and Entrepreneurship), is serving as holder of the Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship.


From the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, Tatum

... is a recognized expert on the capital markets and entrepreneurial growth businesses. He has testified before Congress concerning financing issues faced by growing companies and tax policy.

The author of “No Man’s Land: What to Do When Your Company Is Too Big to Be Small and Too Small to Be Big, Tatum was Chairman and CEO of Tatum LLC for more than 17 years, growing the company to the largest executive services consulting firm in the United States with more than 1,000 employees and professionals in 30 offices. He later served on the firm’s board and as chairman emeritus until the company merged with Spherion Corporation in early 2010. 

Tatum can be reached at dtatum@mtsu.edu or 615-898-2785.