KEN KLOTZ

Director, Illinois Small Business Development Center
Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625
PH:309/677-2992 / FX: 309/677-3386
E-mail: Illinois SBDC at Bradley.edu

Ken has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Illinois State University, as well as a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law. He practiced law in Houston, Texas for 13 years, primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, business & commercial law, and acquisitions. For 6 of those years, Ken served as a Court-appointed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for the Southern District of Texas. Ken chose to leave the practice of law and for two years worked with a management consulting company near Chicago. In October of 1998, Ken joined Bradley University as the Assistant Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center. He is now the Director. He taught "Family Business Management" in Spring 2001 and "Small Business Management" in both Spring 2002 and 2003 for Bradley's Foster College of Business Administration.

Ken regularly counsels individuals and companies on topics such as: business plan preparation, financial management, business start-up and marketing. Annually, he teaches a class on business plan preparation for the City of Peoria's Equal Opportunity Office. During the past four years, Ken has assisted more than 200 individuals and business owners in the preparation of their business plans, resulting in the start-up of 143 new businesses and financing secured totaling over $10 million.