Lessons in Leadership: a conversation with Tyler Nottberg

• Skills and characteristics of an effective leader
• Leadership strategies to promote a positive culture, motivate others, enact change, and address workplace challenges
• Ways to develop leadership skills in yourself and others
• Addressing challenges and finding opportunities in a changing environment

Tyler Nottberg

Chairman & CEO

US Engineering Company Holdings

Tyler is the fifth generation of the Nottberg family to lead U.S. Engineering, where he has served as a Project Engineer, Project Manager and Vice President. Prior to joining the Company, Tyler helped co-found the Legal, Economic and Regulatory Affairs practice for Gerson Lehrman Group. Before that, he worked as a Policy Analyst at The Eisenhower Institute and for Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), both in Washington, DC and on the Senator’s 1996 Presidential Campaign.

He serves on the Board of Labconco Corporation, as well as a number of non-profit Boards, including The University of Kansas Health System’s Advancement Board and The GreenLight Fund’s Selection Advisory Committee.  He is a Trustee of Colorado Succeeds and MRI Global, serves on the Steering Committee for KC Rising and is the founder of Aligned, a group of business leaders focused on improving education in Kansas and Missouri. Tyler is a graduate of Middlebury College and Oxford University, where he was a Keasbey Scholar.

Steve Schmidt

Regional Field Director

The Hanover Insurance Group

Steve Schmidt is the Regional Field Director for the Midwest Region for Hanover Surety, a position he has held since November of 2016.  He manages a team of underwriters and managers that specialize in contract bonds working with agents and contractors in the Midwest.  Prior to that he was National Accounts Director for the Midwest Region with Zurich Surety in Overland Park.   Steve has been in the surety business for over 40 years with 31 of those years at Fidelity and Deposit Company (F&D), which is now Zurich Surety. He has worked with a variety of small, medium, large and very large construction companies. Steve has over 33 years of experience in the Midwest construction and surety marketplace. He has presented a variety of surety related topics to CFMA, AGC, AICPA and Surety Association groups. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and holds an MBA from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.