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Vikings veteran fran tarkenton speaks at republican. Fran tarkenton education he received his high school education at athens, georgia, and later attended the university of georgia, where he was the quarterback on the bulldog football team and a member of the. Based on the business philosophy of founder and ceo fran tarkenton, tarkenton companies is centered on three fundamental principles. Since founding tarkenton financial in 2003, fran has been an advocate for sound retirement strategies for boomers and retirees across the country. Tarkentons new game plan atlanta business chronicle. He is best known for playing with the minnesota vikings and new york giants, as well as serving as a commentator on monday night football and a cohost of thats incredibleat the time of his retirement he owned every major. Lodestar technology labs, a software development company focused on productivity solutions for smaller operations was the second. A nationwide sweep by federal regulators targeting alleged accounting fraud has led to settlements with former nfl quarterback fran tarkenton, executives of a bankrupt san juan capistrano software. As quarterback of the minnesota vikings, fran took his team to. Tarkenton companies and its subsidiaries are built upon frans core.
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Tarkenton, addington, gossett, fontaine, hammersla, alvarez and welch engaged in a fraudulent scheme to inflate knowledgewares financial results to meet sales and earnings projections. He also founded a software program generating company named tarkenton software which was later sold to sterling software in 1994 after merging with knowledgeware, another software company. Now, with the computer software company he runs having lost two of its top officials and suddenly losing money. Fran tarkentons strategies for business success tarkenton, fran on. Tarkenton went to athens high school in athens, georgia, and later attended the university of georgia, where he was the quarterback on the bulldog football team and a member of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity. Small business software solutions on demand, tools for. Fran tarkenton and his family, including daughter hayley, currently reside in the buckhead. Now, tarkenton proposed selling the company to sterling software inc.
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Fran tarkenton finished his career as the nfl leader in passing yards 47,003, pass completions 3,686 and touchdowns 342, but also added another 3,674 rushing yards for a grand total of 50, 677 total yards. Tarkenton cant scramble away from sec new york post. Knowledgeware was sold to sterling software in 1994, which was in its turn acquired by computer associates tarkenton. Founded in 1996 by nfl hall of famer and veteran entrepreneur fran tarkenton, is the proven online destination for small business consulting and tools that help you grow and run your business. After helping pull a software company out of bankruptcy in the mid1970s, he became a consultant and discovered that most large corporations had huge. Tarkenton was a pioneer in computer software, and founder of tarkenton software, a program generator company. Tarkenton called in stephen bashada, a former director at knowledgeware who continued his work at sterling software inc.
Tarkenton software later merged with knowledgeware with tarkenton as president, until selling the company to sterling software in 1994. Fran tarkenton generally travels from ga, usa and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. It produced a computer aided software engineering case tool called iew information engineering workbench. We have been a marketing first fmo since the day we opened our doors. View fran tarkentons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional. A member of the pro football hall of fame 1986 and college football hall of fame 1987, tarkenton was a ninetime pro bowl selection during his career, including the periods from. He was a twotime nfl allpro first team selection and appeared in nine nfl pro bowls. During his 18year nfl career, fran played for the new york giants and the minnesota vikings, whom he led to three super bowl appearances in the 1970s. Why fran tarkenton may draw penalty flags bloomberg. Fran tarkenton football card 1994 ted williams card company roger. He toured the united states promoting case or computeraided software engineering with albert f. Knowledgeware was a software company headquartered in atlanta, georgia cofounded by james martin and run by fran tarkenton. Football hall of famer fran tarkenton has been charged with helping to perpetrate a multimillion dollar financial fraud at a software company he once headed. Since starting in the insurance business with franklin life in 1959, fran has kept his hands in the soil, launching 20 successful companies over the last 30 years.
Early life and education fran tarkenton was born on february 3, 1940, in richmond, virginia. From human resources management to sales and customer contact management, the mastersuite small business apps offer a singlesignon solution for managing every department of a small business. Fran tarkenton also headed up the now defunct software company knowledgeware until selling the company to sterling software in 1995. His software later merged with knowledgeware with tarkenton as president, until selling the company to sterling software in 1994. Fran tarkenton tarkenton francis asbury tarkenton born february 3, 1940 is a former national football league nfl quarterback, television personality, and computer software. A national insurance marketing company tarkenton financial. Shares in his atlantabased software company had traded as high as 43 in 1991. Fran tarkenton is a former nfl quarterback who played 18 years mostly with the minnesota vikings 19611966, 19721978 and also the new york giants 19671971.
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