The Upstate Catholic Business Network will host our regular Breakfast and Speaker on Wednesday 23 August.
Our August breakfast speaker is Troy BIllings. Troy holds an undergraduate degree in foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics from the University of Notre Dame and a Mini Master of Software Design and Development from the University of St. Thomas. He is a certified Executive Success Coach, PMP-Certified Project Management Institute Mentor-Coach, Bestselling Author, and multilingual (Spanish, Italian) digital transformation executive with the world's third-largest publicly traded software company by revenue.
Together Troy and his wife, Kathleen, created from the ground up and are the former co-directors of a vibrant, parish-based marriage ministry called BAM – Building Amazing Marriages, which they directed for ten years. After moving from a Chicago suburb to South Carolina in 2020, they immediately began hosting a monthly family rosary and dinner at their five-acre homestead which rapidly grew and now attracts between 250-300 people a month. They also developed and now co-lead weekend marriage retreats called “Simply Love.” Troy and Kathleen have a blog entitled “Two to Tango” in the For-Your-Marriage section of the USCCB Website and are frequent guest speakers nationwide on the topics of family and marriage. They are the co-authors of “Simply Love: Catholic Marriage Day by Day” published by Our Sunday Visitor and released on Valentine’s Day 2023.
Troy converted to Catholicism in 1992 and is a parishioner at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He and his family live in Simpsonville. In their free time, they enjoy gardening, viticulture, vinification, travel, and welcoming people to their home. To connect with Troy online, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/troybillings.
Sully’s Steamers will provide breakfast, so please RVSP so that we can give them an accurate headcount. We will meet at the offices of Parallel Financial, 511 Rhett Street, Suite 2A, Greenville, SC 29601. Parking is available in any of the three lots shown in the map below. There may also be some available spots on Rhett Street or Main Street.
We look forward to seeing you!
