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Progress Index interviews Tom Bandy about Darden School education

May 7, 2011

Petersburg entrepreneur returns to work with advanced training

PETERSBURG – Petersburg businessman Tom Bandy has completed a week-long executive education program that was part the reward for winning a statewide competition last year.

Bandy, head of the Petersburg-based software company BandyWorks, was the first Resilience Award winner to claim the main prize – enrollment in a week-long program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

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