- Joseph Nacchio
Joseph P. Nacchio (born June 22, 1949), in Brooklyn, New York, was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International from 1997 to 2002. He was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007.
- Howard Putnam
Howard Putnam is the former CEO of the highly successful Southwest Airlines headquartered in Dallas, TX. He believes that developing a culture that places "people and integrity" as their #1 priority pays big dividends for all stakeholders. Howard was later recruited to be the CEO and Chairman of financially failing Braniff International. He was the 1st CEOt to successfully restructure a major airline into, through and out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Daniel Akerson
Daniel F. Akerson is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group and is Co-Head of the U.S. Buyout fund. He is also a director of American Express.
- Joseph R. Baczko
Joseph R. Baczko (pronounced "BASS-co") Baczko is the current dean of the Lubin School of Business of Pace University. Baczko is former President/COO of Blockbuster Entertainment and founder/President of Toys "R" Us International. He is German-born of Hungarian descent and raised in France; during the 1950s Baczko immigrated to the United States with his family, eventually earning a BSFS from the School of Foreign Service and an MBA from Harvard University.
- Norm Augustine
Norm Augustine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin
- James C. Madden
James C. Madden Former CEO and Founder, Exult, Inc. James C. Madden became one of our directors in January 2005. Since February 2007, he has been a General Partner at Accretive LLC, a private equity firm. From 2005 to January 2007, he was a Special Advisor of General Atlantic LLC, a private equity firm. From 1998 to 2004, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exult, Inc.
- Harry Cutts
Harry Cutts A full time resident of Chatham and a summer resident for over 50 years, Harry is a graduate of Boston University and the Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.
- Luc Maas
Luc Maas President Northern Europe Luc Maas is responsible for setting strategic direction and implementing the business plan for all Buongiorno's activities in the Northern European Regions, such as the UK and The Netherlands, as well as in other English speaking countries where the company operates (i.e. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa).
- John Duggan
John Duggan is Chairman and former CEO of Gazeley Limited , a wholly owned subsidiary of Wal-Mart and a leading European developer of warehouse space. He has 28 years of experience in real estate, working in the construction, house-building, real estate development and retail sectors. He is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and has an MBA (Cranfield). He has been responsible for growing Gazeley into a leading European developer of warehouse space.
- Martin Tobias
Martin Tobias Ignition Partners Martin is an Ignition Venture Partner. He works on Ignition's infrastructure software investments. He is currently on the Board of Directors for Cloudmark. Prior to Ignition, Martin spent more than 15 years in operating roles in technology companies, including four years at Loudeye Technologies and six years with Microsoft. Martin was the CEO of Loudeye Technologies Inc, which he founded in 1997 and took public in March of 2000.
- Anu Shukla
Anu Shukla , Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of RubiconSoft Ms. Shukla has provided the vision and strategy for several successful Silicon Valley software companies. Most recently, she was the founder and CEO of Rubric, a pioneer in Enterprise Marketing Automation, which was acquired for $366M.
- Adrian J. Sawyer
Adrian received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1996, where he rowed for the men’s heavyweight crew and won a gold medal at the Eastern Sprints. Adrian graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1999. He was member of the Order of the Coif and the Thurston Society, and served as Senior Articles Editor for the Hastings Law Journal.
- Verl Zanders
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- Bill McLellan
Bill McLellan Bill McLellan joined 3M in 1960 as a sales representative. Among his significant early achievements with the company were participation in the establishment of 3M’s Health Care Division in Canada and membership on the team that developed the 3M Surgical Products Division in the United States into a $500 million entity. In the 1980’s, Bill formed 3M’s Orthopedic Products Division, a business composed of six smaller firms that had been acquired by 3M.
- Luc Maas
Luc Maas is responsible for setting strategic direction and implementing the business plan for all Buongiorno's activities in the Northern European Regions, such as the UK and The Netherlands, as well as in other English speaking countries where the company operates (i.e. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa). Luc Maas is the former CEO and owner of Tutch Mobile Media BV, a value added service provider based in the Netherlands, acquired by Buongiorno in 2005.
- Harry Q. van Dooren
Harry van Dooren , AMB Timing (NL) Harry van Dooren , former CEO of AMB Identification and Timing Harry van Dooren is the former CEO and shareholder of AMB Identification and Timing, a Dutch technology company providing timing systems to over 12’000 racing organizations worldwide. AMB Identification and Timing is the leading global time registration company with a 98% market share in high-speed car racing alone.
- David Singer
David Singer Mr. Singer joined Maverick in 2004 from Oscient Pharmaceutical Corporation, where he was Chairman of the Board. Mr. Singer is the founder and former CEO of three biotech companies: Affymetrix, Inc., Corcept Therapeutics, Inc., and Genesoft Pharmaceuticals, Oscient's predecessor. Mr. Singer currently serves on the boards of Affymetrix and Corcept, and of several private companies.
- Hans Top
Hans is the former CEO of a company that made a little program called WinZip . He joined the team to help us grow and get even better at making software. Hans is Dutch and lives in the Netherlands so he will be spending a lot of time expanding CoffeeCup in Europe. Yippie! Being a world traveller, Hans has seen and done a lot of things. He was still a little surprised by the heat in our South Texas Jalapenos .
- Boris Anderer
Dr. Boris Anderer , Chairman and General Partner of Booster Ventures. Anderer is also co-founder and former CEO & President of RELDATA Inc. Prior to founding Booster Ventures in 2000, he was a co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the software company Brokat, which reached a market capitalization of over $8 Billion. Previously he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Anderer also is a member of the Board of VoiceTrust.
- Ron Nahser
Ron Nahser Sheil Associate! Provost, Sustainable Management MBA Program Presidio School of Management, California Ron Nahser is Provost of the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco, offering the first accredited MBA in Sustainable Management. He is also Managing Director for CORPORANTES Inc. and former CEO of The Nahser Agency of Chicago, serving such advertisers as Quaker Oats, CNA and Florsheim.
- Roger Siboni
Roger S. Siboni is chairman and former CEO of Epiphany, Inc. the leading provider of intelligent customer interaction software. Before joining Epiphany, Siboni was deputy chairman and chief operating officer of KPMG Peat Marwick — a $9 billion, 85,000 person worldwide accounting and consulting organization. As COO, Siboni led the firm to consecutive years of record revenue and profitability.
- Sidney Braginsky
Sidney Braginsky Mr. Braginsky is President and Chief Executive Officer of Atropos Technology Inc. , President of Mediscience (optical biopsy development) and Chairman of Digilab LLC (molecular spectroscopy). From 1970 through 1999, Mr. Braginsky served Olympus America , Inc . in a variety of roles, most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer.
- A. George Battle
A. George Battle Skip Battle is a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute and former CEO of Ask Jeeves Online Business Services. He is also a seminar moderator for the Aspen Institute, and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School and American University. Mr. Battle retired from Andersen Consulting in 1995, having joined the firm in 1968 and serving as a partner since 1978.
- Richard Turner
Richard Turner AM FCA, BEc Non-executive Director Richard Turner is a Non-executive Director of Mirvac Funds Management and Mirvac. Mr Turner is a Chartered Accountant by profession and former CEO of Ernst & Young, following a career of over 30 years with that organisation until his retirement.
- Foster Friess
Foster Friess - CNP Executive Committee (1994); Board of Governors (1996). Founder and chairman, Friess Associates, Inc.; member, 1986 National Finance Committee, Pete du Pont for President, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee; founder, the Life Enrichment Foundation; member, Advisory Council, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences of Stockholm.
- Robin Curle
Robin Curle is well-known as a highly regarded leader in the business community having spent over 30 years growing and running companies. She was a technology industry veteran with more many years of experience in managing and growing high-tech organizations before becoming a successful Realtor helping others who want to buy, sell, lease, or invest in real estate either in residential or commercial. Zebra Imaging, President, Chairman, and CEO
- Susan Defife
Susan DeFife, CEO of Backfence.com, which has launched hyper-local community Web sites for McLean and Reston, Virginia, and Bethesda, Maryland, told the October “We Media” gathering: “We’re not there to be journalists or to ask the questions. The community is asking the questions. They are doing that quite well. It also means the sites may not deliver the answer unless someone in the community has the answer.”
- Robert D. Haas
Robert Haas , former CEO and current board chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. to retire Haas joined Levi's two years after the company went public. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1964 and received his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business four years later. He served in the Peace Corps in the Ivory Coast from 1964 to 1966 and was a White House fellow for a year. He went on to become an associate with the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co. from 1969 to 1972.
- Peter James
Peter James BA, FAICD Non-Executive Director Peter James is Managing Director of Adcorp Australia Limited, a publicly listed advertising and communications company. Based in Sydney, Peter has a successful track record across a range of complex businesses including technology, outsourcing, services, recruitment, education and manufacturing. He has over 12 years experience as a Board Member of Public Companies and 7 years as CEO/Group Managing Director.
- Nigel Risner
Nigel Risner Motivational Speaker Nigel Risner and his inspirational and empowering messages excite audiences throughout the world. He delivers over a hundred talks a year in his unique, energetic style to corporations and associations such as The Academy for Chief Executives, The Institute of Directors, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Red Bull and many others.
- Dennis D’Amico
Dennis is the Managing Director of Growth Strategies Group, LLC, a management and marketing consulting firm comprised only of former CEO’s and senior executives. Part of his consulting practice is working with advertising agencies on a broad spectrum of management issues. D’Amico has been a member of the Dallas Advertising League, since 1976, serving on the ADDY’s committee in 1983.
- Peter Jovanovich
Peter Jovanovich Former CEO Peter Jovanovich began his career in publishing in 1972 as a college sales representative for Macmillan. He held various editorial and marketing positions in Macmillan’s College and Trade Divisions until 1977 when he was named a vice president of Macmillan Publishing and head of its trade division.
- Alex Laats
Alex Laats is President of BBN's Delta Division. In this role, Alex is leveraging BBN's existing technology and expertise to generate and manage profitable business opportunities in new markets. Alex has started, funded and advised technology businesses since the early 1990s.
- Ron Erickson
Ron Erickson Director Ron Erickson is Chairman of eCharge Corp, an internet alternative payments Company. He previously served as CEO of the Company until November 1999. Prior to joining eCharge, Erickson was co-founder, chairman, president and CEO of GlobalTel Resources, Inc., a provider of telecommunications services, messaging and intranet solutions.
- Rodger H. Baker
Rodger H. Baker President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Former CEO Chairman, Board of Directors Executive Vice President President & CEO
- L. Daniel Jorndt
L. Daniel Jorndt L. Daniel Jorndt , retired chairman and chief executive officer of Walgreen Co. and current Kellogg Company board member, spoke at CSU on Monday, Oct. 29, 2007 as part of the 2007-2008 College of Business Dean’s Speaker Series. The former CEO will spoke on the topic of leadership and board member responsibilities. In 1963, Jorndt earned a pharmacy degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and began his career with Walgreens that same year.
- Brian Fletcher
Brian Fletcher Brian is a private investor and former CEO of a publicly traded company. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Piedmont Bank in Statesville. Brian lives in Mooresville. Brian chairs Aquesta’s Loan Committee and also serves on the Asset Liability/Investment Committee and the Executive Committee.
- Edgar Woolard Jr.
Edgar Woolard, Jr. retired as chairman of the Board of Directors of DuPont on October 29, 1997. He remained a director until his retirement from the board effective January 1, 2000. Mr. Woolard joined the company in 1957 as an industrial engineer at the Kinston, North Carolina plant. In 1959, he became industrial engineering group supervisor at Kinston, and in 1962 was appointed manufacturing section supervisor in Kinston.
- W. Darrell Cutts
W. Darrell Cutts Chief Executive Officer Former CEO Chairman, Board of Directors Executive Vice President President & CEO
- Jim Marsh
Jim Marsh Jim is the principal of Marsh Business Solutions, a consulting firm located in Cornelius, North Carolina. He is a former CEO with Tharpe Recognition Company, a performance and business solutions firm. Jim chairs Aquesta’s Compensation/Human Resources Committee and also serves on the Audit/IT and Marketing Committees.