- Bryan R. Ward
Bryan R. Ward , CFA Principal A principal of the firm, Bryan is a senior investment consultant and a unit manager in our Lincolnshire, IL office. He consults with defined benefit and defined contribution plan sponsors, as well as foundations, endowments, and other charitable funds on the establishment of investment objectives and the selection of investment management organizations.
- Fj Gruber
Frank Gruber – Founder, Somewhat Frank & Sr. Product Manager, AOL As a senior product manager for AOL, Frank is responsible for the recently launched myAOL Personalization Suite . A former consultant for several Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago and Boston area, Frank also developed online product strategies for Apartments.com and Tribune Interactive, a subsidiary of the Tribune Company and the Technology Services Group.
- Simon Goodall
Energetic results driven leader with extensive experience in business and technical management primarily within high growth companies and start-ups. Over 8 years of progressive management experience supported by a strong academic track record from top tier institutions. Track record of success in leading strategic growth initiatives and new business launches which consistently exceed goals. Sustained cross-industry and function career path includes advancing consistently into . . .
- Mark Jacobson
I grew up in Chicago and just celebrated my three year anniversary in Seattle. And what I've come to realize about this town is that the gray winters are worth it because the summers are so amazing. Combine that with the trees, mountains and water, and the move to Seattle was a good one! I'm really having a great time exploring this city. Outside of my day job, I'm a musician - I play the piano and the guitar - I love music of all kinds.
- Anita Rajeswaren
I'm a fan of dancing to hip-hop, sushi, good red wine, and traveling to obscure places. Mongolia and parts of Africa are next of my list. I'm generally up for any new adventures and that, combined with my tendency to strongly speak my mind on any and all subjects when challenged, gets me in a little bit of trouble sometimes. But I have a good time doing it :)
- Beau Beck
Beau Beck - Vice President of Business Development Mr. Beck brings fifteen years of software and hardware experience driving business development, marketing and product management. Before joining the Airgo team, he consulted with several high technology companies focused on strategic planning, business modeling and new sales channel development. He also served as a Director at Akamai Technologies, where he launched a new ASP division and a suite of 6 Internet products.
- Janice Nason
I'm a fun, 31 y.o. Chicago girl who recently moved to Hoboken NJ for a promotion. I am a product manager for a pharmaceutical company. Never married, no kids, looking for people to hang out with in the area. While Chicago will always be home, and I'll always prefer the pizza there, I absolutely love Hoboken! 5' 9" blonde/blue, grad school grad, love to travel and going to Budapest/Prague next year.
- Angela Karst
- Kellyn Smith
- Michael Walton
- Tim Dang
- Steve Crook
Steve Crook Steve Crook President, Steve Crook Consulting Steve Crook President, Steve Crook Consulting Steve Crook is founder, owner and president of Steve Crook Consulting, Incorporated, based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Steve has over a decade of management consulting experience and almost two decades of professional work experience.
- Loren
- Perry Karsen
Perry Karsen , Senior Vice President, Business Development, Celgene Perry Karsen is Senior Vice President, Business Development at Celgene Corporation responsible for Celgene’s business development, licensing and strategic collaboration initiatives. Perry joined Celgene from Human Genome Sciences where he was Senior Vice President, Business Development. Perry began his career as a product manager at Abbott Laboratories.
- Jürgen Meffert
Dr. Jürgen Meffert, Director McKinsey&Company Dr. Jürgen Meffert is a Director of the management consultancy McKinsey & Company, Inc. He joined the Firm in 1990 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and later spent several years at the Atlanta office. Before coming to McKinsey, he worked for Nixdorf Computer AG, first as a development engineer in Paderborn, Germany, and later as a product manager in Boston.
- John Finegan
John Finegan - CEO johnf@beckag.com John brings over 20 years of Ag-related sales, marketing, and technical experience gained at Chevron Chemical Company and Valent U.S.A. His career began with four years in field sales followed by four years as a Product Manager responsible for herbicides, insecticides, and PGRs in both row crop and professional markets.
- Jim McCoy
Jim McCoy is responsible for managing Veritude’s consulting services business. He joined the company as a sales executive in February 2003, and in that role, he sold Veritude’s first recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and built the consulting services practice. The latter was established as a separate business line in 2005 and, as vice president, Consulting Services, he grew the business nearly three-fold. He was promoted to his current role in January 2007.
- Chris Kryzan
Chris Kryzan joined Prosidio as a co-founder in 2003 from Sonic Solutions, where he was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Engineering. In his seven years at Sonic, he defined and implemented strategies which resulted in a greater than 80% market share for all of the company's DVD business lines. Prior to joining Sonic in 1996, he ran a marketing consulting firm specializing in new media technologies and the Internet.
- Jeff Hyman
15 years experience in building premium service and product businesses.
- Lowell Lindstrom
The Oobeya Group helps organizations understand and put to practice advanced management and development techniques ranging from Agile to Lean to TQM. We are passionate about improvement and have experienced the range of approaches to organizational transition. These include up front methods such as ISO and CMM and adaptive methods that we now call Agile. Transcending either of these approaches and the spectrum in between is the necessity to view organizations, teams, individuals, . . .
- Raj Pakkala
Product Marketing/Management pro with broad experience in all aspects of project management, lead generation, market research, and strategic planning. Direct experience in technology licensing, e-commerce, healthcare, and new product development. Looking for opportunities to solve bigger problems.
- Ivan Sheldon
I am helping expand the product offerings of a rapidly growing ~$500M map data firm headquartered in Chicago (~$2.5B Mkt Cap). One of my first major projects was initating the $28.5M acquisition of a Korean mapping firm called PMI (our stock appreciated by ~$100M upon announcement of the deal). I have also helped integrate our Mexican acquisition and was recently tasked with launching the first major new product specifically for the consumer market in NAVTEQ's 20+ year history. We are a . . .
- Alexander Tsai
Passionate and results-driven product management professional with a successful track record in delivering well positioned software and online services to the market place. Experienced working across functional groups through all phases of the product development life-cycles. Skilled in performing market/competitive analysis, requirements capture, writing MRDs and PRDs, feature prioritization, marketing strategy, and project management. Demonstrated leadership qualities, technical . . .
- Trond Wuellner
My focus is entrepreneurship within the technology sector and my strengths and interests align well with strategic technology marketing. My experience spans HR, IT, marketing and sales within functional and tactical roles designed to maximize output and efficiency from small motivated teams. My current studies focus on business plan analysis and creation with strong regard to feasibility of goals and requirements as defined through careful analysis of customer perceptions.
- Bill Arconati
Background and interests in: - Internet Product Management; - Software Product Management; - Entrepreneurial Endeavors; - Online Advertising Product Management; - PHP / MySQL Development
- Jim Safka
Jim Safka CEO, Primal Ventures
- Terrance Hale
Terrance Hale - Sales Operations and Product Manager Terrance Hale joined SimpleComm Solutions in June 2003 with the intent to build a business cellular program. Since that time he has worked to launch and manage the SimpleComm cellular program which includes sales and service of the all major cellular carriers as well as various other wireless communication providers.
- John Fanelli
- Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy (Founder & CEO) Brian Murphy founded Pariveda with the goal of delivering high quality investment advisory and management services to the broad population. As the company’s CEO, Brian is responsible for shaping Pariveda’s vision and developing the company’s brand identity. Brian is also in charge of the firm’s investment management tasks, including portfolio construction, monitoring and rebalancing.
- Dawna Dejiacomo
Product management and marketing professional with strong experience in product strategy, marketing, development and new product launches. Interested in challenging product position to grow product through product enhancements, channel expansion, marketing campaigns, joint alliances and market development.
- Mike Zackrison
Mike Zackrison joins rSmart with an extensive background in developing and marketing open source-based software products and technologies for the higher education market. Prior to joining rSmart, Mr. Zackrison ran product management for Unicon, Inc., where he launched commercial open source support offerings for uPortal – an open source portal framework and other open source projects.
- Heather Annaloro
Executive with over 20 years of experience in marketing, product development, sales, and business development. Proven ability to establish strategic direction, build infrastructure and processes, and lead team to execute goals effectively. Experience in high growth, early stage businesses. MBA in Marketing and Strategic Planning from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.
- Micha Risling
Distinguished record of business and professional management positions. Marketing and R&D executive roles in both established NASDAQ traded companies and in start-up companies, with vast experience in the global mobile/telecommunication industry. MBA from the Kellogg School of Business, NorthWestern University and B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the Tel-Aviv university.
- Mark Frigon
- Ben Chuba
Strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company. Previous experience as customer-oriented product manager with a background in sales and marketing.
- Itamar Haber
A senior managerial position in Product Management, Product Marketing, Project Management, Professional Services or Sales support. 10 years of professional and hands-on experience, of which 6+ in managing lifecycles of large scale software development projects and products; Relevant academic education, profound technical know-how and diversified experience in the high tech and software industries; Integrative perspective of business, technology and marketing; Proven track record of . . .
- Clark Chang
Semiconductor process; Computer hardware market and product management; 10+ full product cycle managment experience; Smartphone secondary market research
- Barbara Mitchell
Creative, entrepreneurial professional with over eighteen years of experience in product management, business development, marketing, and sales. Industry portfolio of Internet and media, technology, e-commerce/e-government, professional services and telecommunications. Experience and skills in new product launches and product development in highly competitive and rapidly changing markets. Excellent team building and communication skills.Comprehensive international acumen with experience . . .
- Mark Feffer
Mark Feffer is the U.S. Editor for eFinancialCareers and jobsinthemoney.com. An online financial journalist for nearly twenty years, he has written, edited and produced print articles and multimedia on the financial markets, personal finance, taxes and regulatory issues. As one of the first editorial staff members for the online division of Dow Jones & Company, he helped develop Dow Jones News/Retrieval's Business and Finance Report, which is counted among the earliest news products . . .
- Chris Grigson
Have worked with cellular infrastructure equipment (specifically CDMA) since 2000 both as an engineer and a product manger. Spend a great deal of time dealing with cross functional areas and have many years experience in dealing with international organizations. Quite knowledgeable in dealing with Japanese customers. MBA candidate at Kellogg Graduate School of Management with expected graduation in 2008; My goal is to provide exceptional value as product manger of technical products.