5th Annual Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneur Conference
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Sourcing Globally
This panel will explore the cost/benefit of global sourcing to entrepreneurs and recommend steps for analyzing opportunities in certain regions of the world. Many entrepreneurs have traditionally sourced raw materials, manufactured goods and R&D products/services from global suppliers. Questions like—What are the latest trends in global sourcing? How does a buyer start the process to find a trustworthy, reliable supplier in a different country? How does a buyer implement proper controls in order to ensure adequate quality when its supplier is in a different region of the world?—will be discussed in this panel.
Location: Tribune Auditorium
Moderator: James B. Shein, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management
Panelists:
- Rahul Chowdhury '05, President & Co-Founder, DenuoSource (India)
- Dee Farrell '02, VP Sales, Neat-Oh! International (China)
- Suzanne Huspen '07, Founder, Active Business Consultants (Latin America and Caribbean)
- Bill Liu '97, VP Chicago Office, NaviAsia (China)
- Giullermo Trias '04, Founder and CEO, Solex Partners (Spain)
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Rahul Chowdhury '05 (India)
Denuo Source, LLC
President & Co-Founder
Rahul Chowdhury is co-founder and President of DenuoSource, a sales and marketing analytics company with offices in the United States, India, and shortly Europe. DenuoSource partners with Fortune 500 firms to increase their revenues and decrease costs by leveraging global talent pools.
Prior to founding DenuoSource, Rahul worked as a Senior Product Manager handling product strategy for Asia Pacific and Latin America for Ecolab, Inc. Rahul was also Director of Business Development for Candid Marketing services - India's second largest event management company.
Rahul has a B.A. in Business accounting, with Honors, from the University of Delhi, and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Marketing and Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management. Rahul also serves on an the board of a leading Indian Business School.
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Dee Farrell '02 (China)
Neat-Oh! International, LLC
Vice President Sales
Dee M. Farrell, Vice President, Sales with Neat-Oh! International, LLC, a toy and household products company founded by a fellow Kellogg Alum. She manages a team of Sales and Marketing Account Executives and is responsible for building the brand and growing the revenue for this three year old start-up company. Dee has been in retail toy sales for 3 years. She began her career at a local startup software company and spent 20 years with them as they were acquired by Open Text Corporation, a global enterprise software company, went public and then grew to over $450M. Prior to leaving, Dee was Director in the Office of President where she was responsible for corporate strategy initiatives and measuring both financial and non-financial corporate performance. Experienced with both start up trenches and executive level strategy she is able to drive NOI up the growth curve.
Ms. Farrell holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Music Performance from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Dee is a frequent panelist and speaker in local business conferences designed to bring together up and coming Chicagoland Entrepreneurs as well as an Athena Powerlink Advisory Panel member.
An active runner and cyclist, Dee has run both the Chicago and Boston marathons and participated in numerous Chicago area bicycling events.
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Suzanne Huspen '07 (Latin America and Caribbean)
Active Business Consultants, Inc.
Founder/Principal Advisor
Suzanne Huspen is a business developer, strategic management consultant and executive business coach. As principal advisor of Active Business Consultants, Suzanne collaborates with start-up and established business clients to optimally align organizational resources and to successfully manage business challenges.
Ms. Huspen began her entrepreneurial work in international business when she co-founded CRC Drilling & Blasting in Puerto Rico (1993), a service provider to the construction industry. She subsequently co-founded a synergetic explosives material import/export business. As Vice-president and manager of Atlantic Explosives and CRC D&B, she was responsible for business development and international supplier relationships. Suzanne participated as a U.S. Chamber of Commerce delegate for the 2003 "Business Future of the Americas" conference in Costa Rica and for the "Access 2004" Business Summit in Washington, DC.
Suzanne has a B.S. in Accounting and Management from Catholic University (Ponce, PR) and graduated from the General Management Executive Education program of the Kellogg Management Institute, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in 2007. She is currently a Professional Member of the Institute of Management Consultants, USA and working toward an international certification in coaching.
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Bill Liu '97 (China)
NaviAsia Group
Vice President
Chicago office
Bill Liu, currently a Vice President with NaviAsia Group's Chicago office, where he manages the marketing and business development functions. He manages clients ranging in sales from $5 million - $3 billion. Mr. Liu has been in the consulting industry for over 10 years. His prior experiences include: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lucent, and Waste Management Inc. He specializes in marketing, international business, and China business.
Mr. Liu has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He serves on many China-related boards and advisory boards throughout the Chicago area.
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Guillermo Trias '04 (Spain)
Solex Partners
Founder & CEO
Guillermo Trias founded Solex Partners in February 2004 during his second year at Kellogg. Today, the company is the largest importer and distributor of foods & wines from Spain in the Midwest, currently serving major foodservice and retail accounts throughout the country. Mr. Trias began his career in London as an investment banker for Bankers Trust. After the acquisition of BT by Detusche Bank, he spent two years as associate in Deutsche Bank Corporate Finance division in Madrid.
Mr. Trias has a B.S. in Finance from CUNEF (Madrid, Spain) and a MBA with a focus in Entrepreneurship, Non-Profit Management & Marketing from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Evanston, IL). Other affiliations include member of Slow Food Organization, Chicago Entrepreneurial Center and Fundacion Lezama in Spain.
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Global Online Businesses
The invention of the internet accelerated globalization dramatically. It has enabled entrepreneurs to quickly and easily obtain massive distribution across geographic boundaries. In the online world there are literally no boundaries. This panel will address issues like—Should an on-line business first dominate one geographic market before expanding to others? Which global distribution models (e.g. direct vs. channel partners) have worked the best? What are the tradeoffs on providing local language/country websites and local timezone support? Although credit cards are typically used for US online purchases, what are the various forms of "secure" payment methods required to support a global online business?
Location: Room 140
Moderator: Barry Merkin, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management
Panelists:
- Steve Bell, Founder and CEO, ShangBy (Global)
- Kai Bolik '99, Co-Founder and CEO, GameDuell (Global)
- Dan Malven '93, Managing Director, Drumcott Capital (Global)
- John Nix '99, Co-Founder and CEO, Go2Call Software (Global)
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Steve Bell (Global)
ShangBy
Founder and CEO
Steve Bell founded ShangBy in late 2006 and currently serves as the CEO
and President of ShangBy Inc.
Prior to ShangBy, as VP Products at Trilogy Inc., Steve built the pre-sales,
product management, and research teams responsible for creating a range of
high value services for the automotive, insurance, telecom, and electronic
retail industries, globally. These automotive Internet services, for example,
reach over 40% of all new car buyers in the US.
Steve founded SupplySolution Inc. in 1998, and as Chairman and CEO,
created the I-Supply service for large automotive suppliers to manage their
global supply-chains and reduce inventories 40-70%. Steve raised 2 venture
rounds and built a customer base to include the bulk of the overall US
automotive suppliers.
Earlier, Steve founded CORE Products GmbH, a leading Tier 1 automotive
supplier headquartered in Switzerland with major operations in France.
CORE continues to be a leading company in its industry providing industry
leading value to its customers, shareholders, and employees.
Steve graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1985. His early career was spent at GE Plastics and L&L Products.
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Kai Bolik '99 (Global)
GameDuell
Chief Executive Officer
GameDuell is Germanys largest games site and starting right now its international rollout to Europe and the US.
Kai Bolik (40) strategically and operatively leads and represents GameDuell. He began his career in 1995 as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich, Germany and later moved to Bertelsmann Multimedia in 1999. There he focused on Bertelsmann's new investments in the Internet and strategically managed the existing ventures, which included AOL, Lycos, and Gamechannel. Between 2000 and 2001, he founded the Lycos Eastern Europe GmbH and in 2002 he managed the integration of the technical departments of Lycos Europe with those of Spray Networks, Multimania, Caramail, and Jubii (300 people in 6 locations).
He completed his degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. Furthermore, he holds a Masters of Science degree in Computer Science from the City University of New York and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Today he is a frequent speaker at events and conferences in the fields of Internet and online gaming such as the Casuality Conference in Amsterdam and the EIG in Barcelona.
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Dan Malven '93 (Global)
Drumcott Capital
Managing Director
Dan Malven is an entrepreneur and venture capital investment professional with a track record of significant value creation investing in and operating early and expansion stage IT-enabled services companies. Dan is currently CEO of the start-up Ajuga Media, focusing on online customer acquisition in the consumer health sector. Dan has been an investor and/or advisory board member in several companies, including Sina.com (Nasdaq: SINA), comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR), Feedburner (Nasdaq: GOOG, via acquisition), TicketsNow (Nasdaq: IACI, via acquisition), iXL (Nasdaq: MSFT, via acquisition) and Totality (NYSE: VZ, via acquisition) among others.
Dan received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 1988, a Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and is an alumni of the Kauffman Fellows Program (Class 4) at the Center for Venture Education.
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John Nix, '99 (Global)
Go2Call Software
Founder and CEO
As a founder of Go2Call Software and technology leader, John is responsible for directing development of Go2Call Software's proprietary VoIP technology and also manages partnerships with leading telecommunications firms. John brings with him a decade of experience in the telecommunications and manufacturing industries, as an engineer at The Coca-Cola Company and the Georgia Tech Research Institute. John also served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he planned and managed the installation of line-of-sight microwave networks.
John holds a B.S. in physics from Davidson College, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Engineering Management degree from the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University.
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Global Concept Arbitrage
Many entrepreneurs attempt to innovate by taking concepts, products and services from one part of the world to another. Some are successful, some are not. But we all hear that it is not as simple as import/export. Many business models that work in one part of the world are adapted by local entrepreneurs in their countries. What are the factors that drive success? How do you localize your business systems, distribution channels and products/services? How do you discover viable business ideas abroad and adopt it to your market? What business models work and which do not work?
Location: Room 140
Moderator: Robert C. Wolcott, Professor of Technology and Innovation, Kellogg School of Management
Panelists:
- Robin Cheung '99, Co-Founder, V-Logic (Asia and Nigeria)
- Jeff Day '83, Founder, International Leverage Group (Global)
- Walter Schmid '71, Founder, Idea Arbitrage (China and Latin America)
- Liz Wald '95, Founder and Managing Partner, Economic Development Imports (Africa)
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Robin Cheung '99 (Asia and Nigeria)
V-LOGIC
Founder and Group Managing Director
Mr. Robin Cheung is the Group Managing Director and is one of the founders of V-LOGIC. V-LOGIC is headquartered in Hong Kong and has representative offices in various cities in China. He is currently focusing his effort in V-LOGIC's new office in Lagos, Nigeria.
Additionally, Mr. Cheung has eighteen years of international banking experience; Mr. Cheung's last position in the banking world was as the Deputy Head of Foreign Exchange Trading/Sales for HSBC with expertise in Asian economies. HSBC was voted the best foreign exchange house by Asiamoney and the Greenwich survey during Mr. Cheung's tenure at the bank. Mr. Cheung has held key positions at Barclays in Hong Kong, AIG in New York, Unibank in New York and Privatbanken in Singapore. Mr. Cheung served as a director on the board of Speedcast (a broad band Internet provider).
He holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University and an MBA from Northwestern University's J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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Jeffrey A. Day '83 (Global)
Founder, International Leverage Group
Group Companies: TLS by Design, Preferred Quality China and TLS Lighting
Jeff Day is a seasoned international Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur who has started and/or had P&L responsibility for businesses in Automotive, Furniture, Materials, Energy and Quality Services industries for companies ranging from his privately held start-ups to Fortune 50 firms.
During his time at Kellogg, Jeff interned with Toshiba Corp. in Japan and contributed a chapter on Japanese marketing in Philip Kotler's The New Competition. After graduation, Jeff joined GE where he started businesses in Argentina and Brazil, served as brand manager of Soft White lighting and helped divest GE's NiCad business.
Leaving GE, Jeff commercialized a new magnetic material technology for GM; and after raising $40M+ to purchase this business in 1993 (but failing to win the bid), Jeff was promoted to be one of the youngest executives in GM, managing operations in Argentina and Brazil, serving on Boards in Venezuela, Japan, South Korea and China and greenfielding divisional efforts in India, before leaving to start a number of his own businesses.
Currently, Jeff focuses his efforts on capturing a small piece of the value flow being created in China.
A Vanderbilt University undergrad, Jeff attended the Kellogg School with concentrations in Marketing, Policy and Operations. Jeff and his wife Liz have enjoyed their involvement in various non-profit work, including sustaining Operation Love which serves the less privileged and also in raising funds for the restoration of a 1929 atmospheric theater headed toward demolition.
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Walter Schmid '71 (China and Latin America)
Idea Arbitrage
Walter Schmid founded IA in 1997 after a 25 year career at H.J. Heinz where he oversaw the Asia Pacific region from 1992 to 1996. Prior to that, he oversaw corporate development, mergers and acquisitions. After Heinz, IA was established as an entrepreneurial initiative by Mr. Schmid to pursue investment opportunities in three areas: consumer products, medical productivity and educational productivity. In addition, IA has also advised several private equity groups in the area of consumer products. IA's main focus is to orchestrate a start up in one of the three areas of interest. Currently, IA is working to develop an initiative dealing with sleep quality and sleep apnea.
Walter has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Wisconsin and an MBA from Kellogg.
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Liz Wald '95 (Africa)
Economic Development Imports (EDImports)
Founder & Managing Partner
www.edimports.com
Liz founded Economic Development Imports (EDImports) in 2003 as a for-profit, Fair Trade import company that sourced handmade goods from women living in several countries throughout East and West Africa. In 2008, Liz transitioned EDImports to former business partner and fellow Fair Trade importer One World Projects. The combined assortment of household goods, fashion accessories, jewelry, toys, holiday gifts and more supports over 12,000 artisans in 25 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The purchase and subsequent sale of these products supports communities, helps preserve natural resources and provides critical income to women and their families.
Prior to founding EDImports, Liz spent 10 years in strategic consulting and retail management. With two partners, Liz built and sold a consulting firm that focused on classic strategy disciplines, such as business planning, financial analysis and organizational structure for both Internet businesses and traditional companies looking to move into e-commerce. Two years after the sale of the firm, Liz stepped out of the workforce to explore the world. A little more than a year's worth of world travel helped shape her desire to use her business talents to effect change both domestically and abroad. Today, Liz works as an independent consultant.
Liz's professional history also includes work with The Disney Stores and Nike Inc. She holds an MBA from Kellogg, and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Harvard. When not traveling, Liz makes her home in New York City.
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Global Financing Sources
If a US business is expanding abroad in order to exploit opportunities and realize growth, what financial resources are available for this expansion? Alternatively, if an entrepreneur believes that there is a market opportunity in a particular country or region outside of the US, what financial resources are available to setup a local company and fund operations in that specific country or region? What are the various forms of financial assistance available, such as direct equity investments, debt financing, export credit insurance, working capital guarantees and international buyer financing, and how can these options be evaluated? The industry and government panelists will discuss the tradeoffs on each option and lessons learned.
Location: Tribune Auditorium
Moderator: Derrick Collins, Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
Panelists:
- Michael Howard, Midwest Regional Director, The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Global)
- Tunde Omotoba '03, Director, Africa Finance Corporation (Africa)
- John Simon, EVP, OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Global)
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Michael Howard (Global)
The Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Regional Director
Michael F. Howard is the Regional Director for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Since 1996, he has led the Bank's Midwest regional office, promoting exports of US goods and services through a variety of programs including Export Credit Insurance, Loan and Guarantee and Working Capital. Mr. Howard manages the 14 state midwest territory providing counsel to exporters on public and private sector risk mitigation products, assisting exporters with proper preparation of their loan applications, credit insurance applications and introducing exporters to banks willing to accept the Export-Import Bank's credit insurance policy assignments and Working Capital Guarantees as collateral for loans. Prior to his leadership of this region, he served four years with the Southeast Regional office of the Bank as a Business Development Officer and four years in the Department of Commerce for the State of Florida. With the State of Florida he partnered in the authorization of the Florida Export Finance Corporation. In addition, he worked for the James River Group, JPM Industries and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Beyond his professional responsibilities, the Economic Club of Chicago, Previously, he served as an officer of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and many other not for profit organizations
Mr. Howard received a BS in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Tunde Omotoba '03 (Africa)
Africa Finance Corp
Director
Tunde Omotoba is a Director at Africa Finance Corporation, a multi-billion dollar investment fund that fuels economic development across Africa. Prior to joining Africa Finance Corporation, Tunde was a Vice President in the Evanston, Illinois office of Smith Whiley & Company. Smith Whiley is a private equity firm with over $250 million under management that specializes in providing junior capital for management buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions and growth capital. Tunde was a member of Smith Whiley's Investment Committee and has participated in the investment of 10 mezzanine and private equity transactions totaling $80 million on behalf of Smith Whiley's three investment partnerships. Tunde underwrote 7 ($59 million in aggregate) of the 10 investments and currently manages 5 portfolio companies having had two successful exits.
Prior to joining Smith Whiley, Tunde had 12 years of investment, due diligence, auditing and engineering experience. He was a Manager at Arthur Andersen (Nigeria Office) in the financial services, manufacturing, and commercial and telecom groups. He managed due diligence reviews on behalf of private equity firms, and performed audits, fraud investigations, financial consulting, diagnostic reviews and due diligence reviews.
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John Simon (Global)
EVP, OPIC
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Nominated by President George W. Bush, John A. Simon was sworn in as Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in April 2006.
Prior to his OPIC appointment, Mr. Simon served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Relief, Stabilization and Development for the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House. From 2003 to 2005, he served as Director of Development Issues at the NSC.
From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Simon was Deputy Assistant Administrator at the United States Agency for International Development, overseeing the agency's development information and evaluation units. Earlier in his career, he served as Director of Business Finance and Strategic Planning at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. He also worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office for Administration and Finance in several capacities, including Deputy Director for Research and Development. Mr. Simon received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University.
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Selling and Marketing Globally
Selling and marketing in North American markets is the norm for most American entrepreneurs. However, market saturation, the current dollar weakness and increased competitive intensity also drive small and medium sized companies with fewer resources to consider selling their product abroad. But what seems trivial, often ends up disappointing due to unanticipated issues with—for example—cultural differences, regulation, consumer preferences. What opportunities exist for American entrepreneurs across the seas and borders? What can the high-growth entrepreneurs do to capture international markets, and in what order should they pursue opportunities? What resources are available to conduct a market attractiveness study and subsequently locate distribution partners in each target country? Learn from the panelists who have successfully generated sales from many countries around the world.
Location: Tribune Auditorium
Moderator: Julie Hennessy '82, Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management
Panelists:
- Jill Brosig '97, Luxury Goods Sales and Marketing Consultant (Global)
- Julie Carducci, Director, US Dept of Commerce - Commercial Service - Chicago Office (Global)
- Ravin Gandhi '00, President and Founder, Glenborn Partners, LP (Global)
- David Krauskopf '05, Owner, Hamanasi Adventure Resort (Eastern Europe and Central America)
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Jill Brosig '97 (Global)
Luxury Goods Sales and Marketing
Consultant
Jill Brosig has been studying the fashion/luxury industry since high school. In 2005 her passion for technology and fashion lead her to a newly created role in for Motorola, Senior Director of Fashion and Co-branding Strategy. In this role she not only developed Motorola's go to market plans for entering and growing within a $1 B gross margin TAM, but negotiated deals with companies ranging from Dolce & Gabbana to Ferrari. She recently left Motorola to consult with fashion companies, and currently is working with a high end shoe designer and a luxury beauty manufacturer. She has a B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois, an M.S. From The Ohio State University, and an M.B.A. from Kellogg.
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Julie Carducci (Global)
Director
U.S. Commercial Service
Founded in 1980, the U.S. Commercial Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, which assists U.S. companies, particularly small and medium-sized businesses with sales to international markets. Our network includes 107 U.S. offices and more than 150 offices overseas in 87 countries. Visit the U.S. government's export portal at http://www.export.gov to find the "Export Assistance Center" nearest you. Since June 2004, Julie Carducci has served as Director of the Commercial Service office in Chicago where she and her team of seven support exporters in the metropolitan region. In 2007, this assistance resulted in 349 export successes for small and medium businesses, generating nearly $95 million dollars in export sales for the Illinois economy. Julie first joined Commercial Service - Chicago in September 2002, as senior trade specialist. Prior to this, she served as Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, from 1998-2002, and at the American Institute in Taiwan, from 1996-1998. During her six years in China, she worked with US pharmaceutical, medical equipment, consumer goods, electronics and insurance companies supporting market entry, access and expansion. Julie also worked from 1992-1996 in the Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel supporting the sector's integration into the WTO. Before joining the Department, Julie was employed at a property management company in Shanghai, and at a Chinese trading company in New York. A native of Naperville, Illinois, Julie holds an M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in political science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Ravin Gandhi '00 (Global)
Glenborn Partners, LP
President and Founder
Ravin Gandhi is President and Founder of Glenborn Partners L.P., a private equity firm and family investment office. Mr. Gandhi's most recent acquisition was GMM Development Limited, a global manufacturer/applicator of specialty non-stick coatings based in Zhuhai, China. GMM employs 230 people, and supplies products to the world's largest cookware and bakeware manufacturers. Glenborn Partners also is the largest single shareholder of Hester Biosciences, a publicly traded manufacturer of biological products based in Ahmedabad, India, and Ravin serves on Hester's Board of Directors. Prior to 2003, Mr. Gandhi was President of Akzo Nobel Non-Stick Coatings (ANNSC), a global manufacturer of non-stick coatings with facilities in Chicago, Italy, India, Brazil, and China. ANNSC was formed when Akzo Nobel, a $22 billion Dutch conglomerate acquired Coatings and Chemicals Corporation (CCC), a business that Ravin and his family built up together.
Mr. Gandhi holds a BS from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Evanston, IL), and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Ravin has volunteered for 8 consecutive years as a Junior Achievement teacher in the Chicago Public School System, and successfully completed the 2006 Chicago Marathon.
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David Krauskopf '05 (Eastern Europe and Central America)
Hamanasi Adventure Resort
Owner
Mr. Krauskopf is an experienced entrepreneur with 16 years of professional experience in developing countries. Starting in Czechoslovakia in 1992 with a software start up and moving to Russia in 1993, he helped start a company with the franchise contract for Apple Computer's Russian operations. He served as Apple's General Manager for Russia and C.I.S. countries for more than two years until the company was sold in 1995. He then purchased a computer products distribution company (named DPI) and was able to win the Apple franchise contract for Russia. DPI introduced to the Russian market several western brands such as QMS, Tektronix, Agfa and Adobe. In addition Mr. Krauskopf started a high end printing and graphics solutions company, and secured the Apple contract for the Ukraine. He has sold these companies and today they still operate with over 300M in sales revenue. In 2000, Mr. Krauskopf developed a high end boutique resort in Belize, Central America. Hamanasi Resort is consistently ranked a top resort in Central America by TripAdvisor.com. Mr. Krauskopf lives in Northern Virginia, is an angel investor with New Vantage Group, a volunteer business counselor and a wrestling coach at Langley HS. Mr. Krauskopf holds a Kellogg MBA (EMP60).
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