Dr. Thomas M. Uhlman, Managing Partner, New Venture Partners
Thomas M. Uhlman is a Founder and Managing Partner of New Venture Partners LLC, a venture capital firm formed as a result of the spinout of Lucent Technologies’ New Ventures Group in December, 2001. From 1997-2001, Tom began and was President of the New Ventures Group. During the 1997-2012 time period, Uhlman and his colleagues [...]
Scott H. Orenstein
Scott Orenstein is a fashion retail and e-commerce industry consultant and former President of G.H. Bass & Co., a division the fashion global conglomerate PVH Corporation. With a hundred and thirty-seven year old history, Bass is well known in the industry for creating and defining past and current trends in the footwear and retail. Prior [...]
Howard Yu, Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at IMD Business School
Dr. Howard Yu is Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at IMD Business School, Switzerland. He received his doctoral degree in management at Harvard Business School. His research interests include technological innovation, strategic transformation, and change management. His teaching and research activities focus on why and how some firms can sustain new growth while others [...]
Tony Wilkins, CFA
In 2012, Tony was the Entrepreneur in Residence for Excelerate Labs, a leading accelerator located in Chicago. Tony is also a member of Hyde Park Angels where he chairs their Membership Committee and sits on their Screening Committee. Tony has been an active angel investor in early stage firms with experience in the financial services, [...]
Clifford Schorer, Professor and Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Business School
Following a successful business career as an entrepreneur in 2001 Cliff joined the Columbia Business School faculty as the Entrepreneur in Residence. In addition to teaching “Launching New Ventures,” he serves as faculty advisor to the Eugene M. Lang Investment Fund and in 1999 initiated the Greenhouse Business Incubator Program. In the spring of 2005, [...]
Howard A. Tullman, President & CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy
Howard A. Tullman serves as President/CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy and of HYDR>BOX, LLC. He is the former President of Kendall College and the former Chairman/CEO of Experiencia, Inc. Mr. Tullman is the General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investors, LLC. He is also a member of Chicago Mayor Emanuel’s ChicagoNEXT [...]