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AspireUp

AspireUp is a strategic marketing and brand and innovation consulting firm that helps companies identify new avenues for growth. Our projects focus on developing brand and marketing strategies, creating new products and services, and executing market research to understand markets and customer needs. We have 25 consultants with senior-level experience in marketing and general management, […]

Roland Jacobs

Roland Jacobs is President & CEO of AspireUp, a strategic marketing consultancy dedicated to helping companies grow. Roland founded the company in 2002 and has overseen its rapid expansion. He is a recognized expert in the areas of marketing strategy, branding and innovation and consults with large corporate clients and nonprofits across a wide range […]

Ryan Ruskin

Ryan is responsible for business development and general management for The Ruskin Group, a 126-year- old family packaging company founded by his great grandfather. The Ruskin Group is recognized as a world leader in sustainability and e-commerce packaging, and consists of three business units that supply a wide range of products, specializing in paperboard folding […]

Ted Leonard

Ted Leonard is a seasoned technology and finance industry executive and successful entrepreneur with a diverse background across multiple industries and business functions, including executive management, board advisory, corporate finance, day-to-day operations and transactions.  Prior to receiving his MBA, Mr. Leonard started his career as an analyst at Thomson Reuters. He then went on to […]

Donald Dew

Donald J. Dew is President/CEO of Habilitative Systems, Inc. (HSI), a vital Chicago-based health and human services organization providing programs and services for thousands of children and families in need. Under his tenure, HSI’s budget has increased from $6.5 million in 1989 to approximately $8.5 million in 2018, signaling a significant increase in services to […]

Thomas Flake

Thomas Flake founded Bcause in 2012 and has served as the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer and Board Member since January 2014. After leaving an 8.5-year career in the Navy, in 1994, Tom started a business, Synergy Consultants, which provided computer education seminars, software development and outsourced desktop support to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) community. […]

Mary Cook

In my current role at Salo, I help connect people and ideas to have a positive impact. We make connections that solve problems and evolve business. The culture in which we work is collaborative and focused on finding creative new ways to elevate people and business performance. We align talent with work that fuels their […]

Susan Abrams

Susan Abrams was appointed CEO of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in April 2014, with more than 25 years of nonprofit, for-profit, and business management experience. Under Susan’s leadership, the Museum is leading globally in Holocaust and museum education, recently opening the groundbreaking four- gallery permanent exhibition, the Take a Stand Center, including the […]

Brian King

In 2004, nine years after beginning his career with Accenture, Brian King founded Kenway Consulting, a management and technology consulting firm focused on helping clients in the areas of Project Lifecycle, Enterprise Transformation and Information Insight. His goal was to start the company for which he always wanted to work, and he has since built […]

Jai Shekhawat

Jai Shekhawat is the Founder and former CEO of Fieldglass, a cloud platform for the management of contingent labor and services. Under his leadership, Fieldglass grew globally with users in 100+ countries in 30 languages and emerged as the largest firm in the world in the fast growing vendor management software category. He was Ernst […]