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Investment banking and strategic advisory professional with over 10 years of experience focused on the lower middle market in business services, diversified industrials and technology sector— Involved with establishing and a building a dedicated origination team and execution support for three different investment banking practices. Directly involved with over 50 transactions totaling over $1 Billion […]
Jai ShekhawatJai 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 […]
Brenna BermanBrenna Berman serves as Executive Director of City Tech. Prior to joining UI LABS, Brenna served in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, which she joined in 2011. She served as the Chief Information Officer for the City and Commissioner for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) from 2012 to spring of 2017. In that […]
Executive Director Brenna Berman: Innovate Through A Lens Of Customer ServiceBrenna Berman is the Executive Director of City Tech Collaborative. City Tech transforms cities into testbeds for new idea by remaking essential city services and infrastructure using advanced technology, and then expand these proven solutions to other cities. According to Brenna, it is extremely important to develop a strong team before taking on a large […]
City Tech CollaborativeCity Tech transforms cities into testbeds for new ideas. We remake essential city services and infrastructure using advanced technology, and then expand these proven solutions to other cities. With our partners, we are diverting rainwater from overloaded sewer systems, easing subway congestion during large events, and launching a digital directory of public health services in […]
CEO Jake Nickell: My Employees Manage Me More Than I Manage ThemFor Jake Nickell, Founder & CEO of Threadless, success is all about being surrounded by the right team. Threadless is an online creative community that makes, supports, and buys great art from independent artists all over the world. As someone who is inherently a “maker” rather than a “manager”, Jake learned to develop a leadership […]
How CEO Mitch Carrel Is Revolutionizing The Way People NetworkMitch Carrel, Co-Founder & CEO of Proxfinity, has made it his mission to improve the way people network and connect with one another during events. Proxfinity’s technology uses a wearable to visually identify people with shared interests when they are close enough for a face-to-face conversation and gathers actionable data sets unlike any other in […]
ProxfinityProxfinity’s technology uses a wearable to visually identify people with shared interests when they are close enough for a face-to-face conversation and gathers actionable data sets unlike any other in the industry. For example, we can tell you which topics people connect on and which are the most effective for creating enduring employee engagement across […]
Mitch CarrelMitch is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at Freeborn & Peters LLP, a Chicago-based law firm and the Chairman/CEO of Proxfinity. Mitch takes a strategic and practical approach to solving business issues. His practice focuses on representing public and private companies, landowners, developers and investors and helping them secure land use and […]
Mark HodesMark has been at the intersection of technology and marketing for over 25 years. He earned his stripes in Silicon Valley during the early 90’s where he was witness to the birth of the Internet as a consumer shopping and buying platform. As a founding member of the digital marketing arm of True North Communications, […]