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Our
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Members of our team are innovative thinkers. They
are well grounded in understanding which organizational, operational,
and cultural drivers enable businesses to compete and thrive in
today's harsh economic climate. They have specific expertise in
the following areas:
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Strategic and financial analysis |
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Structuring high quality product portfolios |
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Implementing world-class product planning and development
processes |
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Profitable product life-cycle management |
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Competitive Analysis |
Members of our team are graduates of top business and engineering
universities. All have strong, practical experience and highly honed
professional know-how acquired by working for, and with, major domestic
and international corporations. |
Lisa Wang
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Lisa Wang specializes
in financial analysis practice, such as evaluating business plans,
conducting Due Diligence, working with VCs and start-up companies,
etc. She leads strategy and research engagements to support Chicago
Analytics’ mission—delivering leading-edge financial
analysis and strategic consulting service to ensure the competence
of our clients in today’s challenging business environment.
With nearly 10 years of global operation experience, her role is
as follows:
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Valuation of private equity
portfolios and businesses |
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Identify successful entrepreneurs,
business executives or market opportunities as a platform
for building substantial companies |
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Assist in formation of business strategy |
Prior to joining Chicago Analytics, Lisa held a variety of positions
in Fortune 500 companies. Her career experience includes strategy
management and business analysis positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton,
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals and security firms in China.
Lisa holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.
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Greg
Nemec |
Greg is an experienced
leader, coach and implementer having championed marketing, product
management and business development efforts for Fortune 500 and
start-up companies alike. A sample of his results include:
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Creating the strategy,
tactics and leading the implementation that tripled annual
product line revenues at 3Com. |
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Initiating, negotiating, and tracking
results of partnership agreements at Lucent that increased
Divisional channel coverage tenfold. |
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Establishing a product development
process at an e-commerce company that improved on-time delivery,
raised customer satisfaction ratings and grew revenues. |
His educational credits include degrees from:
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Northwestern University-MS in Communications
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University of Illinois-MBA in Finance and MIS |
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Northern Illinois University-BS in Marketing |
He has been published in the International Engineering Consortium’s
Annual Review of Communications, he is a certified Six Sigma Green
belt, has received a Certificate of Excellence from HP and holds a communications
technology patent.
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| Ronit Austgen |
Ronit is an accomplished,
former Marketing Director for major consumer companies such as AT&T
Wireless, and Starbucks Coffee Company. She holds degrees from the
following institutions:
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IESE, Instituto de Estudios
Superiores de la Empresa, Barcelona, Spain; MBA in International
Marketing |
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University of California, Santa Barbara:
BA in Political Science and International Relations |
Ronit has 15 years of experience in developing marketing strategies,
structuring brand architectures, and facilitating focus groups.
She is responsible for our cause, non-profit, and consumer practice.
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| Trudy Frank |
Trudy is a former
CFO and VP of Finance with ConAgra and major investment banking
and trading organizations. Her education background includes:
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American Graduate School of International Management:
MBA - Finance |
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University of Illinois-MBA in Finance and MIS |
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Salzburg College (Austria) - Studies in International Business
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Her exceptional financial skills led to numerous M&A assignments
in the USA and Europe.
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| Derek Podobas |
He is a former GM, VP, and Director
of major companies such as Ameritech, Sprint, and several high-tech
companies in California. He has an extensive educational background
earned at:
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The University of Chicago: MBA in Corporate Strategy
and Investments |
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American Graduate School of International Management: MIM |
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Illinois Institute of Technology: BS in Electrical Engineering
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He is a frequent speaker at conferences and industry events, and
has an extensive consulting experience advising and training companies
in the U.S. and abroad.
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| Rafael Sotomayor |
Rafael has an
exceptionally strong technical, planning and corporate strategy
background. His educational credits include degrees from:
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Harvard University-MBA in
Corporate Strategy |
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Georgia Institute of Technology-MS in
Electrical Engineering |
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Purdue University-BS in Computer Science
and Electrical Engineering |
His professional expertise includes engineering, operational, and
marketing assignments with such companies as Intel and Motorola.
Rafael is a subject matter expert in complex software development,
process re-engineering, and cycle-time reduction. His assignments
take him frequently to clients in Latin America and Far East.
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