Panel #7: Leadership Among Leaders
Group Members: Bob Salame Jr., Joyce Tse, Oleg Polovets, Christopher Goldman, Amanda Medina, Jasper Cunneen, Wojciech Balakier, Fuxin (Chris) Zheng
Panelists:
Ghen Saito
MBA from Wharton Business
CEO – DocoLabs Technology
DoCoLabs provides Business Intelligence software that analyzes costs vs revenue in real time. By comparing actual AP from incoming bills and invoices against real time revenue, the software automatically identifies discrepancies and areas to increase profitability.
Former CEO and Founder of Rave Wireless
Rave Mobile Safety was founded in 2004 by a visionary team of entrepreneurs and investors who believed the powerful capabilities and near-ubiquitous ownership of mobile phones could transform the way we communicate. Since then, the company has grown to meet the increasing demand from institutional clients across a variety of market segments, all bound by a common goal: to protect the lives and promote the well-being of their on-the-go constituents.
Joseph M. Harary
President and CEO – Research Frontiers
Stock Ticker – REFR
Founder, Board Member at Imagine Academy for Autism
Graduated Columbia Law
Joe Harary joined Research Frontiers Incorporated as its Vice President and General Counsel in 1992 and has been a director of the Company since 1993. After various promotions, Mr. Harary became President and Chief Operating Officer in 2002, and Chief Executive Officer starting in January 2009. Mr. Harary has actively managed and directed all aspects of the Company’s business including licensing, raising private and public equity capital, marketing, and government relations. Working closely with Chairman Robert L. Saxe, during Joe Harary’s tenure, the company’s intellectual property portfolio — patents and patent applications for SPD-Smart™ technology worldwide — has grown to over 500, making Research Frontiers the industry leader in smart glass light-control technology. He and the executive team are responsible for building an SPD supply chain infrastructure through the licensing of premier companies that include the world’s largest chemical and glass companies, and building global awareness of the benefits of SPD-SmartGlass technology. In 2007, Research Frontiers’ licensees began producing and selling to their customers next-generation SPD-Smart film and end-products. Prior to joining Research Frontiers, Mr. Harary’s corporate law practice emphasized technology, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and intellectual property law at three prestigious New York City law firms. Mr. Harary graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College with an A.B. degree in economics, and received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar as well as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Harary worked as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Joe Harary is frequently asked to share his business experience with other companies directly, and as a speaker and published author in the fields of intellectual property, corporate law, and smart glass. His online column, “Ask Joe,” is popular among the growing number of visitors to the Company’s website (SmartGlass.com). Mr. Harary has also served as a guest lecturer at Fordham University’s Accelerated MBA Program, and serves on the boards of various charities including the Imagine Academy which helps children with autism and their families.
Joan Darragh
Arts Administration Professor of Baruch College
Curator of numerous exhibitions
Director for Planning and Architecture at the Brooklyn Museum
Joan Darragh has twenty-five years of experience in the field of institutional planning and design management. She is also the co-author of Museum Design: Planning and Building for Art (Oxford University Press, 1992). As a consultant to many institutions, she has developed building programs for a variety of projects, including projects like, Arata Isozaki’s Center of Science and Industry, Columbus,Ohio; Santiago Calatrava’s addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum; and a master plan for the Morgan Library, New York, NY. Professor Darragh was the Director for Planning and Architecture at the Brooklyn Museum from 1987 to 2007, overseeing the capital development of the Museum’s master plan from its conception through its first three phases. More recently, she led her Brooklyn team through the creation and implementation of: the Polshek Partnership’s $65,000,000 entrance and plaza redesign; a $3,000,000 library expansion and renovation; the Luce Center for Studies in American Art; the $6,000,000 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art; and the planning, design, and contract negotiation for a $100,000,000 building campaign for the addition of a new service wing and the installation of climate control throughout the historic structure. Most recently, she managed the early stages of a proposed redesign and renovation for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Museum in Simi Valley, California. She is currently a Professor at Baruch College, City University of New York, teaching arts administration courses.