Panel 7: Hot Industries in the Next Decade
MODERATOR:
Kannan Mohan, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
CUNY Baruch College
Kannan Mohan is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Baruch College, The City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in CIS from Georgia State University. His research interests include agile development methodologies, managing software product family development, software traceability, knowledge integration, and green IT. His work has appeared in journals such as Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE IT Professional, IEEE Software, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Information & Management, and Communications of the AIS. Kannan teaches courses on green IT, systems analysis and design, and introductory information systems for managers.
SPEAKERS:
Adam Furman
President & CEO of Saibot Technologies
Adam Furman began his professional career on Wall Street in the 1990’s as a retail broker then moved to the proprietary trading desk. It was there that he developed a desire to utilize the latest technologies for extensive research, technical analysis, risk management and execution strategies to capitalize on short term equity investments.
In 1999, Adam went on to start Saibot Technologies, an internet business consulting firm providing web development solutions and internet marketing services for clients, as well as creating and incubating a portfolio of their own internet companies. Saibot helps businesses utilize technology and the internet as a way to simplify their business processes, operate more efficiently, and maximize revenues.
Through Adam’s extensive knowledge of search engines and online marketing, as well as his wealth of advanced strategies and methodologies, he has developed countless profitable marketing campaigns for his clients, as well as businesses for his own portfolio ranging from cosmetics companies to construction companies.
His approach is as unique as each business, and every project is carefully planned, executed, and tracked in order to provide his clients with the best tools and data available to manage and monitor all aspects of their businesses.
Ralph Bianculli, Jr.
Director of Sales, Paradigm Group
Ralph Bianculli began his entrepreneurial career at 16 when he created his private tutoring and landscaping businesses. By 17 he was tutoring seven students per week and working landscaping jobs on the weekends.
Ralph has always taken the initiative to take the path less traveled through the “left lane of life” and become the best he could be through hard work, focus and discipline. At 21 he joined his father’s manufacturing and distribution business which produces eco-friendly disposable products including the “Apt. 5” tree free paper line for the Walgreens/Duane Reade group.
As a passionate environmentalist and business person, Ralph helped created a program that helps large facilities around the country convert to green products at lower costs and measure their environmental footprint.
As the Director of Sales, he leads Paradigm Group’s sales division and over the last year has converted major facilities around the country, including fortune 500 corporations, universities, and hotel groups to sustainable products and practices at cost savings.
Joseph Bonelli
Financial Services Technology Executive
Joseph (Joe) Bonelli, based in greater New York City, is a senior technology executive with over 20 years of financial services experience developing and supporting mission-critical technology solutions and leading the transformation of technology delivery organizations. He is recognized for strategically and cost effectively driving technology in alignment with business goals and excels at strategic planning, building high performance teams, and implementing continuous improvement programs. He has extensive experience building and leading global, multi-location teams, leveraging vendor off shoring and establishing major software vendor partnerships.
Joe was Managing Director and Head of Information Services and Liquidity Technology for the Treasury and Trade Services business at Citigroup. He was responsible for driving the information technology strategy and implementation for the Information Services and Liquidity businesses, globally. As part of this role he was responsible for the mission critical customer facing electronic banking systems, CitiDirect and CitiBusiness Online, TreasuryVision as well as the primary Connectivity Channels. These systems operate in over 100 countries in 23 languages with approximately one million users from major corporations, financial institutions, and governments. In addition, he was responsible for creating new solutions for client on-boarding including electronic bank account management (eBAM), Identity Management, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), Media and Analytics. He was responsible for 1,200 FTE and a $150 million budget.
Joe’s prior position within Citigroup included managing several international securities clearance and position keeping systems. He was responsible for driving the decommissioning of several large-scale systems and building out a data warehouse for reporting and analytics. All of his roles at Citigroup entailed building and leading organizations in multiple geographic locations. He always sought or was asked to take on highly complex, challenging and, or problematic assignments.
Prior to joining Citigroup, Joe was a Vice President in the Corporate Systems area of JP Morgan. There he progressed through increasingly responsible technology roles ranging from a programmer/analyst to group manager in functional areas including Credit Risk Management, Legal and Management Accounting, Profit Sharing, Loans, and Incentive Compensation Systems.
He earned a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems Bernard M. Baruch College.
Michael J. Caslin III
Chairman & CEO of URGENT VC
Michael Caslin provides 30 years of proven national and global venture business development experience. He has served numerous for-profit and social enterprise non-profit ventures across numerous industry segments as a C-level leader, Board member and Turnaround / Strategy Advisor. He has helped organizations scale across regional, national and global markets. In one instance he helped a venture scale from 200 users and to 1.5 million users. He has helped scale a venture from $200K to $20mm annual revenue. He has led fund raising initiatives that have secured over $130 million and has been involved in both VC and Private Equity deal flow.
Since 2008, he has served as Chairman/CEO of URGENT VC. He founded URGENT VC (Urban Regeneration Energy Technology Ventures Corporations) to support the development of Sustainability Focused Ventures. URGENT VC accomplishes this through supporting venture development in the CleanTech & Sustainable Infrastructure – Alternative Asset Investment Class category. URGENT VC has an operating unit – Sustainable Community Consulting – which was selected in 2009 thru an EU wide competition to advise the Dublin Airport Authority on its future Sustainability Plan. In 2010, URGENT VC was an advisor to the Federally established Blackstone Valley Partnership- a coalition of 24 towns and cities along the Blackstone River spanning Massachusetts and Rhode Island. URGENT VC was also selected by the Passamaquoddy Tribe and USET (the United Southern and Eastern Tribes) a coalition of (40) Native American Tribes as an advisor for Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Reservations.
In the Winter of 2009, seeing a need and niche for a growth stage private equity investment manager in the Sustainable Infrastructure space, he co-founded SCRC- Sustainable Community Resource Capital. By 2011, SCRC was acquired and harvested. At SCRC, he was primarily responsible for investor and portfolio company sourcing and strategic due diligence of Fund investments with a focus on the carbon asset management sector. Post-investment, Mr. Caslin was responsible for the support of executive management coaching and performance management and served as a member of the Investment Committee and Board.
Since 2004, he has also served as a Professor (with consistently high performance ratings) as a “Prac-Ademic” (Practitioner & Academic) at the graduate and undergraduate level of Babson College’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and the CUNY Baruch Zicklin School of Management and Field Center for Entrepreneurship (2009- present). Babson College is ranked #1 in Entrepreneurship by US News & World Report and ranked in the top 10 in Social Entrepreneurship. CUNY-Baruch College- Zicklin School of Business is America’s most diverse student body-170+ nationalities and the nation’s largest business school-26,000 students and is ranked #8 in Entrepreneurship. His courses include Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Venture Development and Case Study Experiences, High Impact Social Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Management.
In 2009, he was awarded a “World Urbanization Fellowship” by the UK based Norfolk Charitable Trust to observe and assess why cities and communities “thrive or die”. This experience provided a unique 4 continent, 14 city lens on the pressing issues of increased urbanization trends. His urbanization, economic and environmental experiences were also developed thru his (12) year tenure as Founding Chair of the nationally recognized Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College where he worked closely with then co-founders Charles Lord, Max Kennedy, Dr. Erik Strauss and Dirk Ziff.
Mike also helped lead the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship from insolvency in 1988 to $20 million annual revenue with a $10 million endowment by 2008. As CEO for 14 years, he helped raise over $125 million in private sector sponsorships and an additional $5 million from the Federal, State and City Sectors. Students reached have grown by 1,000X and revenue by 100X over this 20-year period. NFTE now operates with a global system wide budget of $26 million in 13 countries and 31 states.
In the 1980′s, Mike served as a corporate turnaround adviser to 40 companies in 12 industry sectors in the Boston to Washington, D.C. corridor.
He currently serves as an Advisor to: Columbia University’s Fu School of Engineering Cleantech Incubator, The SJF Institute, as a Cleantech Mentor of the Citi-SJF CleanTech Fund of NYC, NYACRE-NYU-Polytechnic NYSERDA Incubator and The Citi Foundation USA Green Jobs Awards Panel.
He has lectured on Entrepreneurship, Venture Scaling and Sustainability at: Harvard Business School, Columbia University Uris Business School, Dartmouth Tuck School of Business, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Business, Stanford University- Terman School or Engineering and Graduate School of Business and the University of Hong Kong.
He has provided expert testimony to the: United Nations and U.S. Congress. Organizations he has assisted have been featured in numerous regional, national and global media and policy outlets including: National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, CNNfn, Washington Post, Aspen Institute and Davos World Economic Forum. He has been a panelist for the: UN Economic Commission for the Europe, SJF USA Green Economy Summit, French-American Innovation Forum on Renewable and Green Energy, United Southern and Eastern Tribe Summit on Sustainable Reservations and a participant in the Obama White House Summit on Renewable Energy.
Jesse Sutton
Co-Founder & CEO of Majesco Entertainment
As CEO, Jesse Sutton oversees all aspects of Majesco’s day-to-day operations. As a Majesco co-founder, Jesse brings to our company more than 20 years experience in business management and has been instrumental in developing and overseeing all of Majesco’s key strategic alliances.
Majesco is a publicly held/traded company and an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, focused on developing and publishing a wide range of casual and family oriented titles on leading console and portable systems. Its diverse product portfolio provides Majesco with multiple opportunities to capitalize on the large and growing installed base of digital entertainment platforms and an increasing number of digital entertainment enthusiasts. Over its 22 year history, Majesco has developed strong retail and distribution network relationships that enable it to sell products to U.S. retail chains, including Wal-Mart, GameStop, Best Buy, Target and Toys ‘R Us.
Majesco publishes video games for almost all major current generation interactive entertainment hardware platforms, including Nintendo’s DS, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Sony’s PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft’s Xbox and Xbox 360 and the personal computer, or PC.
Jesse Sutton is also involved with other organizations besides being the CEO, Co-Founder, and Member of the Board for Majesco Entertainment. He is an Advisory Board Member at FortiusOne, which rebranded as GeoIQ. GeoIQ is the name of the leading software platform that includes products built for geospatial data exploration, visualization, and analysis. He is also the Chairman at Reach for the Stars School for Autistic Children.
Jesse Sutton went to Yeshiva University, but in his 2nd year of college, he found the girl of his dreams and went straight to work in order to get married.
In the past, he was an EMT at the Hatzalah Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organization. He was also the President of Majesco Biologicals from 1996 to 2006. He became the CEO of Majesco Entertainment in August 2006.
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