JumpStart NYC Faculty

Guy Erb is a Director at LECG, LLC, an expert services company. Since joining LECG in 2005, he has worked on a variety of matters related to corporate governance and financial services, including due diligence undertaken by investment banks in connection with equity and fixed income offerings, assessment of the market for private equity financing, exit financing for companies emerging from bankruptcy, banking standards and practices, mergers and acquisitions, the independence of audit committees, fairness opinions, international payments systems and the international arbitration of investment banking and real estate disputes.

He has experience in two highly regulated industries, investment banking and money services businesses. Having worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York for four years, he then led the team that opened Goldman Sachs Mexico in 1994, where he served as Chief Operating Officer for nearly three years and then as Vice Chairman of the Mexico City office for two years.

He has served on several Boards of Directors, testified before the US House and Senate and the International Trade Commission, and held senior US government positions. He founded and was President and CEO of RapidMoney Corporation, a money transmittal company that developed an advanced point-of-sale system for the personal money transfers of migrant workers.

A frequently published analyst of and commentator on trade and investment policies, he has testified before the US Congress and the International Trade Commission. His wide international experience, both in business and policy, includes investment banking, corporate consulting, and service as a member of the National Security Council staff, a Foreign Service Officer, a member of the United Nations Secretariat and as a financial advisor to inter-governmental agencies.

Mr. Erb holds an M.Sc. (Econ.) degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and a Diploma from the University of Madrid, Spain. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.

Dr. Manuel Escudero: holds a B.Sc. from Escuela Superior de Técnicas Empresariales (Spain), and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Dr. Escudero is the Executive Director of the Research Center for the Global Compact at the Levin Institute and a Senior Fellow with The Levin Institute, Head of the Secretariat of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), and Special Adviser to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Prior to accepting his position as Senior Staff member and Head of Networks at the United Nation Global Compact in 2006, Dr. Escudero was Professor of Macroeconomics at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. During his career at the IE Business School, he was Research Dean and Faculty Dean, Associate General Director of the IE Business School and founder and Associate Director of the IE Executive College.

He has written 8 books, more than 100 op-ed articles, 5 public reports, and 20 working papers. He has been Director/Principal Researcher of 20 Research Projects, among them “The Labor Market in Spain, Analysis and Reforms.” (Tinker Foundation, USA, 2005),“Investing in the Fastest-Growing Economy of Brazil, Strategic Partnerships in the State of Minas Gerais” (Commission of European Communities,1998) and “Priorities for Executive Development.” (Leonardo da Vinci Program, Commission of European Communities, 1997). He has participated as Director/Keynote Speaker/Speaker in 82 Conferences in 23 countries. His most recent books include Libro azul 2004: Homo Globalis, en Busca del Buen Gobierno (2005), La implantación del Pacto Mundial en las empresas españolas (2005), and Pleno Empleo (1998)

Dr. Escudero’s public sector experience in Spain includes his role as Director of the Ministerial Group of Thought Leaders on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Secretary of the CSR Experts Forum for Corporate Social Responsibility under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Labor, Secretary General - Spanish Network of the UN Global Compact, Senior Advisor for Policy and Programs of the nominated Candidate for Prime Minister of the Spanish Government. Dr. Escudero served in elected office as Member of the Spanish Parliament for the 2000/2004 term.

Mr. J.B. Kassarjian: holds an MBA and DBA from Harvard University and a BS from Northeastern University.

J.B. Kassarjian has been Professor of Management (1980 - ) at Babson. He has also been Chairman of the Management Division at Babson (1981 -1987). He has held a joint appointment, as Professor of Strategy and Organization, at IMD (1989, and as Emeritus since 2001.) Prior to joining Babson and IMD, he was on the faculty of the Harvard Business School, and he was also involved in establishing Harvard-related graduate management institutes in Iran and the Philippines. He has served as consultant to organizations in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, in such areas as leading change, strategic restructuring, and senior management team building.

Dr. Kassarjian’s writings include a book, numerous articles, and a large number of cases in a variety of business and geographic settings. Recently he has been the recipient of two case-writing awards: his 3-part case series, Sony Europa (A), (B), and (C), (co-authored with K. Kashani), won the 1999 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case-Writing prize, in the Change Management category. And his case Shaping Spaarbeleg: Real and Unreal won the European Case Clearing House (ECCH)/ Business Week-2000 European Case Award in Policy and General Management. Recent writings aimed at a practitioner audience include: a chapter titled, “The Leadership Paradox”, in the book Focused Strategy: Mastering Bottom-up Organizations, Edited by P. Strebel, Wiley, 2000; and a chapter titled, “Writing an Effective Case for Executive Program”, in the book Mastering Executive Education, FT - Prentiss Hall, 2005.

Mr. Thomas Moebus: joined the Levin Institute in July 2006. He previously served as Director of Corporate Relations at MIT, where he helped transform MIT’s approach to industry through substantial partnerships with major international firms, and was instrumental in the creation of numerous international programs. He later was Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Irvine. More recently he founded a consulting practice, Strategic Advancement, focused on development, innovation, and university-industry alliances. In 2001, he co-founded and served as Executive Chairman of OCTANe, a Southern California technology development organization (www.octaneoc.org).

As Vice President, Mr. Moebus is charged with securing resources for the growth of the Levin Institute, and developing partnerships with corporations and foundations whose interests coincide with the mission of the Institute.

Dr. Lynne Rosansky: Rosansky earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from Boston University and holds an MBA from Babson College. Her BA is from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Dr. Rosansky is currently the Vice President of Academic Affairs for the Levin Institute, a Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce for the State University of New York. Dr. Rosansky leads Levin’s academic programs and research initiatives.

In her role at The Levin Institute, Dr. Rosansky is responsible for academic program design, development and delivery, selection and coaching of faculty, strategic relationship building with international partner schools and business development. Prior to joining the Levin Institute, Dr. Rosansky was President of Hult International Business School, formerly the Arthur D. Little School of Management where she was Dean. Over the course of her career, Dr. Rosansky has served on the faculties of Brandeis University Graduate School for International Economics & Finance, Simmons Graduate School of Management, and Babson College. Courses taught included: International Business, Business Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management and General Management. As a Visiting Professor at the International University of Japan, , Niigata-ken, JAPAN, Dr. Rosansky designed and delivered the management curriculum for the Intensive International Executive Education Program, a training program for international (Japanese and Chinese) executives being prepared for overseas assignment.

At Arthur D. Little School of Management, Professor Rosansky developed and delivered programs for clients; consultants and MBA students. She was a founding member of the Arthur D. Little HR Consulting Practice and delivered cases for Polaroid Corporation, the IRS and a small telecommunications start-up company. She developed and delivered courses for Senior ADL Consultants on international negotiation and case management. . At Babson, Dr. Rosansky served as faculty director for the Program on Leadership and Influence and taught in both custom and open-enrollment programs. At Brandeis University, Professor Rosansky led the development of the Alliance Strategy program. As a consultant, she has developed competency models and implemented competency-based Human Resource strategies for high tech companies such as Sapient Corp and HP. She has designed and implemented measures for program effectiveness and evaluation.

Dr. Rosansky is also President and founder of LHR International, Inc, a consulting firm specializing in the strategic alignment of people, processes and strategy. Her clients include Mainspring (now part of IBM Global Services), Sapient Corporation, State Street Bank, Haywood Hospital, Verizon, and Ford Motor.

Dr. Rosansky served as faculty director for the Program on Leadership and Influence and for the Program for Women in Management, both at Babson College; She led the Intensive International Executive Program at IUJ (Japan); the Alliance Strategy program at Brandeis University; the Emerging Issues in Information Technology for State Street Bank; the IT Leadership program for State Street Bank and the Going Global program for SK Corporation (Korea). In her role as faculty director, she was responsible for overall curriculum design, development and coordination that included faculty assignments; site visits and company speaker engagements; student evaluations; extra-curricular activities; projects and team assignments; and client relations.

Mr. David Teten is CEO of Teten Advisors and co-author of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, the first book on how businesses can use online networks and other “Web 2.0″ technologies to originate deals, win new clients, and raise capital. He is a frequent keynote speaker to finance and technology conferences. He has twice earned the highest ratings of any speaker at a conference.

David was most recently Managing Director of Evalueserve, the world’s largest knowledge process outsourcing company. Founded in 2000, the company has over 2,500 employees. Among its 1,100 clients are 6 of the top 10 investment banking entities and 10 of the top 15 strategy consulting firms. David joined the firm when Evalueserve acquired his investment research firm, the Circle of Experts, of which he was Founder and CEO.

David was formerly CEO of Teten Executive Recruiting, which he sold to Accolo, #42 on the 2007 Inc. 500 list. Previously, he was CEO of GoldNames, an investment bank serving the internet domain name asset class. He worked with Bear Stearns’ Investment Banking division as a member of their technology/defense M&A team, and was a strategy consultant with Mars & Co. David is a member of the Advisory Board for Accolo, Grouply, and the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. He holds a Harvard MBA and a Yale BA, both with honors. He lives in New York with his family and two notebooks.

Mr. Christopher Trimble: holds an MBA degree with distinction from the Tuck School, and BS with highest distinction from the University of Virginia.

He is an expert in innovation and execution. He is the co-author of "Building Breakthrough Businesses Within Established Organizations," the lead article in the May 2005 Harvard Business Review, and Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators - from Idea to Execution, published by the HBS Press in December 2005. Mr. Trimble is a frequent speaker on the topic of innovation. Recent appearances include a keynote address at the Conference Board's Innovation Conference in New York, and as a panelist at the Business Week CEO Forum in Beijing. He is on the faculty at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and has published in the MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, and Across the Board. He has also written for Fast Company and The Financial Times. Mr. Trimble is also a Senior Fellow at Katzenbach Partners LLC, a consulting firm that helps companies achieve peak performance through a combination of strategic problem-solving and insight into people and organization. Mr. Trimble's past work includes a position as a consultant at Bain & Company, and as a submarine officer in the United States Navy.

Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger: received an M.S. and a Ph. D. in physics from the University of Chicago.

He began his IBM career in 1970 at the Company’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center where he started technology transfer programs to move the innovations of computer science from IBM’s research labs into its product divisions. After joining IBM’s product development organization in 1985, he continued his efforts to bring advanced technologies to the marketplace, leading IBM’s initiatives in supercomputing and parallel computing including the transformation of IBM’s large commercial systems to parallel architectures. He has managed a number of IBM’s businesses, including the large systems software and the UNIX systems divisions.

Dr. Wladawsky-Berger is Adjunct Professor in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the Imperial College Business School. He is a member of BP’s Technology Advisory Council, the Visiting Committee for the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago and the Board of Visitors for the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He was co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, as well as a founding member of the Computer Sciences and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council. He is a former member of the University of Chicago-Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratories and of the Board of Overseers for Fermilab. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A native of Cuba, he was named the 2001 Hispanic Engineer of the Year.

Coaches/Mentors

Dr. Sheldon Weinig: received his doctorate from Columbia University. He received an honorary doctorate of law from St. Thomas Aquinas College and honorary doctorates of science degrees from Adelphi University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Dr. Weinig spent 5 years as a Professor and then founded Materials Research Corporation
(MRC: a multinational company supplying sophisticated materials and equipment to the semiconductor and computer industries). MRC became a public corporation and was listed on the American Stock Exchange. Following the explosive growth of the semiconductor industry MRC became a globalized corporation with plants in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Dr. Weinig made the transition from technologist to businessman and remained as Chairman and CEO for 20 plus years.

SONY acquired MRC in1989 and following the merger, Dr. Weinig remained with SONY America for 7 years as Vice Chairman of Engineering and Manufacturing. On April 1, 1996 he retired and accepted Adjunct Professorships at Columbia University and The State University of New York at Stony Brook, N.Y. His graduate course is open to engineers and business school students and bridges the gap between academia and the fast-paced globalized world that we live in today.

His technological contributions to the field of electronic materials resulted in his induction into the National Academy of Engineering in 1984, and in 1988, the Government of France awarded him the rank of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur.

The Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute awarded him the 1980 SEMMY Award for developing the critical materials necessary for the growth of the semiconductor industry and in 1990 he was elected to the International Technology Institute’s Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology.

Dr. Weinig served two terms as a member of President Reagan’s Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives and was a member of the U.S. - Japan Scientific Exchange Committee.

He has served as a Trustee of several Universities and a considerable number of public companies. He presently is a Board member of two public companies, one private corporation and two Foundations.

Mr. Michael DiGiacomo: is a graduate of Yale College and Fordham Law School, where he has been an adjunct professor.

Mr. DiGiacomo is the Vice-President, Administration, at the Levin Graduate Institute and joined Levin after a career in law and international finance, including positions at major Wall Street firms and service as the chief financial officer of a publishing company.

Dr. Maryalice Mazzara: received her doctorate in International Education from Columbia University.

Dr. Mazzara has served as the Education Attache for the Government of Quebec (New York) and was the Director of Education for The Global Film Initiative and the Director of Teacher Training for Columbia's East European, Eurasian and Russian National Resource Center. Her consulting work includes projects with the Tokyo and Soros Foundations and with Samsung.