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Additional Research & Prior Programs
Turning up the Heat: How Venture Capital Can Help Fuel the Economic Transformation of the Great Lake
Prepared for Brooking Institution Metropolitan Policy Program by Frank E. Samuel Jr. Battered for decades by the loss of manufacturing, the outmigration of talented workers, and a sluggish entrepreneurial spirit, the states and metropolitan areas of the Great Lakes region have long struggled to remake the area's once powerful economy. Efforts to grow new industries and jobs in the region...
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Advanced Battery Investment Summit 2008 - Full Brochure
Full program descriptions and speaker listings from the 2008 Advanced Automobile Battery investment Summit.
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Corporate Growth & Renewable Energy
Presented August 27, 2008 at The Tower Club, Chicago, IL. ACG Chicago Presentation for the Economic Development Council. Presenters: Craig Miller, CEO, ACG Chicago; Shez Bandukwala, ThinkEquity; Ray Weber, GE Energy Finance, and; Ted Brandt, Marathon Capital
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Powering Growth 2007 - The Future of Energy Investment Opportunities for PE and Corporate Growth
Brochure about Powering Growth 2007 - The Future of Energy Investment Opportunities for PE and Corporate Growth. Events and speakers included: (1) An Introduction to the Energy Industry & Future Opportunities by Howard A. Learner, President & Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center (2) New Visions of Current Energy Markets by Mike Desmond, Director / Conversion Technology Center, BP America and Dr. Michael Walsh, Executive Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange and John Bobek, Vice President, Strategy & Globalization, Johnson Controls (3) Renewable Energy Opportunities by Carter Brown, Director / Finance, Invenergy and Katharine Brass, Ecomagination Program Manager, GE Energy and Ed Williams, CEO & Co-founder, Firefly Energy and Ted Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Capital. 
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2009 Clean Tech Trends Presentation
Presentations from Clean Tech Trends, April 3, 2009. Presenters were: Shez Bandukwala, Partner, ThinkEquity; Ted Brandt, CEO, Marathon Capital LLC; Ralf Sigrist, President & CEO, Nordex USA, Inc.; Raymond Weber, Senior Vice President Power & Renewable Energy, General Electric 
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Founders' Panelists
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Gian M. Fulgoni
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder
comScore, Inc.






Michael Alter
President and CEO
SurePayroll. A Paychex Company





Glen Tullman
Chief Executive Officer
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.






President and CEO Michael Alter is responsible for the overall business model development, strategic planning and day-to-day operations for SurePayroll, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paychex®. Alter joined SurePayroll in 2000 after more than five years with McKinsey and Company, where he was a founder and leader of its Service Operations Practice. Prior to receiving his MBA from the Harvard Business School, Alter worked in various sales positions at IBM. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern University.

Alter is also an active board and advisory board member for leading industry and entrepreneurial organizations including: Board of Directors for the Illinois Technology Association, Chicago Chapter Officer for the Young Presidents' Organization, Advisory Board Member for Sertifi — the world’s most trusted web contracting solution; Advisory Board Member for Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Board Member for Nambe, LLC. — a leading design and lifestyle brand. Alter also maintains active memberships in the Executives' Club of Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago. In addition, he is active in many charitable efforts including currently serving as President, JDRF Illinois.

Named the Illinois Technology Association 2012 CityLIGHTS Award CEO of the Year, Alter was also recognized among The Techweek 100, which honors Chicago leaders impacting today's technology landscape on a global scale. He was also nominated for several small business leadership awards including the 2012 Moxie Awards and SmallBusinessTrends.com Top 100 Small Business Influencers.

Alter is a nationally recognized spokesman on small business issues. Alter is also a columnist for INC.com and appears regularly in media outlets nationwide, including Bloomberg TV, the Wall Street Journal, Crain’s Chicago Business and Entrepreneur magazine.


Gian Fulgoni is Executive Chairman and Co-founder of comScore Inc (NASDAQ: SCOR). Founded in 1999, comScore provides data and software services to 2,000 clients worldwide, encompassing syndicated and custom solutions in online audience measurement, e-commerce, advertising, search, video, mobile and TV. The company also offers an extensive portfolio of services for multi-media copy testing and tracking, digital media planning and analysis, campaign delivery validation, and advertising effectiveness measurement.

From 1981 to 1998, Mr. Fulgoni was President/CEO of Information Resources, Inc., global supplier of retail scanner data to the CPG industry, where he grew the company from a start-up to one with revenues of more than $500 million per year. In 1996, Advertising Age magazine named IRI the largest U.S. market research company.

In 1991 and 2004, Mr. Fulgoni was named Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2008, Mr. Fulgoni was inducted into the Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame and named an Ernst & Young® Entrepreneur of the Year.

Educated in the U.K., Mr. Fulgoni holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics and a M.A. in Marketing. In 2012, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Glamorgan in Wales in recognition of his entrepreneurial skills and achievements in market research.

Glen Tullman is Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Since joining Allscripts in August 1997, Glen has overseen the company's transition into the healthcare information sector, taken the company public and completed a $1.3 billion merger with Eclipsys Corporation, expanding Allscripts role into the hospital market and doubling the company's size.
Previously, Glen led Allscripts initial public offering and secondary offerings of the company, driving it to become a leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians and others in the healthcare community use in their efforts to improve the quality and reduce the cost of healthcare.
Prior to joining Allscripts, from October 1994 to July 1997, Glen was Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Systems, Inc., a leading healthcare information services company providing resource management solutions to large integrated healthcare networks. Glen led the company's Initial Public Offering and Secondary Offerings. HBO and Company of Atlanta acquired Enterprise in 1997 in a stock transaction valued in excess of $250 million. From 1983 to 1994, Glen served in a number of management roles including President and Chief Operating Officer of CCC Information Services, a provider of information systems to the country's largest property and casualty insurers. Under his leadership, the company grew from $17 million to more than $100 million.
Glen serves on the International Board of the JDRF and is Co-Chair of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI), a $100 million campaign, led by Allscripts and Dell, to offer free electronic prescribing to every physician in America. Glen has been recognized for his accomplishments in many venues including CEO of the Year by the Illinois Information Technology Association, Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year in the technology category for the Midwest region and most recently, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. In 2011, The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) awarded Glen its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Glen graduated from Bucknell University Magna Cum Laude, with a double major in Economics and Psychology. Upon graduation, he joined the Executive Office of the President of the United States in Washington, D.C. and later accepted a Rotary Fellowship to study social anthropology at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, England.

Jeremy Smith
is responsible for helping set the strategic direction of SecondMarket as well as leading the company's efforts to turn its platform into the central access point for all next generation investments. Prior to joining SecondMarket, Mr. Smith was the owner and President of Arthur Lauer, Inc. where he redesigned and implemented the company’s business strategy and marketing program. Prior to his time at Arthur Lauer, Mr. Smith worked at the private equity firm Alliance Holdings where he aided in developing the firm’s business model and marketing program to enhance its deal sourcing and closing capabilities. Before Alliance Holdings, Mr. Smith was an investment banker at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin where he focused on valuations, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate restructurings.

Mr. Smith graduated with honors from Emory University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and holds his Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on the topic of trading alternative investments and has appeared in many leading publications, including The American Banker, BusinessWeek, DowJones, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. Mr. Smith has also been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business News.



Prior Programming & Research
Building the Next Gazelles: From Early Funding to Emerging Growth
from 06/26/12 - Photo Gallery

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Simply click the Play arrow for this 56 minute exploration of the booming entrepreneur community in Chicago

Cleantech Market Trends
from 06/21/11 - Photo Gallery  -  Presentation  -  Podcast


Is Venture Capital A Viable Asset Class?
from 05/24/10  -  Speaker Biographies   Photo Gallery

Presentation:   Frank Samuels - Fuel the Economic Transformation

Podcasts:
   Scott Meadows Keynote
   LP Panel - Fundraising within the VC Community
   Frank Samuels Keynote - Fuel the Economic Transformation
   The Risks & Rewards of Driving Investing in New Corporate Growth

The 3rd Annual Midwest Alternative Energy Venture Forum

from 11/18/09  -  Agenda, presentations, and free resources


2009 Solid State Lighting Investment Summit
from 7/29/09

The Move Toward Solid State Lighting  -  Presentation slides
Bruce Pelton, Director of Engineering, California Lighting Technology Center

The Perfect Storm, a Disruptive Technology  - 
Presentation slides
Charles C. Berghoff, President & CEO, OptoElectronix, Inc.          

This was a day long deep dive into developing new markets in the Cleantech sector!
3 Keynotes & 15 companies on 3 panels covering the markets, the opportunities and challenges, Advances and investments
Complete details


2009 Clean Tech Trends
from 4/3/09  - 
Presentations

Podcast
featuring:
- Shez Bandukwala, Partner, ThinkEquity
- Ted Brandt, CEO, Marathon Capital LLC
- Ralf Sigrist, President & CEO, Nordex USA, Inc.
- Raymond Weber, Senior Vice President Power & Renewable Energy, General Electric


Corporate Growth & Renewable Energy
from 8/28/08  - ACG Chicago Presentation for the Economic Development Council
 
Presenters:
- Craig Miller, CEO, ACG Chicago
- Shez Bandukwala, ThinkEquity
- Ray Weber, GE Energy Finance
- Ted Brandt, Marathon Capital



Powering Growth

February 2, 2007  -  Brochure (pdf)
The day's panels included:

- An Introduction to the  Energy Industry & Future Opportunities, by Howard A. Learner, President & Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center
- New Visions of Current Energy Markets by Mike Desmond, Director / Conversion Technology Center, BP America; Dr. Michael Walsh, Executive Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange; John Bobek, Vice President, Strategy & Globalization, Johnson Controls
- Renewable Energy Opportunities • Carter Brown, Director / Finance, Invenergy; Katharine Brass, Ecomagination Program Manager, GE Energy; Ed Williams, CEO & Co-founder, Firefly Energy; Ted Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Capital

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