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Jay Barney - Bank One Chair in Corporate Strategy, Fisher College of Business
Jay received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, and his master's and doctorate from Yale University. He taught at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and Texas A&M University before joining the faculty at The Ohio State University in 1994 where Professor Barney teaches organizational strategy and policy, focusing on the relationship between firm skills and capabilities and sustainable competitive advantage, to MBA and Ph.D. students.
Ed Cohn - Former Executive Vice-President of Unizan Bank
Ed was responsible for Corporate Risk Assurance and Corporate Planning, which includes Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Legal, Loan Administration and Collective Workouts. Ed has over 20 years of experience in the banking industry and received his B.S.B.A. Degree in both Finance and Accounting from The Ohio State University. Ed also serves as CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio, Inc.
Rob Deutschman – Managing Director, Cappello Capital Corp.
Rob Deutschman has specialized in investment and merchant banking activities for nearly 20 years, with a particular emphasis on executing private placements of institutional capital for growing public and private companies. Prior to joining Cappello, Mr. Deutschman was Managing Director of Saybrook Capital Corp. where he focused on corporate finance, venture capital and defaulted/troubled municipal bond issues and related workouts and restructurings.
David Fischer – President, IP&S – Americas for Greif
David is currently Senior Vice President, IP&S – Americas for Greif and has been with the Company since 2004. Prior to Greif, David was with Dow Chemical where he served as business vice president for the Polyurethanes business. David joined Dow in 1986, working in several business groups and holding positions of increasing responsibility. David earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University where he studied chemistry and physics.
Pat Norton – Former CFO, The Scotts Co.
Pat led Barefoot Grass through a dynamic growth period that made it the second-largest lawn care company in the country before its acquisitions by TruGreen-ChemLawn in 1996. Mr. Norton remains on Scotts' board of directors and serves as a consultant to the rapidly growing Scotts Lawn Service particularly in the areas of financial strategy, financial reporting and investor relations.
Ira Sharfin – President and CEO, Continental Office Environments
Ira has been with Continental since 2005, running a regional furniture and services company with over $140 million in sales. Prior to Continental, he was a consulting partner for 16 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting and IBM Consulting. Ira's main areas of focus were mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management and corporate restructuring. Ira has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Industrial Engineering.
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