Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference 2010

Julie Burstein

Marketing & Panels

The Wharton School, MBA, 2010, University of Pennsylvania

Contact email: julb(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Jose Gomez Moreno

Panels & Expo

The Wharton School, MBA, 2010, University of Pennsylvania

The Lauder Institute, MA, 2010, University of Pennsylvania

Jose Gomez is a second year MBA candidate at The Wharton School, majoring in Finance and Entrepreneurship and pursuing a joint degree of Masters in International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Last summer Jose interned at City Light, a cleantech-focused venture capital fund, and at the X Prize Foundation in Los Angeles. Prior to Wharton, Jose worked for IBERDROLA, one of world’s largest cleantech energy utilities, as a Country Manager in Eastern Europe where he launched and grew business by 9x, established relationships with governments, local utilities and European Commission, ran business development and strategy and managed a diverse portfolio of engineering and consulting projects. Jose started his career in Iberdrola Ingenieria where he analyzed investments in power plants and managed online business development. Since 2006, Jose was Founder and CEO of Inter Business Solutions, an international consulting firm that provided services such as search of partners and customers, new products introduction and marketing strategy to mid-sized investors and companies entering Eastern European market, with a focus in energy investments. He is co-chair of Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference, Director of cleantech industry at the Entrepreneurship Club and is focusing his master’s thesis on the interaction of alternative energy, smartgrid and electric vehicles. Jose received an MS in Industrial Engineering by Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Spain.

Contact email: jose.gomez.moreno.wg10(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Mukul Chauhan

Keynotes & Panels

The Wharton School, MBA, 2010, University of Pennsylvania

Mukul Chauhan is a member of Wharton MBA Class of 2010 majoring in Finance and Strategic Management. Before coming to Wharton Mukul worked with Silicon Valley startups building equipments for Telecommunication Networks and Data Centers. His company ObjectMart was acquired by ONI Systems which went public in 2000 and was subsequently acquired by Ciena. More recently his company Nuova Systems was acquired by Cisco. At Cisco Mukul was managing their next generation Data Center Management solutions. He holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science. He enjoys applying technology to provide innovative solutions.

Contact email: mukul.chauhan.wg10(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Roman Rariy

Operations, Sponsorship & Panels

The Wharton School, MBA, 2010, University of Pennsylvania

Roman received his PhD in Chemistry from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), conducted research at INSERM (France), completed post-doctoral training at M.I.T. and, later, transitioned to Gillette Corporate R&D. Consequently, Roman joined the newly-formed Collegium Pharmaceutical as its first full-time employee. By helping to build the company from the ground-up alongside the founders, Roman was able to contribute to and gain a great deal of expertise in virtually all aspects of pharmaceutical product development and commercialization. In addition to being a co-Chair of the Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference, Roman is a co-President of the Wharton Entrepreneurship Club. Roman is a second year Wharton MBA student and is actively seeking opportunities in the biotechnology space. Roman is looking to either join the founding team of a biotech company or a Venture Capital fund that invests in cutting-edge companies. Roman’s professional profile can be viewed at http://www.linkedin.com/in/rariy.

Contact email: roman.rariy.wg10(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Minyang Jiang

VP of Operations

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Contact email: minyangj(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Nicole Schumacher

VP of Operations

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Nicole Schumacher worked in product management at Hallmark Cards, Inc. in the Party Express and Social Expression businesses. Creating new-to-market “green” card lines and helping to launch the Hallmark PRODUCT(RED) campaign, in which a portion of profits go to fight AIDS in Africa, reaffirmed Nicole’s passion for the social impact for-profit businesses can have. Nicole plans to work in social entrepreneurship after receiving her MBA in Management from The Wharton School. Nicole holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Journalism from The University of Kansas.

Contact email: nschu(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Katherine Long

Director of Operations

The Wharton School, UGR, 2013, University of Pennsylvania

Katherine Long is a freshman at the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences, pursuing dual degrees in finance and philosophy. She is passionate about entrepreneurship, creating two successful startups in high school. She is currently a writer at Seventeen magazine. She has had diverse working experiences, having worked at Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, the United States Senate, and Obama for America 2008. She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, cum laude, with highest honors.

Contact email: kathlong(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Cengiz Rahmioglu

Director of Operations

The Wharton School, UGR, 2010, University of Pennsylvania

Contact email: cengizr(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Sudhanshu Aggarwal

Volunteer Team Leader

SEAS, BS Eng, 2009, University of Pennsylvania

Contact email: aggarwalsudhanshu(at)gmail.com

Michael Crossey

VP of Sponsorship & General Counsel

SEAS/Wharton School, EMTM, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Crossey Law Group, LLC

Michael is an executive student at Wharton and The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. After leaving the Emerging Business and Technology Group at Morgan Lewis he started Crossey Law Group, where he represents entrepreneurs and emerging companies and provides outsourced general counsel services. Michael is also founder and CEO of MG Legal Solutions, which develops legal software solutions to reduce the legal costs for entrepreneurs. Michael serves as general counsel for Venmo, Inc. - a start-up mobile payments company founded by two Penn alums - and also on the Board of Directors and as for Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic.

Contact email: mcrossey(at)crosseylawgroup.com

Umang Malhotra

Director of Sponsorship

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Umang is a first year MBA student pursuing Strategic Management and Marketing at Wharton. She was born and raised in New Delhi, India, and she graduated from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2005 with a double major in Economics and Communications. Prior to Wharton, Umang worked as a consultant with Deloitte’s Organization and Change Consulting Practice in New York. In addition to the Entrepreneurship Conference, Umang is also actively involved with the Wharton General Management Club. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, dance, and diverse forms of music.

Contact email: umangm(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Thomas Ellis

Director of External Organizations Outreach

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

In 2006, Tom served as a Senior Consultant with Milestone a boutique financial services consultancy, joining the firm at its inception as the first staff member. He went on to spend 3 years at Milestone specializing in finance and operational stabilization, re-engineering and integration, and project management. After experiencing daily dynamic challenges of building a business at Milestone, Tom discovered his passion for entrepreneurship, and is currently pursuing his MBA at Wharton (WG, ’11) with a focus on Finance and Entrepreneurial Management. Tom earned his BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Contact email: tellis2(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Gayle Laakmann

Director of Schools Outreach

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

After completing her master’s degree in Computer Science, Gayle spent three years at Google as Software Engineer and taught two Computer Science courses at the University of Washington. Gayle left Google to be the VP of Engineering of Keenscreen, a small startup in online advertising. She is also the founder and CEO of two companies. The first company, CareerCup.com, provides technical interview prep for engineers. The second company, Seattle Anti-Freeze, organizes social and athletic activities for young professionals.

Contact email: laakmann(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Veronica Delgado

Director of Public Relations

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Contact email: delgadov(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Sean Richardson

Director of Social Media

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Marina Nazarova

VP of Start-up Expo

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

After receiving her BA in International Relations and Economics, Marina took on a challenge of joining the technology industry. Her ability to learn on the fly allowed her to become Software Implementation Consultant at Model N, guiding life sciences clients in the implementation of revenue management software. Later, Marina's passion for online technology led her to join eLuxury.com as a Business Analyst in the Internal Business Development department. Bringing her experience and lively personality to Wharton in a pursuit of an MBA with the focus on Online Technology and Entrepreneurship, she became actively involved in Entrepreneurship Club, Technology Club as well as the Wharton Business Plan Competition Committee. Marina is looking to dive into the world of entrepreneurship by joining an early stage internet start-up for her summer internship.

Contact email: marina.nazarova.wg11(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Sudhir Rani

Panel Director – Clean Tech

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Sudhir is currently pursuing an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently, Sudhir worked in the Private Equity group at D.E. Shaw & Co. in New Delhi, India, where he originated, negotiated and executed growth capital investments. Previously, Sudhir spent four years at UBS AG in asset management where he managed approximately $5.0 billion in credit focused investments for the hedge fund of funds group. Sudhir started his career as an investment banking analyst in the Restructuring Advisory Group at UBS Warburg where he spent three years advising both creditors and debtors on financial restructurings. Sudhir graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.

Contact email: ranisu(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Simon Lu

Panel Director – Clean Tech

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Simon is currently a first year MBA student at Wharton. Prior to Wharton, Simon worked at The Carlyle Group, where he focused on growth-stage investments and small leveraged buyouts in the technology, education and business services sectors. Previously, Simon was an Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Merrill Lynch and a Systems Analyst in the Technology Integration group at Deloitte Consulting. Simon graduated with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin where he received a B.B.A. in business honors and management information systems.

Contact email: simonlu(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Nina Cherny

Panel Director – Consumer Products & Services and Retail Case

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

The Lauder Institute, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Nina received her BA from Tufts University with a double major in Economics and International Relations. Prior to attending Wharton, Nina managed implementation of strategic business development initiatives across different functions and regions at Estee Lauder International. At Wharton, Nina is pursuing her entrepreneurial ambitions in interactive media and consumer products and services.

Contact email: nina.cherny.wg11(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Sarah Russell

Panel Director – Health Care Services

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Contact email: russs(at)wharton.upenn.edu

Jay Desai

Panel Director – Health Care Services

The Wharton School, MBA, 2011, University of Pennsylvania

Jay Desai is a health care management and entrepreneurship major at Wharton. He started his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers then went to private equity firm Parthenon Capital. He then joined Triad Isotopes, the largest independent nuclear pharmacy network as the senior director of business development. Jay plans on building a health care services business after graduating from Wharton.

Contact email: desaij(at)wharton.upenn.edu