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Event ID: 1009246
| Organization: | Katzenbach Partners, LLC |
| Location: | New York office is in Manhattan at 381 Park Avenue South, between 26th and 27th Streets | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | New York Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Daniel Kermit, AM'86, PhD'93 (Economics) |
| Host Title: | Principal |
| About the Organiztion: | Katzenbach Partners is a small (150+), but rapidly growing strategy consulting firm based in New York City, with offices in Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco. Katzenbach works primarily for Fortune 100 firms on very sensitive issues. Externs would be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement and would have to keep any client information strictly confidential. For some clients, they would not even be able to reveal the client’s name. Beyond that, externs with a mature, professional demeanor would be more likely to get greater access to client meetings and other interactions. For more information about Katzenbach Partners, please visit: www.katzenbach.com. |
| About the Host: | Daniel Kermit received a Bachelor's in Economics from the University of Kansas before he went on to complete his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. Kermit began his career as a professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he published in leading academic journals and developed expertise in data-driven analytic problem-solving. He then moved into the private sector and applied his thinking to practical strategic business challenges, including pricing analysis and design, post-merger integration, analyzing and creating strategic business options, and evaluating and improving business systems and processes. Prior to joining KPL, Kermit was strategy consultant with the Monitor Group, a strategic management consulting firm. His work at Monitor including managing a joint US and Japanese team for a $2 billion manufacturing company that created and evaluated strategy options for entering the Asian market. In addition, Kermit assisted in merger integration and managed a team that evaluated and improved Monitor’s internal business systems and processes. Kermit’s work at Katzenbach Partners LLC has included leading a team that designed and implemented a software pricing model for a $2 billion enterprise software company. His team developed sophisticated statistical analyses that provided novel pricing insight that enabled improvements in pricing policies. Based on this analysis, the team created a custom pricing tool that recommended pricing based on the characteristics of prospective transactions. Kermit’s team then worked with the Sales group to modify policies and practices to improve pricing effectiveness. The company estimated that the resulting pricing improvements led to $13 million revenue improvement in the first year. "As a Principal, I am typically the most senior person involved in a client relationship. I lead client engagements, provide high-level guidance and advice to teams of consultants working on client projects, and develop new business for Katzenbach. " |
| Special Requirements: | The extern will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement and would have to keep any client information strictly confidential. |
Event ID: 1009342
| Organization: | ZS Associates |
| Location: | 1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Chicago Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Tim Katerberg, AB'05 (Public Policy and Political Science) |
| Host Title: | Associate Consultant |
| About the Organiztion: | ZS Associates is a global management consulting firm specializing in sales and marketing strategy, operations and execution. ZS is recognized for its expertise in go-to-market and sales force strategies and its downstream implementation capabilities. ZS helps companies achieve sales success by delivering both issue-specific solutions and large-scale business transformations. For more information about ZS Associated, please visit: www.ZSassociates.com |
| About the Host: | Tim Katerberg has experience in sales and marketing across a variety of industries including information services, high tech, pharmaceuticals, biotech, transportation, raw materials, medical products, manufacturing and consumer goods. He also has experience with sales force transformations, mergers, managing growth and modeling. His present duties include managing and performing analysis to help make recommendations and change processes within clients' organizations. |
| Special Requirements: | All of our work is confidential and the student will need to sign a confidentiality agreement. |
Event ID: 1009418
| Organization: | In/Situm |
| Location: | 225 N. Michigan Ave. (Michigan Plaza)– Suite 1800 |
| Geographic Location: | Chicago Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Jose Tapia, MPP'96 |
| Host Title: | CEO |
| About the Organiztion: | In/Situm provides ethnographic research for new product development and communication guidelines for (consumer) understanding. For more information about In/Situm, please visit: www.insitum.com and www.hispanicunderstanding.com |
| About the Host: | Jose F. Tapia joined In/situm innovation consultancy in 2002, after handpicking start-ups with growth potential. As the result of a successful strategic planning, this company has grown in headcount and profits over 500% during the last three years. As a consultant, he has worked on new business development and reengineering projects in Mexico City ad the US, specializing in the Hispanic market. In this capacity, he has managed projects for such clients as Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Latin Healthcare Fund and Innovamed Group (health service provider in Latam). He has attained extensive hands-on experience during the last 20 years working for new initiatives carried our by Public Agencies, Corporations, NFPs and Academia, helping organizations think about their future. His experience into the public affairs involved participating in negotiations for the NAFTA and drafting foreign investment guidelines as top government advisor. In the corporate arena as CFO of a healthcare venture he took on M&A responsibilities to create the largest private healthcare network in Mexico. For the Academia, he served as Director of Public Policy and Economics Masters Programs at the Economics Research Center, building a professional network among NY, Mexico City and London. Today, Mr. Tapia leads the company’s strategic growth and development in various countries, while managing account activity for some major clients including Motorola, Procter & Gamble, Kellogg and Intel. He also works on developing Hispanic understanding for healthcare initiatives, museums and other NFPs. Mr. Tapia is a native Mexican and has lived in dynamic cities like Seoul, London, Chicago and Mexico City. He is a major in International Relations form Universidad Iberoamericana and has attended graduate schools at both the University of Chicago and the London School of Economics. |
| Organization: | Progressive Public Affairs |
| Location: | 1400 N. Halsted Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60622 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Chicago Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Dan Johnson-Weinberger, JD'00 |
| Host Title: | President |
| About the Organization: | Progressive Public Affairs is a professional communications and policy development firm, providing insight and consulting to groups dedicated to progressive causes. You can change the world. We can help. |
Event ID: 1009303
| Organization: | O-H Community Partners, Ltd. |
| Location: | 1821 W. Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago IL | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Chicago Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Kim Hunt, MPP'04 |
| Host Title: | Managing Partner |
| About the Organiztion: | O-H Community Partners is a management consulting firm that provides capacity building and technical assistance services to nonprofits, foundations, government agencies and foundations. This is a small consulting firm, so there are service areas, but no departments. The extern would likely work work with Ms. Hunt in the organizational development service area, but could also be exposed to ecnomic development or small business development. This externship will be ideal for a student who is passionate about increasing the capacity of the non-profit sector to meet its double bottom line -- mission and financial stability. For more information about O-H Community Partners, please visit: www.o-hcommunitypartners.com |
| About the Host: | Kim Hunt's expertise is in Urban Planning and Organizational Development. She co-founded O-H Community Partners four years ago. Prior to founding the firm, Ms. Hunt received her bachelor's in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1986. She then worked for the Chicago Transit Authority for almost 15 years in various transportation planning-related positions. She went on to be a full-time student at the Harris School and worked as an independent contractor doing proposal writing and program design. Currently at O-H Community Partners, she leads the organizational development service area, which includes fundraising, strategic planning, program design, and program evaluation. She also lead transportation planning projects. |
Event ID: 1009281
| Organization: | Science Applications International Corporation |
| Location: | SAIC, National Security Analyst 1710 SAIC Drive MacLean, VA 22102 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Jessica Iannotti, AB'05 (Political Science) |
| Host Title: | National Security Analyst within Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive) and the Disaster Consequence Management Support Project |
| About the Organiztion: | Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500® company is one of the world's leading providers of outsourcing and IT services, and the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States. SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 43,000 employees with offices in over 150 cities worldwide. www.saic.com. Externs must be US Citizens. |
| About the Host: | Jessica Iannotti graduated from the U of C in June of 2005 with a degree in political science and public policy. While at Chicago, she was a member of the varsity basketball and track & field teams. She was also a sister of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi, an undergraduate fellow in the Program on International Security Policy (PISP), and a Phi Beta Kappa electee. Jessica started working as an analyst for SAIC in July of 2005. Jessica started working as an analyst for SAIC in July of 2005, where she researches national strategy documents and military plans; she contributes to briefings that are presented to company executives as well as government customers; she attends conferences and meetings, mostly in support of Department of Defense clients; she helps to plan and execute state and regional-level exercises to test and validate national preparedness goals; she researches various legal aspects of foreign consequence management operations; and she writes information papers on national security topics. |
| Special Requirements: | Externs must be US Citizens. |
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