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Avijit Ghosh
Vice Dean
Stern School of Business
Biography

Avijit Ghosh is the Vice Dean at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he has been teaching since 1980. He graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1970, received his MBA degree from Xavier Institute in 1974, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Iowa in 1979. Professor Ghosh is the author of Retail Management (Dryden Press 1990 and 1994), co-author of Location Strategy for Retail and Service Firms (Lexington Books, 1987) and co-editor of Spatial Analysis and Location Allocation Models (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987) and Spatial Analysis in Marketing: Theory, Methods and Applications (JAI Press, 1991). His teaching earned him the School’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 1991. Professor Ghosh served as the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stern School from 1991-1994. In 1995, Professor Ghosh was appointed as Vice Dean of the Stern School with overall responsibility for the full-time and part-time MBA programs and executive education. From 1998-99 Professor Ghosh was appointed to the position of Deputy Dean, a newly created position that shared the overall leadership and responsibility of the school with the Dean. After a short sabbatical Professor Ghosh rejoined the Dean's office as Vice Dean with responsibility for the part-time and executive MBA programs, executive development programs and distance education. He is also the co-chair of the School' strategic planning task force.


Lucas Graves
Analyst
Jupiter Communications
Biography
As an analyst, Lucas Graves focuses on emerging online markets throughout the Latin America and Canada regions. Previously he has covered a broad range of topics including digital-music delivery, PC hardware and peripherals, wireless Internet access, Web applications and home networking. Graves joined Jupiter in January 1999 after serving for two and a half years as a senior writer and then associate editor of Marketing Computers magazine, a business and marketing monthly covering consumer and business-to-business information technology. Graves and the staff of Marketing Computers received the 1998 Neal Award for the best single issue of a trade magazine, for the October 1997 issue featuring his cover story on the building of the Yahoo! brand. From 1995 to 1996 he was the test-drive editor for Teleconnect magazine, the largest trade monthly in the telecommunications/computer-telephony industry. Prior to that, he served as a research associate for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a Washington, D.C., think tank concerned with Latin American affairs; there he also served as editor of COHA's Washington Report on the Hemisphere. Graves received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Chicago in 1993.

 


Sebastián J. Gunningham
Senior Vice President
Oracle Latin America
Biography

Sebastián joined Oracle Corporation in 1989 as a Product Manager after many years working at information technology companies such as Automation Technology Products and Cimplex Corporation. In 1991 assumed as Sales and Consulting Manager at Oracle Argentina S.A. In 1994 became President and Managing Director of Oracle Argentina and since 1997 he is the Vice President of Oracle Latin America, currently Senior Vice President. He received a BS in Mathematical Science from Stanford University, California. Member of the Oracle Leadership Council (1995-2000) and Professor of the MBA program at ITBA University, Buenos Aires (1995). Among others, Mr. Gunningham was guest speaker at Harvard Business School Ebusiness Seminar (2000) and The Economist Intelligence Unit Series (1999).



Ricardo Hausmann

Harvard University
Biography

Ricardo Hausmann is currently Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He served as Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank for six years (1994-2000) . Under his direction, the IDB's Research Department played a pivotal role in Latin America's public policy debate and was at the vanguard of discussions on such controversial issues as reform of the international financial architecture and dollarization. Previously he was the Minister of Coordination and Planning of Venezuela and the Chairman of the Joint Development Committee of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He was also Director of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. Mr. Hausmann boasts a long list of publications on a wide variety of Latin American socioeconomic issues: macroeconomic volatility, income inequality, budget institutions, banking crises, financial turmoil, the international financial architecture, and exchange rate regimes.


George Th. Kastner
Senior Vice President
Arthur D. Little
Biography
Senior Vice President of Arthur D. Little, Inc., former Regional Managing Director of Latin America, and recently appointed as Global Key Client Management Director. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Dr. Kastner was professor of Business Administration with a leading business school in Latin America. He is a member of several professional associations, member of the board of several companies in Venezuela, member of the editorial board of several Venezuelan based professional journals, and co-Director of the NOMOS CFIA Project of Harvard University. He has published over 30 articles and chapters in business management related books and he is a frequent speaker in international events. Dr. Kastner received his Ph.D. in Operation Research and System Analysis from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1980. He received his M.Sc. Degree from the Technion (Technological Institute of Israel) in 1973 and earned a B.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Industrial Engineering Degree in 1971. He is fluent in Spanish, English, Hebrew and Hungarian, and has working knowledge of Rumanian and German.


Jorge O. Mariscal
Director
Goldman Sachs
Biography
Jorge O. Mariscal joined Goldman Sachs in January 1992. He is the chief investment strategist for Latin America and director of the Latin America Equity Research Group. He also coordinated the firm's global emerging markets research and became a managing director in 1999. Previous to joining Goldman Sachs, he worked at The Nomura Research Institute as chief strategist and director of research for Latin America. In the 1999 Institutional Investor poll, the Goldman Sachs Latin America Research Team ranked #3 overall. From 1992-1993 and 1996-1999, Jorge was named to the Institutional Investor Latin America Research Team, and ranked #1 in the Reuters survey in 1998 for strategy. He received a Ph.D. from New York University in economics and international finance in 1986 and a B.A. in economics from Metropolitan University in Mexico City.


Ricardo Reisen
Managing Director
Banco Itaú
Biography
Mr. Reisen is currently responsible for M&A activities regarding e-business. Recent achievements were the strategic alliance with America Online and the design of Itaú's B2B and financial portal strategies. Prior to this, acted as Managing Director for corporate banking, actively contributing in marketing strategies, product development and the human resources fronts. Mr. Reisen developed a broad experience in investment banking and relationship management of large corporations at Banco Garantia and ABN Amro Bank. Mr. Reisen holds a PMD from Harvard, a M.Sc. in Finance and B.S. in Mechanic Engineering from PUC RJ. Banco Itaú is the 2nd largest private Brazilian bank and a widely acclaimed leading financial institution. Recognized under the slogan "5-Stars Electronic Bank", Itaú operates with the most advanced automation technology at an international level. It has more than 10,000 ATMs of its own being the largest private network in Brazil and one of the largest in the world.



Ignacio Vidaguren
Vice President
MercadoLibre.com
Biography
Ignacio Vidaguren is responsible for Corporate Business Development at MercadoLibre.com. He is in charge of coordinating business development efforts in the different countries where MercadoLibre.com has a presence, and is involved in pan-regional strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and special projects. Prior to joining MercadoLibre.com in 1999, Mr. Vidaguren was a Junior Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Co. in New York. He worked for the Corporate Finance group since 1998, where he was involved in M & A, alliances, corporate portfolio restructuring and private equity investment, both in the United States and Europe. Mr. Vidaguren also worked for McKinsey in Argentina and Brazil, where he started as a Business Analyst in 1994. Mr. Vidaguren worked for The Walt Disney Company, in the International Business Development Group, and for The Disney Store, in the United States and Mexico. He also worked for Citibank Argentina as a Management Associate in the Global Finance group. Mr. Vidaguren holds a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a dual-degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Universidad Catolica Argentina, where he was Summa Cum Laude and Valedictorian of his class.


John H. Tonelli
Chairman and CEO
International Venture Partners
Biography
John Tonelli is the Chairman and CEO of IVP. Mr. Tonelli has over fifteen years of experience in Latin American finance, working both as an investment banker and as an attorney. Mr. Tonelli has advised the governments of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay on a wide variety of matters, including privatizations, debt financings, securities regulations and public works projects. Most notably, Mr. Tonelli was an advisor on the following transactions: · $7.9 billion privatization of the Airports System of Argentina · $2 billion privatization of the National Mortgage Bank of Argentina (Banco Hipotecario Nacional) · Restructuring and initial privatization of the $8.0 billion Yacyretá hydroelectric facility, and · $1 billion restructuring of the Argentine National Reinsurance Agency (Instituto Nacional de Reaseguros (INDER). In addition, Mr. Tonelli also advised the Republic of Paraguay on an international sovereign bond issuance and, in connection with such issuance, helped the Republic obtain a sovereign rating from Standard & Poors. Prior to forming IVP, Mr. Tonelli managed the Latin American practice at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Also, he recently served as President of Centenary International Corporation (OTC/BB-RRRI), a $113 million publicly traded grain trading, production and shipping company. Mr. Tonelli has served as President of the Paraguayan-American Chamber of Commerce Inc. and as President of the Uruguay-U.S. Chamber of Commerce Inc. Mr. Tonelli received his BA degree from Columbia University and his MBA and JD degrees from Fordham University.


Christopher Tucci
Assistant Professor
Stern School of Business
Biography
Christopher L. Tucci is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Operations Management, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He received the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences (1982), Bachelor of Arts in Music (1983), and Master of Science in Computer Science (1984) from Stanford University. He also received the degree of Master of Science in Technology & Policy (1992) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Ph.D. in Management from the Sloan School of Management, MIT, in 1997. His prior work experience was as an industrial computer scientist at Ford Aerospace, where he was involved in developing Internet protocols and applying artificial intelligence tools to industrial problems. Professor Tucci's primary area of expertise is in how firms manage technology to gain competitive advantage. He is the co-author (with Allan Afuah) of Internet Business Models and Strategies, the first MBA text book in the area of e-business strategy. He was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Academy of Management's TIM (Technology & Innovation Management) Division.



 

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