Keynote Speakers
Mr. Jay R. Feuerstain, Chief Investment Officer & Managing Partner,
2100 Xenon, a division of 2100 Capital Group, LLC
Mr. James Morehouse, Sr. Partner at A.T. Kearney
Guest Speakers
Ms. Linda L. Darragh, Adjunct Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago GSB
Mr. Sean King, Vice President, Park Strategies
Linda L. Darragh
Adjunct Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
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Linda Darragh's focus at Chicago GSB includes developing new programs and curriculum on
behalf of the Hamer Small Business Initiative. Darragh teaches New Venture and
Small Enterprise, a lab class that brings together GSB students and local small
businesses, and is a faculty director for the New Venture Challenge business
plan competition.
Prior to coming to Chicago GSB, Darragh was an assistant clinical professor of entrepreneurship
at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Her experience ranges from vice
president at Chicago’s Women’s Business Development Center, where she counseled and
trained hundreds of entrepreneurs, to founding and facilitating the Ceres Venture
Fund for women investors. Darragh sits on the boards of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial
Center, Learning Point Associates, the Illinois IT Association, and Accion Chicago.
Darragh received her BA from Queens University in 1976 and her MSc(PI) from the University
of Toronto in 1978.
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Jay R. Feuerstein
Chief Investment Officer & Managing Partner
2100 Xenon, a division of 2100 Capital Group, LLC
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Jay R. Feuerstein is the Chief Investment Officer of 2100 Xenon which is a division of 2100 Capital Group, LLC. He is responsible for managing the futures portfolio and directing futures research. He is also a partner of 2100 Capital Group. Prior to founding Xenon, he was a Managing Director and Principal at Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Prior to Bear Stearns, he served as Senior Vice President for Paine Webber Kidder Peabody and Director of Global Futures Sales and Marketing for Fixed Income, Kidder Peabody. Mr. Feuerstein has published works in The Journal of Futures Markets, Corporate Finance Review, The Family Office Exchange and the MFA Reporter. In addition, he is a frequent industry speaker at events sponsored by such institutions as The Chicago Board of Trade and The University of Chicago. Mr. Feuerstein earned his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago in 1980, and his BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1977. He has 27 years of industry experience.
About 2100 Capital Group
2100 Capital Group is a diversified alternative investments company providing investment management capabilities to the institutional and retail marketplace. 2100 Capital Group manages various investment strategies using both quantitative and fundamental approaches to capital markets. 2100 Capital Group's investment strategies focus on stock, bond, currency and commodity markets globally. The firm's strategies also include quantitative long/short equity, managed futures and macro.
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Sean King
Vice President
Park Strategies
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Sean King joined Park Strategies in February 2006. Mr. King covers the entire
Asia-Pacific region, with his primary market of focus being Taiwan.
Before joining Park Strategies, Mr. King spent five years at the United States
Department of Commerce, where he served as Senior Advisor for Asia in the
U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service. On separate occasions, while at Commerce,
he joined former Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, former New York State Governor
George Pataki and Marriott International, Inc. Chairman and CEO, J.W. Marriott,
Jr. on fact-finding missions to mainland China.
Before joining Commerce, Mr. King was based in Singapore for both PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) and Citibank. From 1999-2001, his consulting engagements included, among others,
creating a Southeast Asian government export finance blueprint and launching a credit
card in Thailand. Mr. King also worked for the New York State Department of Economic
Development, on whose behalf he led a February 1997 trade mission to Taiwan.
Mr. King has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree from
the American University in Washington, D.C. As part of his MBA, Mr. King did a 1998
summer internship for Citibank in Taipei. He is fluent in Swedish.
Mr. King makes regular public speaking appearances, at events like the 2007 Florida
Business Summit at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and the 2006 University
of Chicago Graduate School of Business Asia-Pacific Business Conference. He has also
appeared on CNBC-Asia¡¯s "Squawk Box." Since joining Park Strategies, Mr. King¡¯s opinion
editorials have appeared in the Seoul Times, Singapore Straits Times, Taiwan Security
Research, and the South China Morning Post.
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Mr. James Morehouse
Sr. Partner at A.T. Kearney
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James Morehouse is a senior partner with A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm serving clients since 1926 with offices in more than 49 countries. Jim has forty years of experience helping clients achieve tangible results. His experience includes consumer, retail, chemical, electronics, transportation and many other industries. He has worked closely with the senior executives of global companies and boards, helping them successfully lead their organizations to strong performance even when facing significant changes in their industry.
Jim has directed several global studies on strategy, productivity, organization, deregulation, globalization and leading-edge processes. Most recently, he has authored a study on Food Safety and Supply Chain in China.
He co-authored two books, as well as numerous published articles. He is often quoted in leading journals and major business publications.
Before joining A.T. Kearney, Jim worked for Procter & Gamble and for Union Carbide. He and his wife, MaryBeth, live in downtown Chicago.
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