 Professional References
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Geoffrey Moore Managing Director, TCG Advisors Geoffrey Moore is a co-founder and managing director at TCG Advisors and founder of The Chasm Group. He is the author of Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game (with co-authors Tom Kippola and Paul Johnson), Living on the Fault Line, and Dealing With Darwin each of which deals with a set of management or investor challenges posed by fast-changing, technology-enabled markets. He is a frequent contributor to business periodicals and a speaker at industry conferences. Geoffrey is a venture partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, providing strategy advice and consulting services across MDV's entire portfolio of early-stage investments. He is also on the boards of Documentum and Gyration. He graduated in American literature with honors from Stanford University and has a doctorate from the University of Washington in English literature.
Donald R. Uzzi Chairman and CEO, Merisel Inc. Donald R. Uzzi is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merisel Inc., the parent of ColorEdge Art, ColorEdge Visual, Comp24, Crush Creative and It's in the Works. Mr Uzzi joined Merisel in November 2004 as President and CEO, and was elected Chairman in April 2005. He has been a Director of Merisel since November 2004. Prior to joining Merisel, Mr. Uzzi was Senior Vice President of Electronic Data Systems, the global technology services company. Mr. Uzzi began his career at Procter and Gamble and held positions of increasing responsibility in both sales and advertising. He later joined Pepsi Cola Company where he was Senior Vice President. Mr. Uzzi then joined Quaker Oats as President of the Gatorade Division.  |
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Myron E. Ullman, III Chairman and CEO, JC Penney Company Myron E. (Mike) Ullman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J C Penney Company since December 2004. From 1999 until January 2002, he served as Directeur General, Group Managing Director of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton the world's largest and leading luxury goods manufacturer and retailer based in Paris, France. From 1995 until 1999 Mr. Ullman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DFS Group Limited, the travel retailer, majority owned by LVMH. Mr. Ullman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. from May 1992 to January 1995. Mr. Ullman serves as a director of Starbucks Coffee Company, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Segway, LLC and as an advisor to Kendall Jackson Wine Estates. Mr. Ullman is a director of UCSF Medical Center Executive Board and is Chairman of the Board of Mercy Ships International - a global medical and human services charity.
Jim Wiggett President, Jackson Hole Group Jim Wiggett is the founder and President of Jackson Hole Group. Jim's 27-year, multi-dimensional career in human resource and executive corporate management brings clients of Jackson Hole Group a wealth of strategic and pragmatic business expertise. Before founding Jackson Hole Group, Jim held a number of prominent senior executive positions. As Executive Vice President for the Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Retail Group, Jim provided leadership to each of the 10 operating companies within the Group. In addition to his overall operational responsibilities, Jim provided consulting support to the individual management teams and coaching to the key executives. He also provided consulting support to the non-retail organizations of LVMH including the LVMH/DeBeers collaboration, Phillips dePury & Luxembourg, Europatweb and Groupe Arnault. During his tenure, Jim participated in several mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Duty Free Shops (DFS) by LVMH. At DFS, Jim was Executive Vice President with functional responsibilities for Human Resources, Administration, Information Technology, Merchandise Planning, Business Process Planning and Logistics. Before joining the LVMH/DFS organization, Jim headed the Human Resource function for The Charles Schwab Corporation. During these seven years, Jim was a key executive in a company experiencing double-digit annual growth in revenues and profits, productivity and employee numbers. Jim was an integral part of a management team that oversaw an LBO from the Bank of America, the highly successful IPO of the Company, as well as recovering from the market crash of 1987 and the SF earthquake of 1989. Jim's prior experience included senior executive positions with the ITEL Corporation, Cambridge Plan International and R.H. Macy Corporation. He has served on a number of corporate boards, charitable boards (Richmond Ermet Foundation, Under One Roof), and professional associations (Chair for the California Strategic Human Resource Partnership, Chair for the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters). |
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