James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Leadership Series
The James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Leadership Series provides a forum for the Carnegie Mellon University community and its entrepreneurial network partners in Pittsburgh to discuss issues central to entrepreneurial leadership. The series brings to campus entrepreneurial thought leaders from centers around the country to exchange views on leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation in today’s competitive, global economy. Speakers include successful entrepreneurs, investors and innovators who are focused on emerging and growing market sectors that are important for competitiveness in the global economy. Lectures are open to all.
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2022-2023 Speakers
India, A Blue Ocean 2021-2022 Speakers
2020-2021 Speakers
Monday, March 29, 2021
Eugene Danilkis, Co-Founder & CEO, Mambu
Sofia Nunes, People Engagement & Culture Specialist/Co-Founder, Mambu
Frederik Pfisterer, Co-Founder & MD Corporate, Mambu
Friday, October 16, 2020
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban Companies
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Kalpesh Kapadia
CEO and Co-founder
Deserve
2019-2020 Speakers
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Meredith Meyer Grelli
Co-Founder and Co-Owner
Wigle Whiskey and Threadbare Cider & Mead
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Vasco Pedro
Co-founder and CEO
Unbabel
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Leslie Robertson
Vice President, Software Development
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
2018-2019 Speakers
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Ophir Tanz
CEO
GumGum
Friday, March 22, 2019
Raji Sankar
Co-CEO, Wholesome International
Co-Founder, Choolaah Indian BBQ
Franchisee, Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Friday, January 18, 2019
W.L. Mellon Speaker:
Dr. Homaira Akbari
President and CEO
AKnowledge Partners LLC
2017-2018 Speakers
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Sanjay Patel
Founder and CEO
GuestBook
Monday, November 13, 2017
Rob Cochran
President and CEO
#1 Cochran
2016-2017 Speakers
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Vishwas Prabhakara
General Manager
Yelp Reservations
November 1, 2016
Adam Gross
Chief Executive Officer
Heroku
October 4, 2016
W.L. Mellon Speaker Series:
Deepak Ahuja
Chief Financial Officer, Retired
Tesla Motors
September 22, 2016
Susan Gregg Koger
Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer
ModCloth
September 2, 2016
Boris Sofman & Hanns Tappeiner
Co-founders
Anki
2015-2016 Speakers
April 19, 2016
Lane M. Bess
Board of Directors
ZeroFOX
April 13, 2016
David Hersh (DC 1989, TPR 1993)
Peter Pezaris (S 1992)
Michael Gersh (TPR 1990)
Founders of
Commissioner.com, Multiply.com and Glip, Inc.
February 26, 2016
Eric Vishria
General Partner
Benchmark
January 21, 2016
Matthew Humphrey
Co-founder & CEO
LendingHome
October 22, 2015
Glen de Vries
Co-founder & President
Medidata Solutions
October 7, 2015
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2014-2015 Speakers
2013-2014 Speakers
January 23, 2014
Matt Rogers
Founder & VP of Engineering
Nest Labs
September 12, 2013
Lila Ibrahim
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2012-2013 Speakers
March 21, 2013
Bill Campbell
Chairman of the Board, Intuit
Board Member, Apple
February 26, 2016
Bill Seibel
Founder & CEO
Mobiquity
February 8, 2013
Raj Kapoor
Founder & Managing Partner, cofounder.co
Venture Partner, Mayfield Fund
October 4, 2012
Brian Frezza
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Emerald Therapeutics
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