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Danny Ertel

Founder and Director of Vantage Partners and a leading authority on negotiation, relationship management and conflict management. Prior to founding Vantage Partners, Danny was a Senior Researcher at the Harvard Negotiation Project, taught negotiation at the University of Toronto Law Faculty, practiced law with Debevoise & Plimpton, and served as a law clerk to the Hon. Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tom Kinnear

University of Michigan - Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies & Professor of Marketing; Executive Director Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. Serves on the Board of Directors of Accuri Instruments, nanoCerox, Robins Micro, Interpretive Simulations, National Patent Development, and Venture Michigan Corporation.

Hal Davis

Former CEO and Chairman of BlueGill Technologies. Serves on the Board of Directors for Spirit Shop, Inc., Arboretum Ventures, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and University Musical Society.

Michael Coghlan

Former General Partner and COO of TFM Investment Group, acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2002. Past Chairman, Business Conduct Committee of Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Serves on the board of Fr. Gabriel Richard High School. 

Michael Korybalski

Former Chairman and co-founder of Mechanical Dynamics Inc. (Nasdaq MDII), acquired by MSC Software Corporation in 2002. Serves on the boards of several startup companies, as well as not-for-profit organizations, including Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti SmartZone Local Development Finance Authority (LDFA) and Ann Arbor Spark. 

Vinay Gupta

CEO, Janeeva.
 

ADVISORY BOARD

Robert Kennedy

University of Michigan Business School, Professor of Business Administration. Director, William Davidson Institute.

Rohit Bhagat

Chairman, Asia Pacific, BlackRock, former COO, Barclays Global Investors and former Sr. Partner, Boston Consulting Group.

Sharad Rastogi

Senior Vice President, JDS Uniphase Corporation and former Partner, Bain Consulting. 

Vineet Katial

Former CEO of GeoConnect, Vice President at ICICI OneSource and Executive Director for Teletech, Vineet has more than 15 years experience in consulting and BPO operations.