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| Ben Rossignol ’96 and Gabriel Biguria ’96 conducting their shrimp summit in Shanghai | |
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| Gabriel Biguria ’96 at the finish line of his first Ironman Triatholon | |
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Rep: Chris Quan, '96ksm1996updates@gmail.com Benoit Rossignol met up with Gabriel Biguria for a Shanghai Shrimp Summit. Gabriel is managing director of Acuamaya S.A., one of the leading shrimp producers in Latin America. Benoit is managing director of Shiyao Investment Ltd., an investment bank he founded in 1999 after leaving the World Bank Group. Shiyao is based in Shanghai and focused on the food and life sciences sectors in Greater China and Japan.
Kate Atkinson and her collaborator acquired the rights to singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg's catalogue of music and wrote a jukebox musical titled Part of the Plan. They already have Broadway representation, Broadway actors lining up to play the lead roles, and a Grammy-winning arranger on board, but are first mounting a regional production. In February, they met with the artistic directors of several theaters in Chicago, including the Goodman Theatre, as well as the head of the musical theatre department at Northwestern. Kate writes: "I'd love to connect with any and all Kellogg alums in the area. Please don't hesitate to get in touch at (310) 497-1239 or kjapurple@yahoo.com."
After 15 years in Silicon Valley marketing technology, Doug Silverstein finally gave in to his entrepreneurial urges and started a consultancy focused on customer references. Doug is interested in partnering with others who have an interest in this topic. Feel free to contact him through his Cypress Consulting website.
For the past two years, John Miniati has been helping Mohan Sawhney create and teach a new class on product management for technology companies, which launched at Kellogg in 2012. The course received good student reviews after its first year, and the second year is going even better. Tom McCleary, Jai Shekhawat and Ram Krishnan spoke in a fun and informative panel discussion, "What Makes a Great Product Manager," in January 2013. John's "real job" for more than two years has been solo tech product/innovation/go-to-market consulting. His primary client is KnovationLearning, a K-12 educational software startup, and he is considering adding one or two other ed-tech clients this spring. If you know anyone in the space who needs help, please get in touch.
James "Jim" Hemmer will soon join Baird's Investment Banking Financial Services team as a managing director. Jim will help lead Baird's M&A and equity financing offering in the sector, expanding the firm's financial services practice in the Midwest.
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| Kate Atkinson ’96 and her collaborator are mounting a regional production of a jukebox musical, Part of the Plan, based on Dan Fogelberg’s catalogue of music |
