Rypple Advisors
Roger Martin
Dean, Rotman School of Management. Top50 Business Thinker.
Roger Martin is Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Roger was formerly a director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his 13 years with Monitor, he founded and chaired Monitor University, the firm's educational arm, served as co-head of the firm for two years, and founded the Canadian office.
Howard Gwin
Managing Director, Bridgescale
Howard Gwin brings to Rypple more than 25 years of senior executive operating experience in the technology industry. Before joining Bridgescale, Howard spent the past decade helping more than 20 software, SAAS and Digital Media companies build, scale and drive great outcomes; serving as a Corporate Director, Chairman, and Operating Chairman. He has experience in all major software industry segments, and has focused on both the large enterprise and SMB marketplaces.
Marshall Goldsmith
Executive Coach and Author. Top50 Business Thinker.
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better – by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. His latest book, MOJO, was released in February 2010. It is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal top ten best-seller — and the Shanghai Daily #1 business book in China. It is already scheduled to be translated into 14 languages.
Don Tapscott
Chairman, nGenera Insight. Top50 Business Thinker.
Don Tapscott, one of the world's leading authorities on business strategy, is Chairman of nGenera Insight. He was founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before its acquisition by nGenera. Don is an internationally sought writer, consultant and speaker on business strategy and organizational transformation. He has given more than 400 keynotes speeches and presentations over the past five years. His clients include top executives of many of the world's largest corporations and government leaders from many countries.The Washington Technology Report called him one of the most influential media authorities since Marshall McLuhan.
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of thirteen books and a collection of 27 essays about management topics, as well as more than 120 articles and book chapters. Jeffrey Pfeffer has won the Richard I. Irwin Award presented by the Academy of Management for scholarly contributions to management and numerous awards for articles and books. Pfeffer currently serves on the board of directors of the for-profit company Audible Magic as well as nonprofits Quantum Leap Healthcare and The San Francisco Playhouse.
Gary Latham
State Professor of Organizational Behavior, Rotman School of Management
Professor Gary Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management; a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association; and president of the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations, the Association for Psychological Science, the Academy of Management, and the International Association of Applied Psychology. He has received both the awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession (1998) and as a Science (2002) from the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. Professor Latham has received the Distinguished Scholar/Practitioner Award from the American Academy of Management and the Heneman Career Achievement Award from the Human Resource Division of the Academy. In 2006, he was the Society’s recipient of the prestigious $50,000 Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award. In 2007, Professor Latham received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. In 2008 he received the Thomas A Mahoney Mentoring Award from the Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management for lifetime mentoring of graduate students, and the Harry Levinson award from the American Psychological Foundation for lifetime contributions to consulting in organizational psychology. Professor Latham served on the Board of Governors of the Center for Creative Leadership, 2001-2007, and is currently teaching courses in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. His research includes employee motivation, performance appraisal and training.
Stephen Miles
Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles
Stephen Miles is a Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles. He runs Leadership Advisory Services within the Leadership Consulting Practice and oversees the firm's worldwide executive assessment/succession planning activities. He is also a key member of Heidrick & Struggles' CEO and Board Practice. With more than 15 years of experience in assessment, top-level succession planning, organizational effectiveness and strategy consulting, Stephen specializes in CEO succession and has partnered with numerous Boards of global Fortune 500 companies to ensure that a successful leadership selection and transition occurs. Stephen is a coach to approximately 10 CEO/COOs around the world. He has built the practice's coaching expertise by focusing on high-performance leadership competencies with a heavy emphasis on the business and cultural context. Stephen works extensively internationally and his clients cut across all industry sectors.
Eric Ries
Entrepeneur, Author
Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned. He was the co-founder and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU, his third startup. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups including Rypple, pbWiki, Smule, 750i, and KaChing.
Beth Steinberg
VP HR, SunRun
Beth Steinberg is the VP HR at SunRun. Beth has over 18 years of human resource experience in both emerging and Fortune 500 companies. Beth’s focus has been on helping leaders and companies with complex organizational and growth issues. Beth was an HR Executive at Nike, focusing on driving employee engagement, leadership coaching, talent management and organizational development. Her previous work also includes consulting for Maveron Venture Capital, Mozilla, SeaChange Capital, The Motley Fool, The New Teacher Center, Lynda.com, and other emerging non profits and technology companies. Beth has held numerous Human Resource Executive positions including the VP of HR at Facebook and Vice President of HR at Electronic Arts. Beth has also held HR positions at Hewlett Packard and Nordstrom. Beth has her BA in Psychology from San Jose State University and attended the Executive Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Beth is very involved with the non-profit community, focusing on venture philanthropy, environmental and education issues. Beth is on the Board of Trustees at Hidden Villa as well as on the Board of Social Venture Partners. Beth also sits on the Advisory Board of Puppet Labs. In her spare time, Beth is an avid runner and triathlete. She has completed 15 marathons and the Ironman Triathlon.
John Foster
Head of Talent and Organization, Hulu
John is head of talent and organization for Hulu where he's busy helping build an extraordinary company with an iconic culture full of amazing people. JFX is hosted by John Foster to share, learn, discuss, and generate ideas about people, organizations, and social systems. Previously, he worked at IDEO helping one of the world's most innovative organizations innovate on itself. John has also worked in senior talent and organization development roles at Levi Strauss, Fidelity Investments, and Citibank.
Karyn Gordon
Gen Y Expert and Author
A leading North American Gen Y expert, consultant, author and motivational speaker to more than 250,000 people, Dr. Karyn is an indispensable resource for leaders, presidents, HR managers, parents and Gen Y. Her gift is communicating playfully, passionately and pragmatically! Her mission is simple: 1. To empower Gen Y's to develop their personal leadership and career direction; 2. To empower employers/educators on how to successfully motivate, manage & lead them.
Alan Rottenberg
Adviser
Alan Rottenberg served in several senior roles at Cognos, including Senior Vice President, Business Intelligence (BI), Senior Vice President, Marketing, and Senior Vice President, Analytical Applications. He advises several startups including Rypple, Kinaxis, Ascential, and TalkSwitch.
Ian Baird
Managing Director of Global Accounts EMCC, EMC
Ian Baird is the Managing Director of Global Accounts EMCC at EMC. He has been a Board Member for the Enterprise Grid Alliance, and SVP Marketing & Sales Operations at Platform Computing. Mr. Baird is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Babson College's Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business, and the University of Western Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business.