Deborah J. Muller brings more than 20 years of employee relations and workplace investigation experience and expertise to her role as Founder and President of HR Acuity, LLC.
Prior to founding the firm, Muller held HR leadership positions in numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Honeywell, Citibank and Marsh & McLennan, where she developed a seasoned approach to conducting workplace investigations into allegations of misconduct. She has been instrumental in leading fact-finding cases involving a wide range of complex investigations, including sexual harassment, discrimination and inappropriate use of company funds. In her senior HR roles, Muller was also responsible for strategic organization redesigns, extensive change management initiatives, coaching and development of senior executives, and performing due diligence and integration activities for company acquisitions.
Deborah Muller earned a BS degree from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a MA from the University of Maryland.
Jon Aizen is the co-founder and COO of Dapper, managing U.S. operations and strategy for the company in San Francisco. He has been founding and working for web companies since 1994. He has extensive experience with managing large-scale, high-profile web projects, as well as operations and business development. His previous experience includes Alexa Internet and the Internet Archive.
He holds a degree in computer science from Cornell University.
John Belizaire is the co-founder of FirstBest and is an accomplished enterprise software entrepreneur with a track record of new venture development and management success.
Prior to co-founding FirstBest, he was senior director of business development and strategic planning for BEA's Ecommerce applications division, where he grew annual revenue to over $150 million. Before BEA, Belizaire co-founded The Theory Center, a leader in Java-based component software for enterprise applications. As CEO, he grew the company from inception to $10 million in revenue. BEA Systems acquired the company in 1999 for over $160 million. He was previously lead architect for Intel's digital enterprise group, where he was responsible for the industry's first implementation of network quality-of-service technology for personal computers.
Belizaire's comments are from a panel on Information Technology Entrepreneurship from Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration in April 2010.
Belizaire holds a BS and Master's degree in computer science from Cornell University. He has also completed the Wharton Business School's Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gun Sirer is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.
Sirer works on self-organizing systems, which span operating systems, networking and distributed systems. He likes building things, especially systems that have some principled reason for why they should work. His current projects involve peer-to-peer systems, systems support for ad hoc networks, and operating systems.
Sirer's comments are from a panel on Information Technology Entrepreneurship from Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration in April 2010.
Gun Sirer received a B.S.E. from Princeton University and an M.S and Ph.D. from University of Washington.
David Eson is the founder and owner of Isidore Foods. He has been assisting farming families with distribution and market development since 1997. He has worked for the extension service and various non-governmental organizations and now operates his own business, Isidore Foods LLC.
Isidore Foods began in 2006 as an internet business to provide marketing and selling local farm products. In its first year, Isidore Foods provided community supported agriculture marketing services to three farms and local food delivery services for 200 customers. Each farm produced fruits and vegetables. The principal focus was a pilot project with the University of Pittsburgh. The pilot served 150 customers.
In 2008, Isidore Foods partnered with a local distributor to handle the purchasing, packaging and delivery of orders and established buying relationships with 40 farms and businesses. These farms and businesses produce fruits, vegetables, meat, bread, milk, cheese, butter and various pantry items. Isidore currently serves 500 customers.
Scott Goodfellow is a Global Finance Project Manager at Procter and Gamble.
Scott Goodfellow is a graduate of Cornell University.
James Byrnes is Chairman of the Board of Tompkins Financial Corporation.
Byrnes served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from its formation in 1995 until his retirement on December 31, 2006, and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since its formation in 1995.
Byrnes served as President of Tompkins Trust Company beginning in 1989 through 2002 and again in 2006. Prior to 1989, Mr. Byrnes was an officer with other banking companies.
Erica Perreault is the Merchandising Director at Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, MI. She joined Zingerman's in 2000, drawn by the fun atmosphere and her passion for sales. Initially on the retail service staff in the Deli, Erica was promoted to Deli Merchandising Manager in 2002. In this position she is responsible for the Deli's merchandising budget and the overall "Look and Feel" of the store, including displays, signage, promotional materials and menus. Each month Erica and her staff of two work with the 18 other Deli managers to implement a targeted promotional package that typically includes posters, flyers, vendor support, product tastings, dinners and demos.
Erica regularly teaches an internal staff class, Merchandising 101: Building Great Displays and works with ZingTrain clients who want to improve their organization's merchandising and display.
Irwin Davis joined the Metropolitan Development Association in 1968 and has been its top executive officer since 1976, making him the longest serving economic development official in Central New York. Formed in 1959, the association is a nonprofit organization that promotes economic development in the central Upstate region.
Irwin Davis received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his Masters Degree in Regional and Urban Development and Public Policy from American University.