Leonard M. Lodish, Ph.D  
Samuel R. Harrell Professor, Professor of Marketing

Vice Dean, Program for Social Impact
Leader and Co-founder, Global Consulting Practicum

Professor Lodish co-founded GCP in 1978 and has continued as its leader since. Continually striving to expand and improve the program, when Len is not researching or applying himself as Vice Dean of Wharton West, he can be found journeying across the globe to help forward the GCP’s initiatives. For a complete bio and curriculum vitae click here.

Rob has been involved with the GCP since he himself was a student of the program in 1994 and has since filled the roles of Teaching Assistant, Project Faculty, Country Manager and most recently has taken on the role of Director of Consulting and Strategy.  For a complete bio click here.

Lisa joined the GCP in June of 2004.  She comes to the GCP from Princeton University where she worked for ten years in management. Lisa is currently working on completing her M.S.Ed. in Intercultural Communication with a focus on Higher Education. Her prior experience and coursework will help to open new avenues to the GCP.

Denise joined the GCP in October of 2005.  She brings 7 years previous experience working here at the University of Pennsylvania.  We are pleased to welcome her to the program.

Jeffrey A. Babin, MBA 
India Country Manager
Wharton Global Consulting Practicum

Jeffrey Babin has served as both Project Faculty and Country Manager for the GCP program. For a complete bio click here.

Lisa has served as both Project Faculty and Country Manager for the GCP program. In addition, she works closely with the Wharton West Executive MBA participants in the program. Lisa brings both academic and practical experience to the program.

2004 was Marc’s first affiliation with the GCP. He has enjoyed working internationally and with the students and professional network that the GCP represents. Mr. Kramer has a wealth of expertise to offer the GCP and looks forward to another year serving as the Chilean Country Manager and Project Faculty member.

Dr. Lexa began with the GCP as a student in 1997 and has continued his affiliation with the program as a Teaching Assistant, Project Faculty and now as the East Asia Regional Manager. Dr. Lexa is able to bring a unique combination of professional and academic experience to the table to assist the students and participants of GCP towards successful collaboration.

Steve Smolinsky
Peru Country Manager
Wharton Global Consulting Practicum

Steve began his GCP tenure as Project Faculty in 2004.  Now as Country Manager he continues to use his international consulting and operational experience to guide students and GCP clients to successful international collaboration and market success

Lior Yahalomi, Ph.D. 
Israel Country Manager
Wharton Global Consulting Practicum

Dr. Lior Yahalomi is the Chief Financial Officer in Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. He is responsible for acquiring and investing in semiconductor companies enhancing Vishay's strategic and financial position as a leader in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Yahalomi was the Managing Partner of the CMGI @Ventures Technology Fund co-leading a $500 million fund invested in enterprise software, wireless, security, and internet infrastructure ventures.  He joined CMGI @Ventures from his previous position as Vice President for New Ventures at Gateway, where he led a team responsible for Gateway's diversification into Internet, Internet access, and e-commerce businesses. Prior to joining Gateway, Mr. Yahalomi was a Senior Vice President for Global Business Development at GE Capital where he led a global team responsible for mergers and acquisitions, new ventures, and global expansion. He also has several years of experience as a Strategy Consultant at Monitor Company in Cambridge, MA, where he developed and implemented strategies for high technology and consumer-related businesses. Lior received his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.

LEADERSHIP BOARD

We thank the GCP Leadership Board members for their continuous professional and financial support!

Izhar Armony, MBA

Charles River Ventures, MA

Izhar joined Charles River Ventures in 1997. His investment focus is on software, services, and Intellectual Property. He is currently a director of BusRadio, Gridstone Research, iSkoot, July Systems, Mobeus, Optaros, ThinkFire and Virtusa. He is also a member of the Advisory Boards of the Invention Science Fund and the Invention Investment Fund. Previously, he served as a director of Guardent (acquired by VeriSign, Nasdaq: VRSN), iBasis (IPO in 1999, NASDAQ:IBAS), iPhrase (acquired by IBM, NYSE: IBM), Yantra (acquired by Sterling Commerce), and ThinQ (acquired by Saba Software, Nasdaq: SABA). He also invested in Oberon, which was acquired by OnDisplay (then Nasdaq:ONDS). Izhar earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Tel Aviv in Israel.

James G. Bass, MBA

Founder and President

Ivy Hill Partners, LLC, MD

Mr. Bass is founder (1991) and President of the venture capital group, Ivy Hill Partners, LLC in Annapolis, MD.  It invests in early stage communications, networking and electronics companies and advises them on corporate alliance and corporate development issues.  Ivy Hill Partners also advises corporations and governments on building new venture capital programs. Mr. Bass is on the advisory boards of communications startup LogicTree Software and the venture capital firm, Signal Lake Ventures. Mr. Bass holds a BSEE degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia University.

Jill Beraud, MBA

Worldwide Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo

Beraud comes to PepsiCo after spending the past 13 years at Limited Brands, where she was most recently chief marketing officer of Victoria 's Secret.

At PepsiCo, Beraud will be responsible for developing global marketing strategies for PepsiCo's vast portfolio of brands to drive long-term growth and innovation. Her responsibilities will include: uncovering consumer insights through the most current approaches to give the company's brands a jump on the latest consumer trends; providing leadership in determining the style and functionality of packaging based on consumer needs; further developing the capabilities of PepsiCo's best-in-class marketing organization; coordinating marketing efforts across agencies; and working closely with functional leads in research and development, finance, sales, operations and the company's business sectors.

Before her time at Limited Brands, Beraud worked in licensed products, advertising, and management and consulting. She also spent five years in brand management at Procter & Gamble early in her career. She received a Master of Business Administration, Marketing & Strategic Planning from Wharton.

Yaron Eitan, MBA

Partner
SCP Private Equity Partners, NY

Yaron is a partner at SCP, joining it with fifteen years experience in building a number of high tech companies. SCP Private Equity Partners ("SCP") is a private equity firm focused on later stage companies in high growth industries, with an emphasis on technology. SCP generally invests in companies with commercially proven technologies that need capital to implement and market their business concepts. SCP targets the information technology, internet infrastructure, financial services, wireless communications, life sciences, security and education sectors. Yaron has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.

Gary Fuhrman, BS

Founder, Chairman, and CEO
GF Capital Management and Advisors, NY

Gary is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of GF Capital. He has a distinguished track record as advisor to leading domestic and international corporations on mergers and acquisitions, strategic development and financings, with a focus on entrepreneurial companies. In 2001, Mr. Fuhrman founded GF Capital to provide comprehensive wealth management and corporate finance services to entrepreneurs, corporations, individuals and families worldwide. He formerly served as co-head of Corporate Finance and Board Member of the international investment bank of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc., where he was active in the oversight and growth of the firm's asset management business.  Mr. Fuhrman has nineteen years of investment banking experience.  He holds a BS from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Matthew Greene, MBA

Founder and Managing Partner

Anvil Global Partners,NY

Matthew Greene is the Founder and Managing Partner of Anvil Global Partners. Anvil Global Partners, a Fund of Private Equity & Venture Capital Funds focusing on China and India, is also the marketing arm of Wharton GCP in that region.  Founded in 2006 by Matthew, Anvil has established a strong network and presence in China and India.  Through the process of investing in PE & VC funds, Anvil is simultaneously creating a vehicle which helps to fund future GCP projects in China and India. Matthew has already helped Wharton GCP to establish alliances with Beijing University and Fudan University, and to revive the partnership with India Business School.  Through active potential client sourcing, Anvil helped to sign on the first 2 clients for the China project in 2006, progressed the India projects by helping to source 1 of the clients in 2007, and established pipelines for potential China and Taiwan projects for 2008-2009. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University and a MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Daniel C. Gusenoff, JD

Associate
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, MA

Mr. Gusenoff is an associate in the business law practice area of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Mr. Gusenoff represents businesses at all stages of development, including public and closely-held U.S. and emerging international technology companies. Mr. Gusenoff counsels clients on a broad range of matters including: corporate formation; employment and personnel matters; licensing, distribution and supply agreements; privacy issues; website content and liability; cross-border mergers and acquisitions and public and private capital-raising transactions. Mr. Gusenoff also counsels clients in antitrust related matters.

Yosi Heber, MBA

Founder and President

Oxford Hill Partners LLC, MI

Yosi Heber is the Founder and President of Oxford Hill Partners, LLC, a strategic marketing firm that helps companies maximize their website and digital marketing revenue potential. His patent pending, strategic website assessment and revenue optimization process – EQ Pulse™, has been used by many of his clients, including many of the largest and well known CPG, Pharmaceutical, B2B and retail companies in the world. Yosi has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.

Eyal Kaplan, MBA

General Partner
Walden Israel, Israel

Eyal has been a General Partner with Walden Israel since 1995. Walden Israel is an early stage venture capital firm with institutional investors from the US, Europe and Israel. Eyal focuses on early stage investments in information technology and other industries. He currently serves on the Boards of several Walden portfolio companies, including Universal-Ad, Camero,Enigma, and Schema. Eyal holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Technion in Israel, an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, and an MA in International Studies from the School of Arts and Sciences at The Lauder Institute, the University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Kopell. Ph.D.

Chief Wireless Strategist
Northrop Grumman Corporation, NY

Richard Koppel is a recognized leader in the strategic direction, management, and exploitation of technology with over 25 years of management consulting and line management experience.  Currently, Chief Wireless Strategist for Northrop Grumman, serving the Public Safety Sector.  Richard's manages a group responsibly for identifying and developing new products and applications to meet the needs of "First Responders"; applications include: high availability high bandwidth data, VoIP, surveillance, identification, SCADA, and sensory devices and solutions. He has served as a GCP panelist since 2004 and has been affiliated with various educational and research institutions during his professional work including MIT and the Institute for the Future.

Mark R. Kramer, MBA, JD

Founder and Managing Director
Foundation Strategy Group, LLC, MA

Mark R. Kramer is a Founder and Managing Director of the FSG Social Impact Advisors, where he consults to corporations, private foundations, and community foundations on developing strategies and measuring impact for corporate social responsibility and philanthropic initiatives.  Mr. Kramer holds a B.A., summa cum laude, from Brandeis University; an M.B.A. from the Wharton School; and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Shoshana H. Loeb, Ph.D.

Executive Director
Telcordia Technologies, NY

Shoshana is an executive, a leader, an inventor and an entrepreneur with a proven track record in creating, operating and growing innovative technology organizations and businesses. Currently, she is an Executive Director at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research) in Piscataway, NJ in their Advanced Technology organization leading the development of new product lines and business opportunities for wireless and information intensive applications that address the long-tail of commerce and mobile advertising.

Steven R. London, JD

Partner
Pepper Hamilton, LLP, MA

Steven R. London is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Boston office.  Mr. London concentrates his practice on corporate finance, securities and general corporate matters, and focuses on emerging growth companies and middle market businesses.  For the past 25 years, his activities have included public and private equity and debt offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and Securities and Exchange Commission compliance matters.

Anand Mallipudi

MPC International, MA

Rob Mann, MBA

Principal
PRTM, NY

Alan Markowitz

Independent Consultant, PA

Benjamin Strauss, MBA, JD

Partner
Pepper Hamilton, LLP, DE

Benjamin Strauss is a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware, office of Pepper Hamilton LLP, practicing corporate, securities and commercial law. He concentrates on counseling private and publicly held companies on mergers, acquisitions and general corporate, securities and business law matters.

Lior Yahalomi, Ph.D. 
Chief Financial Officer

Vishay, PA

Dr. Lior Yahalomi is the Chief Financial Officer in Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. He is responsible for acquiring and investing in semiconductor companies enhancing Vishay's strategic and financial position as a leader in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Yahalomi was the Managing Partner of the CMGI @Ventures Technology Fund co-leading a $500 million fund invested in enterprise software, wireless, security, and internet infrastructure ventures.  He joined CMGI @Ventures from his previous position as Vice President for New Ventures at Gateway, where he led a team responsible for Gateway's diversification into Internet, Internet access, and e-commerce businesses. Prior to joining Gateway, Mr. Yahalomi was a Senior Vice President for Global Business Development at GE Capital where he led a global team responsible for mergers and acquisitions, new ventures, and global expansion. He also has several years of experience as a Strategy Consultant at Monitor Company in Cambridge, MA, where he developed and implemented strategies for high technology and consumer-related businesses. Lior received his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.