Chicago & Latin American Tech Innovation: Synergies & Opportunities
About this Event
Join us for networking and conversation about the similarities and synergies between the Chicago and Latin America tech innovation communities.
Since MITA was last in Chicago, the announcement by SoftBank to dedicate a $5-billion investment fund dedicated to Latin American innovation was the tipping point to placing this region in the spotlight of global tech investment opportunities.
We’ll look at what has transpired in the past year, as well as opportunities going forward, highlighting the similarities, synergies, and opportunities between the Chicago and Mexico Tech Innovation communities. Both have startups focused on tech solutions for manufacturing, finance, agriculture, education, medicine, and other core industries.
We believe that opportunities exist by building a stronger alliance between these two under-appreciated -- yet exciting -- startup hubs, so join us in making this happen!
We'll enjoy networking and conversation, accompanied by wine, tequila, & nibbles.
Guest Speakers:
Howard A. Tullman
Howard is the Executive Director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Tullman is the former CEO of 1871 in Chicago – where digital startups get their start – and the General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC and for G2T3V, LLC – both Chicago-based early-stage venture capital funds. He is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern's Kellogg School, as well as a regular guest lecturer at the Northwestern University School of Law. Mr. Tullman also serves as a Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and of the New York Academy of Art and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, and as the lead Director (and briefly Chairman) of The Princeton Review. Over the last 50 years, he has successfully founded more than a dozen high-tech companies. @tullman
Chuck DelGrande
Chuck is currently a Managing Director at Alantra, a leading global investment banking and asset management firm operating in the mid-market. Chuck focuses on Technology, Media and Interactive Services advisory. He has more than 30 years of investment banking, eBusiness and media industry experience, and has managed sell-side, buy-side, restructuring and private placement engagements, and has completed special committee work for Boards of Directors
Hector Correa
Hector is a business consultant and technology expert with 20+ years of experience in designing and managing the implementation of solutions in industries as diverse as utility providers, banking, marketing, retail, beverage, government and construction. He currently works with CXO’s from the US, Canada and Mexico to help them create expansion strategies for new markets and tackle the challenges of multinational business environments.
Moira McLachlan
Moira is a Senior Investment Strategist with Bernstein’s Wealth Strategies Group and located in the Miami office. She is a member of the firm’s Private Client Investment Policy Group, which provides asset allocation, investment and risk management advice for high-net-worth clients, endowments and foundations. She joined the firm in 2014 bringing with her 18 years of broad-based experience in investment research and portfolio management. Moira has BA degrees in both multinational business operations and Spanish from Florida State University and a master of international business studies from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter-holder and a member of CFA Society Miami. Moira speaks Spanish and Portuguese..
- Moderator: Lynne Bairstow, Managing Partner / MITA Ventures
- Hosted by: Franco La Marca, Vice President, Bernstein Private Wealth Management