2019 Schedule

Honorable Masagos Zulkifli

Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Republic of Singapore (IBEAR 17)
Fertitta Hall 233

• Richard Drobnick, Director, IBEAR MBA Program, USC Marshall School (IBEAR 5-17 and 37-Present)

• Opportunities in Asia for Monetization of Online Video Content
  Eugene Choi, CEO and Co-founder, Collab Asia, Inc., Seoul (IBEAR 31)
• Global E-Commerce Examples of American Firms E-Exporting to Asian Markets
  Peter Guyer, Founder and President, Athena Marketing International (AMI) and Toosum Health Foods, Seattle (IBEAR 14)
• Social E-Commerce — China Blood Bath
  Zhihua Jasmine Liu, Director, HR & Operations, JD.com, Silicon Valley (IBEAR 40)
• Moderator: Arvind Bhambri, Associate Professor of Management, USC Marshall School of Business (IBEAR 11– 28)

Entreprenuership

• Entrepreneurship: Failure, Failure, Failure, SUCESSS—It's All in the Process—Not the Goal
  Peter KH Lin, CFO and Director of Operation and Administration, Skingenix, Inc., Ontario, CA (IBEAR 23)
• 5 + 6 = 7: Challenges I Overcame in Entreprenuership
  Jia Liu, Independent Entrepreneur, Los Angeles (IBEAR 34)
• Enabling Entrepreneurial Dreams - Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Region
  James Wong, Partner, H. A. Christie & Co., Chartered Accountants, Singapore (IBEAR 11)
• Moderator: Jeremy Dann, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Greif Center, USC Marshall School of Business (IBEAR 37 – Present)

• Machine Learning
  Rohit Gupta, Segment Manager, Enterprise Storage Solutions, SanDisk, Milpitas, CA (IBEAR 34)
• The Global State of Digital Transformations- Excerpts from Ab-Initio 2019 (The World’s Largest Survey on Digital Transformations)
  Sri Manchala, Chairman, TRIANZ, San Jose, CA (IBEAR 18)
• Moderator: Arif Ansari, Professor of Clinical Data Sciences & Operations, USC Marshall School (IBEAR 25-Present)

Finance

• Positioning of Asset Management Companies in Today's Competitive Global Markets
  Henry Biner, Partner and Head of Global Marketing, P/E Investments, Boston (IBEAR 16)
• Collaboration and Going Global (Again)
  Richard Daetwiler, Director, Structured Solutions UBS Global Wealth Management, Weehawken, New Jersey (IBEAR 21)
• Fintech Disruptors - Bank Friend or Foe?
  Sun Migliacci, Vice President, Technology Strategy Manager, City National Bank, Los Angeles (IBEAR 38)
• Moderator: Baizhu Chen, Professor of Clinical Finance & Business Economics, USC Marshall School (IBEAR 19, 25-28, 30-33, and Present)

• Finding Growth in a Commoditized Networking Market
  Stephen Pang, Azure Product Marketing Manager, Verizon Media, Playa Vista (IBEAR 27)
• The Innovation Dilemma
  Stewart Thompson, Vice President, Consumer Engagement, National CineMedia, Manhattan Beach, CA (IBEAR 26)
• Moderator: C.W. Park, Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing, USC Marshall School (IBEAR 25-Present)

Strategy

• The Global Goals as a Business Imperative
  George Kyriacou, Deputy Chief Finance Officer, United Nations Development Programme, New York (IBEAR 21)
• Why “Managed Lanes Systems” are the Solution for Sprawled Cities
  Carlos Ugarte, Head of Corporate and Business Development, Cintra S.A. Grupo Ferrovial S.A., Madrid (IBEAR 12)
• How to Make an Impactful Investment?
  Indra Uno, Commissioner, Saratoga Investama Sedaya, Jakarta (IBEAR 22)
• Moderator: Carl Voigt, Professor of Clinical Management & Organization; Academic Director, IBEAR MBA Program, USC Marshall School (IBEAR 25-Present)

• Solving the Japanese Leadership Talent Crisis
  Ryoko Komatsuzaki, Executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates, Tokyo (IBEAR 14)
• Network or Bust! Staying Relevant in a Fast-Changing and Highly Competitive Job Market
  Vasu Madabushi, Head of Product Marketing, MAANA, Menlo Park, CA (IBEAR 33)
• What Every IBEAR Student and Alumnus Should Know About Job Search…From the Vantage Point of an IBEAR Alumnus Who Co-Owns a Retained Executive Search Firm
  George Sheth, Managing Partner, Diligent Partners LLC, Long Beach, CA (IBEAR 18)
• Managing Millennial Talent in Today's China
  Yixuan (Jennifer) Zhao, Research Fellow & Founder, Simou Club, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (IBEAR 31)
• Moderator: Jack Lewis, Advisor, ITO EN North America, Inc. Manhattan Beach, CA (IBEAR 6-33)

Strategy II

• Strategizing the Toy Business Through Entertainment Licensing Partnerships
  Rita Choi, Senior Manager, Global Entertainment Partnerships, Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (IBEAR 37)
• Blanton’s Bourbon: Challenges of Marketing a Premium Bourbon
  Masahito Kikumoto, President, Age International, Inc., Frankfort, KY (IBEAR 10)
• FROM PROTOTYPE to PRODUCTION - Navigating the Pitfalls of Taking a Manufactured Product to Market
  Kevin McClave, Managing Director, Melvin Enterprise Group, San Diego, CA, (IBEAR 30)
• Moderator: Steve Barth, Chair, Business & Entrepreneurship, USC Iovine and Young Academy for Art, Technology and the Business of Innovation (IBEAR 35)