Julia Posacki is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CW Enterprises. Through her brand, InvestingIsSimple, she delivers financial savvy to professionals and up-and-comers. IIS aims to unravel the mystique of the markets and give you the tools and confidence to know that you, too, can play with the "big boys" of Wall Street. In addition to the InvestingIsSimple web site, Julia speaks to various audiences nationwide.
Prior to launching IIS, Julia spent seven years working in the Fixed Income and Derivatives areas of Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.
Julia Posacki earned a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Financial Engineering from Cornell University.
Deirdre Nissenson Kurzweil is currently serving as a market research manager in the Office of Publications and Marketing at Cornell University.
Prior to her role at Cornell, Kurzweil was affiliated with Art & Science Group's market research through its field house, Widener-Burrows & Associates. Kurzweil has experience in all phases of marketing and market research, both qualitative and quantitative. She has utilized a variety of advanced analytic techniques -- including trade-off analysis (conjoint, discrete choice), segmentation analysis, discriminant analysis, and factor analysis -- on behalf of a diverse clientele in the non-profit sector, as well as the financial services and consumer products industries.Previously, she was a project manager at Total Research Corporation and Opinion Research Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey. She has also worked as senior research analyst for Merrill Lynch, where much of her work focused on assessing the impact of various advertising efforts.
Deirdre Kurzweil received her undergraduate degree from Dickinson College.
Jean Hill is Executive Director of Infrastructure for the Retail Division at Morgan Stanley.
Prior to her role at Morgan Stanley, Hill headed up infrastructure services for Merrill Lynch's Institutional business and served as a consultant at Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to those roles, she founded and later sold a startup company which sold Kosher meat by mail-order.
Jean Hill received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her law degree from Fordham University.
<p>Subha Barry is Managing Director of Multicultural and Diversified Business Development for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. In this role, she is responsible for developing a multicultural business platform to increase Merrill Lynch's presence among diverse markets through creative and innovative sales and marketing strategies aimed at diverse communities.</p> <p>Barry joined Merrill Lynch in 1989 and spent 13 years in the US Private Client Group as a Financial Advisor and Branch Manager. In 2001, she created the Multicultural and Diversified Business Development group to help establish Merrill Lynch as the preeminent wealth management firm among diverse and multicultural markets. She was appointed to her current role in 2005. </p> <p>Subha Barry holds a Bachelor of Accounting from Bombay University, India, a Master of Business and Public Management and a Master of Accounting from Rice University, Houston, Texas.</p>