<p>Ken Saji is a Senior Editorial Director at MTV Networks, where he serves as a creative director and head writer for their Creative Services department. He is responsible for setting the creative vision and developing brand strategies for MTV Networks' corporate projects, which encompass integrated solutions across digital, on-air, video, print, radio and merchandise for business-to-business, consumer and internal communications. His award-winning work spans everything from integrated campaigns and large-scale pro-social causes to new business initiatives and brand development. </p> <p>Ken Saji graduated from Cornell University cum laude with a degree in English, and from Columbia University's Graduate Writing Program.</p>
<p>Young Mi Park is COO of Thevi Cosmetics. She has built her career expanding global brands and guiding businesses and new ventures. She has held leadership roles in Marketing, Strategy and General Management at Sesame Workshop, Levi Strauss, Burger King and American Express and has also worked at ambitious "fourth sector†educational start-ups and other new ventures, including her own bootstrap initiative. She has led successful turnarounds of failing business units, received industry recognitions for best brand image and advertising and spearheaded successful new product and new market development.</p> <p>In addition to extensive experience in the U.S., she has worked in or with businesses in Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Guam Japan, France, Canada and Mexico and devised business development strategies for Europe and Latin America. </p> <p>Young Mi Park has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.</p>
<p>Deepak Aswani worked for seven years in research on clean diesel technology and hybrid electric vehicles at Ford Motor Company before coming to the Johnson School for the accelerated MBA program in 2008. After graduating in 2009, Deepak joined the American Governor Company as their Business Operations Manager. He has directly been involved in a number of existing hydro power projects in North America and new projects in other parts of the world</p>
<p>Rishad Olpadwala graduated from the Johnson School in 2008 having focused on clean technology and entrepreneurship during his two years there. Rishad joined the Acciona energy team in Chicago immediately after graduating and has worked on a number of aspects of renewable energy projects. He is currently working on the financing side of these projects.</p>
Divya Gugnani started her business career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and then moved on to private equity and venture capital at Investcorp International and FirstMark Capital. Currently she serves as the CEO of Send the Trend, which offers curated fashion accessories for women online. She also serves as CEO of Behind the Burner, a culinary media brand focused on tips, tricks and techniques for food, wine, mixology and nutrition. Gugnani currently advises several startups and established brands with board level roles. Most recently, she has co-founded Wander Beauty. She holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School as well as a degree from the French Culinary Institute.
Saro Cutri is co-founder of HomeKeepr. Cutri was most recently a Managing Director and Co-Head of UBS\'s Structured Products proprietary trading group, overseeing a $50+ billion dollar portfolio of distressed legacy positions focused primarily in non-agency residential and commercial mortgage backed securities. Prior to that, he ran UBS\'s residential credit trading effort for their broker/dealer operation focused primarily on Prime and Alt-A residential mortgage collateral types. Saro Cutri earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University\'s College of Engineering.
<p>Carol Rattray is Managing Director and Co- Founder of Zoomdojo.</p> <p>Since the mid 1990\'s, she has been investing, and advising primarily start-ups, in China and in the US, and was previously Vice President in the Capital Markets Group at Bankers Trust Company.</p> <p>n philanthropy, Carol is President and Co- Founder of the Rattray Kimura Foundation. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Bates College, The Asian Cultural Council, and the Re Foundation and a former member of the Board of The Nature Conservancy, New York State Chapter, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and The Friends of the Museum of the Chinese University in Hong Kong. Carol is also co-chair of The Asia Foundation\'s Women\'s Empowerment Program\'s Lotus Circle Advisors and serves as a member of the Cornell University Council and The Arts and Sciences Advisory Council.</p> <p>Carol Rattray holds an MBA and MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.</p>
Ritu Banga is a cofounder of Zoomdojo, a New York City–based college to career readiness startup. The company works with educational institutions, NGOs, and student organizations around the world. Banga is a trustee of the Marymount School of New York. She is a graduate of Delhi University and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Rajiv Gupta is Chairman, President and CEO of Rohm and Haas, which specializes in making cutting-edge specialty chemicals that are used in products as diverse as paint and computers. During this lecture, he shares thoughts on the importance of engineering to industry and the world.
Rajiv Gupta received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and received his Masters in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.