KRUZNER ADVISORY PARTNERS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

As CEO of VitalSmarts since 2009, Andy Shimberg has led this behavior change corporate training company to results that include training over 2 million people in its award-winning content, creating over 14,000 certified trainers across the world, and leading VitalSmarts on a growth path that has clearly outpaced its industry. In addition to his leadership experience, Andy is a popular speaker and has led dozens of large-scale client research projects that explore how leadership and management issues impact executive effectiveness. His research into principles and strategies for increasing influence to solve major entrenched problems was named the Change Management Approach of the Year by MIT Sloan Management Review.

Job Titles:

• CIO
• Member of the Advisory Board

Carl Wilson is a turnaround CIO and business leader with a career that spans more than four decades and multiple industry segments. Carl launched his career as a computer operator and is now recognized as a world-class CIO who led the technology function for national and global companies. Currently, Carl develops emerging talent as a CIO coach and mentor, in addition to actively serving on several corporate and advisory boards. His goal is to bring his expertise in executive and technology leadership to individuals and businesses alike-helping others to realize success. In 1984, Carl joined The Pillsbury Company, subsequently acquired by Grand Metropolitan, PLC in 1990, and is now known as Diageo. Following the corporate transition, Carl's position was expanded to include IT accountabilities for food and international retailing sectors worldwide. During his tenure, he served as Senior Vice President of Management Information Services with CIO responsibilities.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

David joined ascena with extensive managerial and technical depth as well as expertise building strong shared services organizations. His leadership has spanned cross-functional teams in multiple brands, geographies and cultures. He has a proven track record of successfully implementing large-scale IT transformation and project efforts. David holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton. He was inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame in 2009 and was named one of Computerworld's Premier 100 information technology leaders for 2012.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Founding Partner

David has delivered disruptive, innovative, clear and actionable strategies across multi-industry clientele with the Fortune 2000. The secret sauce? Data-driven business outcomes, measurable insights, and a determination to seek the truth. 1. Understanding the truth about today and what is or isn't working. 2. Willingness to face the truth. 3. Determination to fix or change it. David works hard to build and align enterprise initiatives defined by business outcomes, and constructively facilitate and challenge business leadership: to reinvent or build new, authentic business operating models and achieve realized transformational results in enterprise performance. David currently serves as a Board Advisor to Artificial Intelligence, digital platform and advanced analytics organizations.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• CEO of Vell Executive Search
• Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors

Dora Vell is the CEO of Vell Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm in Boston focused on recruiting technology executives and board members, across North America. Vell has successfully completed numerous board member and C-level executive searches, including CEOs, COOs, CIOs, and Vice Presidents - at both public and private companies. Vell is a Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and was member of the Boston CEO Roundtable. She has served on the boards of Framingham State, Entrepreneur's Organization, Goodwill, and Mary Centre for developmentally handicapped adults, garage.ca, and RBC Capital Partners.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Executive Vice President, Global Business Services and Chief Information Officer ( CIO ) at Merck
• President of HMA LLC

J. Chris Scalet, was executive vice president, Global Business Services and chief information officer (CIO) at Merck. While at Merck, he was responsible for the company's information technology and global services organization which included real estate, facilities services, Lean Six Sigma, shared business services, global security, energy, travel and corporate aviation. He was a member of Merck's executive committee and reported to Merck's Chairman, president and chief executive officer. Scalet retired from Merck in 2013. Today Scalet is president of HMA LLC, a capital investment and advisory services company focused on the high tech and health technology industries. He is Co-Managing Partner of F&S Capital. Scalet is on the Board of IntraLinks (IL) and Winshuttle as well as a number of private technology companies, and is a former board member of Netezza Corporation and Merck Capital Ventures. Scalet received his bachelor's degree in management science and computer systems from Oklahoma State University and completed the executive development program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Job Titles:

• Vice President of Research and Creative Design

Palmer specializes in using global strategy and technology to develop stylistic reform for personalized company improvement. He possesses experience in helping senior executives undertake business modeling between customer operations and systems.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Industry Advisor

Based in Houston, Texas, Rob has over 30 years of consulting experience serving clients in the Energy sector. Currently, Rob is an Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Board Member at Strike, LLC - a national leader in serving the energy infrastructure industry. Rob has extensive international experience working with over 75 energy clients in more than 100 countries around the world. Rob's client work includes business strategy, global program management, business structuring and transactions, and transformational initiatives as well as leading a wide spectrum of energy accounts.