THE ARIISE™ BOARD
Ted Wrigh
Ted Wright is CEO of FIZZ and has been at the forefront of Word of Mouth Marketing since he helped re-ignite the Pabst Blue Ribbon brand in 2000. Over the last decade, his agency has become a global leader in Word of Mouth Marketing with clients on every continent. Often called the best WOMM speaker working today, Ted has won numerous public speaking awards for his talks on WOMM and always elicits more questions than a Q&A can handle. An alumnus of Booz Allen & Hamilton, Ted holds an MBA with honors from The University of Chicago.
Edward K. Rutledge
Edward K. Rutledge serves as CFO and CIO for Urban Investment Research Corporation (UIRC), a $400m PE firm based in Chicago since 2008 after years of sourcing real estate capital for Draper and Kramer. Prior to this, Mr. Rutledge was a Manager at Charter Consulting, where he led management consulting assignments at CNA Insurance, BNP Paribas and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. Rutledge also spent several years in Amsterdam with ABN AMRO Asset Management, where he served on the Global Business Development Committee.
John Iwanski
John Iwanski specializes in transaction services. He has served companies in a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare, construction, real estate, retail, insurance and manufacturing and distribution. By performing buy-side and sell-side due diligence, capital analysis, carve-outs, industry roll-ups, financial modeling, transaction services agreements, and general transaction advisory services, John has been instrumental in his ability to provide highly informed market strategies, and effective leadership, including a Fortune 100 global industrials company.
David Klusendorf
David Klusendorf is an ex floor trader at the Chicago BOT. He is a multi-business founder, including co-founder of Typhon Capital. Typhon Capital Management, LLC is a Member of the National Futures Association and registered as a Commodity Pool Operator and a Commodity Trading Advisor and only provides services to Qualified Eligible Participants as defined in section 4.7 of the Commodity Exchange Act.