Mark your calendars and register now for upcoming Masters' Lectures for the month of November!
Tuesday, November 13, 11AM ET
Mourad Yesayan is a Principal at Paladin Capital Group. He is an investment lead for the firm’s Cyber Fund, which focuses on investing in early stage companies in the US and Europe with solutions for cyber security and digital resilience. Mourad is currently actively involved in several of Paladin’s investments including Expel, RiskSense, Ursa, RiskLens, and previously worked with Unitrends (acquired by Insight Venture Partners). Prior to joining Paladin in 2009, Mourad was VP of Finance and a corporate officer at a Nasdaq-listed leading industrial infrastructure company, where he led the build-out of the company’s financial planning and risk management functions during a period of rapid growth in operations and nearly tenfold increase in revenue to over $700 million. He also played a key role in structuring and negotiating over $500 million of equity and debt financing working with major institutional investors and a global lender syndicate. Prior to this, Mourad was a senior consultant at a boutique advisory firm focused on M&A, turnaround, and restructuring assignments for middle market clients. Mourad holds an MBA and BS in Finance from Fresno State University.
In this session, Mourad will be lecture about Mastering the VC Pitch and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dd84K936ROWWtJKHa03vvw
Friday, November 16, 12PM ET
Christina Polaski is Global Social Media Manager at Pratt & Whitney where she leads the company's global social media and audience engagement strategy across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in support of key business objectives, including product positioning, recruiting and growing brand awareness and affinity. Prior to joining Pratt & Whitney, Christina led social media at B2B technology companies Carbonite and Progress Software. Christina is the recipient of a PR Daily Award for Best Event Marketing and a Gold Bell Ringer Award for Best Product/Service Launch. She holds a M.S. in Public Relations from Boston University and a B.A. in Communication from Western New England University.
In this session, Christina will lecture about Social Media: Platforms, Metrics and Content and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtU3FT0hQLaqZWy5X0fK1g
Wednesday, November 21, 10AM ET
Joe Nickerson is a Flying Qualities Manager and Associate Technical Fellow at Boeing Vertical Lift in Philadelphia with experience in handing qualities, wind tunnel testing, and aeronautical engineering. Joe attended the University of Notre Dame and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has worked on a number of rotorcraft including the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, and the Comanche and Chinook helicopters.
In this session, Joe's lecture will be: Are You Handling This? Designing for Stability and Control with Novel Aircraft Configurations and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XYjiiSDgSvmW1CuT-nkCKg
Monday, November 26, 4PM ET
Colonel John W. Jones serves as the commander of the US Army Redstone Test Center, where he directs a 1,300 person workforce of military, Army civilians and contractors conducting developmental testing on a portfolio of rockets and missiles, with 28 years of service as an Army aviator. He has actively conducted experimental flight test for 8 years. In 1990 he was commissioned from the US Military Academy with a BS in Computer Science. He also has a MA from Webster University in Procurement and Acquisition Management, and a MS from Air War College in Strategic Studies.
Colonel Jones’ has received a number of awards and badges including, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, The Army Meritorious Service Medal (with two oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with three oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with oak leaf cluster) and Overseas Service Medal (four awards). He is also a Master Aviator qualified in the CH-47D/F, TH-6, UH-1H, C-12C/D, and UH-60A/L/M, and UH-72A.
In this session, John will be lecturing about Risk Reduction During Testing and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UX3Y_0NhQFGfaCz9V1PxXw
