Catherine Malloy Cummings

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Catherine Malloy Cummings is a Partner in TechCXO’s Human Capital Practice and has 25+ years’ experience as CHRO, human capital consultant, entrepreneur and Board Member of a PE-owned portfolio company. She is most frequently called on by founders, Boards, investors and senior management teams to assist clients as an interim and fractional Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Executive Coach and advisor. Catherine is adept at operating at the strategic, C-Suite and Board level, as well as implementing strategies in a “roll-up-your-sleeves,” tactical capacity.

She is passionate about building amazing places to work, and her experience has been primarily in the financial services and technology sectors.  During her distinguished career, she has served as:

Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Human Resources Officer, Elementum Advisors – Catherine led HR and Administrative functions at this SEC-registered alternative investment manager, which specializes in collateralized natural event reinsurance investments. She created strategies and implementation of Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Strategic Human Resource Planning, as well as Succession Planning, Recruiting, Compensation & Benefits and Performance Management. She also helped reduce turnover to near zero during the Great Resignation.

Founder & Chief Talent Officer, SparkWorks Talent Strategies – Catherine founded and built this firm focused on building teams and high-performance cultures. Most clients were Private Equity owned or Venture Capital backed, with a need to accelerate value creation through innovative people practices.

Head of Human Resources, IMC Financial Markets – IMC Financial Markets is one of the world’s leading proprietary trading firms and a key market maker in various products listed on exchanges throughout the world. As a member of the Management Team, Catherine spearheaded the strategy development and implementation of the firm’s human capital strategy, achieving buy-in from global stakeholders. She created a hiring and talent development framework that rewarded excellence, eliminated mediocrity and ensured continuous feedback and open communication.

Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago – During her Fed career, Catherine held multiple executive leadership roles and was entrusted to build employee engagement, strengthen skill development and create agile solutions to recruit and retain bank examiners, including during financial crises. In addition, she led teams as diverse as internal communications, corporate strategy, check operations and the Office of the COO.

Catherine also serves as a Board Member for Design Environments in Chicago. She began her career with Hewitt Associates.  She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; a Masters in HR from Loyola University Chicago and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

 

 

Steve Subar

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Steve Subar brings 20+ years of experience launching and leading high-growth technology companies in hyper-competitive markets; from inception to IPO and Fortune 500 acquisition. He’s recognized for novel product and business model innovation with a focus on enterprise applications, B2B, and SaaS software.

As a founder, CEO, investor, and board member, Steve’s earned a reputation for building clever strategies and winning teams, driving accelerated growth, developing strong customer relationships, and creating superior shareholder value.

Steve’s scorecard of success for investment and exits includes raising $150m+ angel & venture capital, 5 acquisitions, and 1 IPO.

Dual American & German citizenship. Extensive knowledge of EU and APAC operations.

Career and client engagement highlights include:

  • Board Advisor, Dysonics – spatial audio startup. Led M&A with exit to Google.
  • Interim CEO, Comodo Cybersecurity – 25 products on 85m+ endpoints across 193 countries. Increased top line by 30%.
  • Board Advisor, Kasada – zero-trust web application bot detection and mitigation SaaS. U.S. launch and Series A financing.
  • Founder & CEO, Open Kernel Labs – most widely deployed virtualization software for mobile device security. On more than 1.6 billion devices. Acquired by General Dynamics.
  • Executive-in-Residence, National Information Communications Technology Australia – Built model for vetting emerging technologies, licensing IP, and creating company spinouts.
  • Interim CEO, TempoIQ – SaaS IoT application platform. Pivot and exit to Avant and BithGroup.
  • Interim CEO, Ubiquia – smart cities platform for light control, video AI, and public WiFi. Go-to-market and Series B financing.
  • Vice President, Mobius Management Systems – drove transformation from $3 million in services to NASDAQ IPO and perennial Gartner Magic Quadrant leader.

At TechCXO, Steve partners with CEOs, boards, and private equity firms of early and mid-stage technology companies.

Steve is chairman of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Network and on the advisory board for Northwestern University’s Farley Center for Innovation. He received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Miami University’s Farmer School of Business with a concentration in Computer and Information Technology.

Steve’s management mantra: Information is not the same as wisdom. Learning from making mistakes is not the same as making good decisions.

Adam Boris

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Adam Boris is a visionary leader and operations executive with broad experience in Fortune 500 companies (Ameritech Cellular, Motorola, Northrop), and high-growth, venture-backed technology companies. Adam has domain experience in healthcare services, analytics software, and wireless technology, providing services to clients as an interim CEO, COO, Strategic Advisor, and Board Member.

Adam has decades of experience bringing innovative technology and service solutions to the marketplace and building strong cross-functional teams to improve processes and deliver results. He excels at strategic marketing and new market development, developing and launching new products, and leveraging innovative technology to improve performance and enhance the customer experience.

As the CEO of ICNet Systems, Inc., Adam led the North American market penetration strategy for this UK company, building sales, operations and support teams and achieving the highest customer rating in the KLAS report for this innovative clinical decision support software solution. More than 1200 hospitals and clinics globally benefitted from ICNet services via faster outbreak detection, automated reporting, real-time clinical data analytics, surgical infection surveillance, and pharmacy medications management to prevent adverse drug events. His strategic initiatives culminated in a successful sale of the global ICNet enterprise to Baxter International.

As General Manager for Ameritech Cellular responsible for technology planning, he led the introduction and network rollout of the first digital cellular system in the US throughout the Midwest.

Adam’s successful engagements include advising UDoTest, Inc. which was acquired by Recuro Health (Read Full Case Study).