Boardroom Media (CEO News)
At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Chicago based CEO’ operating in the Business Intelligence space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Aaron Frazin
Founder and CEO of Detective
Aaron Frazin is the Founder and CEO of Detective.io.
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About Detective: Detective is a digital adoption platform that automates the sales research process.
Saurabh Sharma
Founder & CEO of Indus Insights
Saurabh is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Indus Insights. He is part data scientist, part management consultant, and part business manager. He has more than a decade of experience in creating value through the use of data-driven approaches. Prior to starting Indus Insights, Saurabh worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, advising senior management across a variety of verticals, including CPG and hi-tech. Saurabh also has considerable experience in the consumer finance industry through his stints at Capital One and HSBC, where he drove multiple initiatives in the fields of direct marketing analytics, product development, credit policy & risk analytics, non-traditional underwriting, and account management. Saurabh is regularly quoted by national and international media as a subject matter in payments, analytics, and consulting. He holds an MBA (with honors) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Saurabh received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and is a CFA charterholder. He is also an aviation enthusiast, and is a certified pilot.
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About Indus Insights: Indus Insights is a specialized consulting firm that assists organizations in leveraging analytics to drive business performance.
Ken Tighe
CEO of Hybrent
An experienced technology entrepreneur and investor, Ken has started and successfully exited several software companies over the last 25 years. Ken was the former CEO of CareFusion (NYSE:CFN) and helped scale the business from start-up to its acquisition by Cardinal Health in 2006. Ken is a director of early stage venture funds India Venture Partners and Militello Capital.
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About Hybrent: Hybrent is committed to improving the current state of healthcare by providing groundbreaking technology
Seshadri Guha
CEO & Founder of Tada Cognitive Solutions also referred to as TadaNow
Guha is Chairman of CGN Global with over 20 years of experience managing complex business challenges and defining unique approaches for strategy and collaborating with other leaders to drive strategic transformational change within global firms.
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About CGN Global, Tada Cognitive Solutions also referred to as TadaNow: TadaNow leads Supply Chain Software Market providing real-time E2E visibility, collaboration & orchestration using digital twin technology.
William Cordes
Founder and CEO of KPI Sense
William Cordes is the Founder and CEO of KPI Sense.
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About Cordes Consulting, KPI Sense: CFO solutions built for SaaS businesses. Tech-enabled automation paired with SaaS expertise at one low monthly cost.
Jason Smith
Co-founder & CEO of rMark Bio
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About rMark Bio: rMark Bio delivers intelligence solutions to the life science industry.
Stella Ashaolu
Founder & CEO of WeSolv
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About WeSolv: WeSolv is a technical solution that engages diverse candidates in real business.
Terri Persico
Founder, CEO of Veebit
Founder, CEO at Veebit
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About Veebit: Veebit builds winning teams through the power of psychometrics.
Shannon Downey
Founder & CEO of Pivotal Chicago
SShannon has trained hundreds of top-level marketers at leading ad agencies in digital and social media marketing and is known for her mad skills as a digital trainer. In her spare time, she sits on the Board of Directors for the Firebelly Foundation and is an adjunct faculty member at DePaul University. She blogs for Crain’s Business on Women in Entrepreneurship and she had the privilege of doing a TED talk at the 2012 TEDActive Conference in Palm Springs.
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About Pivotal Chicago: By harnessing the combined powers of traditional and new media, we create marketing strategies that deliver.
