Lavin Bernick Executive Chats with Scott Dorsey '99, Managing Partner, High Alpha

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Event (General/Other) Business Leadership

Tue, May 22, 2018

5 PM – 6 PM CDT (GMT-5)

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Wieboldt, 262

Wieboldt - 340 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611

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The Lavin Bernick Executive Chats series gives Kellogg students an opportunity to engage with an esteemed executive or civic leader presenting his or her perspectives on leadership. The sessions are meant to be dialogue-driven, and informal, with a limited number of seats available at each session. They provide an intimate forum for in-depth conversations. This session is open to full-time Kellogg students.


SCOTT DORSEY '99, MANAGING PARTNER, HIGH ALPHA

Scott is currently Managing Partner of High Alpha, a leading venture studio that launches, scales and invests in enterprise cloud companies. Prior to High Alpha, Scott co-founded ExactTarget and led the company as CEO and Chairman from start-up to global marketing software leader. ExactTarget went public on the New York Stock Exchange in March of 2012 and was acquired by Salesforce  in July of 2013 for $2.7 Billion. Post acquisition, he led the ExactTarget Salesforce Marketing Cloud which encompassed 3,000 employees and included the teams at ExactTarget, Buddy Media and Radian6. Scott credits the ExactTarget Orange culture as the company’s greatest differentiator and key to its success. 
 
Dorsey is an acclaimed leader who has earned numerous accolades for his business and civic leadership, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, American Business Awards Executive of the Year, TechPoint Trailblazer in Technology, MS Society Hope Award, two-time recipient of the Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash, Central Indiana Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, Indiana Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year, Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40, Junior Achievement’s Best and Brightest and Indiana University’s Distinguished Entrepreneur Award through the Kelley School of Business. 
 
Scott serves on a number of non-profit boards including Chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp., Chairman of Nextech (former ExactTarget Foundation), Board and Executive Committee member of Techpoint, Global Advisory Board at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Emeritus Board member at Central Indiana Corporate Partnership. Scott is a business school graduate of Indiana University and earned an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. 
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Wieboldt, 262

Wieboldt - 340 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611

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Scott Dorsey '99

Managing Partner

High Alpha

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