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Anil Kumar

Founder & CEO - Quinnox

Anil Kumar is a serial entrepreneur with a penchant for challenging established norms. He brings diverse experience in managing people, technology, and cultures, focusing on delivering exceptional business outcomes for clients.

Cofounder & CEO, Quinnox | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Along with two other partners, Anil co-founded Quinnox in 1999. Since 2003, Anil has been at the helm of Quinnox as the Chief Executive Officer. Today Quinnox services Fortune 300 and mid-market clients in the UK, Europe, and the United States, with its headquarter in Chicago. Quinnox primarily focuses on technology-driven business solutions.

Founder, Qyrus SaaS Platform | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Anil envisioned and launched an AI-ML based SaaS Testing platform in 2021. Gartner & Forrester have recognized the Qyrus SaaS platform as one of the top 25 AI, ML Cloud-native platforms to watch. Currently, Qyrus is deployed among Fortune 200 clients and shows strong evidence of value creation in digital transformation.

Cofounder, Fieldglass | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Along with two other partners, Anil co-founded Fieldglass in 1999, an undisputed industry leader in the service procurement SaaS universe. SAP acquired Fieldglass in 2019 for over 1 billion USD.

In addition, Anil served on the board of the Chicago Economic Club, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, and Chicago Zoological Society.

Donna F. Zarcone

Donna F. Zarcone currently serves as a member of our Board of Directors for Quinnox, Inc.

She is an experienced CEO and board director, having served on public and private company boards for over 30 years. She also serves on the boards of CDW Corporation, Cigna Corporation, and The Duchossois Group, and previously served on the board of The Jones Group. In addition to corporate board service, Zarcone serves on the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution and on the advisory board of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago.

Zarcone is the recently retired president and CEO of the Economic Club of Chicago. She previously served as president of Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc. and board chairman for Eaglemark Savings Bank, which are subsidiaries of Harley-Davidson, Inc.

Earlier in her career, Zarcone served as CFO and board director for two successful entrepreneurial startups in technology leasing and financial services. Zarcone received her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and bachelor's degree in Accounting from Illinois State University. She is a Certified Board Director by the National Association of Corporate Directors, is credentialed in ESG, holds a Carnegie Mellon University Certificate in CyberSecurity Oversight, and is a qualified Audit Committee Financial Expert and a CPA.

John Aiello

John has had a diverse and dynamic career spanning multiple industries, always taking on leadership roles.

As Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman of SAVO, John spent from 1999 - 2018 pioneering and evangelizing the Sales Enablement software category. Under John's leadership as CEO, SAVO (one of the first cloud companies in Chicago) became the unquestioned leader in Sales Enablement, growing at a rate of 40% + per year. It was also voted as one of Chicago’s top places to work multiple years during his leadership tenure. He turned over the day-to-day operations reigns in 2011 but remained as Chairman of the company through its sale to Seismic Software in 2018. As a testament to the entrepreneurial culture built by John and his Co-Founder Drew Larsen, more than 20 people who worked at SAVO went on to start their own companies.

In 2011, John became a Board member and Executive Director of Open the Bible, a Christian ministry that uses broad-reach media to share the gospel with people around the world. John continues in this role today. Under his leadership. Open the Bible has grown from a small, regional ministry reaching 50k people each year to a large, growing, global ministry that will reach more than 15 million people in 2022.

In 2012, John joined the Board of MAXDigital, a Chicago-based, automotive industry, cloud software company founded by his friend Pat Ryan, Jr. In 2014, John became Executive Chairman of the company, closely advising two CEO’s on a daily basis. In 2021, he led the process that resulted in the successful sale of MAXDigital to ACV Auctions.

In 2014, John joined the Board of Quinnox, and he continues to serve the company today. In addition to providing general guidance and governance, he has focused his energy on providing support in the sales and marketing areas.

Prior to starting SAVO in 1999, John served as VP of Sales and Marketing for Sundance Homes, a publicly traded homebuilder. He also served as Brand Manager for the Miller Brewing Company and Director of Marketing for a Chicago-area private high school. John holds a BA from the University of Illinois, where he graduated in the top 1% of his class in 1990. He holds an MBA in Marketing/Finance from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, where he graduated with honors in 1995. John served as adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship at Kellogg for several years, and he continues to speak regularly at numerous universities/associations on topics related to sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship. In 2009, John was inducted into the Chicago Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.

John and his wife Carla, live in suburban Chicagoland with their two sons, Jack and Joey, and their German Shepherd, Rocky.

David G. Fubini

David Fubini is currently the Henry B. Arthur, Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School and is also an Emeritus Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company.

At Harvard Business School, David teaches MBA courses on Strategy, Leadership, Organization Behavior, and Marketing. He is also the HBS faculty chair for the Leading Professional Services Firm Executive Program and is a core member of the executive Mergers and Acquisitions and Board of Directors programs.

During his 34 years with McKinsey, David was a leader of the Marketing and Organization Behavior Practices and a geographic entrepreneur as he re-energized McKinsey’s New England operation in the early 90’s, leading the Firm’s successful expansion in the region for over a decade. David also co-chaired and was a member of many of the Firm-wide Committees responsible for McKinsey’s governance structure.

David was the co-founder and leader of the Firm’s global practice supporting transactions, mergers, and integrations; focusing on helping clients architect and execute the major transformational programs critical to large acquisitions, divestitures and mergers. David led the efforts of large number of these transactions over the past two decades including leading efforts for nearly a dozen of the 25 largest global transactions. He has deep knowledge of the leadership and operational challenges that accompany these major transformative events.

Public examples of his transactions and integration work include:

Led the effort supporting the integration of IBM’s PC business with Lenovo; working closely across operations in China, Raleigh, NC, and Armonk, NY

When Rio Tinto (acting as a “white knight”) acquired Alcan Aluminum, David worked across operations in Australia, London, and Canada to facilitate the creation of the second largest aluminum player in the world.

David led the McKinsey effort aiding Merck’s integration with Schering Plough to form one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world

Helped DuPont divest a major portion of their chemical operations.

When Coca-Cola vertically integrated by acquiring Coke Enterprises, David led the team supporting this integration

Led the effort to integrate US Airways and American Airlines to form the U.S.’s largest air carrier.

Played a crucial role leading Raytheon’s multiple efforts to merge Hughes, E Systems and TI’s Defense operations (and divest Amana Appliances) to create one of the largest defense contractors in the United States

David led the strategic marketing repositioning efforts for a number of significant clients:

Helped the U.S.’s largest retailer redesign its human resource strategy in light of shifting economic realities and the emergence of aggressive on line retailers.

Repositioned the offerings of New England’s largest health payor in light of new market and regulatory challenges

Helped a major data provider leverage its core franchise to become a leading digital and online data player

Assisted General Motors in repositioning their Nameplate Divisions and launch the Saturn dealer franchise

David is a member of the Board of Directors of Leidos, Bain Capital Specialty Finance, MITRE Corporation and JM Huber (6th generation family company) He was formerly on the Board of Compuware (which was sold in 2014) and a past member of the Shareholders Committee of ZS Associates.

The Governor of Massachusetts appointed David to be a Trustee of The University of Massachusetts System where David served from 2014-2019. David is also a member of the UMass Amherst Foundation and a member of the UMass Eisenberg School of Business Dean’s Advisory Committee and was a past member of the Harvard Business School Dean’s Advisory Council. David is, or has been a member of several prominent Boston civic organizations, including the Executive Committee of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, WBUR, Inner City Scholarship Fund, and the Municipal Research Bureau. He was previously a member of the Executive Committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and The Boston Municipal Research Bureau. David served six years as a member of the Massachusetts Court Management Advisory Board; a group appointed by the State legislature, charged with overseeing Massachusetts Court reform. He is presently co-chair of the YMCA Boston Board of Overseers.

Prior to joining McKinsey, David was an original member of a small group that was to become the McNeil Consumer Products Company of Johnson and Johnson, helping launch the Tylenol family of products into the OTC marketplace.

David is a graduate of UMass Amherst with High Honors and Harvard Business School with Distinction. He has authored three books: “Mergers, Leadership Performance, & Corporate Health” as well as “Let Me Explain” a biography of his father, Eugene Fubini, outlining his many contributions to the Defense Department from 1960 onward. More recently he authored “Hidden Truths What Leaders need to Know but Are Seldom Told.”

David lives in Brookline, MA with his wife Bertha and their four children. June 2023