Marti Nyman is confirmed to speak in our class tomorrow.  Operations/Management/Finance presentations will begin on Thursday.The individual and group evaluation sheets have been posted on the website under feedback forms, here.

Here is Marti’s bio from the Minnesota Cup website.

Marti Nyman is a senior business development executive with more than 20 years of success in creating growth for Fortune 500 companies. Having worked across a variety of industries (Energy, Telecommunications, Consumer Retail), Marti has extensive expertise in strategy development, growth opportunity identification, new venture creation (M&A, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances) sales and territory management, relationship development and business execution. He has held leadership positions at GE, Ericsson, ADC Telecommunications and Best Buy. Most recently, he responsible for the formation and launch of Best Buy’s Venture Capital practice.

Mr. Nyman holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, with a minor in Materials Science. He teaches a graduate level course on Corporate Venturing at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and is on the Board of Directors at SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), as well as the Advisory Board of two startup companies. Mr. Nyman has an extensive network of influential relationships across Venture Capital, Investment Banking and Fortune 500 companies.