Jessica Margolin

Current

Research Affiliate at Institute for the Future
Entrepreneur / Consultant at Margolin Consulting
Social Entrepreneur at Margolin Consulting

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Past

Director of Community Relations at Foundation for Educational R&D
Director of Technology Programs at Deephaven Capital Management
Director Marketing at Handmade Software

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Education

University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of California, Berkeley

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Jessica Margolin’s Summary

I am the kind of person who keeps organizations healthy while they undergo stress, or who fixes broken projects, programs and organizations. Because of my broad background, I relate well to most people, and my non-judgmental, problem-solving attitude leads to drastically improved results.

For the past several years I have focused on understanding tools to facilitate decision making based on what I have learned intuitively. It has led me to build some knowledge in the area of understanding how to measure intangible assets, which are the assets that predict future value in a company, or can be used to measure outcomes in a non-profit. I blog on this and other topics.

I'm now in a position to seek a more formal role in a consulting firm, financial firm, corporation or social venture that is interested in moving beyond "diversity programs" and "triple bottom line" and incorporate gathering this type of knowledge in such a way as to benefit everything from morale to financial return to risk management. (It won't cure baldness, though.)

Jessica Margolin’s Experience

Research Affiliate

Institute for the Future

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)

January 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Published Intangible Finance, a Perspective within the 2007 Ten-Year Forecast. Knowledge in Socially Responsible Investing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Community Indicator Projects, and (Philanthropic) Blended Value. Other projects: Ran Prediction Markets and participated in communies of experts in Leadership and in Education.

A .pdf download of the brief Perspective I wrote for IFTF is available at http://tinyurl.com/25bzc7
Entrepreneur / Consultant

Margolin Consulting

(Management Consulting industry)

September 2001 — Present (7 years)

(1) Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, CA. Ran Prediction Markets and participated in communies of experts in Leadership and in Education.
(2) Investment and industry research on advanced materials.
- Firsthand Capital Management, San Jose, CA. Found nanotech-based alternative energy publicly traded company to hold for three years. (2 Year ROI: June 2006-2008 = 400%)
- Oceanshore Ventures LP, Palo Alto, CA. Prescreened alternative energy company.
- Private Party, Fremont, CA. Recommendations.
(3) Fundini, Half Moon Bay, CA. Strategic product marketing consultant for online fundraising tool for schools and other non-profits.
(4) C3L3B Digial Calabasas, CA. Brought in to assist in designing metrics.
(5) Ricoh Innovations Incorporated's Community Network Services, Palo Alto, CA. Created process for identifying the mechanisms for creating intangible assets to replicate successful non-profits and enhance research on small and medium sized businesses (SMB).
Social Entrepreneur

Margolin Consulting

(Program Development industry)

May 2001 — Present (7 years 4 months)

Past Clients:
* Fremont Education Foundation
- Board Member
- Chair of Technology Committee - establishing online presence and community infrastructure technology
* Pacoima Beautiful
* Augsburg Academy for Health Careers
* University of Minnesota, Center for School Change

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Director of Community Relations

Foundation for Educational R&D

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)

January 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 9 months)

* Facilitated the development of mission for new foundation by researching various areas related to education and philanthropic methodology. Built relationships between the Foundation and a variety of grantmaking and operating non-profits as well as with academic and community leaders.
* Participated in grantmaking selection process for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Charter Schools.
Director of Technology Programs

Deephaven Capital Management

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; NITE; Financial Services industry)

April 1998 — January 2001 (2 years 10 months)

http://www.knight-sec.com/AssetManagement/index.asp

* Designed, built and managed software development group that created mission-critical securities trading software for Hedge Fund with $1 billion under management.
* Turned around high-profile technology implementation project for back-office accounting product.
* Aggregated and analyzed information for M&A.
* Rebalanced and analyzed results of $30MM Long-Short trading system. The system was based on research by University of Chicago faculty.
* Financial analysis: analyzed securities for Pairs trading (Oils); fundamental analysis during 10/98-12/98 portfolio rebalancing; tax loss analysis (1999).
Director Marketing

Handmade Software

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1993 — July 1995 (2 years 1 month)

* Took company from a shareware product with associated consulting revenues to a retail product line.
* Worldwide responsibility for all strategic and operational facets of marketing, including establishing, targeting and focusing marketing strategy.
* Had P & L responsibility.
* Responsibility for all Marketing Communications, OEM negotiation, PR, and Events functions.
* Employed guerilla marketing techniques, which grew company revenues 400% in 18 months.
* Grew channel from under 20 to over 250 partners worldwide.

Jessica Margolin’s Education

University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

MBA, Strategic Management and Organization, 1989 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

Named "Outstanding Leader"
Edited the school newsletter
Published two papers on the growth of small businesses for the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

MS, Materials Science, 1987 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

Visual Display of Research selected for International Tour
University of California, Berkeley

BA, Physics, 1980 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

University Chorus

Additional Information

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Jessica Margolin’s Interests:

Culture, how cultures form - change - and interact (particularly corporate and age-cohort cultures), music, tennis, conflict management, education, child development, environment, economic indicators, humor, theatre, film, media, reading, writing.