John Beck 

Visionary and provocateur producing bottom-line results.

At Accenture and The Monitor Group, John created attention-getting, profit-building perspectives for some of the most successful companies in the world, on subjects from wireless and ecommerce to globalization and video games. Defining the challenge of attention management, he co-authored the original text The Attention Economy…named one of the years's ten best business books by Amazon, the American Library Association, and others. A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard and the first person to complete its integrative Ph.D. in business, John has lived and worked throughout Asia, consulting to leaders on both sides of the Pacific. Teaching at Harvard and UCLA, he developed courses on leadership, media, multinational management, ecommerce, strategy, group psychology, organizational behavior, and emerging economies. Critics described his book DoCoMo, co-authored with Mitchell Wade, as "a testament to the pivotal role of conviction, integrity, and personal passion in business success."

Roger Beck
Expert assistance with professional flair.

Roger makes North Star work. As the office manager for the company, Roger is the face of North Star to many of our clients. He administrates, negotiates, schedules, confirms our business transactions and follows up to make sure the job gets done to everyone's satisfaction. Simply put, he's the service in customer service. With years of experience in the business side of the fashion industry and more than a decade in the healing arts as a massage therapist, Roger is the perfect combination of business acumen and human connectedness.

Meredith Brenalvirez
Dealmaker who finds new solutions to old problems.

Meredith is an accomplished executive with experience in multiple fields, including advertising and real estate management, as well as non-profits. She has expertly managed all aspects of the deal--from negotiation to acquisition, from analysis to execution. Meredith has also mastered the world of public relations and marketing across a range of industries--from retail to luxury goods, from media to health care. Her experience led her to achieve leadership positions on several boards, associations and trade groups. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont McKenna College.

Jon Huggett (www.huggett.com)
Seasoned CEO making far-flung businesses do as well as the ones at home.

Jon's 15 minutes of fame came early-at 17, he was a member of the winning team in a UK TV quiz show-but his ability to generate fortune has lasted far longer. In an age of talk about globalization, Jon has walked the walk on six continents. A former chief executive and Bain & Company partner, he has visited 96 countries and successfully done business on every continent. Jon has a knack for understanding what needs to be done in the farther reaches of the world, then working with whomever is there to make things happen. He started out selling books in a shop, then soap for P&G before graduating Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford Business School. Jon has earned a degree from Oxford and published numerous articles…as well as finding time to lead an HIV non-profit in San Francisco and teach business to prison inmates in Africa.

Jonathan W. Lipsitz
Problem solver focused on exploiting technologies for maximum benefit

Jonathan Lipsitz is a founding partner of Primehaven Consulting Group. He specializes in developing strategic plans to help companies maximize their potential based on the appropriate exploitation of technologies and business processes. Prior to joining Primehaven, Jonathan worked at Cambridge Technology Partners in a variety of roles, both in the US and UK. Jonathan has held many positions in strategic and financial planning, as well as marketing, in large and small companies - most notably RJR Nabisco and Hoffman-LaRoche. Jonathan has been published in various publications and has spoken at conferences in the US and Europe on how companies can achieve their business objectives through the use of technology. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management.

Allen Morrison, Ph.D.
Strategic thinker with a global perspective.

Currently a professor of strategy and global management at IMD, Allen has consulted with companies in nearly every industry, hemisphere and time zone, helping all of them gain a more insightful perspective on the challenges of global business. Allen’s work has helped some of the world’s largest companies build critical leadership skills and achieve global success. Al has written over 55 articles and case studies, and seven books including Global Explorers: The Next Generation of Leaders. Al has also served as Editor of the Journal of International Management and on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Business Studies. Prior tojoining IMD, Allen was the J. Armand Bombardier Chair of Global Management at the Ivey School of Business in Canada, in addition to serving as Associate Dean-Executive Development and directing numerous custom and public executive programs at the school.

Mitchell Wade
Intellectual amplifier, turning research into accessible ideas and strategic impact.

Across disciplines, Mitchell's contribution is to focus analysis, strengthen new ideas, and bridge the gap between technical insight and real-world decisions. "The big-idea guys produce better ideas when he's around - and they execute better, too," said one executive. Beyond the thinktank, Mitchell is currently CEO of CHOICE Humanitarian, a non-profit helping the developing world climb out of poverty. He has also worked in e-commerce, design, and management consulting. With John Beck, he co-authored Got Game and DoCoMo, praised in such places as the Boston Globe, Library Journal, and Amazon ("With lessons for all business leaders, in any industry"). A graduate of Harvard College, he has instructed students from undergraduate to post-doctoral level at RAND, Harvard, and the Claremont Colleges.