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Patti Trautwein is an accomplished finance executive with over 25 years of experience in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, treasury, and investor relations. She currently serves as the Director of Investor Relations at Ciena, a leading global provider of telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services. Prior to joining Ciena in 2021, Patti spent 12 […]

Mary serves as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Access at Raymond James with an emphasis on collaborating with Investor Relations professionals to develop strategies for investor outreach and targeting. In this role, Mary is also responsible for partnering with Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Research professionals to develop general and sector-specific conferences, summits and […]

Dennis Walsh has served as Udemy’s Vice President, Investor Relations, since September 2022. Prior to joining Udemy, Dennis served as Head of Investor Relations at Pacaso, a real estate technology company. Before Pacaso, he led investor relations at Postmates, Wish, and was Director of Investor Relations at Zillow Group. Before those internal IR roles, Dennis […]

Mark is responsible for all aspects of the investor relations program at Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC), the largest producer of construction aggregates in the U.S.  He joined Vulcan in 2001 and has held various corporate roles, including more than 18 years in Investor Relations.  Prior to joining Vulcan, Mark held positions in Operations Management, […]

Mr. Thomas serves as VP of Technology & Business Integration at ResMed. Prior to ResMed, he served in leadership roles at Iron Mountain and O’Neil Software.  Mr. Thomas holds a BTEC HNC in Business Administration and Management from Gwent College in Wales. 

Phil Mackintosh is the Chief Economist and a Senior Vice President at Nasdaq. He manages Nasdaq’s microeconomic research to encourage capital formation and increase investor returns through better market structure. His weekly newsletter, Market Makers, is read by more than 55,000 subscribers and covers topics ranging from IPO markets, ETF trading, retail investor activity, why […]

Lauren Odell is partner and chief operating officer of Gladstone Place Partners. She manages the firm’s operations and leads strategy and execution on client engagements. At Gladstone, Lauren has advised on a range of financial communications projects including The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets, Acceleron Pharma’s sale to Merck for $11.5 […]

Christina Kmetko is a financial communications expert with over 30 years’ experience in finance and investor relations.   Ms. Kmetko is the President of Evergreen Consulting & Associates, L.L.C., established in January 2010 as an investor relations/financial communications consulting firm focused on providing custom Investor Relations, Communications and Regulatory Finance solutions to small, mid-size and large […]