Business Services
Mark Bertrand (COM ‘08)
ChicagoBlueprints.com
312-725-4649
chicagoblueprints.com
ChicagoBlueprints.com is dedicated to providing Chicago area architects, engineers, and building professionals with a high quality, cost-effective way to do their blueprint printing online.
Natalia Botero-Nevin
Botero Design, Inc
312-523-7087
boterodesign.com
Botero Design is a boutique graphic design studio that specializes in custom print and web solutions for small to medium-sized businesses; focusing on real estate, senior living, retail, multicultural marketing and education.
Elizabeth Calhoun
Signuum, LLC
630-310-2787
signuum.com
Signuum helps CEOs with employee performance issues, positioning companies for growth by connecting workforce strategy to business strategy. They build an environment for sustained success by managing the lifecycle of human capital initiatives.
Justin Cerone (LAS ‘10)
Business Writing Solutions
561-371-4272
elitebusinesswriting.com
Business Writing Solutions is a professional writing service that creates marketing content, business plans, and more. They possess the experience and skills to create a document that will improve the image and efficiency of any business.
Oana Cojocaru
(COM ‘04, MS ‘08, MBA ‘10)
Progressive Wealth
773-587-3954
myprogressivewealth.com
Progressive Wealth offers financial coaching and planning, and investment services. Progressive Wealth helps you get from where you are today to where you want to be.
Mark Ehlert
315 Ventures, Ltd
847-347-2428
marke75@yahoo.com
315 Ventures provides general consulting for medical manufacturing start-ups at the CEO level as well as senior management advice and counsel during the M&A process.
Vanessa Frosch (CDM ‘02, MBA ‘10)
Vanessa Frosch Photography
773-895-8336
photobyfrosch.com
Vanessa Frosch Photography specializes in portrait, wedding, and lifestyle photography.
Laura Giampietro (SNL ‘09)
Strata-g Consulting
773-549-7789
laura.giampietro@sbcglobal.net
Strata-g Consulting provides marketing consulting services.
Tchoudomir Goranov (COM ‘11)
Ekko Capital, LLC
630-390-4927
tchoudomir.goranov@gmail.com
Ekko Capital is a boutique hedge fund that provides investment management services to high net worth individuals.
Alan Herbach (MBA ‘89)
630-240-4865
alherbach.com
Entrepreneurial consultant.
Sheila Herman (MBA ‘11)
Media Profunda
312-307-2337
mediaprofunda.com
Media Profunda provides accurate and artistic images of healthcare topics, consultations regarding presentation development, and a patented health education game.
Scott Jessup
Whitfield Consulting, LLC
866-272-1660
whitfield-consulting.com
Whitfield Consulting provides human and organization development, and performance improvement through strategic planning, quality management systems, employee development, and coaching.
Tim Keelan
StoryQuest, Inc
888-263-6976
storyquest.us
StoryQuest produces mobile learning, sales enablement, and marketing tools for global enterprise organizations. They work with large global customers, many in the technology vertical.
Allen Kutchins (COM ‘75)
Kutchins, Robbins & Diamond, Ltd
847-240-1040
krdcpas.com
KRD is an accounting and business advisory services firm that provides consulting, estate and retirement planning services.
Bruce Leech (MBA ‘81)
evolve, LLC
312-214-3650
evolveusa.org
evolve is a membership organization established by business owners to enhance value and harvest wealth through the shared experiences of other business owners.
Ryan Manning (COM ‘10)
Prevolve Marketing Group
847-922-2310
maniace7@aol.com
Prevolve Marketing Group is a full service marketing, advertising, and public relations firm that specializes in new media marketing for new and small businesses.
Gregg Markiewicz
Performance Graphics
630-359-9912
pgisolutions.com
Performance Graphics provides creative design, printing and direct mail marketing services to hundreds of local and nationwide clients ranging from middle market to Fortune 500 Companies.
Paul Maurer
IGoJet, LLC
773-294-0443
igojet.com
IGoJet provides on demand per-seat business aircraft travel management services.
Kevin McGrail (CDM ‘11)
Dynamite Film Productions
248-930-1642
mcgrailk@gmail.com
Dynamite Film Productions is a production film company offering high quality productions at affordable prices.
Laura McLaughlin (SNL ‘12)
The Glass Rooster
773-307-9080
theglassrooster.com
The Glass Rooster is dedicated to teaching others home food preservation methods by offering courses and private instruction. The Glass Rooster is dedicated to fostering an awareness of our food system and helping to build healthy choices for all.
Dorice Pepin (COM ‘81, ‘88)
WTAS
312-357-3950
wtas.com
WTAS is one of the largest independent firms (unaffiliated with an auditing firm) focused on providing a wide range of tax, valuation, financial advisory and related consulting services.
Matthew Prazenka (SNL ‘11)
Abacus Business Leaders, LLC
877-412-2228
abacusbl.com
Abacus Business Leaders works with business owners and private equity firms to grow businesses and drive shareholder value. They are experts in dealing with the critical issues that face lower middle-market companies.
Antonio Rowry (COM ‘08)
Shoreline Design
708-369-2250
shorelinedesignfirm.com
Shoreline Design offers logo creation, web interfaces, online banner ads, business card layouts, and customized web and graphic design services for clients.
Casey Schroeder (MS ‘11)
Equimind Financial, LLC
312-546-3048
equimindfinancial.com
Equimind Financial seeks to serve the public good by making unbiased personal financial management and planning affordable for everyone. We offer inexpensive financial advising at all income levels, starting at $10/hr.
Susan Silver
Argentum Strategy Group
312-371-8036
argentumstrategy.com
Argentum Strategy Group provides marketing strategy consulting services to small and mid-sized businesses in the B2C and B2B space.
Shaf Shahjahan (MBA ‘10)
Vector Business Partners
312-436-0225
vectorbp.com
Vector Business Partners is a marketing consulting firm that creates effective, integrated marketing strategies by integrating Social Media into existing marketing plans. They deliver customized solutions to meet unique business needs.
Steven Sobotka (MBA ‘12)
Sobotka Holdings, LLC
sobotkaholdings.com
Sobotka Holdings is a holding company which owns and operates two subsidiaries within the retail product marketing and internet technology areas.
James Stoynoff
Synthesis Solutions, LLC
312-920-1700
synthesissolutions.biz
Synthesis Solutions provides management advisory services (multi-disciplinary) to lower middle market companies and private equity firms.
Sam Tanios
Human Elements
773-251-6776
humanelements.us
Human Elements is a human resources consulting group created to maximize the return on investment that employers make on their employees. Human Elements professionals analyze, define and implement a company’s needs.
Lucas Weingarten (MBA ‘09)
Red Seed Group
312-912-3044
theredseed.com
Red Seed Group offers on-site training as well as consulting and investment services to small and mid-size Midwestern companies who understand the importance of strategic positioning in the burgeoning carbon economy.
Darrell Williams (COM ‘81)
DuSable Capital, LLC
312-924-6934
dusablecapital.com
DuSable Capital is a full service provider of consulting and advisory services to emerging businesses.
Jacqueline Wilson (LAS ‘10)
wilssearch
847-556-5077
wilssearch@gmail.com
wilssearch is an indexing, editing, and historical research company. wilssearch also specializes in researching and writing family and military history for publication.
Alan Winter (COM ‘58)
Alan Winter Group, Ltd
847-727-5000
alanwintergroup.com
Alan Winter Group provides business growth and success consulting with an initial focus on customer experience evaluation. They offer business owners access to the talent, experience, insight, and resources of other professionals and business owners.
Alan Winter Group provides business growth and success consulting with an initial focus on customer experience evaluation. They offer business owners access to the talent, experience, insight, and resources of other professionals and business owners.
Devin Zugic (COM ‘11)
Finest Promotions, Inc
661-674-7397
finestpromotions.com
Finest Promotions is a professional boxing promotion company. The business was created by the Zugic brothers who felt that there was not enough opportunity for Chicago boxers to grow and fight in their hometown.