The Economic Club of Chicago
Roland Jacobs is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the financial services and marketing sectors. Currently, Roland serves as a Partner at Tribeca Early Stage Partners, focusing on late seed to Series A investments in FinTech. As the President and CEO of AspireUp since 2002, Roland leads a firm that advises Fortune 1000 clients on strategic marketing and branding challenges. In addition, Roland is an investor and member of Hyde Park Angels and a member of The Economic Club of Chicago. Roland has also held various board positions across multiple organizations and has shared expertise as a guest lecturer at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior roles include Chief Marketing Officer at ORBITZ, where Roland contributed to the company's IPO, and VP-Marketing at Petopia. Roland holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from St. Lawrence University, graduating magna cum laude.
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