A Conversation with Chris Burggraeve & Gary Hoberman
What happens when your first act is already legendary and you’re still hungry for more? What if your greatest impact is still ahead of you?
These are the questions we'll dive into with Chris Burggraeve & Gary Hoberman, our Chapter 2 Dinner series guests.
Chris Burggraeve is a Belgian-American, multiple award-winning Marketeer turned entrepreneur, advisor, early-stage investor, board member, adjunct faculty (NYU Stern), author, and speaker.
His lifelong professional passion has been to bring Wall Street (finance) closer to Main Street (marketing). The goal: reduce investor buyer's remorse, increase marketing excellence, and create marketing miracle$. He published two books on the subject: "Marketing IS Finance IS Business" (2018) and "Marketing IS NOT a Black Hole" (2021).
Chris invented the world's first marketing excellence rating model, called Alpha M, and is now working with academia worldwide to establish Marketing-Finance Exchange Centers of Excellence. Their aim is to fine-tune the Alpha M thought leadership, as well as to develop/reinvent the marketing/finance curriculum of the future.
Gary Hoberman has spent the last 24 years helping top financial institutions bring transformative solutions to market.
Prior to Unqork, Gary was Executive Vice President and Global CIO for MetLife, overseeing technology across 47 countries and managing a $1.2 billion budget. Prior to MetLife, Gary was the youngest-ever Managing Director at Citigroup, and worked in a number of executive technology leadership roles at Citi and Solomon Smith Barney.
Gary has eight patents, seven of which are still in use in the financial services industry today. His most recent patent for MetLife Infinity won 15 Industry awards, beating out Amazon and Sony for first place for “Best Use of Digital.”
This Chapter Two evening includes:
A fireside chat with Chris & Gary reveals his summit to his mountaintops
A “Help a Punk” break out group session that will challenge professional norms and invite real conversation
A community of peers who aren’t chasing titles—they’re building meaningful second act
Wine, light bites, set in a casual and conversational environment.
This event is part of the Punks & Pinstripes Chapter Two series. A series of conversations with incredible artists, entrepreneurs, musicians and business leaders who reached the mountaintop of success, left, and started their next chapter.
Who are the Punks of Punks & Pinstripes?
Most executive communities are for people trying to achieve society’s definition of success. Punks & Pinstripes is for those who’ve already been there and chose something more.
We’re an executive community for people on the Second Mountaintop of their careers. Meaning we’ve achieved objectively impressive success (huge exits, prestigious job titles, and recognition) then we realized - it wasn’t enough.
Now, we’re climbing a different kind of mountain.
One where the work is more meaningful, the impact is deeper, and the fulfillment is real.
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