Building Your Executive Career: A Fireside Chat with Jacob Warwick, CEO of Think Warwick
Join us for a Fireside Chat about Building Your Executive Career!
Many of us aspire to rewarding careers as senior executives. Though often the journey is not a straight line. Success requires a thoughtful strategy, smart decisions and heeding many key success factors and watchouts.
Join us for an engaging fireside chat and networking event with Jacob Warwick, CEO of Think Warwick, renowned executive advisor, and thought leader in personal branding and career strategy, Jacob has empowered hundreds of executives at high profile growth and Fortune 500 companies to define their professional narratives and achieve breakthrough success in the always changing business landscape.
This exclusive event is designed for MBA/Ivy+ alumni seeking actionable insights at the intersection of leadership, personal brand building, career acceleration and compensation negotiation. Jacob will share experiences from his extensive client work, discuss the evolving demands of executive presence, and offer practical frameworks to help you stand out in today’s competitive marketplace for executive talent.
The session will be highly interactive and informal, with plenty of opportunity for audience-driven discussion. Bring your most pressing questions and leave with perspectives you won’t find anywhere else. Don’t miss this chance to learn, connect, and be inspired by one of the industry’s most impactful voices.
This event will be co-hosted by Harvard Business School Association of Northern California, Stanford Peninsula Club, Stanford GSB Alumni Association, Dartmouth Alumni Association of Silicon Valley, Penn Club of Silicon Valley, Kellogg Alumni Club of San Francisco Bay Area, Columbia Alumni Association NorCal, Yale Club of Silicon Valley, Yale Club of SF, UCLA Bay Area Bruins Network, Oxford Alumni Network of NorCal, UC Berkeley Haas, UC Berkeley International, Brown Club of Greater San Francisco, Wharton Club of Northern California, Cornell NorCal, London Business School, MIT Club of North California, Chicago Booth Club of Northern California, Carnegie Mellon SF Bay Area Network, Harvard Club of Silicon Valley, INSEAD Alumni Association of SF Bay Area, Michigan Ross Alumni Club of SF Bay Area, Cambridge Alumni of the Bay Area and many others.
Date: Monday, August 18, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PT
Location: INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation - 224 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107
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**Registration closes on Friday, August 15 at 5pm PT (or when sold out).
Tickets:
VIP Member: Free
HBSANC Member: $60
HBS Alumni but Non-HBSANC Members: : $70
Harvard Club SF Members: $60
Harvard Club SF Non-Members: $70
Affiliated Clubs: $70
General Public: $80
**Buy in advance online before attending. No tickets sold at the door. No cash or check payments to be accepted.
**All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable
Speaker:
Jacob Warwick
Jacob Warwick is a renowned executive advisor and thought leader in personal branding and career strategy who has empowered 4,000+ executives at high-profile growth and Fortune 500 companies. As CEO of ThinkWarwick Global, Jacob combines behavioral psychology expertise with proven negotiation methodologies, developing multiple proprietary frameworks that have helped his clients lift deals equaling more than $1 billion in career value.
An Emmy Award winner and Forbes 30 Under 30 finalist, Jacob is known for his contrarian insights delivered through his influential “Execs and the City” newsletter (10,000+ subscribers across channels) and regular contributions to Forbes, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur.
Organizers:
Anjai "AJ" Gandhi
AJ is a B2B GTM executive and currently serves as Chief Growth Officer at Marlin Equity Partners ($9B+ AUM Private Equity Firm).
Over his career, he has led growth acceleration strategy and go-to-market productivity improvement at 100+ companies primarily in the technology industry.
Previously, AJ was a member of the GTM leadership team at RingCentral and salesforce.com. He also spent many years in management consulting (Bain, McKinsey and The Alexander Group) and has been an executive in 2 venture-backed companies. AJ earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
AJ serves on multiple non-profit Boards including the HBS Club of Northern California and is based in Hillsborough, CA.
Shalini Agarwal
Shalini is a seasoned Product Leader, advisor to Bay Area startups, and has successfully incubated and exited 0 to 1 product for Google Cloud and Google Workspace. In her 16+ years at Google, she has built disruptive experiences across many verticals, most recently leading the Gemini Generative AI efforts spanning Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets and more.
Shalini has a track record of building high performing teams and being first to market in applying new technologies. Prior to Google she was an Associate and McKinsey & Company. Shalini holds a Bachelors and Master of Engineering in Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Shalini is located in San Francisco, CA.
Sasha Grinshpun
Sasha Grinshpun (MBA 02) is a master executive coach and career strategist and facilitator with 15+ years of experience. Her eclectic background spanning IDEO/design thinking, consulting, and entrepreneurial ventures puts her in a unique position to have the conversation around, "What do you really want?!"
Sasha combines her gift for quickly gauging strengths, constraints, and aspirations of clients with her experience in navigating life's inflection points. She helps exceptional people craft their own definition of success and confidently make their next move.
In addition to coaching individuals and teams, Sasha has facilitated interactive talks with diverse audiences thinking strategically about doing good work in the context of an authentic life, as well as design thinking, high-impact communication, getting unstuck, executive presence, diversity/inclusion, the multi-generational workforce, work-life management, and authentic networking.