The College’s David Orser Executive Speakers Forum is named for David B. Orser, a 1966 MSU graduate who started funding the program in 1988 in order to inspire MSU business students to pursue careers as innovative, responsible, and ethical business leaders.

These events are FREE and open to the public!

Recent Orser Executive Speakers Forum:

Steve Krenzer

Steve Krenzer

FALL 2026

Monday, October 5

Public Presentation: 5:00 pm
Location: SUB Procrastinator Theater

MSU Calendar: https://www.montana.edu/calendar/events/58335 

Title & Topic: TBA

 

 

 

 

 

About the Speaker:

Steve Krenzer is the co-founder of Works Capital and the founder of Trabuco Canyon Advisors. He was also previously the President of Experian Interactive Media. This media group included LowerMyBills, ClassesUSA in addition to PriceGrabber. Steve served as Chief Strategy Officer of Experian Interactive, as well as several other executive positions since joining the organization. Over the course of Steve's career, he has held executive roles at a variety of companies across numerous industry sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

 

Past Speakers (listed chronologically, newest to oldest):

Leonardo Marra, former Treasury Curator of the Papal Sacristy within the Sistine Chapel
Bill Hilf, Board Chair of both the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) and American Prairie
Mitch Thompson, Co-Founder & CFO of Iron Oil
Heidi Browning, Chief Marketing Officer of the NHL
Karen Rose, Managing Director of Commercial Leasing for One World Trade Center
Ray Sedey, Chairman & CEO of McCarthy Holdings, Inc.
Dave Stephenson, CFO and head of Employee Experience at Airbnb
Ben Deuling, owner of SporeAttic and Zariah Tolman, founder & executive director of Positivity Outward
Behrooz Abdi, a technology entrepreneur and investor
Vu Le, a writer, speaker, blogger and executive director of Rainier Valley Corps
David B. Orser, a former president of Occidental International Oil and the founder of this event series
Rich Barton, former Microsoft executive and a founder of the online companies Expedia, Zillow, and Glassdoor
Nicole Jones, senior law enforcement and security counsel at Google
Lachlan Perks, past chief operating officer of Eclipse, Inc.
Tim Solso, General Motors' board director and past chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc.
Gerald Grinstein, strategic director of Madrona Venture Group and past CEO of Delta Air Lines
Marty McVey, president of McVey & Associates, LLC
Kristy Young, digital product management executive and managing partner for blaZe interactive, LLC
Ashley Jablow, challenge and client lead for OpenIDEO
M.H. Elovitz, director of the Centre for Strategic Geopolitics
Richard "Bob" Chickering, serial entrepreneur and business executive
Richard Broome, former member of the White House crisis management team
Stu Bohart, President of Liquid Markets at Fortress Investment Group
Jeff Sundheim, account director at Google
Ian B. Davidson, chairman of Davidson Companies and Davidson & Co.
Alan Rypinski, serial entrepreneur and the founder of ArmorAll
Andrew Field, founder and president of PrintingForLess.com
Investment Panel (4 speakers)
Lyle Knight, president and CEO of First Interstate BancSystem, Inc.
Delmar Jones, president of Cindel Group, Inc. and owner of Jonesy's Classic Cleaners
Mary Perry, president of the promotion agency division of Ryan Partnership
Jonathan Howlett, worldwide director of advertising for BBC Global Channels
Dana Lasher, owner of Get Ready Girls, Inc.
Christopher Disher, vice president for Booz Allen Hamilton
Paul A. Stewart, manager of global business development for a division of Eli Lilly
Martin White
James Alderson
Sam McDonald
J. Luther King
John Goodrich
Gerald Searfoss
Joseph T. Wells, chairman and founder of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
David Oreck, chairman of Oreck Corporation
Arthur Peterson