Cyrus Vance, Partner, Baker McKenzie - The Prosecutor's Dilemma: Navigating tough decision-making in the legal sector
07/05/23 • 30 min
A great thinker once said "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right." Our guest on this episode has built his legacy on difficult, but hugely influential decision-making.
We're joined by Cyrus Vance Jr., best known for serving as New York County's top law enforcement officer for 12 years. As Manhattan District Attorney, he oversaw everything from white-collar fraud to cybercrime, human-trafficking, and even cold-case homicides. He's now a partner at global law firm, Baker Mackenzie, where he wears three hats, sitting in its litigation and government enforcement and global investigations and compliance groups, all while serving as Global Chair of the Cybersecurity Practice.
After graduating from Yale University and earning his JD from Georgetown Law Center, Cy entered his first stint in public service as an Assistant District Attorney in the office that he was later elected to lead. His career has taken him everywhere from Africa to the Pacific Northwest, and we're very fortunate to have him as a guest.
Highlights:
- Cyrus describes his background and journey to the Manhattan DA Office(2:58)
- Cyrus' father's influence on his career (4:42)
- What it's like to run for office, and learning how to operate in the public eye (6:02)
- Returning to work in the office: what was the same and what was different (7:39)
- The benefits and problems of working with large amounts of money (11:10)
- Developments in anti-corruption legislation, and heightening pressure on white-collar crime (15:06)
- Cyrus on if he regrets leaving office amongst the current prosecution of President Trump (19:31)
- What Cyrus learned from a business standpoint about managing a large team at the Manhattan DA Office (20:55)
- Cyrus' current goals as head of cybersecurity at Baker McKenzie (22:21)
- Cyrus discusses potentially writing a book in the future (24:16)
- Cyrus' hobbies and passion for motorcycles (26:57)
- What Cyrus would be doing if he didn't pursue a career in law (27:57)
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A great thinker once said "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right." Our guest on this episode has built his legacy on difficult, but hugely influential decision-making.
We're joined by Cyrus Vance Jr., best known for serving as New York County's top law enforcement officer for 12 years. As Manhattan District Attorney, he oversaw everything from white-collar fraud to cybercrime, human-trafficking, and even cold-case homicides. He's now a partner at global law firm, Baker Mackenzie, where he wears three hats, sitting in its litigation and government enforcement and global investigations and compliance groups, all while serving as Global Chair of the Cybersecurity Practice.
After graduating from Yale University and earning his JD from Georgetown Law Center, Cy entered his first stint in public service as an Assistant District Attorney in the office that he was later elected to lead. His career has taken him everywhere from Africa to the Pacific Northwest, and we're very fortunate to have him as a guest.
Highlights:
- Cyrus describes his background and journey to the Manhattan DA Office(2:58)
- Cyrus' father's influence on his career (4:42)
- What it's like to run for office, and learning how to operate in the public eye (6:02)
- Returning to work in the office: what was the same and what was different (7:39)
- The benefits and problems of working with large amounts of money (11:10)
- Developments in anti-corruption legislation, and heightening pressure on white-collar crime (15:06)
- Cyrus on if he regrets leaving office amongst the current prosecution of President Trump (19:31)
- What Cyrus learned from a business standpoint about managing a large team at the Manhattan DA Office (20:55)
- Cyrus' current goals as head of cybersecurity at Baker McKenzie (22:21)
- Cyrus discusses potentially writing a book in the future (24:16)
- Cyrus' hobbies and passion for motorcycles (26:57)
- What Cyrus would be doing if he didn't pursue a career in law (27:57)
Links:
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If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, [email protected].
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Dr. Marc Hedrick, President & CEO, Plus Therapeutics - The Plus Side: Making groundbreaking developments in cancer research
Millions of Americans with medical conditions spend years waiting for breakthrough treatments. Today's guest is making extraordinary advances in cancer treatment to significantly improve outcomes.
Today we're sitting down with Dr. Marc Hedrick, President and CEO at Plus Therapeutics whose stock trades under the symbol PSTV. Previously, Dr. Hedrick served in a number of executive leadership roles, including President, CEO and Director of Cytori Therapeutics, and President and CEO of STEM Source. He's a trained general vascular and plastic surgeon, and former Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at UCLA. He also served as co-Director of the Laboratory of Regenerative Bioengineering and Repair at UCLA.
Dr. Hedrick received his MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas, and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA in 2005. We talked about his company's incredible new technology that is revolutionizing how some cancers can be treated.
Highlights:
- Marc describes his background, and path to the medical field (2:52)
- How Plus Therapeutics approaches their work to change outcomes for debilitating diseases (3:34)
- How Plus Therapeutics targeted treatment differs from traditional radiotherapy (5:19)
- Marc breaks down how the company chooses what types of cancer to develop treatments for (6:11)
- How Plus Therapeutics is driving innovation (7:39)
- What treatments their distinctive drugs can be used for and how they work (9:44)
- Plus Therapeutics partnerships, and what the company looks for in a partner (12:16)
- How the company managed challenges through the COVID-19 pandemic (13:47)
- Competition in the CNS space, and the challenges Plus Therapeutics faced introducing a new treatment (15:18)
- Funding, and the company's unique capitalization strategy (16:33)
- The competitive landscape (18:32)
- Plus Therapeutics leadership team, and value of culture (20:16)
- Locational benefits, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Texas (21:42)
- Marc's predictions on the future of the radiotherapy industry (22:59)
- What investors might not understand about this company (24:42)
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Vijay Manthripragada, President & CEO, Montrose Environmental Group – A Greenprint for Success: A Win-Win Formula for Business and the Earth
Solving today's huge environmental problems takes creativity and innovation, but it also requires businesses to build strong industry partnerships. Today's guest is doing just that.
We're sitting down with Vijay Manthripragada, President, CEO and Board Member of Montrose Environmental Group, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, M E G. Vijay brings significant leadership in management experience to the company. Previously, he was the CEO of PetCareRX, a high-growth e-commerce company in the pet health industry. Prior to that, Vijay was in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, and was also a director at The Advisory Board Company and a member of Johnson & Johnson's management development program. He received his MBA from Wharton and his BS from Duke and Oxford.
In this episode we talk about Montrose's mission to protect the environment with ground-breaking technology.
Highlights:
- Vijay explains Montrose's business, and his family's connection to environmental work (2:38)
- How Vijay went from finance to the environment (3:57)
- The market and the competition for Montrose is in (5:06)
- Montrose's strategy with integrating with other service providers (6:40)
- Who are Montrose's clients? (7:41)
- R & D at Montrose (8:11)
- Vijay talks about Montrose's work in greenhouse gas mitigation (9:35)
- How politics have impacted the business (11:01)
- The Inflation Reduction Act's new standards (12:37)
- Montrose's financial position since going public (13:45)
- Montrose's portfolio and what Vijay sees as holding promise in the future (14:52)
- Creating value with non-organic growth (15:57)
- Montrose's current balance sheet (17:04)
- What Vijay hopes he could see in the industry in the next 5 years (17:49)
- Vijay's ideal vacation (18:30)
- Vijay's favourite musicians/music (19:50)
- What investors might miss about Montrose (21:03)
Links:
Vijay Manthripragada on LinkedIn
Montrose Environmental Group on LinkedIn
Montrose Environmental Group Website
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