Edward Hamburg serves on the Board for Avodah.
Edward Hamburg has served on the boards of directors of several technology companies and is an advisory partner with Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. He was executive vice president of corporate operations and chief financial offer of SPSS Inc., which before its 2009 acquisition by IBM was a global provider of predictive analytics technology and services. Hamburg managed the company’s two public offerings, directed its mergers and acquisitions activities, and was responsible for all aspects of the firm’s business infrastructure, including finance and treasury, corporate marketing, human resources, legal, and information technology. His professional career began as an assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Hamburg received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago as well as M.A. and B.A. degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park.