Orange County Chapter Event Archives

Date Topic Speakers *Denotes Moderator
10/20/05 Software Pricing and Licensing: The New Rules for Success Panelists
Lori Seal - Senior Director of Business Operations, Best Software
Cori E. Hartje - Director, License Compliance, Microsoft Corporation

Moderator:
Gavin Galimi, Katten Muchin Rosenman

8/18/05 Strategic Alliances and Corporate Investments: The New World Order

Panelists:
Trish Collins, Manager, ISV Alliance Program of IBM
Thomas Dollhopf, VP and CFO of IndX Software, a Siemens Company
Rick Franz, VP of Strategic planning of Qlogic
Himanshu Palsule, VP General Mgr for Mid Market Division of SAGE

Moderator:
Rick Sharga, President and CEO of CJ Patrick Company

6/30/05 Positioning Your Company for Success Rick Sharga is the President and CEO of CJ Patrick Company
6/16/05 GOING GLOBAL - WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

Panelists:
David van Toor, Vice President and General Manager for the Platinum Division of Best Software
Milena Marinova, Product Planning Manager of eMachines/Gateway
Emmanuel de Boucaud, Vice President Sales of Mitek Systems

Moderator:
Ron Peeters, Senior Director Business Development Worldwide of Vision Solutions

2/24/05 Computing Security Issues: Is your business protected? Panelists:
James Christiansen, Chief Information Security Officer of Experian North America
Debra Shatford, CEO of TRI-D Systems
Alex Tosheff, Chief Technology Officer, PivX Solutions, Inc

Moderator:
John Harbison, Managing Director, TechSpin

12/9/04 2005 Executive Outlook:
The Road Ahead and How to Navigate It Succesfully.
Panelists:
George Klaus - CEO of Epicor
Jeff Margolis - CEO of Trizetto
Thomas E. Rowley - CEO of Preventsys
Nicolaas Vlok - CEO of Vision Solutions
Moderator: Richard Riesman - Publisher of OCBJ
10/19/04 How to Fund Your Business When Venture Capital Has Said No…
Or When You've Said No to Venture Capital
Panelists:
Mark J. Breneman, Senior Vice President-Commercial Finance Division, Silicon Valley Bank
Terry E. Bibbens, Chairman and CEO, Bibbens & Associates.
Sami Morcos, Chief of Finance for the Santa Ana District Office
Small Business Administration
Horacio "Odie" Munoz, Business Development Officer of JD Factors
Rick Gibson, President, Clear Blue Ventures

Moderator: Bill Salesky, Managing Partner of Ventures & Technology Management Group

8/19/04 Marketing Online
Optimizing Your Company’s Web Presence to Drive Revenue
Panelists:
Zach Beimes, Chief Strategy Officer of Infosearch Media (formerly Traffic Logic)
Steve Cranston, President of GCA Advertising.
Patricia Galea, Sr. Director of McElroy.
6/10/04 Rational Exuberance: The Return of the Public Market
Panelists:
Bob Holmen, Partner of Miramar Venture Partners
Sumant Mandal Principal of Clearstone Venture Partners
James D. Somes, President, Managing Director and co-founder of Alexander Dunham Capital.

Moderator: Ivan A. Gaviria, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
4/8/04 Good to Great:
Driving Your Company to High-Performance
Panelists:
Fred Thiel former CEO of Gamespy and Lantronix
Joey Benadretti, Senior Vice President of SYSPRO
Richard Sudek of Tech Coast Angels

Moderator: Steve Treibel of Treibel Partners
2/24/04 Guerrilla Strategy:
Evaluating Strategic Alternatives
Panelists:
Bob McCandles, President/CEO, Alphalogix
Keith Pape, President, Virtual Image Consulting
Nicolaas Vlok, Chairman & CEO, Vision Solutions

Moderator: Blaine Ornburg, Member, Software Council and Tech Coast Angels
12/11/03 2004 Outlook: An Executive Panel
--Doug Norman, CFO, InterChange
--Jonathan Epstein, President, GameSpy Industries
--Hoshi Printer, CFO, AutoBytel, Inc.
*Jon Lansner, Business Columnist, OC Register
10/9/03 Guerrilla Marketing:
Structuring Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Investments
--Gary Augusta, Vice President New Ventures/M&A, Fluor Corporation
--Alex Polack, Management Consultant and former Founder/CEO of ATA Software
*Blaine Ornburg, Member, Tech Coast Angels

8/14/03 Got Game?
Home Entertainment and Gaming
--Jeff Brown - VP of Corporate Development, EA (Electronic Arts)
--Jonathan Epstein, President, GameSpy Industries
--Philip O'Neil, Senior Vice President, Vivendi Universal Games
*Stephen Lynch, Business Reporter, New York Post
6/12/03 Market Opportunity in Security --Sean Peasley, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
--Mike Rogers, Manager, Information Protection, AAA of Southern California
--S. Ramesh, President of Razorwire Security
*Dr. Clifford Neuman, Director, University of Southern
California (USC)

4/10/03 Startup Success and Evolution

--Kaye Schoonhoven, Ph.D., Professor of Organization and Strategy in the UCI Graduate School of Management and Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science magazine
--George Kurtz, CEO of Foundstone
--Jane Kleinberger, Chairman of the Board, Paciolan
2/13/03 Money doesn’t grow on Trees in 2003
We’ll show you how to get it from a VC
--Jon Funk, Partner at Allegis Capital
-- Bruce Hallett, Partner, Miramar Venture Partners
--Marc Kelly, CFO, of Alteer
--Tom Clancy, Partner at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
*John Wong, Partner, KPMG LLP
12/12/02 Executive Roundtable
"Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivors of 2002"
--Gene Wang, CEO of Bitfone (Formerly Digital Transit)
--Ed Ojdana, President of Experian Consumer Direct
--Chris Harano, CFO of Day Corporation
--Doug Norman, CFO of Starbase
--F. Matthew Rhodes, SVP and President of Broadband Communications, Conexant
*Colin Stewart, Technology Editor, Orange County Register
10/23/02 Government Sourcing
for Revenue and Funding
--Archie Yew, CEO of Cogent Systems
--John Droge, Rainbow Mykotronx
--Don Mitchell, Lead Business Opportunity Specialist with the SBA
*Gavin Galimi, Shaw Pittman
8/14/02 Today's Wireless World --Hans Wichary, Sr. Manager, Kyocera Wireless Corp
--John Bucher, Vice President and Research Analyst, GKM
--Brett A. Knox, Vice President of Product Management, FieldCentrix
*Peter Pham, AppSwing
6/26/02 Key Legislative Issues for Technology Companies --Hal Schultz, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
--James Eckstaedt, CFO of
Best Software, Inc.
--Keynote Speaker: Eric Meyer, Sr. Vice President of AeA
*Phil Beaudoin, Executive Director, AeA
4/18/02 Opportunities in Gaming --Scott McDaniel, VP of Marketing, Sony Online Entertainment
--Jeff Brown, VP of Corporate Communications, Electronic Arts
--Jonathan Epstein, President, Gamespy
* Dawn Chmielewski, Digital Entertainment Reporter for the San Jose Mercury News
2/28/02 Successful Product
Launching Strategies
--David Raber - Vice President/General Manager for Best Software "Winner of the Software Developer of the year 2001"Award
-- Eric Finch, PRTM
-- Tom Kuhr - Vice President of Marketing & Product Management for Day Software
* Anjay Bajaj - Director for Hartley & Associates
12/13/01 Executive Roundtable --Shawn Abbott, President of eSecurity, Rainbow Techologies
--David Butler, President, Sage Software
--Lee Hancock, President, Go2Systems
--Lee Roberts, CEO, FileNet Corporation
--Louise Wannier, CEO, Enfish
8/16/01 Unlocking the Value of Your Technology --Debbie Simon, Houlihan, Lokey
--James R. Eckstaedt, VP & CFO, Sage Software
--David Hates, Partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
*Peter Pham, Vectant
6/21/01 Entrepreneir to CEO --Michael Bell, CEO, Encore Software
--William R. Smith, CEO, Smith Micro Software, Inc.
*Laura Hunter, Partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
4/19/01 The Word on Wireless -- The State of Unplugged --Ed Horowitz, Chairman, CDL
--Patrick Lilley, CEO, Digital Transit
--Brian Morrow, COO, Endeavors Technology
--Dr. Michael Dobson, Go2
--Sanjay Gokhale, Conexant
--Ted Alexander, General Partner, Mission Ventures
*Peter Pham, Director, Vectant
2/15/01 Raising Money: Annual Venture Capital Update --David W. Blackburn, Principal, Zone Ventures
--Richard A. Fink, Managing Partner, Miramar Venture Partners
--Bridgit Karlin, Senior Director, Redleaf Group
--Jeffrey Starr, General Partner, Mission Ventures
--Tom Clancy, Enterprise Partners
*Kimberly Valentine, Managinf Director, Deloitte & Touche
12/5/00 New Rules for New Times
A CEO Panel
--Gil Figueroa, CEO, Pick Systems
--Fred Lerner, President & CEO, phobo.com
--David Palamore, CEO, Day Network
*Fred Poska, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
10/5/00 Key Legal Issues Affecting Your Software/Internet Company --Andy Dolak, O'Melveny & Myers
--Jordan McCollum, O'Melveny & Myers
--Andrew Mansfield, O'Melveny & Myers
--Jess Frost, O'Melveny & Myers
*David Hayes, O'Melveny & Myers
8/3/00 Instant Branding in a Virtual World --Bart Young, CEO, Young Company
--Rick Jorgenson, Director, Young Company
--David Hayes, O'Melveny & Myers
*Dan Chmielewski, Senior PR Manager, Rainbow Technologies
6/15/00 Customers Really Matter --Larry Twersky, President, Goldmine
--Greg Anicich, VP, Infogain, Inc.
--Jim Moore, VP, Sage Software

 

 

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