Join the
Orange County Chapter of the Software Council on Thursday,
April 10th for the “Keys to Success" Dinner and
Presentation. Network with your peers, and share the insights
of some of the most outstanding business strategists in the
software industry.
This month
we've assembled a group of extraordinarily individuals who
will share their experiences and knowledge in building some
of the most prosperous companies in Southern California. We
will discuss the correlation of a successful company to the
people who run them as well as hear from those that have navigated
today’s tough economy. We will ask them what they did
right, and what they would have done differently. More importantly,
what kind of advice they would give to those looking to succeed
in today’s market.
Panel:
-
Kaye
Schoonhoven, Ph.D., Professor of Organization and
Strategy in the UCI Graduate School of Management and
Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science magazine
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- Jane
Kleinberger, Chairman of the Board, Paciolan
About
the Panelists
George
Kurtz, CEO of Foundstone
and founder of four other fast-growth Southland companies
was prominently featured on a recent cover of OC Metro magazine.
With his combination of business savvy and technical know-how,
George charts Foundstone's strategic course, positioning the
company as a premier "pure play" security solutions
provider. As a co-founder in 1999 he has successfully raised
over 17 Million Dollars in venture capital and is responsible
for consummating several international strategic partnerships.
He has also co-authored the best selling Hacking Exposed:
Network Security Secrets & Solutions as well as Hacking
Linux Exposed and regularly contributes to leading industry
publications.
Claudia
(Kaye) Bird Schoonhoven is Professor of Organization
and Strategy at the Graduate
School of Management, University of California Irvine. She
earned degrees at Stanford University (Ph.D., M.A.), the University
of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (B.A.), and Dartmouth College (M.A.).
Professor Schoonhoven joined the UCI faculty fall of 1998, coming
from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, where
she served as Professor of Business Administration, 1993-1998.
She also taught at Stanford University (1976-1977) and San Jose
State University (1977-1993). She was a Visiting Scholar at
the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1984 -1985
and 1991-1992.
Schoonhoven's
research focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of technology-based
firms, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She is currently investigating
the influence of strategic partnerships on new venture outcomes
and the effects of entrepreneurship on the creation and evolution
of industries. She is co-author of The Innovation Marathon:
Lessons from High Technology Firms, (Basil Blackwell, 1990;
Jossey-Bass, 1993) and The Entrepreneurship Dynamic in Industry
Evolution (Stanford University Press, 2001). Her research has
been published in the Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ),
the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Organization Science
(OS), Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (JABS), and other
journals and books.
The Editor-in-Chief
of Organization Science, Schoonhoven was elected a Fellow of
the Academy of Management, a Fellow of the Pan Pacific Association,
to the Academy's Board of Governors, Chair of the Organization
and Management Theory Division of the Academy, and President
of the Western Academy of Management. The National Science Foundation
(NSF) and the US Department of Commerce have funded her research
in the past, and NSF is a current sponsor.
Jane
Kleinberger,
Chairman of the Board, Paciolan
Jane joined Paciolan in 1981, and has served as the company's
CEO since 1992. In April 2002, she transitioned to the position
of chairman of board and is continuing her full-time commitment
to the company. Her responsibilities focus primarily on the
external activities of promoting the company's vision, developing
new and strategic markets and partnering with key clients in
defining product direction. Jane studied accounting and business
administration at the University of Cincinnati and has worked
in the computer industry since 1978.
