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C-Level Execs BIG
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Member: • register-prepay= $35.00 Pre register only
Non-member: • register-prepay= $45.00 Pre register only
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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TBD
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11:30 am - 12:00 Noon - Registration/Networking
12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm - Program
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What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a round of capital in today's market? What is the market environment like for companies, and VCs? Specific to the software, communications and IT sectors - what is of interest to capital sources. What can an entrepreneur do to improve his or her company's chances of raising money in this environment?
Come hear from some of Southern California's leading active investors.
* Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners
* Quinn Li, Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures
* Ralph Mayer, Past President of Tech Coast Angels
* Mike Krenn, Managing Director, DLA Venture Pipeline
Registration is limited to C-level employees in the software/internet/IT industry.
Mark Suster is a partner at GRP Partners, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm with over $1B under managment. They are currently investing out of their fourth fund, which closed in mid-2009 with over $175M to invest. Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Most recently Mark was Vice President, Product Management at Salesforce.com, following its acquisition of Koral, where Mark was Founder and CEO.
Quinn Li is a Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures. QCV makes strategic investments in wireless-industry ventures that provide both a strong potential return on investment and complement existing Qualcomm products and services. The group has in recent years become more active with their early-stage investment strategy, and in fact launched their “QPrize™” competition just last year, where they provided over $500,000 in early stage capital for enterprising technology companies around the globe. Quinn has over twelve years of experience in the telecommunications and semiconductor industry, including experience with IBM, Lucent Technologies and Broadcom.
Ralph Mayer is Past President of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels. The Tech Coast Angels is a network of 250 private investors who invest in and assist early-stage, Southern California companies. Ralph has been involved with angel investing since 2000. He came to San Diego in 1999 to join Division Inc. - a San Diego and UK based software company developing visualization products to lead product marketing and software development. He initiated an OEM relationship with PTC a $1Billion enterprise software company, that concluded with the sale of Division to PTC in 2000. He has a Masters of Science from M.I.T. and a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Architecture from McGill University in Montreal. He has written books on the Return on Investment of PLM Systems, and on CAD/CAM Database Translation.
Mike Krenn is Managing Director of DLA Piper's Venture Pipeline Group. This subsidiary is specifically focused on helping early-stage companies raise money. With four people in the group, based around the country, they have helped more than 100 companies raise money in just the last three years. Mike has advised hundreds of emerging growth technology companies on various aspects of their business plans, including management and recruiting issues, market development, strategic partnerships and financing strategies. He has interviewed hundreds of venture capital firms. He has personally helped more than 40 firms raise start-up capital.
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User Experience/Interface Design
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Member: • register-prepay= $35.00 Pre register only
Non-member: • register-prepay= $45.00 Pre register only
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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Sheppard Mullin
12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego CA 92130
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Registration/Networking/Refreshments
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Program
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It is essential to put your experience design solutions into the context of the market problems they solve, the business objectives they support, and the customer and user needs they meet. Using a scorecard helps organizations balance and achieve their strategic objectives across all four perspectives: Financial, Customer, Internal Business Processes, and Learning and Growth.
In this presentation, Sean Van Tyne will explain each perspective of the Balanced Scorecard including how to measure the objectives, define target values for those measures, and the types of initiatives needed to fulfill the objectives. At the end of the session, you will know how to create, align, measure and manage your User Experience objectives with your overall company strategy and business measures.
Presenter:
Sean Van Tyne, User Experience Director, FICO
Sean Van Tyne provides leadership for User Experience teams across the US, Europe, and Asia designing the next generation enterprise platforms for FICO Decision Management solutions.
Previously, Sean served as the AVP of User Experience for Strategy & Technology at LPL Financial, one of the largest independent broker/dealer financial services companies, where he identified and defined new market segments; developed product management, iterative design, and agile development plans; and provided the vision for the global user experience strategy. Prior to LPL, Sean was the Director of User Experience and Technical Communications for Marketing and Product Management at Mitchell International, the leading provider of data, software and eBusiness solutions for the automotive insurance and medical claims industries. Prior to Mitchell, Sean was the Director of Product Design for Medibuy, a global B2B marketplace provider for healthcare buyers and sellers.
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Healthcare and Medical IT Systems
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Member: • register-prepay= $35.00 Pre register only
Non-member: • register-prepay= $45.00 Pre register only
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
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INTUIT – Bennett Conference Room, Bldg. 3
7535 Torrey Santa Fe Foad
San Diego CA 92129
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Registration, Networking and Refreshments
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Program
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Electronic Medical Records contain a great deal of information, but have been lacking integration with wired and wireless devices. There are a number of solutions in the market now which integrate various wired and wireless devices data reliably and automatically with Electronic Medical Records.
In addition, such integration necessitates analytical techniques to analyze the voluminous yet valuable new information which becomes available. The additional information can help improve individual patient care, provider self-assessment, provider assessment by payers, future CMS compliance, guideline adherence and medical or public health research and aid in transforming healthcare delivery and reducing costs.
Panelists:
Dave Dyell, Founder & CEO, iSirona
Dave has 18+ years of experience in the healthcare information technology industry. In 2004, he founded HCTSi, the parent company of iSirona®, to help healthcare organizations achieve system interoperability through innovative products and services. Previously he served as VP of sales operations for Quovadx, Inc. and SeeBeyond and was responsible for forming and managing the application service provider group for Healthcare.com. He has also held positions at First Consulting Group and other prestigious healthcare provider organizations.
Sandra McCullough, Vice President, Patient Care Information Systems Sharp HealthCare
Sandra has been in her current role with Sharp since 2006. A key focus in this role has been the leadership of the hospital EMR implementation – a project that that has moved Sharp away from its best of breed strategy to an integrated solution direction. Sandra has worked in the IT field for the past 25 years. Prior to her IT career, she worked as a nurse and nurse manager.
Robert Cass, President and Chief Executive Officer, Perminova
Robert is a successful entrepreneur, with extensive experience in the clinical and information technology fields. In 1994, he developed a highly successful electronic record management system for a 350 bed rehabilitation center. He was the chief architect and developer of CardioSure and has held the positions of Nursing Informatics Lead and Clinical Information Systems Manager at UCSD. He received his Bachelors Degree in Nursing in 2001 from San Diego State University.
Moderator:
Dominic Tong, M.D. Chief Medical Officer, VPDiagnostics, Inc.
Dr. Tong is a physician (M.D.) trained in internal medicine and diagnostic radiology (Columbia University, UCLA) with diverse healthcare practice and management experience in the academic, public and private sectors including experience in the medical device space with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. In the last three years, his focus has been early-stage technology development. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer at VPDiagnostics, Inc., an early-stage company developing image analysis tools for MRI plaque imaging.
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Sales & Marketing BIG
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Member: • register-prepay= $35.00 Pre register only
Non-member: • register-prepay= $45.00 Pre register only
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Friday, September 24, 2010
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Sheppard Mullin
12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego CA 92130
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7:30 am - 8:00 am - Registration/Coffee/Neteworking
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Presentation
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How are the smartest marketers using their time to take advantage of social media opportunities without drowning in the process? Do they use tools you may not know about?
Erik Bratt with TelCentris will introduce you to all of the best tools to streamline your social media efforts -- including 5 tools that can save you at least an hour a day!
Don’t miss this “life-saving” power session on:
· Social media tools you should be using right now to help your business
· Key tools to streamline your personal communications, increase your personal effectiveness, and make life easier
· Tips on how to improve your approach to social media and social media management
· Plus, specifics on how many hours your company actually needs to spend on social media each week -- and who should be doing it
Discover the tools and strategies that can help control the chaos and make social media work for you.
Erik Bratt is Vice President of Marketing at TelCentris, where he oversees all strategic communications including public relations, analyst relations, and social media marketing.
Bratt was formerly with the Trustworthy Computing division of Microsoft, where he helped lead marketing, public relations and social media initiatives, including digital and blog strategy. He has also led the social media efforts at a San Diego consumer start-up, helping to boost consumer registrations more than 500 percent within six months through online video contests, content and blog marketing, word of mouth marketing, social network profiles, and search engine optimization.
Erik is the author of several best-selling reports on social media marketing for MarketingProfs.com, including "Twitter Success Stories" and "Social Media ROI Success Stories.”
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