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December 3, 2009 | Northern California
CEN Northern California presents Entrepreneurship and the Role of the Venture Capitalists

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OpenMike Comment from Pete Ballotta Teknominds works with the founders of angel, Series A and boot-strapped startups to find key technical leadership, potential business partners, and funding.

OpenMike Comment from Pete Del Vecchio Phobos Energy is a cleantech startup focused on products for solar photovoltaic power systems. Our solutions provide increased energy capture and dramatically simplified design and installation.

OpenMike Comment from Carrie Koenig potentially relocating to the Bay Area and looking at different potential career redirection options

OpenMike Comment from Jay LeBoeuf Imagine Research is an applied research and consulting company specializing in next-generation intelligent signal processing and machine learning technologies. We are actively developing sound-object recognition technology, and are funded by a National Science Foundation SBIR Phase 1 award.

OpenMike Comment from John Lin Wireless Glue Networks is a start-up in Smart Grid to Home space; our software is installed in leading smart grid utilities, and we provide a unique HAN network technology platforms with critical alliances made with leading smart grid technology companies.

OpenMike Comment from David Marr SVB Analytics provides an array of valuation services for venture capital-backed private companies. SVB Analytics also provides CapMx, an on-demand software solution for corporate equity management, financial reporting, and stock option accounting.

OpenMike Comment from Laura Peter Global General Counsel Global General Counsel provides legal services for the day-to-day needs of high tech companies. See our blog at www.globalgeneralcounsel.blogspot.com

OpenMike Comment from Christopher Sanson Entrepreneur in the travel/hospitality space. Launching a b2b analytics service for hotel executives to manager their online reputation.

OpenMike Comment from Srikant Sharma Northbound is a leading DRG Service provider (Demand and Revenue Generation) service provider - with customers ranging from marquee Fortune 500 corporations to smaller growth-stage enterprises. Northbound delivers top-line revenue to the sales pipelines through QSO (Qualified Sales Opportunities) generation, as well as providing a 360-degree strategy and execution of demand generation services that enhance the marketing pipeline’s success.

OpenMike Comment from Rachel White Appregatta helps mid-market and large enterprise businesses navigate the world of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing to solve complex business and IT problems. Our best-in-class products include dashboards and reporting tools, business intelligence software, and much more.

OpenMike Comment from Raymond Zheng Cisco Systems Inc. Business Development, technical advisory

OpenMike Comment from Jing Zhu Biotechnology professional specialized in product development and marketing.

Name	Cornell Class Year	Cornell College	Business Name
Pete Ballotta	Class of 2000	College of Arts and Sciences	Headhunter / Entrepreneur, Teknominds, Inc
Andrew Boyd	Class of 2000	College of Engineering	ABS Capital Partners
Rory Campbell	--	--	Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Ezra Cattan	Class of 2002	College of Architecture, Art, and Planning	CEO, Urban-Eyes Industries
Pete Del Vecchio	Class of 1987	College of Engineering	CEO, Phobos Energy
Gabor Foldes	Class of 2002	College of Arts and Sciences	MBA Candidate, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Yuko Fukuda	Class of 2002	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Consultant
Yair Harel	Class of 2004	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Founder & CEO, Intervu Inc.
Charles Hershberger	Class of '91	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	--
Adam Jed	Class of 1996	School of Hotel Administration	CEO, Amuse Management Group
Kenneth Juni	Class of 2002	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
Pamela Kaufmann	Class of 1980	College of Arts and Sciences	Attorney, Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, L.L.P.
David Kendrick	--	--	President, Innovative Radio Solutions
Carrie Koenig	--	--	Telluride Properties
Jay LeBoeuf	Class of 1999	College of Engineering	Founder and CEO, Imagine Research
John Lin	Class of 1987	College of Arts and Sciences	Founder & CTO, Wireless Glue Networks Inc.
David Marr	Class of 2008	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Associate, Silicon Valley Bank Analytics
Catherine McConville	--	--	COO, Yodel Entertainment
Thomas McKinley	--	--	General Partner, Cardinal Partners
Dennis Miller	Class of 1983	College of Arts and Sciences	Stein & Lubin LLP
Shannon Murray	Class of 1994	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Sr. Director, Cornell Business Communities
Daniella Oana	Class of 1999	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Chief of Staff, Deloitte
Laura Peter	Class of 1986	College of Engineering	Principal, Global General Counsel
David Pike	--	--	Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Christopher Sanson	Class of 2006	School of Hotel Administration	Founder, DIY Hotels
Jay Schurman	Class of 1980	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Financial Advisor, Smith Barney
Lynn Segal	Class of 1991	College of Arts and Sciences	VP Finance, Photobucket
Srikant Sharma	Class of 1995	Johnson Graduate School of Management	General Manager, Northbound Inc.
Scott Smith	--	--	Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Beata Tou	Class of 2008	School of Hotel Administration	--
Donald Wagda	Class of 1997	College of Arts and Sciences	Member/Manager, TipFlip LLC
Robert Watts	Class of 1996	College of Engineering	Managing Director, Wishzilla LLC
Fred Weil	--	--	Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Rachel White	Class of 1999	School of Hotel Administration	VP, Business Operations, Appregatta Technologies
Jesse Yu	Class of 2004	College of Engineering	Associate, Cleantech, Crosslink Capital
Eric Zankman	--	--	President, Zankman Solutions
Raymond Zheng	Class of 1993	College of Engineering	Technical Leader, Cisco Systems Inc
Jing Zhu	Class of 1995	Weill Medical College	Research Scientist, Intel Corp.
James Zuegel	Class of 1983/1984	College of Engineering	Dir. Sales & Business Development, James R. Zuegel