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CCICE Events
April 24, 2008
| Chamber of Commerce International Consortium For Entrepreneurs |
Date: Thursday April 24, 2008
Time: 6:00p.m.– 6:30p.m. Registration (Hor D'oeuvres provided)
6:30p.m. – 8:30p.m. Program begins
Venue: Fenwick & West LLP, Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street, Room 101,
Mountain View, CA. 94041
General Event Information:
FREE for CCICE Members (join CCICE)
$25 Members of Affiliate Organizations
$40 Non-Members
From Seed Funding to Venture Capital, you believe you have a viable
business. Your business plan is ready and you have the proof for market
validation. But DO YOU?
We are in a global economy, impacted by policies and regulations from
corporate influences to mandated standards. You Tube, to facebook, to
Google, they all started locally, were funded and quickly became impacted by
the international community.
Angle Investors, Venture Capitalist and Corporate investors are all looking to
you to show them how you will reach mass markets. If you want to win their
hearts at the next board meeting you need to explain your International
Business Strategy and show them how you will grow your company and
succeed?
CCICE brings to you all under ONE ROOF, the Angle Investor, the experienced
Corporation, the Export Specialist, the Lawyer, the Market Researcher and
the VC community in a Fire Side Chat to discuss:
* When does a startup company think international?
* What is the global marketing strategy?
* What government regulations can potentially impact you?
* Do you need an Export License for Products/Services?
* What are some of the tactically approaches that a startup would use?
* Why China? Why India? Why not Brazil or Russia?
* Out of the BRIC model?
Moderator: Denis Concordel, Executive Working Group Officer, CCICE
Panelists:
Angle Investor – John Matthesen, Keiretsu Forum
Corporation - Hildy Shandell, Senior VP, Genesis Microchip
Export Specialist – Aaron Held, Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial
Services
Lawyer - Fred Greguras, J.D. Of Counsel, Fenwick & West LLP
Market Research – Lan Lin, China Practice Leader Elanex
Venture Capital – Hing Wong, Managing Director, Walden International
BIO's
John Matthesen is a serial entrepreneur, with over 25 years of global
operations and sales experience in the US, Europe and Asia. He recently
served as interim COO at Revcube, an internet advertising-platform company.
He was previously CEO at ByteBlaze, an anti-piracy software company, COO at
a biotech software company, and is currently on the Advisory Board of
numerous high-tech companies. He is a consultant with Enthiosys,
specializing in qualitative market research and software licensing practices. In
addition, he is a Venture Partner at WI Harper in San Francisco, and a member
of the Keiretsu Angel Forum, where he chairs the Cool Stuff committee
(consumer products).
Mr. Matthesen was part of the startup teams at Sybase and Commerce One.
He held numerous positions at both companies, including Vice President /
CIO, Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific region and other executive
management roles in Professional Services, Marketing, and Engineering.
Since then, he has invested in and held executive positions in two biotech
companies, a shipping container company, and several consumer products
companies.
John holds a B.S. in biopsychology and linguistics from the University of
Colorado, Boulder and has studied Telecommunications Engineering at the
University of California, Berkeley (where he is currently studying Mandarin). He
has also served as an adjunct professor of e-commerce at Carnegie-Mellon
University West Coast campus.
Hildy Shandell is a senior executive with a unique combination of expertise in
leading corporate growth, operations, finance and legal. Ms. Shandell joined
Genesis Microchip in September 2006 as Senior Vice President of Corporate
Development and was instrumental in the recent sale of the company to
STMicroelectronics, the world’s fifth largest semiconductor company. Prior to
joining Genesis, Ms. Shandell was the Vice President of Corporate
Development at Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in wired and wireless
broadband communications semiconductors, from September 2002 until
September 2006, where she directed on-going corporate development
activities, including strategic acquisitions, investments and alliances. Ms.
Shandell drove significantly higher acquisition success rates than tech industry
benchmarks with 80% of acquisitions out-performing all targeted sources of
value and 95% retention rates. From January 1999 until May 2002, Ms.
Shandell was with 3Dlabs Inc., a public developer of graphics semiconductors
for computer-aided design, digital content and visual simulation, where she
was most recently Chief Operating Officer. During her tenure at 3Dlabs, Ms.
Shandell worked to return the company to profitability, helping to grow annual
revenues from $4 million to approximately $100 million in three years. From
January 1995 until January 1999, Ms. Shandell was Of Counsel with the
worldwide law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she
represented numerous public and private domestic and international
companies in various high technology industries, in public and private equity
and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions.
From April 1994 until January 1999, Ms. Shandell also served as managing
director of The Renaissance Fund, a private equity fund focused on high
technology and infrastructure investments related to Israel. Ms. Shandell began
her career at Fulbright & Jaworski, an international law firm, from September
1980 until January 1995, serving as a partner from 1990 until 1995.
Aaron Held is a Commercial Officer with the United States Commercial
Service. He is currently on assignment at the United States Export Assistance
Center in San Jose, California, a position he assumed in August 2007. His
portfolio includes the environmental business and professional services
sectors.
Prior to his arrival in San Jose, Mr. Held served as Vice Consul for Commercial
Affairs at the American Consulate General Monterrey, Mexico from December
2004 to July 2007. While responsible for all business sectors in the consular
district of seven Mexican states, Mr. Held spent the bulk of his time focused on
the Monterrey area’s prominent automotive, appliance and industrial
manufacturing sectors.
In the middle of his tour in Mexico, for the month of October 2005, Mr. Held
served on temporary assignment in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula,
Honduras in order to help kick off the newly signed Central America-Dominican
Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) in that signatory
country.
From March 2003 to November 2004, Mr. Held served as a Commercial
Specialist at U.S. Embassy Tokyo. His portfolio included the energy and
environmental business sectors, and the consumer goods sector.
Prior to joining the United States Commercial Service, Mr. Held served as
Associate Director for External Affairs and Manager for U.S. Government Affairs
at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. While there he managed the
advocacy efforts of the American business community, covering over 30 sector-
specific committees on issues including food and agriculture, transportation
and logistics, financial and legal services, medical devices and diagnostics,
healthcare services, and more. Mr. Held also has several years of experience
in corporate communications and public affairs with companies in the United
States and Japan.
Mr. Held holds a Masters degree in Pacific International Affairs (MPIA) from the
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University
of California, San Diego, and speaks Spanish and Japanese. He is married to
the former Yasuko Uchida.
Fred Greguras is of counsel in the Corporate, Technology Transactions and
China Practice Groups at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm specializing in high
technology matters. He practices out of the firm’s
Mountain View, California, office. Mr. Greguras focuses on strategic legal
issues for software, semiconductor-related and life sciences companies. His
practice includes start-up issues and financings in both domestic and
international transactions. He has represented a wide range of
companies in financing, M&A, licensing and other commercial transactions,
from privately held start-ups to publicly traded companies. Mr. Greguras has
also been a venture capitalist and a general counsel and CFO for a startup.
Some of the clients he has represented are: BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Excite@Home, Exodus Communications, Inc., Kintana, Inc., PayEase Corp.,
Speedera Networks, Inc. Mr. Greguras has authored many articles on China
business and legal issues, start-up, financing, outsourcing, Internet and
international legal issues, which are available at www.fenwick.com. He
received a BA in mathematics from University of Omaha in 1966, a MS in
mathematics and computer science in 1968, and his J.D. in 1975 from the
University of Nebraska. Mr. Greguras is a member of the State Bar of California.
Lan Lin is the China Practice Leader at Elanex and CEO for Reports From
China division. Lan is responsible for developing Elanex’s services related to
China. Lan has lived in China, Japan, and America. She was a journalist in
China, and a university professor in Japan. In the United States she has been
a computational linguist, a cross-cultural marketing consultant, and an
entrepreneur. She founded Reports From China (RFC) in 2006, which Elanex
acquired in August 2007. Lan has a BA in Physics from Beijing University, an
MA in Linguistics and Culture from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, and a
Ph.D (ABD) in Linguistics from Kansai Gaidai University in Japan.
Hing Wong is the Vice President at Walden International, a global venture
capital firm. Mr. Wong works out of the Palo Alto and Shanghai China office.
Mr. Wong focuses on the semiconductor sector, especially in China. He
leverages extensive resources in portfolio companies and industry networks to
build value and opportunities. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and
a B.A. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Time: 6:00p.m.– 6:30p.m. Registration (Hor D'oeuvres provided)
6:30p.m. – 8:30p.m. Program begins
Venue: Fenwick & West LLP, Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street, Room 101,
Mountain View, CA. 94041
General Event Information:
FREE for CCICE Members (join CCICE)
$25 Members of Affiliate Organizations
$40 Non-Members
From Seed Funding to Venture Capital, you believe you have a viable
business. Your business plan is ready and you have the proof for market
validation. But DO YOU?
We are in a global economy, impacted by policies and regulations from
corporate influences to mandated standards. You Tube, to facebook, to
Google, they all started locally, were funded and quickly became impacted by
the international community.
Angle Investors, Venture Capitalist and Corporate investors are all looking to
you to show them how you will reach mass markets. If you want to win their
hearts at the next board meeting you need to explain your International
Business Strategy and show them how you will grow your company and
succeed?
CCICE brings to you all under ONE ROOF, the Angle Investor, the experienced
Corporation, the Export Specialist, the Lawyer, the Market Researcher and
the VC community in a Fire Side Chat to discuss:
* When does a startup company think international?
* What is the global marketing strategy?
* What government regulations can potentially impact you?
* Do you need an Export License for Products/Services?
* What are some of the tactically approaches that a startup would use?
* Why China? Why India? Why not Brazil or Russia?
* Out of the BRIC model?
Moderator: Denis Concordel, Executive Working Group Officer, CCICE
Panelists:
Angle Investor – John Matthesen, Keiretsu Forum
Corporation - Hildy Shandell, Senior VP, Genesis Microchip
Export Specialist – Aaron Held, Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial
Services
Lawyer - Fred Greguras, J.D. Of Counsel, Fenwick & West LLP
Market Research – Lan Lin, China Practice Leader Elanex
Venture Capital – Hing Wong, Managing Director, Walden International
BIO's
John Matthesen is a serial entrepreneur, with over 25 years of global
operations and sales experience in the US, Europe and Asia. He recently
served as interim COO at Revcube, an internet advertising-platform company.
He was previously CEO at ByteBlaze, an anti-piracy software company, COO at
a biotech software company, and is currently on the Advisory Board of
numerous high-tech companies. He is a consultant with Enthiosys,
specializing in qualitative market research and software licensing practices. In
addition, he is a Venture Partner at WI Harper in San Francisco, and a member
of the Keiretsu Angel Forum, where he chairs the Cool Stuff committee
(consumer products).
Mr. Matthesen was part of the startup teams at Sybase and Commerce One.
He held numerous positions at both companies, including Vice President /
CIO, Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific region and other executive
management roles in Professional Services, Marketing, and Engineering.
Since then, he has invested in and held executive positions in two biotech
companies, a shipping container company, and several consumer products
companies.
John holds a B.S. in biopsychology and linguistics from the University of
Colorado, Boulder and has studied Telecommunications Engineering at the
University of California, Berkeley (where he is currently studying Mandarin). He
has also served as an adjunct professor of e-commerce at Carnegie-Mellon
University West Coast campus.
Hildy Shandell is a senior executive with a unique combination of expertise in
leading corporate growth, operations, finance and legal. Ms. Shandell joined
Genesis Microchip in September 2006 as Senior Vice President of Corporate
Development and was instrumental in the recent sale of the company to
STMicroelectronics, the world’s fifth largest semiconductor company. Prior to
joining Genesis, Ms. Shandell was the Vice President of Corporate
Development at Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in wired and wireless
broadband communications semiconductors, from September 2002 until
September 2006, where she directed on-going corporate development
activities, including strategic acquisitions, investments and alliances. Ms.
Shandell drove significantly higher acquisition success rates than tech industry
benchmarks with 80% of acquisitions out-performing all targeted sources of
value and 95% retention rates. From January 1999 until May 2002, Ms.
Shandell was with 3Dlabs Inc., a public developer of graphics semiconductors
for computer-aided design, digital content and visual simulation, where she
was most recently Chief Operating Officer. During her tenure at 3Dlabs, Ms.
Shandell worked to return the company to profitability, helping to grow annual
revenues from $4 million to approximately $100 million in three years. From
January 1995 until January 1999, Ms. Shandell was Of Counsel with the
worldwide law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she
represented numerous public and private domestic and international
companies in various high technology industries, in public and private equity
and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions.
From April 1994 until January 1999, Ms. Shandell also served as managing
director of The Renaissance Fund, a private equity fund focused on high
technology and infrastructure investments related to Israel. Ms. Shandell began
her career at Fulbright & Jaworski, an international law firm, from September
1980 until January 1995, serving as a partner from 1990 until 1995.
Aaron Held is a Commercial Officer with the United States Commercial
Service. He is currently on assignment at the United States Export Assistance
Center in San Jose, California, a position he assumed in August 2007. His
portfolio includes the environmental business and professional services
sectors.
Prior to his arrival in San Jose, Mr. Held served as Vice Consul for Commercial
Affairs at the American Consulate General Monterrey, Mexico from December
2004 to July 2007. While responsible for all business sectors in the consular
district of seven Mexican states, Mr. Held spent the bulk of his time focused on
the Monterrey area’s prominent automotive, appliance and industrial
manufacturing sectors.
In the middle of his tour in Mexico, for the month of October 2005, Mr. Held
served on temporary assignment in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula,
Honduras in order to help kick off the newly signed Central America-Dominican
Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) in that signatory
country.
From March 2003 to November 2004, Mr. Held served as a Commercial
Specialist at U.S. Embassy Tokyo. His portfolio included the energy and
environmental business sectors, and the consumer goods sector.
Prior to joining the United States Commercial Service, Mr. Held served as
Associate Director for External Affairs and Manager for U.S. Government Affairs
at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. While there he managed the
advocacy efforts of the American business community, covering over 30 sector-
specific committees on issues including food and agriculture, transportation
and logistics, financial and legal services, medical devices and diagnostics,
healthcare services, and more. Mr. Held also has several years of experience
in corporate communications and public affairs with companies in the United
States and Japan.
Mr. Held holds a Masters degree in Pacific International Affairs (MPIA) from the
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University
of California, San Diego, and speaks Spanish and Japanese. He is married to
the former Yasuko Uchida.
Fred Greguras is of counsel in the Corporate, Technology Transactions and
China Practice Groups at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm specializing in high
technology matters. He practices out of the firm’s
Mountain View, California, office. Mr. Greguras focuses on strategic legal
issues for software, semiconductor-related and life sciences companies. His
practice includes start-up issues and financings in both domestic and
international transactions. He has represented a wide range of
companies in financing, M&A, licensing and other commercial transactions,
from privately held start-ups to publicly traded companies. Mr. Greguras has
also been a venture capitalist and a general counsel and CFO for a startup.
Some of the clients he has represented are: BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Excite@Home, Exodus Communications, Inc., Kintana, Inc., PayEase Corp.,
Speedera Networks, Inc. Mr. Greguras has authored many articles on China
business and legal issues, start-up, financing, outsourcing, Internet and
international legal issues, which are available at www.fenwick.com. He
received a BA in mathematics from University of Omaha in 1966, a MS in
mathematics and computer science in 1968, and his J.D. in 1975 from the
University of Nebraska. Mr. Greguras is a member of the State Bar of California.
Lan Lin is the China Practice Leader at Elanex and CEO for Reports From
China division. Lan is responsible for developing Elanex’s services related to
China. Lan has lived in China, Japan, and America. She was a journalist in
China, and a university professor in Japan. In the United States she has been
a computational linguist, a cross-cultural marketing consultant, and an
entrepreneur. She founded Reports From China (RFC) in 2006, which Elanex
acquired in August 2007. Lan has a BA in Physics from Beijing University, an
MA in Linguistics and Culture from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, and a
Ph.D (ABD) in Linguistics from Kansai Gaidai University in Japan.
Hing Wong is the Vice President at Walden International, a global venture
capital firm. Mr. Wong works out of the Palo Alto and Shanghai China office.
Mr. Wong focuses on the semiconductor sector, especially in China. He
leverages extensive resources in portfolio companies and industry networks to
build value and opportunities. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and
a B.A. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley.
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