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February 10, 2008 | Northern California
CEN in partnership with Entrepreneurship@Cornell and Cornell Silicon Valley (CSV) present: Emerging Markets: The 2008 Entrepreneurship Event
OpenMike Comment from Emil Abelaf
AADV will be introducing the most advanced driving simulator into the US market.


OpenMike Comment from Alice Anderson
Legal ease/services for nonprofits. Don't set your nonprofit up for problems -- do your legal work right the first time.
"We save the people who save the world."


OpenMike Comment from Yasamin Bahadorzadeh
Mulberry Pi is a new company that designs,and manufactures political action figures. Now looking to expnad in marketting strategies. www.puppetics.com


OpenMike Comment from Steve Benjamin
I'm looking for a Bay Area commercial real estate investment in the $6 million range.


OpenMike Comment from Dan DiPasquo
I am exploring cleantech business opportunities and looking for potential partners or an opportunity to join at an early stage.


OpenMike Comment from Michele Ehlers
Global Visionary with new model of Transformational Global Leadership. Focus on coaching top level leaders in business, government, and media in expanding capacities in global vision and global reach. Extensive experience working with leaders working across language and culture barriers. Leads workshops and is available for speaking engagements in Transformational Global Leadership.


OpenMike Comment from William Fleig
Would like to reenter the electrical engineering work force.


OpenMike Comment from Yue-shun Ho
Open to career opportunities in corporate business development and investment finance.

I bring a mix of technology industry background and investment finance experience, having received a Master's in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and CFA designation, along with hands-on experience in Venture Capital, Equity Research, and the Technology sector.


OpenMike Comment from Brad Jester
Currently doing internship for Solar startup. Interested in hearing about full-time positions with Clean-tech companies in U.S. and overseas.


OpenMike Comment from Kenneth Kruszka
m-Via is the industry leader in Mobile Transactions Enablement, providing financial service providers, mobile operators, or any company or organization wanting to bring Mobile Transactions to their customers with turn-key products and solutions.


OpenMike Comment from Gregory Levow
LiveOps is the leader in virtual contact center technology and services. Our on-demand call center applications instantly provide an enterprise-scale virtual call center solution, and our network of
16,000 experienced agents represent companies in wide variety of industries. htp://www.liveops.com


OpenMike Comment from John Lin
We are a seed funded start-up, building hardware, firmware, and middleware for mesh network ZigBee technology space. We enable energy conservation through AMI and Home/Building automation. Looking for VC / investors.


OpenMike Comment from George Lo
Technology entrepreneur and marketing professional


OpenMike Comment from Eric Novikoff
ENKI provides outsourced information technology operations services (including virtual private datacenter hosting, systems administration, and application deployment) to startups and growth companies. We empower companies to do business on the Internet without intensive investment in staffing or technology by offering utility-billed computing and operations solutions. http://www.computingutility.net


OpenMike Comment from Joyce Reynolds-Sinclair, Ph.D.
Joyce Reynolds-Sinclair, Ph.D. is a Managing Director with GeoGroup Strategic Services (for virtual, high velocity strategy development & deployment especially effective with geographically dispersed teams) & with 5Dynamics (a new online assessment that reflects how your mind is hard-wired to process information and uses results to improves team & organizational effectiveness & increases self-awareness. Joyce is also co-founder and past president of the Association for Strategic Planning-NorCal chapter, and on the national ASP Board.


OpenMike Comment from Jocelina Santos
Third year tenure-track professor seeking industry connections for possible research in Corporate Social Responsibility (areas of interest includee Supply chain, accessibility, green issues)


OpenMike Comment from Jan Stensland
Jan’s company provides indoor environmental quality and sustainable design consulting, education, and research to health care, universities, manufacturers, and government agencies both stateside and abroad.


OpenMike Comment from Nancy Tubbs
FullCalendar publicizes local events for $19.95 per event.


OpenMike Comment from James Weisenstein
I have 29 years of industry experience in building and managing businesses, and am committed to the growth of entrepreneurial ventures in the Monterey Bay region. For the past 10 years I have been active as a business school instructor, executive coach, angel investor, management consultant, board member and founder in a variety of early stage business ventures. Prior to that I spent 19 years at Intel Corporation, founding new business ventures within Intel and leading business and engineering teams. Recently, I have also taken on the role of Director and Organizer of Lighthouse Bank in Santa Cruz.


Current Primary Sort Direction Indicator.  Click to reverse sort direction.Name Cornell Class Year Cornell College Business Name
Emil Abelaf Class of 1975 College of Engineering Founder, AA Driving Ventures
Sanjay Aiyagari Class of 1993 College of Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco Systems
Garret Albert Class of MBA '06 Johnson Graduate School of Management New Business and Venture Investments, Agilent Technologies
Saeed Amidi -- -- President and CEO, Plug and Play Tech Center
Saeed Amidi -- -- Plug and Play Tech Center - President
Alice Anderson Class of 1991 Cornell Law School CEO/Attorney, Anderson Nonprofit Strategies
Darren Ashworth -- -- --
Diego Asturias Class of 2007 College of Engineering Software Engineer, Cisco
Yasamin Bahadorzadeh Class of 2007 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences none
Guest:    Farzam Farrokhi -- -- Founder/ President, Mulberry Pi
Parag Bajaria Class of 2007 Johnson Graduate School of Management Prod Mgr - Partner Solutions Development Platform, Juniper Networks
Gonzalo Begazo Class of 2003 Johnson Graduate School of Management U.S. Controller, Google
Steve Benjamin Class of 1980 College of Engineering Managing Partner, Stromiga
Megan Bergtholdt Class of '06 College of Engineering Manager, ROI Business Unit, San Francisco Consulting Group
Geeta Bhadauria -- -- Six Sigma Blackbelt
Loretta Breuning Class of 1975 School of Industrial and Labor Relations Professor Emerita of International Business, California State University, East Bay
Richard Brewer Class of 1992 College of Arts and Sciences Sr. Manager of Market Intelligence, Intuit
Vineet Buch Class of MS '96 -- Principal, BlueRun Ventures
David Campbell Class of '06 College of Arts and Sciences Loan Analyst, Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation
Phil Carter Class of '86 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Vice President, Quinstreet, Inc.
Franz Chen Class of MEn '95 College of Engineering President, OzyTEK LLC
Guest:    Agnes Lam -- -- Consultant - Broker, Wayne Mascia Associate
Ted Chen Class of 1974 College of Engineering Manager founder, Tavaroo
Albert Chen Class of '99 College of Engineering Network Applications Manager, Ciphermax
Guest:    Amy Yen -- -- Hardware Engineer, Nvidia
Susan Chen Class of 1991 College of Arts and Sciences Vice President, Business Development, Yahoo!
William Chestnut Class of 1978 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Senior Supervisor, Analytical Services, Bill Chestnut
Elton Cheung Class of 2004 College of Engineering Engineer, MediaPhy
Marko Chew Class of 1983 College of Engineering Technical Marketing, Mentor Graphics
Stephanie Chow Class of MBA '06 Johnson Graduate School of Management Business Development Manager, Agilent Technologies
Ralph Christy -- -- Fouder and Director, Market Matters Inc., Professor
Randolph Chung Class of 1999 College of Engineering Director, Engineering, PeopleTech
Regina Clewlow Class of 2001 College of Engineering Executive Director, Engineers for a Sustainable World
Greg Coladonato Class of '93 -- Product Manager, Google
Rachael Collins Class of 1985 College of Human Ecology President, FuturesQuest
Jeff Cortez Class of '96, MEn '97 College of Engineering Interactive Producer, McCann Worldgroup
Vijay Damojipurapu Class of 2007 Johnson Graduate School of Management Industry Marketing Manager, Aruba Networks
Carol DiBenedetto Class of 1986 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Director, ProjectDev, Global Footprint Network
Dan DiPasquo Class of 1997 College of Engineering --
Robert Dickinson -- -- --
Arjun Divecha Class of MBA '81 Johnson Graduate School of Management Portfolio Manager, GMO Emerging Markets
Drew Doblar Class of 1989, 1991 College of Engineering --
Michele Ehlers Class of 1982 College of Arts and Sciences Co-Founder, Lead Visionary, Global Leadership Network
John Fan Class of 2002 College of Engineering Director, IC design in China
Feleciai Favroth Class of 1987 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Broker/Owner, Next Level Real Estate Sales and Investments
Gordon Fleig Class of '67, MS '69 College of Engineering Engr. Dev. Mgr., Bio-Rad Laboratories
William Fleig Class of '63, MEn '65 College of Engineering Retired Engineer
Robert Fogel Class of '80 College of Engineering World Wide Director, Grid Strategy, Intel Corporation
Dina Gabriel Class of 2007 School of Industrial and Labor Relations HR MAP/Total Rewards, Hewlett Packard
Jenna Ghosheh Class of '06 -- --
Elise Giancola -- -- --
Navneet Govil Class of 1996 Johnson Graduate School of Management Business Unit CFO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Suresh Govindachar Class of 1992 -- --
Robert Halperin Class of 1949 College of Engineering President, Retired, Independent Investor, Raychem
Yair Harel Class of 2004 Johnson Graduate School of Management --
Myra Hart Class of 1962 College of Arts and Sciences Professor, Harvard Business School
Scott Henderson Class of 1983 School of Hotel Administration Managing Director, The Mackenzie Group
Frank Hicks Class of 1999 College of Arts and Sciences --
Yue-shun Ho Class of MEn '90 College of Engineering Thomvest Ventures
Danny Hsu Class of 2005 Johnson Graduate School of Management Marketing Manager, Buzzillions.com
Guest:    Caroline Co Class of 2004 Johnson Graduate School of Management Strategy Manager, Avaya
John Humphrey Class of 1967 College of Engineering President, Humphrey Engineering, Inc.
Joe Hupcey III Class of 2000 Johnson Graduate School of Management Director of Product Marketing, Cadence
Guest:    Kristin Bosetti -- -- Research Analyst, SRI
Bob Huret Class of 1965 School of Industrial and Labor Relations Partner, Financial Technology Ventures
Guest:    Judy Huret -- -- Vice Chairman, Huret, Rothenberg & Co
Lara Jackle Class of 1994 Johnson Graduate School of Management CEO, Lightfull Foods
Sumeet Jain Class of 98 College of Engineering Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Melialani James Class of 2000 School of Hotel Administration Producer, Big Sky Media, LLC
John Jaquette -- -- Executive Director, Entrepreneurship@Cornell, Cornell University
Brad Jester Class of 2001 College of Engineering Sungevity
Karen Jewett Class of 1979 College of Human Ecology Grad School applicant
Eric Johnson Class of '98 College of Engineering Co-founder, Skyline Solar
Karen Kao -- -- --
Paul Katzeff Class of '59 -- CEO, Thanksgiving Coffee
Pat Kelleher Class of 1985 School of Industrial and Labor Relations VP, People Services, Arangen, Inc.
Guest:    Michael Robinton -- -- President, Arangen, Inc.
Adam Kerin Class of '06 College of Engineering Graphics Engineer/Analyst, Intel
Guest:    Valerie Rozycki -- -- eBay
Azhar Khan Class of 1992 College of Engineering Co-Founder & VP Engineering, Riya, Inc
Anna Kharbas Class of 1994 School of Industrial and Labor Relations Business Development, Preferred Meats
Han Kim Class of '85, MEn '87 -- Senior Manager, Cisco Entrepreneur Institute
Vivekananda Kolla Class of 1996 Computer Science Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation
Sergei Krasulya Class of 2002 College of Engineering Global Product Manager, Applied Materials
Kenneth Kruszka Class of 1994 College of Engineering CEO, m-Via Inc.
Taek Kwon Class of '96 -- Operating Partner, TPTPG Growth
Jay LeBoeuf Class of 1999 College of Engineering CTO, Imagine Research, Imagine Research
Wayne Lee Class of 2000 College of Arts and Sciences Engineer, FormFactor
Peter E. Lee Class of 1963 School of Hotel Administration Director, Western Regional Office, Cornell University
Gregory Levow Class of 2004 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Sr Manager, Business Solutions & Operations, LiveOps, Inc.
Wilson Li Class of 2004 Johnson Graduate School of Management Deloitte Consulting
John Lin Class of 1987 College of Arts and Sciences CEO, Wireless Glue Networks Inc.
Zheng Liu Class of 2002 College of Engineering Software Engineer
George Lo -- -- Director, Services Marketing Programs, Computer Associates (CA)
Jennifer Lynham Cunningham Class of 1992 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Director, Cornell Entrepreneur Network
Mac MacCorkle Class of 1964 College of Engineering Founder, MacCorkle Insurance Services
Carol MacCorkle Class of 1964 College of Arts and Sciences Broker, Coldwwell Banker
Daniel Malik Class of '06 College of Engineering Alternative Energy Analyst, Criterion Capital Management
Kevin McGovern Class of '70 -- CEO and Chairman, McGovern Capital LLC
Lisa McGovern -- -- --
Grant Meyer Class of 2007 College of Engineering Biosensor R&D, SRI International
Daniel Miller Class of 1978 College of Engineering Managing Director, Co-Founder, The Roda Group
Chris Miller Class of '93 College of Arts and Sciences President, ResponseLink
Riaz Moledina Class of '82, MEn '83 College of Engineering Principal, Horizon Investments
Michael Moore Class of 1987 -- --
Larry Nelson Class of MBA '87 -- Director of Global Citizenship, Sun Microsystems
Scott Nesmith Class of '98 College of Engineering Director, Software Engineering, IGN Entertainment
Andrew Neuman Class of MBA '95 Johnson Graduate School of Management Project Manager, Yahoo! Inc.
Brenda Niem Class of 2000 School of Hotel Administration --
Guest:    Awais Khan -- -- KPMG LLP
Eric Novikoff Class of MS '85 College of Engineering CFO / Owner, ENKI
Sarah Peach Class of 1997 College of Arts and Sciences Director of Venture Technology, Siemens TTB
Bruno Pillet -- -- --
Ana Pinczuk Class of '84, MS '85 -- VP Engineering, Cisco
Mike Pope Class of '77, MEn '78 College of Engineering Partner, Olliance Group, LLC
Tamara Pulsts Class of 1985 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences --
Steve Raab Class of '84, MS '85 College of Engineering --
Michael Rattner Class of 2000 College of Engineering AdvancedMEMS
Jeffrey Resnick Class of 1972 College of Engineering --
Joyce Reynolds-Sinclair, Ph.D. Class of 1972 School of Industrial and Labor Relations Managing Director, Geo Group Strategic Services, Inc.
Laurie Robinson Class of 1977 College of Arts and Sciences Director of Development, Cornell University
Ori Rosenthal Class of MBA '07 Johnson Graduate School of Management Senior Business Operations Analyst, Maxim Integrated Products
Barbara Ryan Class of PhD '68 College of Arts and Sciences CEO, Minitab, Inc.
Jocelina Santos Class of 1984 School of Hotel Administration Asst. Professor, San Jose State University
Scott Schwertscharf Class of 2006 College of Arts and Sciences --
Richard Sessions Class of 1971 College of Engineering Managing Partner, Altis Solutions
Ingvar Sigurjonsson Class of 2009 -- M.S. in mathematics, Recent grad
Sunil Singh Class of 1988 College of Engineering CEO & President, Informance & Citadel Ventures
John Skinner Class of 1984 College of Engineering Business Development, Intel Corporation
Todd Skinner Class of 2001 College of Arts and Sciences --
Daniel Sommer Class of 1997 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences --
James Stanford Class of 1991 College of Engineering CEO & Founder, Social Ventures Inc.
Jan Stensland Class of MS '98 College of Human Ecology Founding Principal, Inside Matters
James Stocker Class of 1951 College of Arts and Sciences --
Guest:    Pat Stocker Class of '53 --
Cathy Tang Class of 2007 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Google, Associate Product Marketing Manager
Nathalie Tcholagheu -- -- --
Kris Teng Class of 2004 -- --
Nancy Tubbs Class of 1982 College of Engineering CEO & Founder, FullCalendar
Diego Valderrama Class of '95 College of Arts and Sciences Economist, Fed Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Joseph Wagda Class of 1972 Johnson Graduate School of Management Managing Principal, Altamont Management
T Chester Wang -- College of Arts and Sciences Managing Director, Acorn Campus Ventures
Yiwei Wang Class of '04 College of Arts and Sciences --
Guest:    Tamir Lance Class of 2004 College of Engineering
Kevin Warner -- -- Senior Director, Cisco Systems
Robert Watts Class of '96, MS '98 College of Engineering CTO, C. I. Exchange, Inc.
James Weisenstein Class of '77, MEn '78 College of Engineering President and Founder, Graystone Consulting
Paul Werbaneth Class of 1979 College of Engineering Senior Director, Marketing, Tegal Corporation
Nora Wetzel Class of '07 College of Arts and Sciences --
Guest:    Fred Wetzel -- --
Susan Wieder Wagner Class of 1969 College of Architecture, Art, and Planning owner, Susan Wagner Designs LLC
Gary Wiesehahn Class of 1971 College of Arts and Sciences Medical Device Devel. Consultant, Self Employed
Wendy Wilson Class of 1995 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Environmental Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kendall Wu Class of 1996 College of Arts and Sciences Associate Product Manager, Affymetrix
Guest:    Elizabeth Goley -- -- Product Manager, Affymetrix
Huaqiang Wu Class of PhD '05 College of Engineering --
Charles Wu Class of 1991 College of Arts and Sciences Sr. Product Manager, Yahoo
Jesse Yu Class of 2004 College of Engineering Associate, Corporate Strategy, Applied Materials
Bernard Yu Class of 1995 -- Consultant
Albert Yu Class of 1998 School of Hotel Administration Crowne Plaza San Jose
Deitrich Zook Class of JD '06 Cornell Law School Attorney