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October 15, 2009 | Northern California
The Johnson School Club of the Bay Area and CEN present: Uncensored VC Confessions

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OpenMike Comment from William Carleton I am a startup lawyer in Seattle.

OpenMike Comment from Laurie Carvill Carvill Consulting provides facilities and environmental health & safety consulting services to the life sciences community. We cover all of your facilities and EH&S needs, including construction project management, space planning, real estate, lab layout and design, relocation management, OSHA compliance, environmental permitting, safety training, etc.

OpenMike Comment from Pete Del Vecchio Phobos Energy is a cleantech startup creating products that increase the power output of solar systems while making them much easier to design and install.

OpenMike Comment from Pierre Devaux Manex Consulting is a boutique management consulting firm focused on the manufacturing industry. Our services include strategy, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma implementations, ISO certification assistance, QA/QC improvements, and benchmark assessments.

OpenMike Comment from Jeff Fenigstein I run a retail ecommerce site. I'm interested in talking to others with experience in online marketing - email, PPC, SEO -- and conversion rate improvement.

OpenMike Comment from Yue-shun Ho Live365 empowers thousands of broadcasters to create their own radio stations online and entertains millions of listeners with a vast array of music. The company’s award-winning radio network is available on Live365.com, Apple iTunes, as well as numerous Internet-enabled devices and mobile phones.

OpenMike Comment from David Marr SVB Analytics provides a broad array of key analytical services, including business valuations services for private, venture-backed companies.

OpenMike Comment from Peter Sisson Check out Line2.com to add a second line to your cell phone. Business and personal lines on one phone.

OpenMike Comment from James Stanford Social Ventures Inc. is an incubator of socially responsible companies and donate a percentage of gross revenues to philanthropic organizations in the U.S. We also provide board and C-level support for small to medium size companies for business strategy and product marketing.

OpenMike Comment from Jean Viret Lifes science, high-tech or greentech CFO consulting. Public or private companies.

OpenMike Comment from Daniel Wagner Cornell Student Parent Vendor relationship management for Medical Devices Companies. Extensive experience managing relationships with Flextronics and FlexMedical in San Jose and Shenzhen China. Program Management, Six Sigma Black Belt, Validation, Verification, IQ/OQ/PQ, Regulatory Compliance, FDA, ISO 13485, EN46001, 60601, Labeling.

OpenMike Comment from Lynne Weber Relative to the VC space: Duff & Phelps values early stage companies, develops financial projections for them, performs commercial due diligence on them, and provides sell-side advisory services for capital raising and M&A.

OpenMike Comment from Henry Yen IP Video Surveillance System

OpenMike Comment from Deitrich Zook Deitrich at Zook Law provides superior service to clients in the technology sector.

Name	Cornell Class Year	Cornell College	Business Name
Anurag Agrawal	Class of 2004	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Product Manager, Google
Gad Alon	Class of 2007	Johnson Graduate School of Management	--
Edgar Arvizu	Class of 2008	Johnson Graduate School of Management	--
Parag Bajaria	Class of 2007	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Product Manager, Juniper Networks
Ben Black	Class of 1997	Cornell Law School	Principal, Maveron LLC
Chris Boitnott	Class of 2002	College of Engineering	Solar R&D, Applied Materials
Richard Bowen	Class of 2007	College of Engineering	Product Manager, Fortify Software
Loretta Breuning	Class of 1975	School of Industrial and Labor Relations	professor emeritus, Loretta G Breuning
William Carleton	Class of 1991	Cornell Law School	Member, McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC
Phil Carter	Class of 1986	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	--
Laurie Carvill	Class of 1997	College of Engineering	Owner, Carvill Consulting
YanPei Chao	Class of 1996	College of Engineering	--
Kenny Chao	Class of 2005	Cornell Law School	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Caroline Corner	Class of 2003	College of Engineering	Founder, Corner Bioscience Consulting
Jean-Baptiste Cossart	Class of 2006	College of Arts and Sciences	Kingfish Group
Peter Cronin	--	--	Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs, Cornell Law School
Pete Del Vecchio	Class of 1987	College of Engineering	CEO, Phobos Energy, Inc.
Pierre Devaux	Class of 2002	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Director of Business Development, Manex Consulting
Lara Dickinson	Class of 1994	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Marketing and Sales consultant, Lara Jackle Dickinson
Jeff Erhardt	Class of 1998	College of Engineering	Director Corporate Development
Emily Fang	Class of 2008	College of Engineering	Applied Materials
Jeff Fenigstein	Class of 2001	Johnson Graduate School of Management	President, MyPleasure
Dennis Fernandez	--	--	Managing Partner, Fernandez & Associates, LLP
Gabor Foldes	Class of 2002	College of Arts and Sciences	MBA Candidate, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Renee Fong	Class of 2001	School of Hotel Administration	Alumni Affairs, The Johnson School
Richard Freedland	--	--	President, Data Enhancement Services
Trevor Goss	Class of 2005	School of Hotel Administration	CEO/Founder, varsidee
Pietari Grohn	Class of 2006	Cornell Law School	Attorney / Entrepreneur, Starter Law, PLC
Daniel Gwak	--	--	--
Yair Harel	Class of 2004	Johnson Graduate School of Management	--
Mark Hartnett	Class of 1991	College of Arts and Sciences	Product Manager, NanoString Technologies
Tony Ho	Class of 2006	Johnson Graduate School of Management	--
Yue-shun Ho	Class of 1990	College of Engineering	Consultant, Live365
Yu-Jen Hsiao	Class of 1990	College of Engineering	Staff Engineer, Juniper Networks
Gideon Intrater	Class of 1989	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	VP, Architecture, Symwave
Bob Jacobson	Class of 1986	College of Arts and Sciences	President & CEO, Mixonic
Jeff Jensen	Class of 1982	College of Engineering	CEO, Fluxion Biosciences
Alex Kami	Class of 1990	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Finance Manager, Logitech, Inc.
Shohei Kaneko	Class of 89	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Managing Director, PacificVisioin Partners
Scott Killips	Class of 1975	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Partner, Preserve Capital Group
Barbara Krause	Class of 1998	Cornell Law School	Bingham
Clayton Kunz	Class of 2002	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Senior Manager, eBay, Inc.
Travis Lee	Class of 2005	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Systems Engineer, Life Technologies
Eric Lee	Class of 2005	College of Engineering	Software Architect, Like.com
William Lin	Class of 1990	College of Engineering	--
Hong Lin	Class of 2002	College of Engineering	--
Eduardo Llach	Class of 1981	College of Engineering	CMO, SearchRev
George Lo	--	--	Global Practice Director, CA (Computer Associates)
David Marr	Class of 2008	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Associate, Silicon Valley Bank Analytics
Eugene Mirkin	Class of 2007	Computer Science	Co-founder & CTO, Via-Cell Technologies LLC
Molly Morse	Class of 2003	College of Engineering	--
Shannon Murray	Class of 1994	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Sr. Director, Cornell Business Communities
Amit Nisenbaum	--	--	Global Operations and Strategy, Better Place Inc.
Daniella Oana	Class of 1999	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Chief of Staff, Deloitte
Lorena Peer	Class of 2001	Johnson Graduate School of Management	--
Mike Polyakov	Class of 2002	College of Arts and Sciences	--
Euwyn Poon	Class of 2004	College of Arts and Sciences	--
Shriniwas Rao	Class of 2004	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Director, Product Management, Acronis, Inc.
Madhusudhan Reddy	Class of 2000	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Product Manager, McAfee, Inc.
Michael Robinton	--	--	President, Arangen, Inc.
Maheen Samad	Class of 2000	College of Engineering	--
Theodore Serbinski	Class of 2004	College of Engineering	Director of Digital Media, Lifetime
Gideon Shaanan	Class of 1989	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Adizes Institute
Srikant Sharma	Class of 1995	Johnson Graduate School of Management	EVP, General Manager, Northbound LLC
Zach Shulman	--	--	Cornell - The Johnson School
Peter Sisson	Class of 1985	College of Architecture, Art, and Planning	Founder / CEO, Toktumi, Inc.
Alex Sloan	Class of 1998	Johnson Graduate School of Management	--
Andrew Smolik	Class of 2009	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Business Development, CourseRank
Lisa Solomon	--	--	--
Raj Soundar	Class of 1995	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Director, Northbound LLC
Kelly Speiser	--	--	Assistant Director, Cornell on the Road
James Stanford	Class of 1991	College of Engineering	Founder, Social Ventures Inc.
Nancy Tomkins	Class of 1977	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Principal, Words By Design
Charles Tran	Class of 1982	College of Engineering	Principal, SUN-CyberLink-Consulting
Lyn Travis	--	--	--
Jean Viret	Class of 1997	Johnson Graduate School of Management	President, JVCONSULTING
Daniel Wagner	Class of 2013	College of Arts and Sciences	CEO, CYNCRONIX
Lynne Weber	Class of 1976	College of Arts and Sciences	Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, LLC
Griff Weber	Class of 1976	College of Arts and Sciences	--
Paul Werbaneth	Class of 1979	College of Engineering	Vice President - Marketing, Tegal Corporation
Bob Xu	Class of 1995	Johnson Graduate School of Management	COO, ProPlus
Henry Yen	Class of 1982	College of Engineering	--
Jesse Yu	Class of 2004	College of Engineering	Associate, Cleantech, Crosslink Capital
Steve Yu	Class of 2004	School of Hotel Administration	Strategic Partnerships, UpTake.com
Mark Zamoyski	Class of 1978	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Founder & Chairman, NexGen Biomedical, Inc.
Deitrich Zook	Class of 2006	Cornell Law School	Attorney, Zook Law
allan aks	Class of 2002	Johnson Graduate School of Management	Genentech, unc