Harvard Business School Association of Northern California

AGENDA:
11:45-12:00 Registration, Networking and Food
12:00-12:15 SVASE/Startup-U Overview, Introductions, Speaker Intro
12:15-1:15 Speaker Presentation & Interactive Q&A
1:15-1:30 Networking with the presenters!

$6.50 for HBSA/NC members

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The Panel:

Sean Jacobsohn, Co-Founder Harvard Angels and VP Channel Management, Cornerstone OnDemand
Rick Lewis, Prinicpal, USVP
Jean-Philippe Emelie Marcos, VP, D. E. Shaw

Please bring your questions for a lively interactive discussion.

Speaker Bios:

Sean Jacobsohn has been an alliances and sales executive in the technology-enabled business services space since 1999. He's VP of Channel Management at Cornerstone OnDemand, a human capital management software-as-a-service provider, which has grown from 300,000 to 3.5 million subscribers, the third most of any SaaS company in the world, during his tenure. Previously he was VP Sales and Partner Development atWageWorks, a leading provider of consumer-directed spending solutions, which grew from $3 million to $82 million in revenue during his 4 year tenure. He spent 3.5 years at Elance, the world’s largest marketplace ofcontractors, which sold its software unit to Click Commerce (CKCM). He also has held finance positions at Major League Baseball and The Prudential Realty Group. Jacobsohn has an MBA from Harvard BusinessSchool and a BBA in Marketing,Finance, and International Business from University of Wisconsin.He is a co-founder of the Harvard Angels, board member of ecoReserve, advisor of Crosscut Ventures, and the immediate past President of the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California.

Jean-PhilippeEmelie Marcos is a vice president of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and an executive of the D. E. Shaw group’s venture capital unit. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Emelie Marcos was a senior associate at Doll Capital Management, an early-stage technology venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, where he was responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and financing investment opportunities as well as guiding portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, strategy, and monetization. Prior to that, he was a consultant in the Palo Altooffice of Bain & Company, where he advised large technology companies on strategy and operational issues. Previousto that, he operated from Bain’s London office, where he worked with top-tier European buyout and venture capital firms on investments in a wide range of industries across Europe. Mr. Emelie Marcos began his career at Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. in London, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions. He previously served asa lieutenant in the 6th Paratrooper Regiment of Marines of the French Army and led special operations training and combat platoons in France and Africa. He received his bachelor’s degree in business and finance from ESSEC (École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales) in France and his M.B.A. from Harvard BusinessSchool.

Rick Lewis is a technologist and former entrepreneur who invests in information technology and cleantech. He has led or supported USVP investments in software and services (myYearbook.com, Hooked Media Group, and ThreatMetrix), semiconductor infrastructure (Intermolecular), and cleantech (Redwood Systems). Current interest areas within IT include security and enterprise software, infrastructure technology, and e-commerce. Within cleantech, Rick focuses on software, systems, and components that facilitate advances in two important areas: energy efficiency and sustainable agriculture. In addition to these interests, Rick is eager to hear from the very best entrepreneurs who conceive of disruptive new technologies that do not lend themselves to straightforward categorization.

Prior to joining USVP, Rick spent six years in high-tech leadership roles spanning software engineering, product management, operations, and strategy--for market leaders like Autodesk and Walt Disney Imagineering,and also in a startup environment as a co-founder of Design Variations Inc., a 3D design software startup funded by Parametric Technology Corporation. Rick also held positions at Sun Microsystems and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and in McKinsey & Company's high-techpractice. Rick has been published for his research in computer graphicsat UC Berkeley, and is a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. Rick holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Californiaat Davis (summa cum laude), an M.S. in Computer Science from the Universityof California at Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Harvard BusinessSchool, where he graduated with Distinction.

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Pre-registrationcloses at 9 AM the day of the event.