January 19, 2012: Web and Mobile Apps – A New Frontier For Software

October 23, 2011

in Events,Mobile Computing,Software,Web Apps

John O’Farrell, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz: “The shift to mobile and cloud computing will create a new generation of enterprise software giants, leaving the traditional incumbents in the dust.”

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Our panel of executives will address the rapid growth of cloud computing and expansion of mobile consumer and enterprise applications and how this has changed the software industry with significantly shorter development timelines, lower production costs, simpler distribution channels, and new revenue models. How does NM fit into this new and rapidly evolving landscape? What are the state’s unique advantages?

Our All-Star panel of NM-based software entrepreneurs:

Andrew Van Luchene
Founder and CEO of Jackrabbit Systems
Having already successfully started-up five organizations, Van Luchene is a proven entrepreneur and specialist in inventing technology systems for the e-commerce applications industry.

  • JackRabbit Systems – customized search engine allows visitors to book lodging directly through its flagship product, BookDirect™
  • Leviathan Entertainment – an intellectual property development and licensing company
  • VL Properties – the business purchases and leases commercial property in Santa Fe, NM
  • Blue Lava Group – an online retailer that sold hard goods in a number of categories
  • RetailDNA – the company sells a software product called the Digital Deal

Today, Van Luchene is President and CEO of JackRabbit Systems, which he founded in 2003. JackRabbit Systems is the pioneer search engine which allows visitors to book lodging properties directly through its flagship product, BookDirect™. The company’s goal is to eliminate the middleman costs that other online travel providers incur for hotels, while enhancing the visitor’s experience and increasing room nights in selected destinations. The BookDirect™ search engine is live on over 200 top destination websites throughout North America.

Doruk Aytulu
Co-Founder and CEO, InBox Fever, and recent participant in Tech All-Stars, Boulder, CO
Doruk has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He got his MBA at San Diego State University, where as a graduate assistant, he worked with DARPA and CCAT on market assessment projects for early stage technologies. Following his passion for early stage technology and innovation commercialization, he worked for the Los Alamos National Laboratory. At LANL, Doruk identified commercially viable technologies, spun out companies, licensed technologies, and administered an internal technology maturation fund. As part of his regional economic development responsibilities he worked with over 200 Southern California and New Mexico high-tech companies. Doruk happily takes the meetings so that others don’t have to.

Marshall Monroe
Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Marshall Monroe MAGIC
Marshall Monroe MAGIC is a strategic visioning consultancy and studio headquartered in New Mexico. The firm leverages Monroe’s pioneering research into the new science of “Quantum Leap Mechanics™,” with clients ranging from HBO and Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures, to NASA and the DoD. The firm’s venture arm just completed a successful mobile strategy and development partnership effort (native iOS app) with leading internet retailer wine.com, and they have two follow-on mobile development efforts in works. Monroe spent 14 years as a Creative Executive with the Walt Disney Company and was a founding member of the Disney Research and Development Division. He holds 14 patents for entertainment technologies in use literally all over the world. Monroe is active in entertainment as well as federal R&D communities, having chaired the New Mexico Governor’s Council for Film and Digital Media, and as a member of the Director of National Intelligence’s Intelligence Science Board. He is also a delegate to the exclusive Forbes Global CEO Conference, held each year in various Pacific Rim and ASEAN host nations.

Discussion Leader:

Todd Hand
Managing Partner, Talent Capital Group
Todd Hand, a CVF Board member since 2006, is the Managing Partner at Talent Capital Group, a venture capital-backed executive search firm in Boston. Consulting with company boards and founders, Todd specializes in identifying “high impact” leaders to drive the success of technology start-ups. Todd stepped away for two years to be COO & VP of Sales & Marketing at CleanSwitch, a solar technology integrator. CleanSwitch was a client of the company of Talent Capital Group. Prior, Todd recruited management teams for Idealab, a creator and operator of technology companies. He moved there from the Yankee Group, a Boston-based technology market research firm, where he opened sales offices throughout the US, hired and managed the inside sales and marketing teams, and built the company’s recruiting department. Since 1994, Todd has filled hundreds of technology management positions. Todd has been invited as a guest writer for NetworkWorld. He holds a BA from Penn State and is a two-time Ironman finisher.

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Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Time: 6-8 pm (5:30 pm cocktails)
Venue: Prairie Star Restaurant
288 Prairie Star Rd
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).

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October 20, 2011: State of Venture Capital in New Mexico

August 23, 2011

in Events,Investing

Join us at The Inn at Loretto in Santa Fe for the annual CVF update on the State of Venture Capital New Mexico.

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PANEL MODERATOR

Todd Hand

Todd Hand, Managing Partner
Talent Capital Group

Todd Hand, a CVF Board member since 2006, is the Managing Partner at Talent Capital Group, a venture capital-backed executive search firm in Boston. Consulting with company boards and founders, Todd specializes in identifying “high impact” leaders to drive the success of technology start-ups. Todd stepped away for two years to be COO & VP of Sales & Marketing at CleanSwitch, a solar technology integrator. CleanSwitch was a client of the company of Talent Capital Group. Prior, Todd recruited management teams for Idealab, a creator and operator of technology companies. He moved there from the Yankee Group, a Boston-based technology market research firm, where he opened sales offices throughout the US, hired and managed the inside sales and marketing teams, and built the company’s recruiting department. Since 1994, Todd has filled hundreds of technology management positions. Todd has been invited as a guest writer for NetworkWorld. He holds a BA from Penn State and is a two-time Ironman finisher.

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Brian Birk

Brian Birk, Managing Partner
Sun Mountain Capital

Brian Birk has over 20 years experience as an operating executive and investor. Mr. Birk co-founded Sun Mountain Capital, a boutique private equity firm focused on the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions, in 2006. Since that time Sun Mountain has grown to be one of the largest PE firms in the region, and currently manages direct investment funds and fund of funds vehicles. Prior to forming Sun Mountain Capital, Mr. Birk was a Vice President and Director of Private Equity at Fort Washington Capital Partners where he helped the firm establish and manage a number of private equity direct investment funds, secondary investment funds, and fund of funds programs.

Mr. Birk was a founder or senior executive at several high profile start-ups, including MetaWeb (acquired by Google), Applied Minds and BiosGroup. In addition, Mr. Birk has held a senior manager position at the Boston Consulting Group and finance manager positions at General Electric and GE Capital. Mr. Birk has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BS in economics from Carleton College.

Mr. Birk is a Board Member of Sun Mountain Capital portfolio companies Aspen Avionics, American Clay, Exagen Diagnostics, Lumidigm and Puente Partners. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association.

David Blivin

David Blivin
Cottonwood Technology Fund

David Blivin is a founder and managing director of Cottonwood Technology Fund (CTF). CTF is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital fund focused on the Rio Grande Technology Corridor, and focused on identifying and supporting compelling emerging technology companies based in the region. In addition, Mr. Blivin is managing director of Cottonwood Technology Group (CTG). CTG is focused on supporting and creating programs and the ecosystem related to successful technology commercialization in Los Alamos and throughout New Mexico. Prior to founding the Cottonwood entities Mr. Blivin had a long and successful investment and entrepreneurial career. Dave founded and served as Managing Director of Southeast Interactive where over a five-year period he successfully built the team that established the first and largest information technology-focused fund based in the Southeast. During his tenure, Southeast Interactive raised three funds totaling over $175 million. He was directly involved in fund raising and exit transaction events totaling in excess of $1 billion across the portfolio and generated cash on cash returns on his directed investments of over 4X.

Before founding Southeast Interactive, Dave served as the Chief Financial Officer of Montrose Capital Corporation, a merchant-banking firm that formed and managed over 20 limited partnerships representing in excess of $100 million in equity and $350 million in total capitalization. Prior to joining Montrose Capital Corporation, he worked as a Senior Auditor with Arthur Andersen LLP where he audited several companies in the technology and communications fields. Dave has also participated on numerous boards of directors including The Pantry (nasdaq-PTRY), Opensite (sold to Siebel), Accipiter (sold to CMGI), Nitronex, Channelogics (sold to Scientific Atlanta) and Buildnet. He is an MBA graduate of the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Katie Szczepaniak Rice

Katie Szczepaniak Rice
Epic Ventures

Katie Szczepaniak Rice is a Senior Associate with Epic Ventures, a venture capital firm headquartered in Salt Lake City specializing in early-stage technology investments. Prior to joining Epic, Katie was a strategic market analyst at Cabot Corporation in advanced materials for alternative energy markets. Before Cabot, Katie was a consultant with Kline & Co., a business consulting firm serving Fortune 100 companies as well as emerging businesses. Before Kline, Ms. Szczepaniak Rice was a field engineer in the energy sector for Schlumberger in France.

Katie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the University of Chicago. She is on the board of DOTGO, serves as an observer on the boards of Iosil and Intern Inc., and assists on the boards of BrightTag, Aspen Avionic and Lumidigm. Katie also serves on boards and committees for several community and industry organizations including Astia, SVForum, NMBio, and New Mexico TechGYRLS.

Francine Sommer

Francine Sommer, Special General Partner
Village Ventures Fund II

Francine Sommer, a CVF Director since 2006, is a Special General Partner of Village Ventures Fund II, responsible for investments in New Mexico. She is a founder of the predecessor to newyorkangels.com and is a past President of the Venture Investors Association of NY. She was during the Giuliani administration on the Board and Executive Committee of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. She is a Board member of the NMVCA and was Chairperson of the Board of New Mexico Angels. She also serves on the the Board of Directors of The Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe. She was formerly Senior Vice President, Head of the Angel Funds Group, Wit Capital, General Partner, Gabelli Multimedia Partners, Managing Director, First Security Management, President of 655 Associates and Vice President, Research & Science Investors. Ms. Sommer is a graduate of the Columbia Business School.

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: The Inn at Loretto, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).

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July 21, 2011: Film/Digital Media

June 22, 2011

in Events,Film & Digital Media

The State of the New Mexico Film Industry – What are the terms of the new legislation as it relates to production, logistics and raising of capital?

Join us for a panel discussion about the New Mexico film industry and the impact of new legislation. Read a press release on the event.

Update, July 26, 2011: Read the New Mexico Business Weekly article covering the Coronado Ventures Forum panel discussion.

The following are links on state incentive programs for film production in New Mexico and elsewhere:

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PANEL MODERATOR

Eric Witt – former head of Motion Picture Association of NM and advisor to Gov. Bill Richardson
Following a career in entertainment finance in Los Angeles, Witt headed legislative and political affairs for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson—a position he held throughout that administration. As Deputy Chief of Staff he also directed the expansion of media industries in New Mexico including film and television production.

PANELISTS

Brian Egolf – State Representative, District 47
Brian received a bachelor’s degree in diplomacy and public service from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.  While in Washington, he worked in the White House for President Bill Clinton and on President Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign. After serving in the White House, Egolf worked at the United States Treasury Department and then moved to the office of Congressman Tom Udall. After working for Congress, Egolf returned to New Mexico to study Law at UNM. Immediately after receiving his law degree, he returned to the Santa Fe and  began practicing water law.

Thomas Clifford – Policy and Research Director, NM Taxation and Revenue Dept.
Tom served as Chief Economist and later Deputy Cabinet Secretary for the NM Department of Finance and Administration from 1997 to 2001. Tom was Chief Economist for the Legislative Finance Committee. In his current role, he advises the Martinez Administration and the Legislature on tax policy issues, helps draft tax statutes and regulations and helps the Tax Department with administrative functions.

Alton Walpole – CEO, Mountainair Films, Santa Fe
Mr. Walpole is an eclectic filmmaker with more than thirty years of experience as a cinematographer, editor and producer. Recent projects include Crazy Heart (line producer) and The Book of Eli (unit production manager). Walpole is a member of the Directors Guild of America and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is CEO and owner of Mountainair Films Inc.

Jason Hool – President, Santa Fe Studios
Mr. Hool boasts impressively diverse commercial credentials, ranging from multinational product development to international private equity. Growing up in an entertainment industry family, he worked on numerous motion pictures as cast and crew. Jason serves on the advisory committee for the Santa Fe Community College Film Program and is on the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Association of New Mexico.

Nick Maniatis – Director of New Mexico Film Office
Mr. Maniatis previously served as the executive director of the New Mexico Independent Power Producers. He has worked on many film projects in New Mexico and was an appointed board member of the Governor’s Council on Film and Media Industries from 2002-09. He also was a board member of the Digital Film Institute from 2003-10. Mr. Maniatis worked in many capacities in film and television production throughout his career, including Grace Under Fire (1995-96), World War II: When Lions Roared (1994), Different World (1992-93), and Candid Camera (1991-92). Maniatis is a former member of the Director’s Guild of America.

Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Time: 5:30-8 pm
Venue: The Inn at Loretto, Santa Fe
211 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).
Advance sales end at midnight, Wednesday, July 20.

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April 21, 2011: Life Sciences / Biotech

March 24, 2011

in BioTech & Life Science,Events

“Personalized Medicine – a new era of customized health care. Science fiction? Not anymore!”

On April 21, CVF will host an event focusing on leading-edge developments and the major forces driving the next major revolution in healthcare and life sciences—Personalized Medicine. “While the subsequent decade has seen many false starts and false hopes, the age of personalized medicine is upon us. There is an ever-increasing number of examples of drugs, diagnostics, and treatment decisions being guided by a patient’s unique circumstances and characteristics, including individual gene and protein configurations.” (PwC. December 2010)

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: WESST Enterprise Center
609 Broadway Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).
Advance sales end at midnight, Wednesday, April 20.

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The format of this 90-minute expert roundtable is well suited to deal with this complicated subject. Each of our guest experts will engage in a conversational information exchange followed by an interactive, stimulating discussion period with local NM leaders and innovators followed by Q&A with the general audience.

The experts will focus their discussion on:

  • a macro overview of personalized health care and what it means for the decade ahead;
  • key market opportunities and the formidable challenges for the life science community, policymakers, patients and society;
  • key business challenges. For example, demand for scalable informatics solutions for genome sequencing analysis ; and
  • the need for action: new developments on a actionable personalized health care roadmap in collaboration with Clay Christensen, author/architect of disruptive innovation. The Personalized Health Care roadmap will be a catalyzing force in the transformation of health care delivery and approaches.

Frederick S. Lee MD, MPH – Chief Medical Officer, P4 Medicine Institute
Fred Lee is the Chief Medical Officer of the P4 Medicine Institute, a nonprofit innovation consortium dedicated to creating a predictive, preventive, personalized, & participatory future of healthcare. P4MI’s charter members are the Institute for Systems Biology, and the Ohio State University Medical Center. He has helped establish and grow the burgeoning field of personalized healthcare through his ability to merge perspectives from the life sciences, healthcare delivery, clinical informatics, and public health. Fred brings a unique and broad range of professional experiences to the task of creating healthcare of the future, having spent time as a practicing clinician, as a healthcare system executive, and as a technologist and industry executive. From the industry perspective, Fred led product strategy efforts for McKesson Corporation in its Provider Technologies division, focusing on enhancing electronic health records to support genomic & molecular medicine. He has also held leadership roles in General Electric Healthcare, leading product strategy for GE Healthcare Information Technologies in the United Kingdom while working on the UK’s National Health Service Connecting for Health program.

Fred has held executive leadership roles in health systems in the New York/Long Island area, as a Chief Operating Officer and as a Chief Medical Information Officer of a large ambulatory care network in New York. Fred’s clinical background is in general surgery and preventive medicine. He received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Life Sciences, an MD and residency training from the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and a Masters in Public Health degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
YouTube Video» | Whitepaper»

Kimball Thomson – Executive Director, The National Summit on Personalized Health Care
National Summit on Personalized Health Care’s Board of Directors is comprised of an impressive group of experts, inclusive of Clay Christensen, author/architect of disruptive innovation (Harvard Business School) and Michael O. Leavitt, Leavitt Partners (former HHS Secretary). Other board members include Mara Aspinall, On-Q-ity; Leroy (Lee) Hood, Institute for Systems Biology; Clay Marsh, Ohio State University; Ralph Snyderman, Proventys and Duke University; Risa Stack, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Eric Topol, Scripps Institute. Kimball also is the president & CEO of the Next Phase family of companies, which includes Next Phase Communications, PR and marketing; Next Phase Advisors, strategy and organizational development; and Next Phase Publishing, publishing consulting. Kimball has more than 15 years experience in communications, marketing and business development strategy. Kimball graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and did his MBA work at BYU.
The Roadmap for Personalized Health Care»

Ken Prokuski – Vice President of Operations, Complete Genomics
Since January 2010 Mr. Prokuski has held the position of Vice President of Operations at Complete Genomics. From August 2009 to January 2010, Mr. Prokuski served as an independent consultant to the company. From October 1993 to January 2009, Mr. Prokuski served as Senior Director of Manufacturing Operations at Applied Biosystems, a life sciences company and a division of Life Technologies. From September 1992 to September 1993, Mr. Prokuski served as Material Manager at Arico Coating Technology, a thin film deposition equipment manufacturer. From September 1991 to September 1992, Mr. Prokuski served as Director of Materials at Toshiba America, Inc., an electronics company. From January 1990 to August 1991, Mr. Prokuski served as Operations Manager at Millipore Corporation, a life sciences company. Mr. Prokuski received a B.A. in Psychology from Northeastern Illinois University and an Executive M.B.A. from Golden Gate University.

Complete Genomics is a complete human genome sequencing company that has developed and commercialized an innovative DNA sequencing platform. The Complete Genomics Analysis Platform (CGA™ Platform) combines Complete Genomics’ proprietary human genome sequencing technology with our advanced informatics and data management software. We offer this innovative, end-to-end, outsourced solution as CGA™ Service, and provide customers with data that is immediately ready to be used for genome-based research. Additional information can be found in the Company Profile, at www.completegenomics.com, and in an article reprint from Genetics in Medicine.

New Mexico Thought Leaders Discuss New Mexico Impact
The event will include invited New Mexico thought leaders  to react to the information presented by the guest experts and connect “HOW” the information impacts New Mexico. Areas of debate and discussion may include: organizational strategies, new business models, innovative opportunities, the nations’ health care challenges, future areas of collaboration. New Mexico thought leaders include:

  • Beverly Cormier, VP Commercialization, Exagen Diagnostics
  • Colin Dykes, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Nano MR
  • Maggie Gunter, PhD President, Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation
  • Meghan Norvell, PhD, COO, Azano Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • UNM: TBD

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