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.

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).

PANEL MODERATOR

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.

PANELISTS

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
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
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, 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).

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:

• Santa Fe New Mexican article about the incentives cap
• Sales tax relief listing updates compiled by Incentive Partners
• Get a list of qualified expenses and vendors from The Incentives Office

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.

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.

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

Our next event will address Domestic Legislative Issues and how they affect Cleantech. The role of government, the role of private equity, navigating state and federal programs.

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Prairie Star, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).

Our panelists will discuss Cleantech Federal and State policies; share their views on the prospects for proposed legislation in the 2011 Congress and on how private companies can navigate the Federal Cleantech regulatory landscape. Our distinguished speakers include experts at the Federal and NM State level as well as in the private and NGO sectors:

Derek B. Dorn, Staff Director, Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure and Senior Counsel for Economic Policy, Chairman Jeff Bingaman, Energy & Natural Resources Committee United States Senate
As a legislative lawyer and advisor in the U.S. Senate, Derek Dorn works at the crossroads of energy, tax, and economic development policy. He is deeply engaged in developing Federal incentives for clean, renewable energy; energy efficiency; and climate change mitigation – and in leveraging clean energy priorities for economic development. Since 2008, Mr. Dorn has served as Senior Counsel to Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM). Additionally, he serves as Staff Director of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure (of which Senator Bingaman is also Chairman). In addition to his energy-related portfolio, Mr. Dorn is Chairman Bingaman’s principal adviser on tax, economic development, and pension policy. He handles related issues before three other Committees on which Senator Bingaman is a Senior Member: the Senate Finance; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); and Joint Economic Committees. Prior to joining Senator Bingaman’s staff, Mr. Dorn was Counsel to Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT). Earlier, he managed the legal, economic and regulatory affairs practice of Gerson Lehrman Group, a global investment research firm, where he worked with buy-side investors to execute customized due diligence projects. Mr. Dorn began his legal career practicing tax, trust, and estate law, first with Milbank Tweed and then Patterson Belknap in New York. A New York City native, Mr. Dorn received a B.S., with honors in labor economics, from Cornell University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Since 2008, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

Ken Eisner, Managing Director, OE Ventures at One Economy
In this role, Ken Eisner heads up business development with private sector partners, launches social ventures that leverage technology to connect low-income individuals and small businesses to the economic mainstream. Over the past two decades, Mr. Eisner has been vice president of marketing for e-commerce bookseller VarsityBooks.com, helping to drive them to their IPO in addition to launching their marketing services division; strategic advisor to Nextel, helping to launch their Boost prepaid offering; head of e-commerce and operations for a multi-carrier wireless company; and head of marketing and sales for the largest global e-commerce association. Mr. Eisner has a BA from Cornell and MPP (Masters in Public Policy) and MBA from Georgetown.

The NM Nominee for Secretary of Energy; TBA

Whether you are an entrepreneur, investor or just interested in venture capital investment in New Mexico, expect a lively discussion of 2010 investment trends, the impact of the global, national and local economy on New Mexico venture investment, and the 2011 outlook for VC activity in our state.

Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W. San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).

We are delighted to be hosting this event at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum. The Museum is celebrating its 5th anniversary in October with new special exhibitions and events. Plan to explore the Balloon Museum with a special guided tour before the event. Learn more about all the Balloon Museum has to offer by visiting www.cabq.gov/balloon.

Date: Thursday, July 15
Time: 6-8 pm (Special Balloon Museum tour begins promptly at 5:30 pm.)
Venue: The Albuquerque Balloon Museum
9201 Balloon Museum Dr. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Directions: Map
Cost: $22.50 in advance, (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).

Date: Thursday, March 18
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Prairie Star, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Directions: Map
Cost: $20 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only).

Meet leadership in emerging innovation, global trends and opportunities across the new energy spectrum.

GLOBAL NEW ENERGY SUMMIT
March 21-23, 2010
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Lunch Keynote:
“Toward a More Objective Means of Technological Choice”
J. Doyne Farmer, Professor, Santa Fe Institute

Partial Speaker List:

Directors of Energy Programs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oakridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories

Susan Rochford, SVP, Energy and Sustainability, Council on Competitiveness

Robert Wegener, Secretary of Energy, State of Oklahoma

Pablo Otin Pintado, Country Manager GA, Solar

Dick Williams, President, Shell WindEnergy, Inc.

Carl Huslig, Executive Director, ITC Grid Development

Rob Peterman, Head of Clean Energy Group, Toronto Stock Exchange

Mike Mendez, VP of Technology, Sapphire Energy

Andy Chu, VP Marketing and Communication, A123 Systems

For more information or to register, visit http://gnes2010.rmtech.org/

Economists Arnold Baker of Sandia and Larry Waldman of the UNM BBER will share their insights and a local perspective on the trends that will influence the New Mexico, U.S. and global economies.

Date: Thursday, January 21
Time: 6 – 8 pm (Networking & hors d’oeuvres followed by presentation)
Venue: Prairie Star, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Directions: Google Map
Cost: $20 in advance (credit card payments); $25 at the door (cash and check only)

Featured Speakers

Dr. Arnold Baker, Chief Economist, Sandia National Laboratories
Arnold B. Baker is the Chief Economist of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a Deputy to the Senior Vice President and Deputy Laboratories Director for Integrated Technologies and Systems, and serves as principle political economic advisor. He is a Past President (2005) of the International Association for Energy Economics and former President of the United States Association (2002). He holds a BA in History and MA and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Prior to joining SNL in 1996 he served for 17 years at Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), holding a number of challenging positions including Director of Political Economic Analysis, Director of Public Issues, Director of Energy Market Analysis, and Manager of Strategic Planning (ARCO Oil and Gas Company). His assignments included market analysis and scenario based planning, as well as chairing internal planning studies on the future of the oil, natural gas, coal and electricity industries. Prior to joining ARCO he served at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Monetary Affairs, and as a staff economist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. He has written book chapters and articles on energy, economic policy and global change.

Dr. Larry Waldman, Senior Research Scientist, UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER)
Larry has been with BBER since 1988, where he has spent most of his time managing the FOR-UNM Economic Forecasting Service. He produces an economic forecast of the New Mexico economy each quarter, which is distributed to clients of the service. He also publishes an economic forecasting newsletter, The FOR-UNM Bulletin, which is available to the public on a subscription basis.

Larry writes four or five articles annually relating to the New Mexico economy for publication in New Mexico Business, Current Economic Report, the BBER monthly economic update newsletter. In addition, he also writes press releases, does numerous interviews for radio and TV, and makes a dozen or so personal appearances each year, explaining recent developments in and the outlook for the New Mexico economy, to professional, civic, and governmental audiences.

We look forward to seeing you at this interesting event that launches CVF’s 2010 program calendar..

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Location: UNM Campus, Albuquerque
Jackson Student Center – Building 87
(next to the Anderson School of Business Building – Building 76)
Map Link (UNM Campus Map)

About the Speaker

Dr. Lowell Catlett is a Regent’s Professor/Dean and Chief Administrative Officer at New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. An exciting futurist, his knowledge of technologies and their implications on the way we will live and work is addressed in his varied and upbeat presentations. Dr. Catlett works on behalf of corporate and association audiences internationally, presenting his take on trends in healthcare, agriculture, the environment, education and more.

Dr. Catlett received his doctorate in Economics from Iowa State University, and has twice received the Don C. Roush Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Burlington Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding University Teaching. In 1994 he was one of two Western Regional recipients of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges “Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences Award.”

He recently received the College of Agriculture and Home Economics Advisor of the Year as well as Teacher of the Year at New Mexico State University. He was one of six senior faculty members to be named New Mexico State’s first Regents Professors.

He is a consultant to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Defense and Labor. He has also been a consultant to many Fortune 500 companies.

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009
Time: 6 – 8 pm

Location: Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Google Map Link

Event Details

• 6:00 – 6:30 pm: Hors d’oeuvres & Networking
• 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Presentation

About the Speakers

John Chavez, President of New Mexico Angels

John J. Chavez is the President of Tafoya and Brainerd Partners LLC, a nationwide business development consulting firm. Mr. Chavez is also the Vice President Business Development at Financial Management Systems, a Chicago based financial services firm. Mr. Chavez has been an active angel investor since 2003. Prior to creating Tafoya and Brainerd Partners LLC, Mr. Chavez was appointed by New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson as the Cabinet Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department. Mr. Chavez served as Cabinet Secretary for six years and as the President of the Federation of Taxation Administrators for one year.

Mr. Chavez is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Squash Blossom Classic – an organization that organizes a yearly adventure sport event in McKinley County.

Mr. Chavez received the following degrees from New Mexico State University.

• Master of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Art in Economics
• Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

Gavin Christensen, Principal at vSpring Capital

Gavin heads vSpring’s New Mexico office where he is focused on funding companies in New Mexico’s technology-rich ecosystem.

Gavin joined vSpring as an associate in 2003, left in 2005 to attend the Kellogg School of Management, and in 2007 he rejoined vSpring as a Principal. Gavin’s efforts have had a significant impact on vSpring’s firm strategy and on the success of many of vSpring’s Fund I and II companies. During business school, Gavin worked as a Vertical Strategy Associate for Google’s direct sales organization. From 2000 to 2003, Gavin worked as a consultant in Monitor Group’s Boston office where he advised clients on a range of strategic, operational, and organizational improvements. Gavin began his career at Fidelity Investments as an investments representative.

Gavin is active in the New Mexico community: fostering entrepreneurship, education, and promoting the state. He is also active with his alma mater, Northwestern. He recently led an effort to create an experiential learning curriculum focused on venture capital and entrepreneurship. Gavin received a Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Economics (with Honors), cum laude, from Brigham Young University. Gavin currently serves on the boards Intelisum and Symbiot.

Lee Rand, Partner at Sun Mountain Capital
Mr. Rand has over 15 years experience starting and managing technology businesses at both startups and large corporations. Prior to joining Sun Mountain, Mr. Rand founded Knogee a semantic search company, ran business development for Intel’s consumer electronics group, launched and managed the product marketing and standards team for Intel’s blade based server initiatives and led product management at semiconductor start-up Netboost which was acquired by Intel in 1999. Mr. Rand also has extensive business consulting experience having worked at Ernst and Young early in his career and more recently as an independent consultant brought in by investors and the board to work with start-ups on strategy and operations.

Mr. Rand has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a dual BA in computer science and mathematics from Cornell University.

Co-Hosted with:

Date: Monday, August 17, 2009
Time: 11:30 – 1:30 pm
Venue: Embassy Suites,
1000 Woodward Pl
Albuquerque, NM
Map: Google Map
$25 in advance (credit card payments)
$30 at the door (cash and check only)

Please RSVP ASAP to confirm your space!

• Lunch Included
• $25 per person in advance; $30 at the door (Cash or Check only, pending space available)
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About This Event

Sen. Bingaman will speak, followed by a panel discussion led by Rusty Schmit, CEO of CleanSwitch. The panelists include Brian Birk, Managing Partner of Sun Mountain Capital, Gary Geernaert, Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Gary Tonjes, President of Albuquerque Economic Development.

New Voice of Business

New Voice of Business promotes economic, social and environmental sustainability in the United States. Our mission is to inform, engage, and mobilize an influential network of business people—a unified, new voice of business to advocate for a sustainable economy and encourage triple bottom line business practices. Our focus in 2009 is on energy policy that meets the challenge of global warming while promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth.

Emerald Sponsors

Pew Charitable Trusts, UBS, Technology Ventures Corporation, Los Alamos National Bank

Green Sponsors

Am Energy, CleanSwitch, Earthstone, Miox, Moss-Adams LLP, Schott Solar, SkyFuel

Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Time: 6 – 8 pm

Venue: Prairie Star, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Map: Google Map
$20 in advance (credit cards payments)
$25 at the door (cash and check only)

Event Details

• 6:00 – 6:30 pm: Hors d’oeuvres & Networking
• 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Presentation
• $20 per person in advance; $25 at the door (Cash or Check only)

About the Speaker

Bill Plummer, former Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia North America

Bill Plummer, featured on CNBC, CTIA, & CNET, joined Nokia in May of 1997. From 2007-2009 he served as GM and Vice President of Nokia’s North American Multimedia Business and then Nokia Americas-wide Go-to-Market, responsible for product roadmapping, program management and launch.

From 2004-2007 he was Nokia’s Vice President, External Affairs, responsible for Corporate Communications and Government and Industry Relations activities in North America. From June 2002 through January 2004, Bill was Nokia’s Vice President of Strategic & External Affairs, responsible for strategic corporate planning and execution in the Americas. Prior to June 2002, Bill was Vice President of Government and Industry Affairs, acting as Nokia’s lead representative to the U.S. Government and coordinating Nokia’s interaction with national and international industry associations.

Prior to joining Nokia, Bill served from 1990 through 1997 as a career officer in the United States Foreign Service, with positions in the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, the Office of Multilateral Trade, and the U.S. diplomatic mission to the Republic of Ecuador.

Those who missed the event may be interested in the content of certain sessions. Even those of you who attended may have missed a session or two you were interested in. Please click on this link to access these video and slide files.

In addition, there has been interest from a number of folks to continue conversations started at the Summit and contribute to next year’s planning. We have created a LinkedIn group to help facilitate sustaining and growing the community of interest around New Energy and the Summit. LinkedIn seems to be the most professional way to grow a community of interest that preserves the business nature of the relationships and conversations.

I hope you will consider joining and participating in this group. Start a discussion topic of interest (solar, wind, smart grid, etc.) or contribute to one. Activity will create “energy” and ideas.

Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Venue: Prairie Star, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Map: Google Map
$20 in advance (credit cards payments)
$25 at the door (cash and check only)

Event Details

• 6:00 – 6:30 pm: Hors d’oeuvres & Networking
• 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Presentation
• $20 per person in advance; $25 at the door (Cash or Check only)
• Preregistration is now closed. You are welcome to show up and pay $25 cash or check at the door.

About the Speaker
Al Waxman, Senior Managing Member at Psilos Group
Psilos is a venture capital firm focused on providing growth capital to companies operating in the healthcare economy. The firm believes that successful healthcare innovation must reduce cost, improve quality and align incentives across payers, providers and patients. Founded in 1998, Psilos has $577 million under management and invests across three core healthcare sectors: healthcare services, healthcare information technology and medical technology. Prior funds managed by Psilos have invested in portfolio companies such as ActiveHealth, AngioScore, Click4Care, Definity Health, Extend Health and OmniGuide, among many others, which have played, and continue to play, key roles in the transformation of the U.S. healthcare industry. Psilos has offices in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Meet leadership in emerging innovation, global trends and opportunities across the new energy spectrum.

GLOBAL NEW ENERGY SUMMIT
March 22 – 24, 2009
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Honorary Chairman: Senator Pete Domenici

Partial Speaker List:
Geoffrey West – President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Tom Hunter – President and Labs Director, Sandia National Laboratories
Anup Jacob – Founding Partner, Virgin Green Fund
Ambassador C. Paul Robinson – Principal, Advanced Reactor Concepts; Former Director, Sandia National Laboratories
Hong Hou – CEO, Emcore
Dan Fine – Director, Energy Policy Institute
Robert Peterman – Senior Manager, Global Clean Technology, Toronto Stock Exchange & TSX Venture Exchange
Arnold Leitner – President & CEO, SkyFuel

In addition, distinguished panelists from Los Alamos National Laboratory will be discussing emerging technologies in Alternative Energy.

Read more details here. Use code “spon20″ to save 20% on your registration fee. (The discount does not apply to government rate.)

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Venue: Prairie Star, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Map: Google Map

About Kristin Martinez
Kristin Martinez is the founder and CEO of Sound Point Ventures, a new venture development and management company started in Seattle in 1998. Through Sound Point she created and manages Angels with Attitude, the first active angel fund focused on sustainable cleantech investments. Most recently, Kristin was a founder, director and CFO of biotech startup Acoustic Cytometry Systems, Inc., in Los Alamos, NM. The angel-funded company was sold to Invitrogen after 27 months. Kristin spent 10 years in the electric utility industry, most recently as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Pepco Energy Services, Inc., an unregulated spinout from Potomac Electric Power Company (now Pepco Holdings, Inc.). Kristin has a BS from Boston University and an MBA in Finance and Investments from The George Washington University.

About John Elling, PhD, MBA
After receiving a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, John Elling started his career in New Mexico in 1991 as a Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 1998, he left the Lab to start Bioreason which grew to 30 plus employees, marketing its data mining and computational intelligence information technology to automate high throughput screening data analysis. In 2001, he started Cytoprint, which, until its acquisition by Atto Bioscience, developed image analysis technology for biological assay discovery. Three years ago, as CEO of Integrated Genomics in Chicago, Elling redirected the company’s business into bioinformatics, initially downsizing to achieve profitability and then ramping up a 15% to 25% CAGR and arranged a 6x merger. As a Visiting Entrepreneur at Los Alamos in 2005, he helped develop the business plan for Acoustic Cytometry Systems and later led the company until it was acquired in 2008 by Invitrogen.

Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Venue: Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM
Map: Google Map
$20 in advance (credit cards payments)
$25 at the door (cash and check only)

Senator Jeff Bingaman
Chairman, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senator Jeff Bingaman shares his insight on how we can advance the role of New Mexico in helping meet the energy needs of the nation.