Coronado Ventures Forum » technology http://www.cvf-nm.org Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 November 19: The future of technology on entrepreneurship and the economy http://www.cvf-nm.org/2009/10/15/november-19-future-of-technology/ http://www.cvf-nm.org/2009/10/15/november-19-future-of-technology/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:09:27 +0000 Admin http://www.cvf-nm.org/?p=508 Dr. Lowell Catlett, noted economist and futurist will share insights on technology entrepreneurship and the economy. Economics, demographics and technology are all converging such that the next 10 years will be unlike any in human history. Five Trends are changing society and providing more opportunities than ever before. Life will never be same. For those willing to rise to the challenge of the Five Trends, the rewards will be boundless.

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

Lowell Catlett

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.

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Vern Raburn, CEO Eclipse Aviation
Vern Raburn’s passion for the high-tech industry is exceeded only by his love of aviation. With more than 25 years experience in the information technology industry, Raburn is a successful entrepreneur who has helped to shape the course of the information technology revolution and the high-technology industry. He has held senior executive positions at Microsoft, Lotus Development, Symantec, and Slate, as well as at the Paul Allen Group. During that time, he has amassed more than 6,500 hours of flight time and earned type certificates in aircraft ranging from four-engine airliners to World War II bombers to modern executive jets.

Description:
Coronado Ventures Forum (CVF) is honored to welcome Eclipse Aviation to discuss the opportunities and challenges in New Mexico’s emerging Aerospace/Aviation industry.

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James Glover, Co-Founder/Partner, “The Idea Group”:http://www.ideagroupsf.com/
Scott Tyson, President and Chief Technology Officer, “SES Consultants,Inc”:http://www.sesconsultants.com/.
John T. McGraw, Professor, “University of New Mexico”:http://panda.unm.edu/, Adaptive optics and interferometry; galactic astronomy
Davin Lopez, Vice President, Business Development, “New Mexico Partnership”:http://www.nmpartnership.com/

Description:
The spaceport is coming, “Eclipse Aviation”:http://www.eclipseaviation.com/ is delivering planes, and aerospace start-ups are surfacing all over New Mexico. Aerospace/Aviation is the hottest new investment frontier and New Mexico is leading the way in Aerospace/Aviation research, technology, and innovation. Our emerging companies are the future and creating a dynamic landscape for growth and financial opportunity.

]]> http://www.cvf-nm.org/2007/05/17/may-17-2007-aerospaceaviation-what-are-the-opportunities-for-new-mexico/feed/ 0 March 15, 2007: Life Science Panel http://www.cvf-nm.org/2007/03/15/march-15-2007-life-science-panel/ http://www.cvf-nm.org/2007/03/15/march-15-2007-life-science-panel/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:40:36 +0000 Admin http://www.cvf-nm.org/devsite/?p=129 Presenters:
Bob Curtis, Executive, Entrepreneur, & Adviser
Lyle Hohnke, Principal at “Tullis-Dickerson”:http://www.tullisdickerson.com/
Lisa Kuuttila, President & CEO of “STC.UNM”:http://stc.unm.edu/

Description:
New Mexico’s life science industry continues to launch promising new technologies that become companies. Join us as we examine the trends, opportunities and challenges in biotech, medical devices, genomics, and drug discovery/development/delivery. Our panel of experts will share their perspectives on our labs and universities, venture capital trends, and company formation.

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There are many exciting technologies surfacing in New Mexico. The “Strategies Clinic” gave insight into what it takes to turn a “raw” technology into a company. Following a 10-minute presentation, audience members participated in small brainstorming groups on IP, marketing, and fundraising strategies before making final recommendations to the presenters.

Presenting Technology
BROOM Software – A software-based tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories for managing the collection, visualization, and analysis of environmental sampling data. The system was developed to help decision makers during the planning phase and throughout actual cleanup operations to speed up reoccupation and return to service of contaminated buildings and facilities. The tool provides an efficient and scientifically defensible approach to planning and executing sampling and cleanup activities. To date, there has been no comprehensive system for handling and assisting with this process. Read the “BROOM Software news release here”:http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2006/broom-commercial.html.

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Tina Rulo, Vice President of Human Resources and Administration,
“Eclipse Aviation”:http://www.eclipseaviation.com/


In her tenure as vice president of human resources at various high technology companies, Tina Rulo has created and led the implementation of worldwide staffing and training programs, professional and leadership development institutes, and employee retention plans. At Eclipse, Rulo directs the company’s continued efforts to establish the culture and supporting policies to attract and retain highly skilled employees.

Download Tina’s presentation. (PPT; 109 KB)

The VC Forum
VC Forum:
John Dunning, “Wasatch Venture Fund”:http://www.wasatchvc.com/

]]> http://www.cvf-nm.org/2005/05/19/may-19-2005-how-to-integrate-retain-out-of-state-recruits/feed/ 1 November 18, 2004: Developing Entrepreneurial Culture in Start-ups http://www.cvf-nm.org/2004/11/18/november-18-2004-developing-entrepreneurial-culture-in-start-ups/ http://www.cvf-nm.org/2004/11/18/november-18-2004-developing-entrepreneurial-culture-in-start-ups/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:04:24 +0000 Admin http://www.cvf-nm.org/devsite/?p=96 Presenter:
William Bice
Verge-New Mexico Seed Capital

Description:
One of New Mexico’s most successful technology entrepreneurs, Mr. Bice founded ProLaw Software shortly after graduating high school. He served as CEO of ProLaw from the founding until its sale to West Group, the pre-eminent provider of information resources to the legal industry.

Download Bill Bice’s Presentation (PPT; 133 KB)

The VC Forum
VC Forum: Trevor Loy,
Flywheel Ventures

Download Trevor’s presentation on Flywheel Ventures (PPT; 2.9 MB)

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Craig Tighe, Partner GrayCary

Description:
Craig is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich LLP, a 400 plus attorney firm focused on early stage and mature technology companies. Craig works extensively with angel and venture capital investors and lenders involved with technology companies, and represents companies in all phases of their development. In addition, he co-chairs the firm’s debt finance group, and is active in workouts and restructurings of troubled companies, representing both investors and management. Craig speaks often on topics relating to start up companies and has published a number of articles over the years on a variety of legal topics. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Wesleyan University.

Download Main Handout. (PDF; 125K)

Download Additional Handout. (PDF; 86K)

Venture Capital Forum:
Dwain Williams, Red River Ventures

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Stewart Alsop, General Partner
“New Enterprise Associates”:http://www.nea.com/Home/

Description:
Stewart joined NEA in June 1996 as a venture partner focusing in the information technology area. He was named a general partner in 1998. He is currently on the boards of Boingo Wireless, Inc., Full Audio, Inc., MailFrontier, Inc.,NextHop Technologies, Inc., Scalix Corporation, Sorrent, Inc. and Zinio Systems, Inc. Stewart is also a columnist for Fortune magazine.

Venture Capital Forum:
Beverly Bendickson, “Blue Sage Capital”:http://www.bluesage.com/

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David Liddle, General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners

Description:
David Liddle joined U.S. Venture Partners in January 2000, after retiring as president and CEO of Interval Research Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based laboratory and incubator for new businesses focused on broadband applications and advanced technologies, founded in 1992. David is also a consulting professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and has spent his career in Silicon Valley, in activities spanning research, development, management and entrepreneurship. David has served as a director at Sybase, Broderbund Software, Borland International and Ticketmaster Group, as well as numerous private companies, and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe Institute. He has served on the DARPA Information Science and Technology Committee, and the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council.

Click here to view a PDF of the power point presentation.

]]> http://www.cvf-nm.org/2003/07/17/july-17-2003-laboratory-commercialization-and-early-stage-venture-capital/feed/ 0 May 15, 2003: Growing a Venture-Backed Security Company from New Mexico Origins http://www.cvf-nm.org/2003/05/15/may-15-2003-growing-a-venture-backed-security-company-from-new-mexico-origins/ http://www.cvf-nm.org/2003/05/15/may-15-2003-growing-a-venture-backed-security-company-from-new-mexico-origins/#comments Thu, 15 May 2003 16:36:18 +0000 Admin http://www.cvf-nm.org/devsite/?p=66 Presenter:
Dr. Steven Hofmeyr, Chief Scientist, Sana Security

Description:
For the first time, Coronado Ventures Forum (CVF) and Technology Venture Corporation’s New Mexico Equity Capital Symposium (NMECS) have coordinated efforts to tie the two technology venture industry programs together. One of the industry clusters at NMECS features aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups in the information security marketplace. On the evening of Thursday, May 15, at the Hotel Santa Fe, CVF will continue the focus on security from the NMECS conference, which ends for the day early on Thursday afternoon in Albuquerque. NMECS will wind up on Friday morning with a private tour of Los Alamos National Lab for attendees.

If you would like to view the power point presentation, please email Trevor Loy.

Venture Capital Forum:
Murphree Venture Partners

Murphree Venture Partners is a seed and early stage venture capital firm, making direct equity investments into emerging entrepreneurial enterprises, primarily in the southwestern U.S. region. The firm seeks to align itself with entrepreneurs and management groups with whom it can develop strong working relationships, and with whom it can act in concern as owners/investors. They have offices in Albuquerque, Austin, Boulder, and Houston.

Download the power point presentation.

]]> http://www.cvf-nm.org/2003/05/15/may-15-2003-growing-a-venture-backed-security-company-from-new-mexico-origins/feed/ 0 September 19, 2002: Analyzing Trends and Evaluating Companies in the BioInformatics Market http://www.cvf-nm.org/2002/09/19/september-19-2002-analyzing-trends-and-evaluating-companies-in-the-bioinformatics-market/ http://www.cvf-nm.org/2002/09/19/september-19-2002-analyzing-trends-and-evaluating-companies-in-the-bioinformatics-market/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:59:11 +0000 Admin http://www.cvf-nm.org/devsite/?p=56 Presenter:
Saira Ramasastry, VP Global Healthcare, Merrill Lynch
San Francisco, CA

Description:
Informatics, and specifically bioinformatics, is one of the strengths of the northern and central New Mexico entrepreneurial community. This market is inherently global in nature. As a result, private investors, as well as entrepreneurs, need to be aware of developing trends in the marketplace and the criteria used by investors to evaluate companies in the bioinformatics sector. Ms. Ramasastry will provide an overview of the key elements of growing a bioinformatics company, using a case study example of a company she followed from pre-venture stage through its public offering four years later. She will also provide her views on developing trends in the bioinformatics arena.

Ms. Ramasastry worked in Mergers and Acquisitions prior to joining Merrill Lynch. She received an M.Phil. in finance from the University of Cambridge and an M.S. in Applied Math from Stanford University. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Stanford University and graduated with distinction with a dual B.A. in Economics and Music. She is also a published author of fiction.

You may email Saira.

Entrepreneur’s Forum:
Dwight Kuhns, Solaria Corporation, Taos, NM

Solaria is a technology innovator that has developed a technology platform for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that will dramatically reduce the production cost of solar panels. The company intends to bring solar power to the masses by making it accessible and affordable.

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