Growth and Exit Strategies 2009 - San Jose

Growth and Exit Strategies: Staging for Recovery
San Jose, CA - May, 14 2009

Conference presentations:
Agenda and Sponsors
Chair Welcome and Industry Update
Panel I: Views from the Investment Banking, VC, and Private Equity Communities

�� Brenon Daly – The 451 Group

�� Paul Kwan – Morgan Stanley

�� Ronald Weissman – Apax Partners

Changing Role Of Debt In Operations, Recaps And M&A

�� Steven Macko – Wells Fargo Foothill

Panel 2: Buyers Panel - Buyers discuss how they use acquisitions for growth

�� Andrew Lee – VMware

�� David Sobota – Google

�� Kevin Werner – VeriSign

�� Michael Burnett – Yahoo!

Panel 3: CEOs Who Sold - Are You Ready? Successful strategies for building and Selling companies

�� Dale Quick – Identiprise

�� Don Helt – Human Resources MicroSystems

�� Peter Thompson – RIS Global

�� Roman Ormandy – Caligari

Grant Thornton Presentation - Raising Capital: New challenges in preparing for the due diligence process

�� Marc Chang – Grant Thornton

Private Equity Roundtable - Reshaping the tech landscape during a credit crunch

�� Matt Picciano – Alpine Investors

�� Mark Zawacki – Milestone Group

�� Vivian Wu – TA Associates

Keynote: The Future Is Cloudy - Optimizing technology delivery in an economic downturn

�� Peter Coffee – salesforce.com

Market Update - Building Value in Software and IT Companies: The current valuation environment and strategies for achieving maximum value

�� Ward Carter – Corum Group, Ltd.

Conference quotes:

“Thank you Nat. Great event. You were a gracious host.”
Andrew Lee, Corporate Business Development, VMware

“Many thanks for the informative and very well managed conference. I not only enjoyed the speakers and the messages, but made a few very good contacts.”
George Sidman, CEO, Webloq

“Our members always enjoy your content, style of delivery—and the outstanding materials provided for your events. This past M&A event was no exception. You have a quality organization—and you represent it well, yourself.”
Gloria Guenther, Venture Capital ~ Private Equity Roundtable

“I enjoyed the event too, you had a good crowd, thanks for having me.”
Paul Kwan, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

“The overall caliber of the event was fantastic.”
Mark Zawacki, Milestone Group