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Alain Pechon, Ex-CEO, Calendra
Antony Brydon, CEO, Visible Path
Andrew Wallace, Senior Manager, Specialist Fund Market, London Stock Exchange plc
Alan Cline, Senior Manager, Specialist Fund Market, London Stock Exchange plc
Amish Mehta, Partner, Vector Capital
Andreas Hoynigg, Former Founder, ExecuTRACK (sold to StepStone)
Angela Margolit, President, Bluebird Auto Rental Systems
Ann Winblad, Co-Founding Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture
Ariel Kelman, Senior Director, Platform Product Marketing, Salesforce.com
Brian Bacon, Founder and President, Oxford Leadership Academy
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Seattle, October 5, 2010
Davis Wright Tremaine Conference Center
Seattle Joins World Financial Symposium Conference lineup
Seattle, WA: World Financial Symposiums is proud to announce the addition of Seattle to its Global Conference Schedule. Now in its 8th year, the World Financial Symposiums Series “Growth and Exit Strategies for Software and IT companies” conferences is the premier educational event for technology and finance leaders. Seattle will join New York City, Silicon Valley and London on the annual conference roster. This one-day conference brings together software and IT executives with prominent M&A, IPO, private equity, venture capital and investment banking professionals.
According to conference chair Nat Burgess, “Seattle is becoming a startup capital. All of the attention used to be on Microsoft, Amazon, Concur and the other industry giants based there. This year headlines include the sales of Vertafore for $1.4 billion and Picnik to Google for an undisclosed valuation.”
The Event Schedule:
· Seattle, Washington: October 5, 2010
· London, England: October 12, 2010
· New York City, New York: December 16, 2010
· Silicon Valley, California: March 24, 2011
Who should attend?
Technology leaders: CEOs, CFOs, corporate investors and other deal participants for software and IT industries.
What is WFS?
World Financial Symposiums (WFS) is an international organization dedicated to educating technology leaders and encouraging deal flow among key industry colleagues. As a networking facilitator, WFS organizes and promotes forums, seminars and conferences; drawing over 1000 senior deal makers including CEOs, CFOs, corporate investors and other deal participants from software and IT industries worldwide from over 20 events in the past eight years. For more information, please visit www.worldfinancialsymposiums.com or call (425) 455-8281.
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London, December 7, 2010
Olswang
World Financial Symposiums invites you to attend the eighth annual London "Growth and Exit Strategies" conference for senior executives, investment professionals, transaction and corporate development advisors.
Attend this conference to learn about:
- Where global technology M&A stands today
- Role of private equity in a credit-starved market
- Raising capital in the current environment
- Founder-CEO experience of corporate development
- How buyers use acquisitions for growth
- Preparing companies for exit
- Current best practice in Software and IT companies
- Latest valuations and metrics
And meet:
- Corporate development professionals from major acquirers
- Entrepreneurs who recently sold their companies
- Venture Capital and Private Equity specialists invested in technology
- Leading industry visionaries, and leaders who shape our industry
Comments on past events:
“I not only enjoyed the speakers and the messages, but made very good contacts.” George Sidman, CEO, Webloq
“The overall caliber of the event was fantastic.” Mark Zawacki, Milestone Group
“I enjoyed the event too. You had a good crowd, thanks for having me.” Paul Kwan, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Event details: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 9 am - 5 pm
Venue:
Olswang
90 High Holborn
London WC1V 6XX
United Kingdom
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NYC, December 16, 2010
New York
Save The Date --- WFS New York City
Date: December 16,2010 9am-5pm
More Information Coming Soon.
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| Martin Hall, TECO Information Systems Europe - CFO |
"Quite simply the best two-day conference I've ever been to. Any CEO/MD/CFO/Leader involved in IT/Software should attend this conference. The presenters were all highly focused with real life experience of growing/selling and packed a significant volume of advice into short presentations."
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| Paul LeBlanc, Kaneco - CEO |
"My expectations were definitely fulfilled (10!) and I liked the fact that the content was geared to a variety of topics - overview and description of issues, how others have utilized or been affected by it, the impact on valuations and a stategic overview for implementation. Please let me know about upcoming webcasts."
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