The following is a sample list of speakers who will address the audience at Red Herring Global 2012.
Keith Krach, Chairman & CEO, DocuSign – Keith Krach has a long history of technology leadership, starting with being GM’s youngest-ever vice president at the age of 26 after earning his B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University and MBA from Harvard University. After 10 years with GM, Keith joined the founding team of Rasna Corporation. Keith helped lead Rasna to be recognized as #3 on the Inc. 100 list of Fastest-Growing Companies. The company was sold in 1995 to Parametric Technologies for $500 million. Keith co-founded Ariba in 1996, serving as CEO and chairman of the board for seven years. Keith took Ariba public, achieving a market capitalization of $34 billion… read more
Timothy C. Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson – Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His original suggestion to use “viral marketing” in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail, and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. On behalf of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tim currently serves on the boards of DoAt, Glam, Prosper, and Miartech… read more
Steven Fletcher, Managing Director, GCA Savvian Advisors – Steve Fletcher is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Digital Media and an additional focus on Software, IT Services and Storage. Steve has 16 years of investment banking experience, as well as 3 years at Deloitte & Touche as a CPA. Steve was at Goldman Sachs for nine years, where he held a number of leadership roles including head of IT Services Banking, head of Systems and Storage Banking, and head of the Private Placement Group. Steve received a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania… read more
Carey Lai, Director, Intel Capital – Carey Lai is an Investment Director at Intel Capital focused on Internet & Digital Media investments. Carey joined Intel Capital from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) where he was a Vice President focused on fast growing later-stage investments. While at IVP, he served on the board of MotoSport.com and led investments in both Synchronoss (SNCR) and ConnectAndSell. Other investments Carey actively participated in include ArcSight (HPQ), Business.com (DEXO), Concur (CNQR), Danger (MSFT), Data Domain (EMC), HomeAway, Mobile365 (SAP), and SuccessFactors (SFSF)…read more
Denis Barrier, Partner, Iris Capital Management – Denis leads the international investment activity of Iris Capital outside Europe/Middle East, mainly in the US and Asia. He is also very involved in the set up of the industrial relationships between Iris and its sponsors Orange and Publicis. Before joining Iris, he was head of corporate venture for the Orange group and has been a managing director at venture capital firm Innovacom. Denis’ investments include Netcentrex (acquired by Comverse), Highwave Optical (IPO), LEA (acquired by HF group), Digitick (acquired by Vivendi Universal), CyOptics (buy out), Highdeal (acquired by SAP), Maximiles (IPO ), Atchik (acquired by LD Invest in a LBO) and Da-Light (acquired by HOT)… read more
James Min, Managing Director and Head of Media Banking, Montgomery & Co. – James Min is a Managing Director and heads the firm’s Media practice at Montgomery & Co. Mr. Min is responsible for providing merger and acquisition advisory, corporate finance, and capital raising services to growth companies in the digital media and internet industries. Mr. Min’s professional experience includes both investment banking and operating experience at a digital media company… read more
Charles (Chuck) Berger, CEO & Chairman, ParAccel – Charles (Chuck) Berger is the chairman and CEO of ParAccel. Mr. Berger is an established chief executive and director with 30 years experience in technology including extensive P&L, general management, marketing and financing experience in high growth, large and mid-sized companies. Prior to ParAccel, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of DVDPlay Inc. Before that Mr. Berger was CEO of Nuance Communications and has also served as CEO of Vicinity Corporation, AdForce, Inc. and Radius Inc. He has also held executive positions in finance, marketing and sales at Apple Computer and Sun… read more
Albert Wang, Senior Investment Manager, Qualcomm Ventures – Albert Wang is a Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures. His current investment focuses are mobile cloud computing and cross-platform solutions with an expanded interest in disruptive startups that harness the confluence of social, mobile, and cloud computing trends. Albert led the investment and currently serves as board observer for Fiksu, BlueStacks, Steelhouse, Avalanche Technology, Cavendish Kinetics, and Gaikai (acquired by Sony)… read more
Philippe Courtot, Chairman & CEO, Qualys, Inc. – Demonstrating a unique mix of technical vision, marketing and business acumen, Philippe Courtot has repeatedly built innovative companies into industry leaders. As CEO of Qualys, Philippe has worked with thousands of companies to improve their IT security and compliance postures. Philippe received the SC Magazine Editor’s Award in 2004 for bringing on demand technology to the network security industry and for co-founding the CSO Interchange to provide a forum for sharing information in the security industry. He was also named the 2011 CEO of the Year by SC Magazine Awards Europe… read more
Doron Reuveni, Co-Founder & CEO, uTest – As CEO and co-founder of uTest, Doron Reuveni is the driving force behind one of the fastest growing tech companies in New England. With clarity of vision about the future of web and mobile applications, Doron has grown the company exponentially– in terms of funding, revenue, customers and employees—in just a few short years. Although his idea of “in-the-wild” software testing through a crowdsourcing model was a radical notion in 2007, it has been enthusiastically adopted as an integral part of the software development process for 1000+ companies worldwide… read more