Entrepreneurial Success Stories

Presentations

Note: new meeting location - The Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center at Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1000 Winter Street, Ste. 4000 (North Entrance), Waltham, MA  Click here for directions.

Meeting Overview:

Real stories of Entrepreneurial challenges, surprises, disappointments, victories and triumph.  Learn from the experts:  founders who have had the courage and tenacity to step out on their own, and navigate the rough waters of the unknown.  If you are thinking of starting your own business, or if you are already a company founder, learn from those who have gone before you.  What they have experienced may help you avoid a pitfall or two, and accelerate your own company's progress.  Why reinvent the wheel when others willingly share their wisdom?  A question and answer session follows the presentation, and panelists are available afterwards for responses to individual questions.

Panelists:

Peter van der Meulen
Founder, President and CEO, BlueShift Technologies

As a BlueShift founder, Peter has assembled a world-class management team and raised over $18�million in funding. Peter created BlueShift's revolutionary linkable vacuum system design and has several patents to his name. Peter has been in the semiconductor industry for over 18�years, in a variety of management positions in engineering, marketing, strategic business development, and sales. Previously�he served as a General Manager for Brooks Automation's Equipment Front End Business. Peter worked for Inspex, where he was the director of Sales and Marketing for a yield management software product and for Varian Ion Implant Systems where he developed�the E500 implanter. �Peter has a Masters in Physics from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands and an MBA from Babson College. He continues to serve as a chairman of the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC). 


Julie Palen
Founder & CEO, InterNoded, Inc.

With more than 17 years in the technology industry and more than 6 years in wireless consulting, development and management, Julie sets the strategic direction of InterNoded. She leads the executive team and drives the strategic partnerships with RIM, Nokia, Good, Microsoft, IBM, Cingular, Sprint and Verizon Wireless. In addition, she drives many of the new business development opportunities with potential strategic partnerships as well as Fortune 500 customers. Julie has helped shape the strategic direction of the InterNoded Wireless Advantage - Powered by AEA technology. Prior to founding InterNoded in 1993, Julie was a Business Systems Analyst at Lotus Development Corporation. She has been honored as one of the leading women entrepreneurs in the world and was recognized as having one of the top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts.

Sandra E. Serkes
President & CEO, Valora Technologies, Inc.

Ms. Serkes is a dynamic leader with an extensive background spanning nearly 20 years in software marketing, product management and corporate strategy, particularly in document processing, computer telephony and speech recognition. One of Valora's original founders, Ms. Serkes has been actively involved in Valora since its inception in 2000. Today, Ms. Serkes oversees Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, Channel Partnerships, Finance & Administration and Corporate Strategy. A graduate of Harvard Business School and MIT, Ms. Serkes serves on the boards of several technology and service start-ups. She was named a 2006 "Woman to Watch" by Womens' Business magazine.

Moderator:

Janet Britcher
President, Transformation Management
www.transformationmanagement.com

Transformation Management is a management consulting company.  Working primarily with technology companies, we help clients achieve growth, impact and effectiveness through increased management skills and organization effectiveness.  Services include executive coaching, management workshops and organizational development consulting.

Site and Cost:

5:15 PM Pre-meeting Dinner
Bertucci's Restaurant
475 Winter St., (exit 27B off Route 128), Waltham, MA ("pay-as-you-go")

7:00 - 10:00PM Meeting Presentation
The Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center at Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, North Entrance, Waltham, MA

There is a $20.00 fee for nonmembers of ENET.

No reservations are necessary for either the meeting or dinner.

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