2012 CEO Summit Agenda

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THURSDAY, MAY 17

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Registration and Networking

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Welcome

Emcee: Bob Metcalfe, Professor of Innovation, UT Cockrell School of Engineering

Opening Remarks by:

  • The Honorable, Sen. John Cornyn
  • Joel Trammell, CEO, CacheIQ, Chairman, ATC
  • Mike Rollins, President, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Bryan Jones, Chair, GACC Technology Partnership

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Opening Keynote, The Vision of Tech for Texas

  • Graham Weston, Chairman, Rackspace

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Why Texas

  • Ketan Patel, Group Head, Enterprise Americas, Google

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Creating Lasting Value Tech Companies

  • Brett Hurt, CEO, Bazaarvoice
  • Mark Settle, CIO, BMC

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Top Three Things Every Tech Leader Should Know

  • Trevor Schulze, VP of IT, AMD
  • Lance Obermeyer, CTO, Digby
  • Kevin Meek, Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
  • Moderator: Janelle Monney, CEO, Monney Group

4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Setting the Compensation Trend

  • Bill Arend, GM, Oracle Corporation
  • Kip McClanahan, Partner, Silverton Partners
  • Matt Chasen, CEO, uShip
  • Kevin Reinis, CEO, Flocasts
  • Moderator: John Price, CEO, Vast

5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Special Presentation, Gibson Guitar

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Executive Mixer

 

FRIDAY, MAY 18

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Networking Breakfast

8:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks & Emcee: Manoj Saxena, General Manager, IBM Watson Solutions

8:30  a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Why I Moved My Company To California

  • James Beshara, Co-founder, Crowdtilt
  • Frank Coppersmith, COO, GameSalad
  • Matt Pfeil, Co-founder, DataStax
  • Tom Serres, CEO, Rally
  • Moderator, Laura Beck, Stripedshirts.com

9:15  a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Outsourcing 2.0: Europe & Mexico

  • Mauricio Antunez, President, Axen
  • Paul Walsh, CFO, Silicon Labs
  • Ross Buhrdorf, CTO, Homeaway
  • Kenneth Cho, CSO/Co-founder, Spredfast
  • Moderator: Linhard Stepf, President, Frankfurt RheinMain Corp.

10:00  a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

The Impact of Open Source Cloud

  • Todd Moore, Director Infrastructure Standards and Partnerships, IBM
  • Cole Crawford, Director of Technology, Nebula
  • Joseph George, Director of Product Strategy and Marketing for Cloud and Big Data Solutions, Dell
  • Mark Interrante, VP of Cloud Products, Rackspace
  • Moderated by: Jim Curry, Founder, OpenStack

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“Outside Perspective- The Investor’s Perception of Tech in Texas”

  • Jimmy Treybig, Venture Partner, NEA
  • David Orlandella, Principal, ORIX Ventures
  • John Stockton, Venture Partner, Mayfield Fund
  • Moderator: Michael Rosenberg, Northside Advisors

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Startup Showdown

Judges to-date include:

  • Austin Ventures
  • DFJ Mercury
  • Silverton Partners
  • G51
  • NEA
  • ORIX Ventures
  • Mayfield