A Big Fish and Financier to be Featured Speakers At 1999 Arizona Venture Capital Conference.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1999-- A man with his fingers in a huge venture capital pot and another who publishes what is considered the "bible" by venture capitalists will both be addressing attendees of the 8th Annual Arizona Venture Capital Conference, hosted by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. The conference is scheduled for Dec. 8-10, 1999 at the Marriott's Camelback Inn. Anthony B. Perkins, chairman/editor-in-chief of Red Herring Communications Inc., will be the keynote speaker of the Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Conference Dinner on Thursday, Dec. 9. Perkins' San Francisco-based media company provides strategic news, analysis and opinion on the business of technology. The company's flagship product is Red Herring, the only international monthly magazine that focuses on the business of technology. The company also currently produces Red Herring Online, a Web-based daily news, research, and e-commerce service, as well as a series of international conferences including the four Venture Markets, Herring on Hollywood, Venture `99 and NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) An agreement signed between two parties that have to disclose confidential information to each other in order to do business. In general, the NDA states why the information is being divulged and stipulates that it cannot be used for any , an annual CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. summit on the future of technology. Perkins appears weekly on CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Financial Network's Digital Jam show, and is a regular commentator for ZDTV ZDTV Ziff Davis Television and European Business News. Ranked as one of the top 10 technology/business journalists by Marketing Computers magazine, Perkins also writes a weekly Web/email column for Red Herring Online called the Red Eye, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences around the world. His public activities include serving on the board of American Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth in Washington, D.C., and is the founding chairman of the Churchill Club in Palo Alto, Calif., for which he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for a non-profit organization in 1997. Prior to launching Red Herring Communications in 1993, Perkins was the founder and chief executive officer of Upside Publishing Co., and was vice president of business development at Silicon Valley Bank. The Arizona Venture Capital Conference will feature a second keynote speaker at the Silicon Valley Bank Luncheon on Dec. 9. Bill Miller, director of corporate business development, content and commerce with the Intel Corp., will focus on the interests and needs of a corporate investor in the entrepreneurial market. Miller currently manages Intel's venture investment activities in the areas of content, e-commerce and new media infrastructure. His team is responsible for Intel's strategic investment activities and also managing Intel's current portfolio of investments in these market segments. Miller has been at Intel for 11 years in a wide range of senior operational and functional capacities including, Corporate Marketing and Communications, Industry Marketing for the Intel Architecture Labs Intel Architecture Labs, also known as IAL, was the Personal Computer system research and development arm of Intel Corporation during the 1990s. IAL was created by Intel Vice-President Ron Whittier together with Craig Kinnie and Steven McGeady to develop the hardware and , Financial Controller, Product Line Management, Systems Development, as well as Product and Manufacturing engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech. "We are excited about our keynote speakers for this year's conference," said Debra Guerin, conference committee chairman and principal of Invencor Inc., a venture fund based in California. "With this conference growing with a more regional presence, more eyes are watching what we're doing here in Arizona, and the past successes of the conference wear well on the West and East Coasts." The 8th Annual Arizona Venture Capital Conference (AVCC AVCC Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee AVCC Average Carbonaceous Chondrites AVCC Audio Visual Consultant Center AVCC anti Virus Control Center ) will also feature 12-14 businesses that survived a rigorous screening process to capture a select spot as a presenter. These companies will make their presentations on Dec. 9 and vie for investment interest from hundreds of national investors. The conference, since its inception in 1992, can be credited with bringing in more than $96 million in venture capital investment to the state. For conference details, call 602/495-6488 or 602/495-6462 or check out the new AVCC info site at www.phoenixchamber.com/avcc. The Arizona Venture Capital Conference is sponsored by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with a host of public and private companies. Sponsors include: America West Airlines America West Airlines was one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline was based in Tempe, Arizona, and is now a part of US Airways Group. At the time of its integration into US Airways, the airline maintained two hubs, one at Phoenix Sky Harbor International ; American Graduate School of International Management; Arizona Department of Commerce The mission of the Arizona Department of Commerce is "to create vibrant communities and a globally competitive Arizona economy."[1] Notes 1. ^ Mission Statement on the Official Website of the ADC Resources LLC - Logical Link Control ; Coronado Venture Fund; Crutchfield Capital Corp.; Deloitte & Touche, LLP; Deutsch Bank Alex. Brown Inc.; Enterprise Network; Ernst & Young, LLP; Fennemore Craig, PC; FirstCorp.; Gallagher & Kennedy; Greenberg Traurig, PC; Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce; invencor Inc.; Imperial Bank; Industry Network Corp.; Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC; John Nuveen & Co. Inc. - Healthcare Corporate Finance; KFNN 1510 AM; Koch Ventures; Lewis and Roca, LLP; LaSalle Business Credit Inc.; Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander PA; Morrison & Hecker, LLP; Osborn Maledon PA; Pricewaterhousecoopers, LLP; Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite; Silicon Valley Bank; Snell & Wilmer, LLP; Solstice Capital, LP; Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, PC; Streich Lang PA; Tucson Electric Power Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is an electric utility company serving southern Arizona in the United States. It is a subsidiary of the UniSource Energy Corporation. Tucson Electric Park, a baseball stadium on Tucson's south side, is named for TEP. ; University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. Office of Technology Transfer; Valley Ventures; Vista Productions Inc.; Vivid Semiconductor Inc.; Walker Ryan; Wasatch Venture Fund; Weinberg Legal Group; Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Business Credit. Business Wire, the global leader in corporate news dissemination, has been named official wire service for the 1999 Arizona Venture Capital Conference. Business Wire will issue news to the investment community and post related information on a special Web page for the show via the Business Wire Trade Show and Conference News site (http://www.tradeshownews.com). |
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