Bessemer Venture Partners Hosts Technology Forecast: 2001 Symposium.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001 High-Level Industry Experts and Luminaries to Address Trends and Developments to Watch in 2001 Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. (www.bvp.com), the nation's original venture capital practice, today announced that it is hosting "Technology Forecast: 2001," a symposium with leading industry experts in telecommunications, wireless and optical networking. The symposium will be held on January 10th at the Westford Regency Hotel and on January 11th at the Wyndham Westborough from 6:00-7:00 p.m. each evening, in conjunction with Bessemer's Boston Career Fairs, where over 40 Bessemer-funded companies will be recruiting for open positions. Speakers at the "Technology Forecast: 2001" symposiums include: Tom Burkardt, COO of Unisphere Networks (www.unispherenetworks.com); Kurt Dobbins, founder and president of Ellacoya Networks (www.ellacoya.com); Chris Fine, vice-president, high-tech investment banking, Goldman Sachs & Co. (www.gs.com); Inder Gopal, founder and 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. of ReefEdge (www.reefedge.com) and former Internet Architect at AT&T; Pattie Maes, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. ; Maribel Lopez-Dolinov, Senior Analyst, Telecommunications, Forrester Research (www.forrester.com); R. Scott Raynovich, executive editor, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com); and Jonathan Reeves, vice-president and general manager of optical edge, Sycamore Networks (www.sycamore.com). The panels, moderated by Bessemer's communications investors, will discuss key trends and developments to watch in the areas of communications, wireless and optical networking in the coming year. For more information on the "Technology Forecast: 2001" symposiums and Bessemer's Boston Career Fairs, and to pre-register for the events, please visit www.bvp.com or contact us at 781/237-6050. About Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners, with offices in California, Massachusetts and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , is the leading national, early-stage venture capital firm in communications technology and Internet infrastructure. The firm manages more than a billion dollars of venture funds, carrying on a tradition of hands-on, active venture investing venture investing The acquiring of a stake in a start-up company by a brokerage firm or analyst by obtaining discounted, pre-IPO shares. Critics claim venture investing causes analysts to have a vested interest in seeing a stock appreciate in value and so that has continued since 1911. Many leading-edge communications companies, including Cascade, Ciena, Flarion, OMM OMM Organisation Météorologique Mondiale (French: World Meteorological Organization) OMM Organización Meteorológica Mundial (Spanish: World Meteorological Organization) OMM Organizzazione Meteorologica Mondiale , Parametric, PSI-Net, QED QED abbr. Latin quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated) QED which was to be shown or proved [Latin quod erat demonstrandum] Noun 1. , Sirocco sirocco (sərŏk`ō) [Ital., from Arab. sharq=east], hot, dust-laden, dry, southerly wind originating in the N African desert (most commonly in the spring) and reaching Italy and nearby Mediterranean areas. , Sonus Networks and VeriSign selected BVP as their early-stage venture partner. For more information, visit www.bvp.com. Note to Editors: (c)2000 Bessemer Venture Partners. All marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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