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With Andre Gueziec (Angel investor & Author), Ajay Ramachandran (Founding Partner, Happiness Ventures), Mario Herger (Founder, Enterprise Garage), Roger Royse (Founder, Royse Law).
Tue, May 30, 2017 @ 06:00 PM   $10   College of San Mateo, 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd
 
     
 
 
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<P><SPAN><A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car</A></SPAN><BR></P>
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<P><SPAN>Our distinguished panel will discuss the latest developments in autonomous cars & vehicles.</SPAN><BR></P>
<P>Please come with questions & comments.</P>
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<P><SPAN>If you are a startup in the autonomous cars space would like a demo table for the networking portion of the event, please send an email message to:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>idea.to.ipo@gmail.com</SPAN></P>
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<P>T 5/30 Autonomous Vehicles Tabler</P>
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<P><STRONG>Agenda</STRONG></P>
<P>6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Check In, Food, Networking Reception</P>
<P>7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Panel Discussion, Audience Q & A</P>
<P>8:30 pm to 9:00 pm More Networking</P>
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<P><STRONG>About the Moderator:</STRONG></P>
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<P><A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerroyse" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><IMG ALT="Image result for roger royse image" SRC="https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrinknp_200_200/p/2/005/00f/0fc/0247e4d.jpg"></IMG></A></P>
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<P><STRONG>Roger Royse</STRONG>is the founder of Royse Law Firm, PC, a business & tax law firm with offices inNorthern & Southern California (www.rroyselaw.com). Roger practices in the areas ofcorporate & securities law, domestic & international tax, mergers & acquisitions, andfund formation. His clients include international emerging & middle-market companies andhigh net worth individuals. Roger has represented companies in a variety of industries,including clean tech, Internet, life sciences, entertainment & new media, sports, real estate,retail & mobile devices & applications. Practicing since 1984, Roger's background includeswork with prominent San Francisco Bay area law firms as well as Milbank, Tweed, Hadley andMcCloy in New York City. Roger is an adjunct professor at the Golden Gate University LawSchool Tax program (Corporate, International, Property Transactions) & is a frequent speaker,writer, radio guest, blogger & panelist for bar associations, CPA organizations, & businessgroups. Roger is a Northern California Super Lawyer, is AV Peer-Rated by Martindale Hubbell,and has a Superb rating from Avvo.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Andr Guziec</STRONG><SPAN>is an entrepreneur & executive with a unique combination of product</SPAN><SPAN>vision, technical depth, & start up expertise. His passion is to build a</SPAN><SPAN>quality product & experience from the ground up.</SPAN><BR></P>
<P>Andr founded Beat the Traffic and<SPAN>sold it to the Pelmorex Canadian media group (The Weather</SPAN><SPAN>Network).</SPAN></P>
<P>Andr is also an Angel investor & advisor to selected technology companies. His sweet spot is to be catalyst in early stage opportunities where it also makes<SPAN>sense for him to actively participate in an advisory role.</SPAN></P>
<P>He has published about forty peer-reviewed papers, journal articles & book<SPAN>chapters & is an inventor of about 40 U.S Patents. He is also the author of:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><I><SPAN>You can be a SiliconValley</SPAN><SPAN>Success</SPAN></I></SPAN></P>
<P><A HREF="http://www.youcansiliconvalleysuccess.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">www.Youcansiliconvalleysuccess.com</A></P>
<P>Owing to his background in the traffic industry, Andr keenly follows the autonomous & connected car developments & invested in the seed stages of Peloton Tech<A HREF="http://peloton-tech.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">peloton-tech.com</A>in 2013 & Aeye (<A HREF="http://usladar.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">usladar.com</A>) in 2016.</P>
<P>Earlier in his career, Andr was Senior Software Engineer & Architect at Multigen & Borland. Andr started at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center & has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Univ. Paris 11, & a MS in Economics from Univ. Paris 11 Sorbonne. Andr also holds a MS in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris. He has published about forty peer-reviewed papers, journal articles & book chapters & is an inventor of about 25 U.S Patents.<BR></P>
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<P><SPAN>Ajay Ramachandran</SPAN>is a former serial entrepreneur & angel investor, now turned VC as a founding partner at Happiness Ventures - a venture fund thatinvests in technology companies lead by entrepreneurs who have a passion & mission to make the world a happier place. With $480mm under management, the fund group concentrates on both early stage (seed & series A) startups & growth stage companies. Happiness Ventures invests with a long term view & supports their startups throughout their entire life cycle. Prior to Happiness Ventures,Ajay co-founded a successful international incubator called SourceN based in Bangalore, India & has been a co-founder/executive in 10 startups with six acquisitions & two IPOs.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Andr Guziec</STRONG><SPAN>is an angel investor, entrepreneur & executive with a unique combination of product vision, technical depth, & start up expertise. His passion is to build a quality product & experience from the ground up.</SPAN><BR></P>
<P>Andr founded Beat the Traffic (nicknamed "BTT") in 2001-2003 & successfully sold it to a Canadian media group, Pelmorex (The Weather Network & MeteoMedia) in 2012.The Beat the Traffic system is used by 60 TV stations in many large North American cities. Beat the Traffic is also a popular Smartphone App, consistently in the top 10 in its free navigation category. Andr started BTT and, as its CEO, grew it to a profitable business with original & defensible Intellectual Property, & an excellent team. In addition to being an angel investor he is also an advisor to technology companies. His sweet spot is to be the catalyst in early stage opportunities where it also makes sense for him to actively participate in an advisory role.</P>
<P>Earlier Andr was Senior Software Engineer & Architect at Multigen & Borland. Andr started at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center & has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Univ. Paris 11, & a MS in Economics from Univ. Paris 11 Sorbonne. Andr also holds a MS in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris. He has published about forty peer-reviewed papers, journal articles & book chapters & is an inventor of about 25 U.S Patents.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Ajay Ramachandran</STRONG>is a former serial entrepreneur & angel investor, now turned VC as a Founding Partner at Happiness Ventures - a venture fund thatinvests in technology companies lead by entrepreneurs who have a passion & mission to make the world a happier place. With $480mm under management, the fund group concentrates on both early stage (Seed & Series A) start-ups & growth stage companies. Happiness Ventures invests with a long-term view & supports our startups throughout their entire lifecycle. Prior to Happiness Ventures,Ajayalso co-founded a successful international incubator called SourceN based in Bangalore, India & has been a co-founder/executive in 10 start-ups with 6 acquisitions & 2 IPOs.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Mario Herger</STRONG>is CEO & founder of Enterprise Garage, a boutique strategic consulting group focusedon foresightthinking, innovation, & intrapreneurship.He had been Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs in Palo Alto where he had worked for 15 years.</P>
<P>He has written many books, the most recent one on the Silicon-Valley-Mindset.He hosts many delegations from Europe to Silicon Valley & regularly speaks at conferences & conducts innovation workshops. His upcoming book is taking a deeper look in the disruptions coming to the automotive industry. That book, <A HREF="http://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">The last driver license</A><A HREF="http://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">holder</A>,will be in book stores in June 2017.</P>
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