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Dave Bhagat  Senior Product Advisor Dave Bhagat is a senior product advisor for SVB Silicon Valley Bank’s global financial services, based in Palo Alto, Calif. He advises clients on currency hedging strategies and helps them with other aspects of overseas banking and trade requirements. In addition, he regularly writes articles on topics covering the global markets and co-hosts an internal weekly market call that covers the global and domestic fixed income and currency markets. Bhagat has more than 20 years of experience in the currency, fixed income and structured products markets and has spend time working in Asia, Europe and North America. Prior to joining SVB Silicon Valley Bank in 2005, he worked at several financial institutions including JP Morgan Chase, HSBC and Citibank. He has been a trader and has also managed sales and trading desks. Bhagat earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Elphinstone College, the University of Bombay, and hold’s a master’s in business administration form the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. Keith Blackey  VP, Business Development Keith has been managing national and global operations (offshore manufacturing, product development, sales and marketing) for Bay Area, B2B and B2C, startup and Fortune 500, technology and bio companies for 25 years. He has lived in six countries and opened 13 international offices. He graduated at the top of his electrical engineering and MBA class. With the support of a large UK staff, Keith helps Bay Area companies evaluate, open, and grow their UK business and UK-based European headquarters. SEEDA’s government-paid services can help accelerate your profits and time to market, save money, and avoid legal, employment, tax, product, distribution, contract, and pricing mistakes. Keith lives in the Bay area with his wife and two sons. Mark Blunden  Partner Mark leads the firm’s Inward Investment team which supports foreign multinationals moving into the UK and Europe. He specialises in commercial law advising clients on strategic issues regarding their commercialization of products and services and market strategies, information technology, intellectual property, multimedia, communications, e-commerce and broader commercial dealings. He also has particular expertise in outsourcing, technology licensing, branding and data protection. South African born, Mark originally qualified as an English barrister and South African advocate before working as an in-house lawyer and then joining Boyes Turner in 1998. Mark is a member of the British Computer Society's specialist IT group, the Society for Computers and Law and the Data Protection Forum. He is an advisory board member to the business school at Reading University and the former Chairman of the Regional Development Group of the Thames Valley Economic Partnership (TVEP) an organisation whose members are leading private sector companies in the region and local authorities. Paul Britton 
Inward Investment Manager Paul Britton is the Inward Investment Manager for the Thames Valley region, responsible for sustaining the Thames Valley status as Europes location of choice for US technology businesses seeking to internationalize. Since joining the Thames Valley Economic Partnership in 2001, and establishing a tight community of professional services, Governmental, and Regional Economic Development expertise (Thames Valley Regional Development Group), Paul has helped over 100 US technology businesses to successfully make their first steps into Europe. A graduate in Business Management, he spends his free time coaching Windsor Rugby Club. Jeremy Charles 
Partner Jeremy joined Strutt & Parker in 1986 specialising in UK and European office development, funding and brokerage. Jeremy, became a Partner in 1996, and has subsequently focused on Corporate Real Estate Consultancy where extensive experience has been shared in regional and European Corporate site selection, transaction management, development consultancy, asset enhancement and cost minimisation through well planned exit strategy management. This activity has led to extensive understanding of the inward investment market for companies seeking to invest in the UK from particularly from North America. Jeremy is VP Membership for CoreNet Global UK, a member of BIFM, and Executive Board Member of TVEP and Chair of the Regional Development Group supporting inward investment into the South East of England. Jeremy has led some significant relocation projects in the UK and Europe, for a number of corporate occupiers including VERITAS Software, MCI, Ariba, Net IQ, Synopsys, Palm, BakBone Software and Allied Telesyn. Peter Doyle  The Norton Practice Pete Doyle is a Partner in The Norton Practice – a UK based firm of Chartered Accountants and International Business Consultants with associated offices in Europe and Asia. Pete is a graduate of Exeter University, spending 6 years with Ernst & Young in their Thames Valley Audit practice where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He co-founded The Norton Practice in 1993 and is now responsible overall for services to International clients and for Norton’s associate offices across Europe and Asia. Over the last 13 years he has helped over 200 US and International companies become established in the UK and Europe including advice on tax and commercial structure, employment issues, and getting the company ready for business. With the recent expansion of The Norton Practice into Asia, Pete has been instrumental in helping US companies expand into India, Japan, Hong Kong, China and Australia. His current clients include US public companies as well as a large number of venture back technology start ups. Tim Ellis  FirstPartner Tim Ellis is a Partner at FirstPartner, specializing in technology market and commercial strategies. Tim Ellis has extensive experience in the start up and growth of EMEA divisions of USA companies. This experience includes serving as EMEA VP of HillCast Technologies (Austin TX) and VP EMEA for SmartServ Online (Stamford CT) developing the market and partner strategy for real-time streaming of professional information services to wireless devices; bringing both Java and BREW content applications to market in partnership with mobile carriers. Tim also served as MD for Active Voice Ltd, a division of Active Voice Corp (Seattle WA), a developer of Enterprise mobility software applications and an early entrant into Enterprise VoIP and Unified Messaging systems market, which was purchased by Cisco Systems in 2001. Previously, Tim Ellis was involved in the ASIC sector of the semiconductor industry, working both in Europe and USA for a variety of major companies. Most notably, Tim was involved in the startup of European Silicon Structures (ES2), which was later purchased by Atmel Corp to form their European operations. Tim is qualified with both BSc Engineering and MSc Microelectronics degrees, and is a Member of the Institute of Directors. His current clients include US public companies as well as a large number of venture back technology start ups. Richard Irving  Managing Partner Based in Silicon Valley, Richard has over twenty years experience in venture capital, business management, marketing and engineering in technology companies including Pond, AT&T Bell Labs, Advanced Micro Devices, Brooktree, and Irving International. Starting as a chip designer at Bell Labs, and strategic marketing manager at AMD, Richard later managed three business units at Brooktree with full P&L responsibility. These grew from as small as $1M up to $90M. Richard has been involved in over $400 million worth of deals, including two initial public offerings, several acquisitions, and many private financings. Co-founder of Pond, Richard serves as Director of Transitive, picoChip, and Nanotech. Richard has a B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Manchester University. Terrance Philips Vice President Terrance Philips is a vice president at SVB Global, based in Palo Alto, Calif. In this role he manages the relationships of more than 100 international venture capital firms throughout Asia, Europe and Israel, and banks many of these firms’ portfolio companies. In addition, he manages business development efforts for SVB Business Partners Shanghai and SVB India Advisors. Philips joined SVB in 2002 and has held several positions including cash management advisor, global treasury advisor and relationship manager. Prior to joining the company, Terrance spent six years in the Marine Corps working at the U.S. Embassies in France and Venezuela. Mike Sigal  Co-founder and CEO Mike Sigal is Co-founder and CEO of Guidewire Group. Mike brings to Guidewire Group a 20-year record of building innovative technology-based businesses for existing and emerging global companies. Previously, he ran a strategic advisory and interim management consulting firm, with clients such as the Daily Mail General Trust, Fresher Information Corp, IDG, Office Depot, Pacific Bell, Philips Electronics, Synoptics and the U.S. Postal Service. He has lived and worked in Europe, providing marketing and business development services to technology companies as they developed their trans-Atlantic strategies. As director of DASAR, producer of the annual European Technology Roundtable Exposition (ETRE) conferences, Mike built communities which fostered relationships among technology industry executives and investors. An entrepreneur at heart, Mike has founded a number of technology ventures, including FM Waves and WiFinder. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Craig SullivanVice President, International Products Craig Sullivan is VP, International Products for NetSuite, Inc. – the San Mateo, CA based leading provider of integrated business application software for small and medium sized businesses. Founded in 1998, NetSuite has thousands of customers globally using its online products and professional services. Businesses using NetSuite’s applications are able to manage all key business operations—in a single hosted system, including: customer relationship management (CRM); order fulfillment; inventory; finance and product assembly; ecommerce; Web site management; and employee productivity. Craig is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and has been with NetSuite in a product management role for more than 7 years. Craig now manages all aspects of NetSuite’s international product offerings, driving Internationalization and Localization initiatives and ensuring the product meets all local business and compliance requirements. Prior to NetSuite, Craig was the European Financial Controller for Kerridge Computer Company Ltd., based in Newbury, Berks. Craig has been instrumental in NetSuite’s recent market entry in to Japan and continues to be focused on localization for that market as well as coordinating plans for further expansion within the Asia-Pacific region. |
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