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An evening with
executives whose companies have acquired
other firms as well as gone through
acquisitions
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Sacramento Marriott (click for driving
instructions)
11211 Point East Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA
Cost: Members free;
Non-Members - $50 before 10/20; $60 after
Networking & Reception: 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Panel Discussion: 7:00 - 8:30
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Let's face it. The IPO market is
dead and the current economic conditions offer little
chance of liquidity other than through an acquisition.
While a M&A transaction can provide the needed exit you
are looking for, it may not always achieve the desired
results. At this month's meeting, TechCoire is
proud to have executives from companies that have gone
through the process to share their insight into the
process, what to look for and what to bargain for during
a potential acquisition. Executives featured
include:
Mitchell Koulouris, took the company
public in Feb 206, acquired Digital Rights Agency
post-IPO and finally got acquired by Orchard Group in
2007
Mike McConnell, executive with
Level-One, Sacramento’s largest technology acquisition
to date and part of the team that integrated Level-one
into Intel post-acquisition.
Randy Custeau, VP of Marketing for OSI,
played a key role in the sale to Agilent in 2001 (second
largest acquisition in Sacramento) and subsequently the
spin off from Agilent Tamara Gordon,
Director of M&A for Agilent and was directly involved
both in the acquisition of OSI in 2001 and subsequent
spin-off by Agilent in 2007.
The panel will be moderated by Curt Rocca of DCA capital
and the discussion will feature:
Mitchell
Koulouris , CEO, Gigatone Entertainment
Prior to his current role, he was the Founder & CEO
of DMI , online music distribution portal headquartered
in Sacramento. He was responsible for driving DMI's
corporate vision and for global partnerships and
strategic business development and was at the helm until
its sale to Orchard Group. Koulouris spent the last 15
years in the technology publishing sector working
primarily with Microsoft in technical magazine
publishing, content and community development, and event
production. He founded Informant Communications Group,
an award-winning publishing company in 1991.
Randy Custeau,
VP – WW Marketing & Sales, OSI
Mr. Custeau has 20 years of
telecommunications-related experience at both product
vendor companies and service providers. He has held a
variety of sales, marketing and research and development
leadership positions. For Objective Systems Integrators,
Mr. Custeau presently oversees world-wide sales
marketing, including strategy, new business development
and marketing communications. The current portfolio is
part of the Sobha Renaissance IT Telecom portfolio which
includes OSS, BSS and Business Process Outsourcing
solutions for convergent service providers. Randy
Custeau was an active part of the team that led the
integration of OSI through its acquisition by Agilent in
2001 and the subsequent spin-off.
Mike McConnell , former VP of
Strategy, Keyeye Communications
Stephen
“Mike” McConnell has over 25 years of experience
in the high tech industry. Mr. McConnell was a founder
and Vice President of Strategic Marketing for KeyEye
Communications, a fabless semiconductor company. Prior
to founding KeyEye he held the position of Director of
Business Development at Level One Communications and
subsequently Intel. Prior to joining Level One
Communications in 1993 he founded and operated an
engineering consulting and contracting company
specializing in data communications. Mr. McConnell has
led the acquisition of numerous companies and played a
significant role in the integration of Level One by
Intel.
Tamara Gordon, Director of
M&A, Agilent Technologies
Tamara Gordon is the Director of
Mergers and Acquisitions for Agilent Technologies, has
over 15 years experience buying and selling high
technology businesses across a broad industry spectrum,
including biotechnology and life sciences companies,
medical products, software, computer hardware,
semiconductors, instrumentation, and services. She was
the lead negotiator in both the purchase of OSI by
Agilent in 2001 and Agilent’s sale of OSI to their
current parent last year, among many other acquisition
deals.
Curt Rocca,
Managing Partner, DCA Capital (Moderator)
Curtis M. Rocca serves as Managing Partner of DCA
Partners, responsible for all aspects of the
organization, and also functions as a General Partner to
the Firm’s affiliated private equity fund, DCA Capital
Partners. Mr. Rocca is a seasoned chief executive with a
background in leading high growth organizations from
inception to exit. In his career, he has held a number
of top executive management positions including CEO of
several companies, both public and private. Curtis M
Rocca’s prior experience includes being the Chief
Executive Officer of Dental Partners Inc, healthcare
services roll–up based in Sacramento, CA ; Chairman and
CEO of Bio-Dental Technologies Corp (Nasdaq: BDTC) – a
global dental technology products company. He also
served as senior executives with several Fortune-500
corporations including Celebrity Inc, Marriott
International and Pacific Telesis.
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