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In addition to our featured speakers, the following individuals will be joining the panel for our Fishbowl presentations – interactive discussions of startup business concepts.
Gil Beyda – Managing Partner, Genacast Ventures
Gil Beyda is a seasoned entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. Gil
launched his first company Mind Games in 1982 to develop games for the
original Apple II. Gil then started a software consulting firm with
Fortune 100 clients in the U.S., Asia and Europe. In 1995, Gil helped
pioneer Internet advertising by founding Real Media, the first online
ad network and ad server company. After Real Media was acquired in
2001, Gil pioneered the next wave of online advertising as CTO of
TACODA, the first behavioral targeting, ad network. Following AOL’s
acquisition of TACODA in 2007, Gil founded Genacast Ventures in
partnership with Comcast Interactive Capital to invest in seed-stage,
technology-centric, Internet start-ups. Gil has a MBA and BS in
Computer Science from California State University. He lives with his
wife and four daughters in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Lucinda Holt – CEO, ClickEquations
Lucinda is an accomplished technology CEO who led a number of
successful companies. In 2004, Lucinda co-founded and led TurnTide, an
anti-spam technology company, which was acquired by Symantec for $28
million in only six months. Prior to founding TurnTide, Lucinda was
President & CEO of Destiny WebSolutions, a venture-backed Inc. 500
winner that provided Internet strategy and implementation consulting to
large financial institutions. While growing Destiny from $250,000 to
$25 million in revenue Lucinda received many honors. She was named
America’s 17th Most Influential Consultant by Consulting Magazine, won
the Eastern Technology Council’s Enterprise Award for CEO of the Year,
and was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Philadelphia.
In addition to her CEO roles, Lucinda has been an
Entrepreneur-In-Residence at First Round Capital and has held
management positions at Infonautics, Automated Call Processing, SEI
Investments, and American Express. She graduated cum laude from
University of Pennsylvania and earned an MBA from the Wharton School in
Entrepreneurial Management.
Stephen M. Goodman – Partner, Morgan Lewis
Stephen M. Goodman is a partner in Morgan Lewis’s Business and Finance
Practice and has been with the firm since 1994. His practice, focused
on corporate finance and acquisitions, is dedicated to fostering
emerging growth companies in the region through direct work with
clients and active involvement in the emerging growth community. As
strategic counsel to startups in the technology and life sciences
sectors, Mr. Goodman identifies companies with potential and then takes
them from conception through product development, growth and beyond.
Some of the companies he has nurtured include CDnow, VerticalNet, ICG
Commerce, AirClic, ExcelleRx, and AANet.com.
Consistently recognized by Chambers USA, an annual
independent ranking of top lawyers, as an influential authority for his
work with emerging growth companies, Mr. Goodman is co-chair of the
firm’s Global Emerging Technology and Life Sciences Practice. He also
is founder of the firm’s “Connect at Morgan Lewis” program, which
brings together investors and entrepreneurs and guides clients through
the process of refining their investor presentations through individual
coaching sessions. Mr. Goodman is the longest-tenured member of the
advisory board for the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton
Entrepreneurship Program. He also teaches “Legal Aspects of
Entrepreneurship” at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Law.
In addition to his close involvement with clients and his support
and participation in the regional entrepreneurial and venture capital
networks, Mr. Goodman devotes significant time to mentoring young
lawyers in the firm.
Mr. Goodman is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Rob Weber
Rob Weber has focused his entire career around starting and building
emerging growth technology businesses. He is currently a Managing
Director of Antiphony, a management consulting firm that helps
companies create sustainable value through innovation. Prior to
Antiphony, Rob was President of Intellifit Corporation a provider of
guaranteed fit technology for on-line apparel shopping, a venture
backed company that was sold in early 2009.
Prior to Intellifit he served as President of knoa, an e-learning
software company, where he successfully redefined the corporate product
strategy and repositioned the company to capitalize on new market
opportunities. Prior to knoa he served as President of Elastomeric
Technologies, a leading electronic connector manufacturer. Rob joined
Elastomeric as President in 1990, turned the company around and sold
the venture backed firm to Tyco International (Formerly Augat Corp) in
1995.
In 1984 Rob became an early team member and served as Marketing
Director for Ensoniq Corp, a leading manufacturer of electronic musical
instruments and multimedia products, where he led the development of
the company’s marketing and business plan and venture capital financing
efforts through 1988. Ensoniq was sold to Creative Technologies of
Singapore. He started his career in venture capital with the investment
banking firm of Howard, Lawson & Company.
Rob is a co-founder of Robin Hood Ventures, an angel investment
group focused on emerging growth companies, and the Mid-Atlantic Angel
Group Fund.