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2006
 
Speakers 2006

 

Michael G. Bucheit, Managing Director Canada, WR Hambrecht + Co
Top Trends in US Financing, what's the Future of Canadian Company?

  

Learn about practices in the US in Financing technology companies. What are the valorization of the deals in function of the transactions : Private Equity, Mergers & Acquistions, IPOs. What are the challenges specific to Canadian companies when financing in the US ?

Mr. Michael G. Bucheit joined WR Hambrecht + Co in May 2004. Previously, he managed the private equity portfolio of SFI Financial Group, a Virginia based merchant bank. Prior to SFI, he spent several years at GE Capital where he managed a $150MM venture capital portfolio, which returned 2.8x the capital invested. Michael succesfully supported over 20 portfolio companies in their fund raising efforts. Michael also built and ran a $70MM e-business division that developed and sold technology solutions to large commercial customers of GE Capital. He spent several years in banking with Bankers Trust and Citicorp. Michael holds a M.B.A. from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, where he was an Austrian Government Scholar and a B.A. in Management with honors from Webster University, Vienna (Austria).

 

Pierre Donaldson, Partner, J.L. Albright Venture Partners, Chairman, Bioscrypt
Manage Your Growth : Now it's Getting Serious!

 

Pierre, is known as an experienced entrepreneur, in his address, he will share is business experiences on international scenes, mostly in California & Europe. He'll talk about the scars he wears, the lessons he has learned - Good & Bad. 

Pierre Donaldson, formerly president and CEO of Bioscrypt Inc., joined the company in April 2000 and transitioned to Executive Chairman in September 2004.. Under his leadership, Bioscrypt, then Mytec, acquired a major competitor, Biometric Identification Inc., and the two companies merged to become Bioscrypt Inc., one of the leading biometrics companies in North America. 

Over the past 25 years, Pierre has built up extensive experience in the software and high tech industries. Before joining Bioscrypt, Pierre was executive vice president, worldwide field operations, for the Descartes Systems Group Inc., a provider of business-to-business Internet logistics solutions, from May 1998 to April 2000. 

Prior to this experience, Pierre spent more than a year as vice president, sales and marketing, of Treasury Services Co., acquired in August 1997 by Oracle Corporation, a supplier of information management software. 

From December 1995 to January 1997, Mr. Donaldson was president and CEO of Virtual Prototypes Inc., a supplier of prototyping and simulation software tools. He has also held several senior management positions in Canada and in Europe with Dun & Bradstreet Software Corporation.
 
Miles Hilton-Barber, Blind Explorer (UK)
Living your Dreams!

People see barriers and obstacles that prevent them to move forward. Mr.Hilton-Barber will share his thoughts on how people can take away barriers in order to achieve new goals. As individuals, we control our attitudes, we control our responses, Mr. Hilton-Barber will give participants tools to help them think differently. Using images, and experiences of life, Mr.Hilton Barber will certainly have an impact on both in your personal and professional life.

Miles Hilton-Barber has been blind for about twenty years but has not let that stop him from challenging barriers, seeking adventure and succeeding on expeditions to deserts, mountains and the polar regions. 
He is an exceptional storyteller and corporate motivational speaker whose messages of "never give up", "expect the unexpected" and "think big to achieve big" come wrapped in a package of humour and profound personal insight.

 

Michel Lavoie, RCGT
Survive to a Turnaround of a Tech Company

Les entreprises qui font face à des situations drastiques sont confrontées à des choix. Le président est appelé à faire des choix difficiles qui auront un impact sur la survie de l'entreprise. Quelles sont les leçons à tirer des expériences de ses pairs. Le conférencier présentera différents cas faisant état de situations réelles et expliquera les motivations et objectifs visés par les décisions prises.  Encore plus important, comment un Président peut protéger son entreprise de situations difficiles en mettant en pratique quelques règles de gestion accessibles à tous. 
Michel Lavoie, CA, CIRP, Syndic est associé chez Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton & Cie au bureau de Montréal. Il fait partie du Groupe d'intervention en redressement d’entreprises et possède une expérience d’une vingtaine d'années en redressement et en restructuration. En plus des nombreuses études diagnostiques réalisées dans diverses industries allant du secteur manufacturier au secteur des ressources naturelles, celui-ci a utilisé à plusieurs occasions son expertise pour réaliser des vérifications diligentes préalablement à des acquisitions d'entreprises ou à des financements. Parallèlement à sa pratique traditionnelle, les services de M. Lavoie ont été retenus à titre de syndic dans le cadre d’importantes restructurations financières. 

 

Steve Mott, CEO, BetterBuyDesign.com, (Stanford, CT)
The Next Generation of Business on the Internet

While much of the focus of the first generation of eCommerce has been on the consumer side, businesses have gained sufficient insights from the innovations they have experienced to redefine the way they will be doing business in the next generation. Some of the key insights include:
Catalogs can be updated real-time, and so can inventories (using web-services applications), meaning shopping and ordering can be much more efficient
Pricing can also be effected real-time, in line with supply and demand that is polled constantly; this creates a more efficient marketplace and aligns pricing with immediate value (or options for purchase delivery)
Payments—especially for small businesses—no longer have to be held hostage to elaborate accounts receivable and accounts payable systems; real-time execution of guaranteed payments frees up immediate order execution, while the payment transpires in negotiated timeframes and channels
Marketing can be nearly universal, meaning smaller suppliers can vie for contracts wherever they can compete; new businesses that are inherently online continue to evolve
Customer service becomes part of the marketing proposition, as experienced online users find it easier and faster to self-service from websites, saving providers significant time and costs
This presentation will cover a number of examples of each of these insights and point to the way forward for Canadian companies, using US experience as a base.
Steve Mott is CEO of BetterBuyDesign.com, a virtual investment and consulting company specializing in brokering high technology ideas for the New Economy. Steve and a syndicated group of consultants provide advice and development expertise to e-business clients ranging from small startup firms to VCs to large global concerns. Some assignments result in full-time operational responsibilities, most recently a stint as President of Priceline WebHouse Club, the online grocery and gas affiliate of priceline.com.

 

André Pouliot, President, DMR Conseil
Testimony on the Growth of his company

M. André Pouliot est président-directeur général de DMR Conseil, l’un des principaux fournisseurs de services aux entreprises et aux organisations publiques dans les domaines des technologies de l’information (TI) et de la gestion des processus d’affaires. Près de 1000 conseillers, répartis dans nos bureaux de Québec et de Montréal, sont au service de notre clientèle d’ici et d’ailleurs, poursuivant une tradition d’excellence depuis 1973. Depuis 1997, DMR est membre de Fujitsu Limited qui regroupe plus de 150 000 spécialistes des TI dans 70 pays.

 

Tim Scudder, CEO, Personal Strengths Publishing
Leading Change, Power of Communications
  

This session focuses on the dynamics of change - how to lead it, how to anticipate and manage resistance, how to communicate more effectively to increase acceptance of change. We begin by looking at some of the changes we are either currently experiencing or driving in our organizations. We will explore personal reactions to changes and learn to connect changes to people at a deep enough level that change can be embraced and accelerated. We will prepare for the inevitable conflict that accompanies many change efforts and discuss strategies to achieve productive results from this conflict.

Tim Scudder is the CEO of Personal Strengths Publishing, an international publishing and consulting business focused on building relationships and managing conflict. He works directly with a select group of the company's clients including PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM, Washington Mutual and United Airlines. He has made presentations at international conferences on topics such as Change Management, Conflict Management, 360-Degree Feedback and Team Building. He is the author or editor of several books and training programs including Relationship Intelligence, Let's Deal with Relationships, and the Strength Deployment Inventory Facilitation Guide. He incorporates his past experience as a Certified Public Accountant into his current work by making measuring objective results of interpersonal skills training. His outside interests include camping and fishing with his family, surfing and motorcycles.

 
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