2003-2004 Meetings

Meeting Date

Management Forum

After Dinner Presentation

June 30, 2004

The Dream – and Focusing to Make it Real
Manu Pillai, Product Acceleration Inc.

Making It: How To Go Into Business For Yourself
Orin Laney, PhD Candidate, Touro University

May 26, 2004

Resolving Conflict on Geographically Dispersed Teams
Jenny Brandemuehl, Virtual Connection

Sustainable Systems for Off-the-Grid Communities
Daniel A. Pitt, Santa Clara University

April 28, 2004

Fostering trust on Virtual Teams
see the slides
Kathie Sinor, Virtual Connection

Going Global: a Business and Individual Perspective
Kevin Walsh, Santa Clara University

March 31, 2004

Remote Management Strategies
see the slides
Barbara Miller, Virtual Connection

Pipeline Management
see the slides
David E. Kirjassoff

February 24, 2004

Employee Stock Options - Optimizing Your Strategy
Rich Chambers, Certified Financial Planner

Working With Our Former Enemy
Bob Dodd, Space Systems Loral

January 28, 2004

Virtual Engineering Project Teams: Hyper-productive or Just Hype?
Randi Brenowitz

Nanotech: The Next Generation
Warren Packard, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

December 10, 2003

Keys to Successful Global Outsourcing
Narendra Dev, vCustomer Corporation

Management Across Company and Country Borders: The Sea Launch Approach
John Steinmeyer, Director of Mission Integration, The Sea Launch Company

October 29, 2003

Creating Successful Mentoring Relationships to Accelerate Learning
see the slides
Kathie Sinor, Talent Development Consultant & Helen Gracon, Career Development Consultant

Planning and Executing Fast-Track Projects
see the slides
Dr. Raymond Levitt, Professor and Academic Director, Stanford Advanced Project Management Program

September 24, 2003

Fostering Innovation (Innovating for Results: How to Move from Idea to Strategy)
see the slides
Dr. Louis Patler, Chairman, Near Bridge, Inc.

Hope for High Tech? - Complexity, Systems, and Semiconductors
see the slides
Dr. Chris Hamlin, Sr. VP, CTO of LSI Logic