Gerry Wilson

CEO, Yoonew

Software AG brings collaboration, interoperability and real-time visibility to the extended enterprise with latest webMethods release

webMethods Product Suite delivers faster business results and competitive differentiation via full integration of best-in-class technologies for SOA Governance, Business Integration, Business Process Management, and Legacy Modernization

Legacy Modernization's five-year ROI of 331% surpasses ‘rip & replace’ in an independent study

Recently published analysis of four current Software AG mainframe customers using Adabas and Natural finds that Web- and Service-enabling existing systems to enhance functionality delivers significant cost avoidance and other benefits

Software AG Automates SOA Governance With Introduction of CentraSite Governance Edition

Expanded focus on guided, automated processes and a more intuitive user interface streamlines adoption, delivers faster enterprise benefits from SOA

Time Session Video Archive
Tuesday, April 8th
8:45AM - 9:45AM The State of the Tech IPO Buyers & Sellers
The IPO market picked up steam in 2007, but is the "window" still open? Top investors discuss why they still care about IPOs in a turbulent market and delineate what makes them say "buy" instead of "pass."
  • Beau Coash, Head Primary Trader, Fidelity Management and Research
  • Leslie Pfrang, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities
  • Lise Buyer, Founder, Class V Group
  • Robin Weiss, SVP, Investment Banking Services, NYSE
  • Sean Madnani, Vice President, The Blackstone Group
  • Andrew J. Neff, Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns
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9:45AM - 10:45AM The Boutiques Versus the Bulge Bracket Firms
In the technology IPO glory days, there was a bulge bracket firm name on the left side of the prospectus and a boutique name on the right. By the end of the 1990s, the boutiques had all been acquired. Will we see the emergence of a new class of boutiques and will they be able to successfully compete?
  • Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
  • Anthony Florence, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
  • Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jeffries & Co
  • Aaron Hill, MD, Head of Telecom. Investment Banking, Cowen & Company
  • James Montgomery, CEO, Montgomery & Co
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11:00AM - 11:45AM Corporate Buyers -- What's Whetting Their Appetite?
The biggest corporate brands are actively investing in companies that drive their strategies and profitability. Are they continuing to gorge on startups as their primary source of R&D and new product innovation?
  • David Lavallee, Managing Director, Revolution Partners
  • Jacqueline Hampton, Executive Director, Strategic Planning, Time Inc
  • JD Sherman, CFO, Akamai
  • Andrew Cohen, Senior Director, Strategic Development, Citrix
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11:45AM - 12:30PM Corporate Investors-- What's Whetting Their Appetite?
The biggest corporate brands are actively investing in companies that drive their strategies and profitability. Are they continuing to gorge on startups as their primary source of R&D and new product innovation?
  • Victor Boyajian, National Chair, Sonnenschein
  • Allison Goldberg, Executive Director, Time Warner Investments
  • David Horowitz, Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital
  • Scott English, VP Strategic Investments, Hearst Interactive Media
  • Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
  • Julie Gerstenberger, Head of External Alliances, Kodak
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1:15PM - 2:15PM CEO Presentations -- Mobile
Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn.
2:15PM - 3:15PM Where's the Money Moving in Mobile?
  • Adam Zawel, Chief Collaboration Officer, INmobile.org
  • Bob Geiman, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
  • Ron Elwell, Senior Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Nilanjana Bhowmik, Partner, Longworth Venture Partners
  • Murali Aravamuden, CEO, Veveo
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3:30PM - 4:15PM CEO Presentations -- Consumer & Media
Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn.
4:15PM - 5:10PM Why Take Venture Capital at All?
Why spend six months sucking up to venture capitalists when it’s (a) so cheap to start a company these days and (b) there are many ways to kick start cash flow? This is a contrarian panel featuring companies that achieved success without outside capital.
  • Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
  • Drew Curtis, Founder, Fark
  • Ramu Yalamanchi, CEO, hi5
  • David Skok, General Partner, Matrix Partners
  • Nick MacShane, Senior Managing Director, Progress Partners
  • Venkat Kolluri, CEO, Chitika
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5:10PM - 5:30PM Fireside Chat with Desh Despande
  • Jeff McCarthy, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
  • Desh Deshpande, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks
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5:30PM - 5:45PM VC Survey -- What You're Telling Us
  • Brian Hughes, Partner, KPMG
  • Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
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5:45PM - 6:30PM Introducing the AO Northeast Top 100 Companies
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Wednesday, April 9th
8:45AM - 9:15AM Presentation -- The EnerNet
Lessons from 50 years of building the Internet for how to meet the world's accelerating needs for cheap and clean energy.
  • Dr. Robert Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
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9:15AM - 10:00AM East Coast VCs Go Green
Greentech has become the third largest class of VC investment. Can the upside of investing in greentech rival the potential ROI of the internet.
  • Bill Schnoor, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
  • Jon Sakoda, Principal, NEA
  • Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures
  • Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital Partners
  • Tucker Twitmyer, Managing Partner, EnerTech Capital
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10:00AM - 10:30AM Fireside Chat with Nicholas Negroponte
  • Larry Weber, Chairman, W2 Group, Inc
  • Nicholas Negroponte, Founder and Chairman, One Laptop per Child
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10:45AM - 11:45AM CEO Presentations -- Greentech
Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn.
11:45AM - 12:30AM Sell Now or Go Public -- What's an Entrepreneur to Do?
In a dramatic shift since the 1990s, entrepreneurs have been choosing to sell rather than go public. With better IPO market conditions, should entrepreneurs hang tough or go for the IPO gold?
  • John Simon, Managing Partner, General Catalyst Partners
  • David Moore, CEO, 24/7 Real Media
  • Jit Saxena, CEO, Netezza
  • Greg Strakosch, Co-Founder, Techtarget
  • Bob McCooey, Sr. VP of Global Capital Markets, NASDAQ
  • Paul Bowen, President, Bowen Advisors
1:15PM - 2:15PM The Growing Competition Between Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and VCs
Hedge Funds, private equity firms, VCs and institutional investors all want to be investing your risk capital. Can private equity work in the tech space?
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2:15PM - 3:00PM So You Wanna be a VC
After the bubble burst, power consolidated into the hands of the blue chip VC brands. Is there still room for startup VC funds or are the obstacles of breaking into the entrenched establishment too big to overcome?
  • Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe
  • Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners
  • Drew Lipsher, Partner, Greycroft
  • Chris Greendale, General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners
  • Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital
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