Saturday, August 2, 2008

The OC and LA Area Consultant's Networks, and,
the Orange County Entrepreneur's Network Present...

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"Commercializing Your Invention"

    Presented by Jeff Greenberg, CEO Tech Coast Works

Do you know what it takes to transform your idea into a profitable business? In any new venture, the entrepreneur must navigate a series of transformations to successfully take a concept to market. Here are a few topics Mr. Greenberg will cover in his presentation:

• PRODUCT TRANSFORMATION - Technology to product
• MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION - Entrepreneur to seasoned management
• STAFF TRANSFORMATION - Yourself to a professionally staffed team
• OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION - Concept to operational business
• FINANCIAL TRANSFORMATION - Out-of-pocket to deep pockets (VC)

Date and Time: Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.

Location: IEEE Computer Society Building, 10662 Los Vaqueros Cir, Los Alamitos, CA 90720.

At the center of LA and Orange Counties! Easy access from the 605 freeway.

From South on 605, take Katella exit, left at Bloomfield, right at Cerritos and right onto Los Vaqueros Circle.

From the North on 605, exit at Spring Street and make a left, continue on Cerritos Ave, and turn right at Los Vaqueros Circle.

Cost: Free! Coffee and some beverages will be available.

Please RSVP to: Dan.Noel@ieee.org so that we can prepare for you.

Co-sponsors: Jointly supported by the LA Area & OC Consultants’ Networks, and the OC IEEE Power Engineering Society/Industrial Application Society.

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Jeff Greenberg is the founder and CEO of Tech Coast Works, one of the first incubators to be facilitated by the Orange County Business Incubation Network, a public benefit initiative of the University of California at Irvine. Tech Coast Works was established to commercialize the inventions of the faculty and researchers of UCI's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and the Southern California hi tech community.

Greenberg is a seasoned executive with 25 years of experience in the technology and consumer electronics fields. His background includes management roles at multinational corporations such as Toshiba, Compaq, Canon and the Storage Networking Industry Association, as well as smaller organizations such as LightSand, Westinghouse and Quarterdeck. Since 2000, he has focused his efforts exclusively on the startup sector, working as a founder, employee or consultant for multiple ventures. During that time he has used his unique expertise to help early-stage ventures implement scaled-down versions of corporate best practices that improve operational effectiveness without imposing classic corporate bureaucracy. Greenberg holds a B.S. in computer science from Rutgers University, an M.S. in computer science from U.C. Irvine and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

For More Information on OCEN, see www.occn.org/en.