Case Presentations in Information Technology
October 19, 2006
6:00 - 8:00P.M. (reception to follow)
University of Rhode Island University Club
Upper College Road, Kingston, Rhode Island
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This event is free of charge
Moderator: James Hahn, Partridge, Snow & Hahn
Host: Mark Higgins, Dean of the College of Business, URI
Opening Speaker: Daniel DiMase, President, SemiXchange
Case Presentations:
This event will feature cutting-edge internet security and web-based advertising technologies. The CEOs of Activity Central Inc. and IAM Technology Inc. will give an overview of their business plans followed by an interactive discussion between a panel and the CEOs. The panel will evaluate their presentations and give feedback pertaining to their identified market, competitive position, funding strategy, intellectual property strategy, etc.
Activity Central, Inc.
Activity Central has a technology in the patent pipeline that combines human and machine intelligence to read and organize thousands of activities from the Web. For example, information on activities and events in New England is spread across 3,000 websites with over 100,000 listings. For the first time, computers can read websites automatically and understand the data. Activity Central can collect information dispersed throughout the web for all activities occurring in New England, and can compile it into a single, accessible repository. This new concept in content publishing boosts circulation and ad revenues enormously. Activity Central provides newspapers and magazines with a list of activities and events that is over 100 times more complete and up-to-date than any existing list. Presenter: Jon Monsarrat
IAM Technology Inc.
IAM Technology (IAM) has developed the next generation of digital identity and secure data assurance. IAM’s security software and hardware are built upon technological advances initially developed for the United States Department of Defense, incorporating recently developed breakthroughs in mathematics and computation. The technology provides the most efficient and compliant trust backbone for enterprise Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) implementations, storage networks and for the exchange of authenticated data. IAM delivers revolutionary advances on the speed, efficiency and persistence (historic audit-ability) of data validation – developing a common trust infrastructure to validate disparate data objects including security assertions (such as those related to digital identities), digital signatures, and data in general. The technology has immediate benefits in two very large markets: web services and federated identity. There are also diverse applications in other important niche markets. IAM provides not simply the validation of data, but an assurance of non-repudiation and audit-ability for any historic time period; this allows organizations to be provably compliant to audit and other regulatory controls. Presenter: David Croston
Panel:
Leonard Katzman, Of Counsel, Partridge, Snow & Hahn
Len concentrates his practice in intellectual property law, technology transactions, licensing and general business counsel.
Len's experience includes providing trademark brand development counsel, prosecuting U.S. and foreign trademark registrations, advising clients on copyright protection and patent rights, and providing counsel on internet commerce matters and domain name issues.
David Martirano, General Partner, Point Judith Capital
David leads the firm's information technology investing, with a focus on enterprise software and networking. He represents Point Judith on the board of TAZZ Networks and was previously involved with the firm's investments in Optasite and Taqua (acq. by Tekelec).
Prior to Point Judith Capital, David co-founded Rex Capital with Dave Mixer, a venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage technology investments. His previous investments include Co-nect (acq. by Pearson), ru-Net Holdings, SnapGear (acq. by CyberGuard), and ThoughtWare Technologies (acq. by EDT Learning).
Before Rex Capital, David was a member of the Investment Banking Group at Cowen & Company. While at Cowen, he executed public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Cowen, David also worked in equity capital markets at both Josephthal Lyon & Ross and Kidder Peabody. He holds a BS from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA from the Columbia Business School.
Thorne Sparkman, Managing Director, Slater Fund
From 1996 to 1998, Thorne Sparkman was founder and CEO of Incubator, Inc., an angel-funded, Internet business incubator in Berkeley, California. The company's business model was to assist early-stage teams, especially those from the University of California at Berkeley, by providing a complete suite of start-up services in exchange for equity.
From 1995 through 1999, Mr. Sparkman was CEO of EScribe Corporation, a start-up which created online communities for upscale, outdoor enthusiasts. Mr. Sparkman began his electronic publishing career at Time Warner in 1993, where he developed on-line communities and commerce applications on the CompuServe Information Service, and helped launch Time Warner’s original Pathfinder service.
Mr. Sparkman holds a B.A. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
