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2 episodes with Silicon Valley Leadership Group
2 episodes with Silicon Valley Leadership Group
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Play and work with joy is a mantra Michael Van Every lives by. In today's episode, Rachel and Amber are joined by Michael, who was injured in a house fire as a child. Growing up, Michael knew he was different from his peers but never let that stop him. Over time, he found his own voice through playing sports, from the support of his parents, and believing in himself. Now, Michael is the President and Managing Partner of Republic Urban Properties and is deeply committed to giving back. His journey has led him to reconnect with the Regional Burn Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where he was once a patient. Through fundraising events and advocacy efforts, Michael is dedicated to helping survivors overcome their emotional and mental battles. His unwavering dedication is a moving testament to the power of resilience and the human spirit. ⭐️ Enjoyed the show? Tell us by leaving a 5-star review and sharing on social media using hashtag #GirlswithGrafts and tagging Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors! Meet Our Guest Michael Van Every is the President and Managing Partner of Republic Urban Properties, the Bay Area flagships of the Republic Family of Companies. Mr. Van Every works with Federal, State and Local governments on the creation and development of ‘smart growth' projects, such as master-planned communities near transportation hubs; urban mixed-use projects near major employment centers; and innovative, public-private partnerships. The Republic Family of Companies is known for developing institutional-quality real estate throughout the United States, from land development, to historic adaptive reuse to shopping malls.In his 25 years of working experience representing major institutional and private real estate developers in the greater Bay Area, Van Every has earned the reputation as a man with the leadership, the knowledge, the experience, and tenacity to see complicated projects through from land acquisition to completion. Under Van Every's leadership, RUP has gained national attention for its Transit Orientated Development (TOD) projects at key transit stations working as the premier public-private partner with many transit authorities across California.Since 2006, as the managing partner of RUP, Van Every has been involved with the planning, financing, construction and delivery of 1,238 multifamily units and 145,000 square feet of mixed-use commercial space. In addition to the multifamily pipeline, RUP has approximately 380 hotels rooms, 151,000 square feet of office, and 120,000 square feet of retail in various stages of development. The estimated hypothetical market value among projects is projected at $1.5 billion in value.A third-generation San Jose native, Van Every holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University at Fresno. Van Every is an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and he serves as a Board Member on San Jose Stage Company. Michael is married and lives with his wife Jennifer and Jacob in the Willow Glen Neighborhood of San Jose.Links Learn more and support the “San Jose Q&A: A Trivia Showdown in Support of Burn Recovery”Meet the team at the Regional Burn Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterLearn more about the Winchester Mystery HousePodcast Sponsor Today's podcast is powered by one of our fire prevention partners, Telgian! Telgian is committed to providing effective and innovative fire protection, life safety and security programs. Learn more by visiting www.telgian.com. Sponsor Girls with Grafts Interested in becoming a sponsor of the show? Email us at info@phoenix-society.org.
In this episode, host Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Mary Papazian, Executive Vice President of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. They focus on higher education governance and discuss the significant "AGB Board of Directors' Statement on Influences Impacting Governing Board Independence and Leadership." This document, a noteworthy publication in AGB's 110-year history and only the 13th such statement, addresses crucial issues in contemporary educational governance. Podcast Highlights "Without academic freedom and autonomy, higher education institutions cannot fulfill the vital role they play in our democracy and economy. The global competitive positions of our nature and society are in jeopardy if board oversight of academic freedom is diluted." AGB Key Discussion Points: AGB's Perspective on Board Roles: The dialogue begins with an examination of how boards should actively participate in governance, differentiating their role from that of university presidents in management. Principles of Board Governance: Dr. Papazian unpacks the four fundamental principles of board governance: loyalty, care, obedience, and the preservation of institutional autonomy, particularly academic freedom. Spotlight on Governance in Media: The discussion touches on the increased media attention towards board governance and its wider implications for higher education. Strengthening Governance Practices: The importance of developing robust governance structures, especially before a crisis, and the role of AGB in aiding this development. Academic Freedom - A Core Value: Comparing and contrasting the AAUP and AGB reports underscoring the critical role of academic freedom in American higher education. Best Practices from the AGB Report: Insights into the latest AGB report, which offers guidance and strategies for institutions to uphold governance responsibilities. Diversity in Board Decision-Making: Emphasizing the importance of diverse viewpoints in enhancing the quality of governance and shared decision-making. Essentials of Good Governance: The conversation emphasizes the need for maintaining and adapting good governance practices to address various challenges. Promoting Self-Assessment for Boards: The significance of regular board evaluations in sustaining and improving governance effectiveness. Three Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards: Fiduciary Duties as a Foundation: Reinforcing the core responsibilities of loyalty, care, and obedience in governance. Upholding Academic Freedom and Independence: Highlighting the necessity of board independence and academic freedom for the integrity of higher education. Supporting College Presidents: The critical role of boards in supporting university presidents, particularly in navigating complex situations. Final Thoughts The episode wraps up with an emphasis on the importance of informed and adaptable governance in higher education. McNaughton and Papazian advocate for proactive engagement and strong leadership to effectively address the evolving challenges in the sector. Read the transcript and extended show summary on our website → About Our Podcast Guest Mary Papazian, PhD, is the executive vice president of AGB. She has served as president at San Jose State University, Southern Connecticut State University, and as interim president of the Business-Higher Education Forum. She has served as board chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, and the Mountain West Athletic Conferences. She has been a board member of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the NCAA, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Haigazian University. About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton, host of Changing Higher Ed®, is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers. To learn more about his services and other thought leadership pieces, visit his firm's website: https://changinghighered.com/. The Change Leader's Social Media Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdrumm/ Twitter: @thechangeldr Email: podcast@changinghighered.com #AGBreport #BoardGovernance #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation
In this episode of DEI After Five, Sacha welcomes Ahmaud Thomas, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, to discuss the impact of member-based organizations on diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. They explore the history of the association and its mission to make Silicon Valley a better place to do business. Tune in to learn more about the work being done to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech sector. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deiafter5/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deiafter5/support
Ahmad Thomas, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the region's most dynamic business association. In this episode, he shares his view of innovation as paradigm-breaking ideas, and he discusses the impact of innovation on personal career growth.More about our guest:Ahmad Thomas, partners with the organization's member companies to promote entrepreneurial solutions to strengthen Silicon Valley business competitiveness, bolster its innovation ecosystem, and create shared economic value throughout the greater Bay Area. A hallmark of his leadership is in catalyzing industry-leading initiatives to operationalize change around diversity, equity, and inclusion from the Boardroom to the C-suites and beyond. A former investment banker and senior Congressional aide, he brings nearly 20 years of experience working both in and on behalf of non-profit social enterprises, governments, and businesses, where he has honed a deep understanding of the essentiality of public-private partnerships and the intersection of equity, policy, and technology that drives Silicon Valley's innovation infrastructure. Thomas holds a B.S. from Cornell University, Master's degree from the London School of Economics, and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.------------------------------------------------Episode Guide:1:50 - What is innovation? 3:13 - Professional background4:34 - What isn't innovation?5:38 - Paradigm breaking8:41 - 2023, the year of grace12:44 - High burnout work16:37 - Innovation impact to personal career18:41 - Progress in lived experience23:43 - Advice to innovators-------------------------OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management.
Ahmad Thomas: A Glimpse Into a Shifting World - Examining the Purpose of Corporate Social Responsibility in a Turbulent Environment Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly important part of business practices. Companies are ostensibly thinking more proactively and creatively about how they can contribute to the world around them and make a positive impact on society. But what does this mean for tech policy in a tumultuous world? In this episode of Tech Policy Leaders, you'll learn from Ahmad Thomas, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. After listening to this episode, you'll understand more about: 1. The current state of corporate social responsibility 2. Ahmad Thomas' definition of CSR 3. Why corporations should care about CSR 4. How to implement CSR in your business 5. The benefits of CSR 6. Challenges faced by businesses when implementing CSR Ahmad Thomas Silicon Valley Leadership Group Twitter LinkedIn Bio Ahmad Thomas is the CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the region's most dynamic business association. As a change agent and next-generation business leader, Thomas partners with the organization's 350+ member companies to promote entrepreneurial solutions to strengthen Silicon Valley business competitiveness, bolster its innovation ecosystem, and create shared economic value throughout the greater Bay Area. Resources The White House. The United States Government. Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/ (Accessed: February 13, 2023) Inflation reduction act of 2022 (no date) Internal Revenue Service. Available at: https://www.irs.gov/inflation-reduction-act-of-2022 (Accessed: February 13, 2023). (no date) Broadbandusa. Available at: https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/news/latest-news/ntias-role-implementing-broadband-provisions-2021-infrastructure-investment-and (Accessed: February 13, 2023).
Neville Boston is Founder and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Reviver, creator of the Rplate™, the world's first digital license plate. Established in 2009, Reviver was founded with a mission to establish a universal connected car platform by modernizing the 125-year-old metal license plate into a fully interactive, digital screen. The Rplate is on the road in California and Arizona and is approved, but pending release in Michigan, Illinois, Georgia. It is approved in Texas for use in commercial fleets, and in Florida for government fleets. As CSO, Neville is responsible for the strategic direction of the company from a legislative and sales standpoint. He has worked closely with governments and state legislative bodies to gain approvals for the Rplate. In addition to legislative activities, Neville also oversees business development, sales, and customer service for the company. Neville is also co-inventor of US Patent No: 9,007,193 B2, the method and system for rendering content on the exterior of a vehicle. Reviver has 37 more patents for the Rplate currently pending. He is also a member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and on the Board of the California Technology Council and BottleVin, Inc. Neville has a B.A. in Political Science with a marketing focus from the University of California, Berkeley.
The climate crisis has seen major changes in the past few decades. We've seen companies starting to step up to make positive climate changes and there are ways you can help with that. This week's episode 47 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about how you can positively impact the climate crisis! In this episode of the How Women Inspire Podcast, Julie Castro Abrams and Virginia Klausmeier share the importance of massively curbing carbon emissions. We also chat about actionable steps you can take right now to make changes in your own business and life to support our climate. Virginia has dedicated the last 10 years to solving climate change, and on this life path, she founded a venture-backed climate tech company, Sylvatex (SVX) Inc. Sylvatex has won numerous awards/funding at industry conferences and venture competitions and is an affiliate with National Laboratories (LNBL) and USDA. Virginia is currently active in advising climate tech and minority-led organizations as well as a fellow/member of All Raise, Unreasonable Group, Alliance of CEO's, Astia, Silicon Valley Leadership Group and is actively working on the growth and commercialization of Sylvatex Inc. Virginia attended Singularity University and the University of Oregon earning her B.S. in Chemistry/Economics and a M.S. in Engineering. Virginia currently has a number of patents pending and has been a speaker at a number of domestic and international events. Prior to this venture, she managed the new development ideas for a fortune 500 medical device companies and led the US clinical and biomechanical research. Virginia was featured as one of the "Top 10 women in biofuels" and was selected by Forbes for "30 under 30 in Energy". Last but not least, she is the proud partner to Ryan Irwin Klausmeier and the mother to two little boys River and Dakota.Some of the talking points Julie and Virginia go over in this episode include:How her life journey has been a series of epiphanies that have led her to this moment. The power of being a coachable person and how that helps her bring her education and interests into her work and business.How to create substantial amounts of carbon change in our world. Ways that collaboration has had such a huge impact on being able to create positive climate change. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don't forget to follow, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH VIRGINIA KLAUSMEIER:LinkedInSylvatexCONNECT WITH JULIE CASTRO ABRAMS:LinkedIn - JulieHow Women LeadHow Women InvestHow Women GiveInstagram - HWLLinkedIn - HWLFacebook - HWLOnly 2.1% of venture capital went to women-founded companies in 2022. We are done waiting or fighting for a seat at the table—today, we are committing to build The New Table; women-funded, women-run. I invite you to invest in your power, don't wait—join The New Table today.
The climate crisis has seen major changes in the past few decades. We've seen companies starting to step up to make positive climate changes and there are ways you can help with that. This week's episode 29 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about how you can positively impact the climate crisis! In this episode of How Women Inspire Podcast, Julie Castro Abrams and Virginia Klausmeier share the importance of massively curbing carbon emissions. We also chat about actionable steps you can take right now to make changes in your own business and life to support our climate. Virginia has dedicated the last 10 years to solving climate change, and on this life path, she founded a venture-backed climate tech company, Sylvatex (SVX) Inc. Sylvatex has won numerous awards/funding at industry conferences and venture competitions, and is an affiliate with National Laboratories (LNBL) and USDA. Virginia is currently active in advising climate tech and minority-led organizations as well as a fellow/member of All Raise, Unreasonable Group, Alliance of CEO's, Astia, Silicon Valley Leadership Group and is actively working on the growth and commercialization of Sylvatex Inc. Virginia attended Singularity University and the University of Oregon earning her B.S. in Chemistry/Economics and a M.S. in Engineering. Virginia currently has a number of patents pending and has been a speaker at a number of domestic and international events. Prior to this venture, she managed the new development ideas for a fortune 500 medical device companies and led the US clinical and biomechanical research. Virginia was featured as one of the "Top 10 women in biofuels" and was selected by Forbes for "30 under 30 in Energy". Last but not least, she is the proud partner to Ryan Irwin Klausmeier and the mother to two little boys River and Dakota.Some of the talking points Julie and Virginia go over in this episode include:How her life journey has been a series of epiphanies that have led her to this moment. The power of being a coachable person and how that helps her bring her education and interests into her work and business.How to create substantial amounts of carbon change in our world. Ways that collaboration have had such a huge impact on being able to create positive climate change. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don't forget to follow, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH VIRGINIA KLAUSMEIER:LinkedInSylvatexCONNECT WITH JULIE CASTRO ABRAMS:LinkedIn - JulieHow Women LeadHow Women InvestHow Women GiveInstagram - HWLLinkedIn - HWLFacebook - HWL
If you would like to stay in the loop, subscribe to our Newsletter To read an edited transcript To watch it as a video The following are the summaries of questions Joanne Z. Tan asked Michael Van Every during this one-hour interview on Oct 5, 2021, for the podcast series "Interviews of Notables & Influencers": Introduction: For 15 years, Michael Van Every has been the President of Republic Urban Properties (“RUP” for short), one of the largest commercial real estate developers in Silicon Valley. It is also the Bay Area flagship of the Republic Family of Companies, known for developing institutional-quality real estate throughout the United States. Michael works with Federal, State, and Local governments on the creation and development of ‘smart growth' projects, such as master-planned communities near transportation hubs; urban mixed-use projects near major employment centers; and innovative, public-private partnerships. In his 25 years of representing major institutional and private real estate developers in the greater Bay Area, Michael has led complicated projects from land acquisition to completion. Under his leadership, RUP has gained national attention for its Transit Orientated Development (TOD) projects at key transit stations, working as the premier public-private partner with many transit authorities across California. Michael has been involved with the planning, financing, construction, and delivery of 1,238 multifamily units and 145,000 square feet of mixed-use commercial space, 380 hotels rooms, 151,000 square feet of office, and 120,000 square feet of retail in various stages of development, at $1.5 billion in value. A third-generation San Jose native, Michael is an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Tell us about yourself, your personal stories, your family: Why do you do what you do? How did your journey end up here? And where is it going? What is the most important thing that you value? What are your biggest accomplishments, and the biggest learning lessons/failures COVID: how is it affecting commercial and residential real estate development? - Office buildings, retails, hotels, apartments, housing, public transit, mixed use projects, etc. How do you view the new remote work impacting new commercial office development? Will the future development of office space have habitational space associated with it? Wildfires, climate change, California's water shortage: How are these three impacting both commercial and residential real estate development? Silicon Valley is full of world's largest monopolies such as Google. Google has been buying land in the Valley. How has that impacted your business? What messages do you have for Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Facebook, Cisco, Oracle, related to the current COVID remote working situations? And related to all their other monopolistic powers, more than COVID's return to work issues? With your deep roots in Silicon Valley for generations, what in your experience makes or breaks your deals in the valley? You said that “Government is 100% responsible for the housing shortage”, please explain why. Will the increase in warehouses due to the “Amazon Effect” permanently continue, while the decrease in brick and mortar retail services lasts beyond the pandemic? What are the challenges for realizing internal ROI for real estate investors? Imagine yourself as someone with money to invest in real estate. What would you invest in right now: industrial properties such as warehouses? Residential townhouses? Duplex? Triplex? Quadplex? Single family homes? Land only?... WHERE would you advise COMMERCIAL real estate investors to invest, if all things are being equal, in Silicon Valley? Or elsewhere? Why? Is AI, smart city, and sustainability technology changing the way the buildings are built? What do you know about “The One” in LA? How do you think the Biden Administration's infrastructure spending can help with real estate development? What can the federal government do to ease the labor shortage? What do you want the state and local governments to do, now and after the pandemic, for the real estate market and the economy? What does your brand stand for?
Today's guest is Naman Trivedi, Co-Founder & CEO of WattBuy.Naman Trivedi is the Co-Founder & CEO of WattBuy. He founded the company to help millions of Americas choose cheaper, greener electricity plans and advance the global transition to a clean energy economy. WattBuy provides transparent, intelligent insights for homeowners & renters, helping them save upwards of 40% on electricity bills, select renewable energy plans, and gain a deeper understanding of their home's energy use. Prior to co-founding WattBuy, Naman worked at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, pushing a policy initiative for Community Choice Aggregation. This system aggregates the buying power of individuals in a neighborhood to purchase renewable energy supply contracts. He also spent two years at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Obama Administration, working on federal renewable energy policy and grand prizes. In this episode, Naman gives me an overview of WattBuy, why their work addresses climate change, and what motivates consumers to use WattBuy. We also talk about how WattBuy builds trust amongst its customers, the barriers WattBuy faces as the startup looks to scale, and a discussion on how to increase home sustainability consulting. It was great to learn more about WattBuy and have Naman join me this week.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded August 11th, 2021To learn more about Wattbuy, visit: https://wattbuy.com/To learn more about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/ctss-episodes/orbillion
The pandemic has unlocked transformative tech, equity insights, and fresh opportunities for health care pioneers. Ahmad Thomas, Silicon Valley Leadership Group's president, and CEO talks about COVID-19's impact on California's innovation economy and how health industry entrepreneurs are opening new doors with telehealth and progressive policymaking. In this episode, Ahmad predicts a new landscape in health care where out-of-the-box thinking has the power to lower costs of care, improve outcomes, and increase patient access to services. Visit svlg.org to learn more about Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
Linkedin Marketplace pour les freelanceLinkedIn développe une nouvelle plateforme pour faciliter de nouvelles opportunités de marché freelance.Cette plateforme indépendante appelle « marketplace » permettra aux entreprises de trouver, de se connecter et de payer des pigistes présents sur la plate-forme.On connaissait déjà le concept de mise en relation entreprises / Freelance, avec des sites comme malt, codeur.com, free-lance ou encore kicklocks et bien cette fois c’est un géant de l’emploi qui s’y colle.Le projet comprendrait également le développement d’un portefeuille numérique, ce qui faciliterait les paiements sur la plate-forme. Cela aiderait également LinkedIn pour inciter les créateurs de contenu à continuer à publier sur la plate-forme.LinkedIn dispose déjà d’un outil de connexion freelance/entreprises indépendant «ProFinder», qui permet de rechercher des free-lances pertinents par sujet et de se connecter avec eux pour des projets. Avec marketplace, tout sera au même endroit, de la sélection à la paye.De plus, lier les deux pourrait permettre également de partager directement l’offre d’un Freelance, ou la réussite d’un projet commun, ou même de mettre des avis sur son travail.sourceTwitter lance une fonctionnalité de messages vocaux dans les DMLa fonctionnalité permet aux utilisateurs d'enregistrer un audio qui peut ensuite être envoyé sous forme de message.La fonction ressemble beaucoup au tweets audio apparus il y a quelques semaines et dont on entend déjà plus parlé…Les DM Audio offre par contre un vrai intérêt en matière d’accessibilité et notamment aux déficients visuels.Twitter souligne aussi que ces DM audio sont un autre moyen proposé pour aider à réduire les barrières linguistiques dans les régions multilingues, car il peut parfois être plus facile de parler une langue que de l'écrire.Avec un angle plus marque, on peut aussi imaginer des usages malins, avec par exemple l’enregistrement de petites séquences audio amusantes ou informatives pouvant être utilisées pour répondre aux requêtes courantes des clients.Twitter entreprise qui se veut plus inclusiveLe Pacte 25x25Le 18 février, Twitter a fait une déclaration dans laquelle l’entreprise s’engage à ce qu’au moins un quart de ses cadres soient issus des minorités sous-représentées d’ici 2025. Un engagement baptisé « pacte 25X25 » auquel plusieurs entreprises ont décidé d’adhérer dans le but de devenir des entreprises multiculturelles et inclusives.Selon Dalana Brand, responsable de la diversité chez Twitter : « ce pacte permet de dévoiler au grand jour notre vision audacieuse d’une représentation multiculturelle de nos équipes. Nous nous engageons à accélérer le développement des programmes d’inclusion ».En 2025 donc, dans ces entreprises signataires, 25% des cadres seront issus des minorités sous-représentées et 50% des effectifs totaux seront des femmes.C’est le Silicon Valley Leadership Group qui est à l’initiative. L’objectif affiché est très clair : inciter les entreprises à accroître la diversité au sein de leurs équipes dans la région de San Francisco et plus globalement dans l’ensemble des États-Unis.Une réaction a une enquête Amnesty internationalCela fait plusieurs années que Twitter est pointé du doigt par Amnesty International de ne pas protéger les femmes des abus en ligne.Menaces de mort ou de viol, propos sexistes, racistes, transphobes ou homophobes…Une enquête de 77 pages publiée en 2018 pointait du doigt les faiblesses du réseau social à prévenir les contenus hostiles envers les femmes.LA roue tourne !sourceInstagram devrait lancer ses Lives multi participants courant du mois de Mars !Alors que l’audio en direct est en plein boom, Instagram continue de son côté à travailler sur ses directs à lui. Au format 9:16ème et en vidéo.Adam Mosseri, le chef d’Instagram, vient d’annoncer l’arrivée de vidéos IG Live à plusieurs participants dans les prochaines semaines.Les screen captures qui circulent montrent un écran de live Instagram partagé en 4 fenêtres ce qui laisse à penser que nous erons en mesure d’inviter 3 co-hosts.Instagram travaille sur cette fonctionnalité depuis près d’un an et des tests ont commencé en Inde dés décembre.Le fisc sur les reseauxLe 13 Février, Le gouvernement a fait publier au journal officiel un décret autorisant le lancement d'une expérimentation visant à surveiller automatiquement certains sites web, afin de repérer d'éventuels fraudeurs. C’est l’application de cette fameuse loi finance 2020 dont on parlait d’ans l’épisode 265 du super daily avec Adjan.Le 13 Février, le Parlement a validé un dispositif expérimental issu de cette loi finance 2020, pour lutter contre la fraude, qui ouvre la voie à la surveillance de certains sites web. Ce décret n’autorise pas toute la loi finance 2020, il s’agit d’un dispositif expérimental et provisoire, puisqu’il est annoncé que ce test est prévu pour trois ans dans un périmètre est relativement restreint.L’expérimentation vise spécifiquement les opérateurs de plateforme numériques de mise en relation, et leurs utilisateurs.On retrouve donc les sites de petites annonces comme Le Bon Coin, Airbnb, BlaBlaCar ou bien la marketplace de Facebook.À noter que seuls les contenus « librement accessibles sur les sites internet des opérateurs de plateforme en ligne [et] manifestement rendus publics par leurs utilisateurs » sont pris pour cible, non ceux qui sont privés. Et ce sont des algorithmes et des bots qui vont s’y collerOn lit dans le décret, que les outils s’appuieront sur des « indicateurs qui ne sont pas des données à caractère personnel, tels que des mots-clés, des ratios ou encore des indications de dates et de lieux, caractérisant les manquements et infractions recherchés ». Le décret évoque aussi des « modélisations de détection des activités frauduleuses », selon l’analyse et la corrélation de différentes informations.sourceAux Etats Unis les TikTokeurs, Instagrameurs et Twitcheurs ont désormais la possibilité de se syndiquer !Qui a dit que ce n’était pas un vrai métier ?« Créateur de contenu » c’est le métier numéro un en haut de la liste de souhait des GenZ et pourtant jusqu’à aujourd’hui c’est clairement le Far West. Quels sont vos droits, vos devoirs, qui vous protège en cas d’abus…Aux États-Unis, c’est la fin de la récrée. Tiktokeurs, Instagrammeurs et Twitcheurs peuvent désormais adhérer au syndicat SAG-AFTRA.Le syndicat SAG-AFTRA c’est en fait le sybdicat des artistes aux Etats-Unis. Il compte déjà 160k membres.Le syndicat vient d’autoriser tous les créateurs de contenus en ligne à y adhérer – moyennant des frais d’inscription de 3 000$, ainsi qu’une cotisation annuelle et 1,5% de leurs revenus.L’adhésion permettra aux créateurs de contenu d’avoir accès à une couverture maladie ainsi que d’autres prestations sociales.. . .Le Super Daily est le podcast quotidien sur les réseaux sociaux. Il est fabriqué avec une pluie d'amour par les équipes de Supernatifs.Nous sommes une agence social media basée à Lyon : https://supernatifs.com/. Nous aidons les entreprises à créer des relations durables et rentables avec leurs audiences. Nous inventons, produisons et diffusons des contenus qui engagent vos collaborateurs, vos prospects et vos consommateurs.
The end of 2020 closes with this inspiring conversation with Geetha Vallabhaneni, Technology CEO and Founder. She has 18 years of computer science engineering and built her own software company, Luminix Inc., here in Silicon Valley, on her own dime! Her life lessons and experience growing up on a farm in rural India and coming to college here in America with only $500 in her pocket, is the all about her perseverance in her journey. Sound familiar to any Latinas or Latinos out there? To bring the relevance of her immigration journey as inspiration, she introduced President Obama (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuO8bMdm3oc) at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, regarding immigration reform spearheaded by the California Strawberry Growers and how it needs to be fixed. We brought it all into this discussion, from human migration as an evolutional significance, to metaphysics! Yes, women can get together and nerd out on the meaning of life, have babies and build software companies! However, what we found in our conversation was the different meanings of entrepreneurship and how resilient we are as human beings by our risks and failures. You can read her entrepreneur's tale on her Luminix blog (https://luminixinc.com/blog/) , it's like an epic movie playing out in your mind. Thank you Geetha for this inspiring conversation leading into a hopeful new decade. Gracias.
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Should you get your COVID-19 vaccine when it comes out or later? "I will be open to the American people on COVID-19 and any vaccine," said Dr. Anthony Fauci in this interview at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. "Unless we do something to turn this around, we are going to have a very difficult, very painful winter," said Dr. Anthony Fauci at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Annual Forum today when interviewed by SVLG CEO Ahmad Thomas. Ahmad Thomas is the son of a retired nurse and husband of a doctor at Stanford. 9,3 million infected, more than 100,000 new cases, 1000 dead every day in the United States is not only alarming, it's shocking. Dr. Fauci said, he is not a model when it comes to a healthy lifestyle, having not enough sleep since January dealing with this pandemic. Fauci also described himself as "cautiously optimistic" on the vaccine candidates moving through the official process, which he described as possibly being available for distribution over the "subsequent 5-6 months of 2021." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etn/support
Start of interview [1:11]Ahmad's "origin story" [1:52]His experience as senior aide to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein in Washington, D.C. (2005-2010) [4:29]TARP ProgramsDodd Frank ActHis experience with Barclays Investment Bank covering public sector infrastructure (2010-2020) [7:41]Led Barclays’ California and Silicon Valley regional municipal banking team.Led Barclays' public sector coverage of social impact engagements in the 13 western U.S. states.Served as a lead banker on several innovative transactions, most notably executing the first ever Social Bonds issue for a non-profit in the U.S. municipal bond market.Introduction of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, founded in 1977 by David Packard of HP [11:19]Membership of the SVLG: about 360 companies. [13:39] "That's where the juice comes from. When we speak on behalf of these Silicon Valley companies, there is a real opportunity to impact positive change not only in Silicon Valley but also in corporate America."Board of SVLG "represents some of the best and brightest of Silicon Valley" [15:15]The new AB-979 California Board Diversity Legislation [16:27]Introduced by CA AssemblyMember Chris Holden.On September 30, 2020, Governor Newsom signed AB 979, which requires publicly held corporations headquartered in CA to diversify their boards of directors with directors from “underrepresented communities” by December 31, 2021.AB 979 defines “director from an underrepresented community” as “an individual who self-identifies as Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native, or who self-identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.”"What's so significant [for SVLG] is that we made a decision to stand on the side of progress" [18:35]The precedent of SB-826 [19:13]"I'm just so proud to stand with our executives and member companies to drive some serious change in a smart and responsible manner." [20:26]What piqued his interest in corporate board diversity: "some of this is very personal" [21:29]"The statement being made [with AB-979] was one that we [SVLG] wanted to stand in line with" [24:20]"The shareholder oversight questions are extremely serious and significant for public companies, especially for tech companies" [27:30]SVLG is developing tools to help on diversity initiatives (such as a database/repository of resumes) [29:09]Impact of Black Lives Matter movement in corporate America and SVLG [30:26]"There is overwhelming research that demonstrates a clear tie between increased profitability, increased market leadership, and more innovation with diverse executive leadership teams" "There is a business imperative to act, and also a moral imperative." [32:30]SVLG Is working on a pledge to improve diversity numbers in both public and private companies [35:56]Shareholder primacy vs stakeholder capitalism [43:44]: "What I would hope is that a business association like ours might be a proponent of tying social responsibility in every way, shape and form, and very strategically, to the business and to the bottom line."What's next for SVLG [46:40]: In terms of racial justice and equity: "It is about hiring, it's about funding, and it's about measuring results."His favorite books: [49:27]Endurance, by Alfred Lansing.To Sell is Human, by Daniel Pink.Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou.Total Leadership, by Stewart Friedman.His professional mentor: [51:23]Dianne FeinsteinHis favorite quotes: [52:27]"Luck is where preparation meets opportunity" (attributed to Roman philosopher Seneca)"You've got to get comfortable being uncomfortable in roles like this""There is nothing more uncommon than common sense" (attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright)What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?Two Beyond Burgers a day!Which living person do you most admire? His Dad, who grew up in the segregated south.Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
How to Find the Lowest-Cost Option for Electricity in Competitive Markets. How electricity is delivered to customers in the U.S. is complicated. Consumers in some states have no choice who supplies their power; state commissions regulate utilities as vertically integrated electricity providers. Other states utilize a competitive model in which power producers can openly access transmission infrastructure and participate in wholesale electricity markets. Yet, there isn't complete consistency among states within the two general models. The entire system is a complex mechanism where different technologies, jurisdictions, and regulatory designs must interact. Free-market proponents will tell you that having competition is the preferable alternative, but that is debatable if you look at power prices in different areas. According to a study published by the American Public Power Association, the average revenue per kWh in regulated states has been less than in deregulated states. Currently, 15 states and the District of Columbia have deregulated electricity markets. The states are Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia. But for consumers, understanding and choosing the best option to meet their needs can be difficult. That's where a company like WattBuy comes in. WattBuy is an online electricity marketplace that helps customers save on electricity costs by identifying the best option and switching users to the cheapest electricity provider. “So, the way that we work is we have an algorithm that looks at how your home uses electricity down to 15-minute increments, and we take into account all sorts of data,” Naman Trivedi, co-founder and CEO of WattBuy, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. Among the things WattBuy considers are a home's square footage, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, and historic usage data. It also compares a customer's data to that of other consumers in the same area. With the information, “We can get pretty accurate at predicting what your home's electricity usage will look like,” Trivedi said. Understanding usage is only the first piece of the puzzle. Then, WattBuy looks at plans offered by power companies to see which one fits best for the customer in question. That includes evaluating tier-pricing options, which comes into play when a different rate applies to different usage thresholds. For example, rates could differ from 0–500 kWh, 500–1,000 kWh, and greater than 1,000 kWh. Other things that may need to be considered include available rebates, promotional incentives, loyalty plans, time-of-day usage, and renewable energy preferences of the consumer. There's obviously a lot to consider, but Trivedi said WattBuy can save customers as much as 40% on their electric bills. “We have that machine learning model that assures that we're going to be very accurate,” he said. “The best part about it is that it continues to improve over time.” Trivedi has an interesting background. He was included on the 2020 Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the Energy category. On the podcast episode, Trivedi told about some of the past projects he's been involved in, which include working with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group promoting a policy initiative for community choice aggregation, working for the White House Office of Science and Technology under the Obama administration, and working on renewable energy projects in Haiti and Paraguay.
Carl is the outgoing CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and one of the most put together people I know. We talk about how he got that way, how he stays focused, how we can do better, and even how he stays so damn fit.
After more than two decades heading the Silicon Valley Leadership Group -- a tenure in which he helped oversee 15 ballot initiative campaigns, raising billions of dollars for housing, transportation, homeless services and more -- Carl Guardino is hanging up his spurs. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we invite Guardino on to discuss his storied time as president and CEO of this influential South Bay advocacy group as well as his perspective on what it’s going to take to get the region's economy back on track as the pandemic risks continue. Host:Keith Menconi
Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, talks about how America's tech capital will transform now that many companies have told their workers they can work from home in the coronavirus crisis. | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's show, we chat with Jeff Thomas, a Senior Vice President of Nasdaq's Corporate Services business unit. Based in San Francisco, Jeff oversees Nasdaq's new Listings and Capital Markets businesses. He also oversees business development and relationship management for Nasdaq's listed companies and Investor Relations Solutions' clients in the Western United States. Previously, he served as President of Liquidity Solutions at Nasdaq Private Market, where he worked closely with private companies to help them provide shareholder liquidity prior to an IPO. Prior to joining Nasdaq in 2014, Jeff held senior positions at SecondMarket, Gerson Lehrman Group and Altera Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. In this episode, you'll learn: What is the investment community saying about the IPOs of 2019? What is a direct listing, and is it different than a traditional IPO? Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). What is this trend so many are talking about? What emerging technology is Nasdaq implementing? Help us out! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Guest: Nasdaq website Jeff Thomas' LinkedIn CONNECT WITH SHAWN: https://linktr.ee/ShawnflynnSV Shawn Flynn's Twitter Account Shawn Flynn's LinkedIn Account Silicon Valley LinkedIn Group Account Shawn Flynn's Facebook Account Change to Shawn@thesiliconvalleypodcast.com
On Thursday, Protocol hosted its first Virtual Meetup, on the future of work — and how coronavirus will change the way we work long after the virus is gone. Our hosts were Protocol's Lauren Hepler and David Pierce. Our guests: Noelle Tassey, CEO of Alley; Stephane Kasriel, the former CEO of Upwork, and a member of CA's Future of Work Commission; Peter Leroe-Munoz, General Counsel and VP of tech and innovation at Silicon Valley Leadership Group; and Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor.We're doing more of these meetups over the next few weeks, so sign up to join us live for the next one!
On today’s show, we chat with Jeff Thomas, a Senior Vice President of Nasdaq’s Corporate Services business unit. Based in San Francisco, Jeff oversees Nasdaq’s new Listings and Capital Markets businesses. He also oversees business development and relationship management for Nasdaq’s listed companies and Investor Relations Solutions' clients in the Western United States. Previously, he served as President of Liquidity Solutions at Nasdaq Private Market, where he worked closely with private companies to help them provide shareholder liquidity prior to an IPO. Prior to joining Nasdaq in 2014, Jeff held senior positions at SecondMarket, Gerson Lehrman Group and Altera Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.In this episode, you’ll learn:What is the investment community saying about the IPOs of 2019?What is a direct listing, and is it different than a traditional IPO?Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). What is this trend so many are talking about?What emerging technology is Nasdaq implementing? Help us out!Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!Tweet your comments about this episode directly to Shawn Flynn and the rest of The Investor’s Podcast Community using #TIPSiliconValley.BOOKS AND RESOURCESNasdaq websiteJeff Thomas’ LinkedInDownload your free audiobook at Audible.Find the best job candidate at Ziprecruiter.Capital One.This is Banking Reimagined.GET IN TOUCH WITH SHAWNShawn Flynn’s Twitter AccountShawn Flynn’s LinkedIn AccountSilicon Valley LinkedIn Group AccountShawn Flynn’s Facebook AccountEmail: Shawn@TheInvestorsPodcast.com
This week's podcast guest is Carl Guardino, head of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and a member of the California Transportation Commission. Carl Sat down with Capitol Weekly's John Howard and Tim Foster at K Street's bustling Ambrosia Cafe (trust us, it gets quieter after a minute or two) to offer insight into the battles over new housing in the Bay Area (including SB50) and the fierce fights over improving California's rail system, from High Speed Rail, electric trains and San Jose's future subway.
Podcast By The Bay sits down with President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Commissioner of the California Transportation Commision, Carl Guardino. Carl discusses Regional Measure 3 with the updates, projects, and components for the upcoming June 5th election ballot measure. Carl also brings a wealth of knowledge on our current transit and traffic conditions as his finger is on the pulse of transportation here in the Bay Area. This episode features music by Leo DeVito. Stay Tuned! Website- www.podcastbythebay.comTwitter- https://twitter.com/@PodcastbythebayFacebook- www.facebook.com/podcastbythebay
Podcast By The Bay sits down with President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Commissioner of the California Transportation Commision, Carl Guardino. Carl discusses Regional Measure 3 with the updates, projects, and components for the upcoming June 5th election ballot measure. Carl also brings a wealth of knowledge on our current transit and traffic conditions as his finger is on the pulse of transportation here in the Bay Area. This episode features music by Leo DeVito. Stay Tuned! Website- www.podcastbythebay.comTwitter- https://twitter.com/@PodcastbythebayFacebook- www.facebook.com/podcastbythebay
Public policies have a tremendous influence on the energy we use, as well as the condition of our environment. State and Federal legislators make these policies with input from private citizens and businesses. The solar industry quite frankly has thrived with policies in favor of clean renewable energy, and it's no accident that California is a leader in solar and clean renewable energy. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) helps advocate for favorable business and citizen policies in Silicon Valley and they have made a tremendous impact not only in California but also in Washington DC. Listen up to this week's Energy Show where we speak with Tim McRae, Vice President of Energy at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Tim is an energy policy expert and an environmental lawyer. He helps Leadership Group Members define and carry out energy policy, programs and events covering issues like energy supply, grid modernization and reliability, and demand side solutions.
The Out Entrepreneur | Bringing Our Whole Selves to Work | Conversations with Leading LGBTQ Bosses
Ty Walrod is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bright Funds, an organization that helps leading businesses like Google, Apple, and Microsoft power their charitable giving. Ty Also serves on the boards of Sustainable Silicon Valley and Startup & Tech Mixer, and he is an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Founders Network. Ty's a real mover and shaker when it comes to blending business with social responsibility, and we are so lucky to have him on the show.
The Out Entrepreneur | Bringing Our Whole Selves to Work | Conversations with Leading LGBTQ Bosses
Ty Walrod is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bright Funds, an organization that helps leading businesses like Google, Apple, and Microsoft power their charitable giving. Ty Also serves on the boards of Sustainable Silicon Valley and Startup & Tech Mixer, and he is an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Founders Network. Ty's a real mover and shaker when it comes to blending business with social responsibility, and we are so lucky to have him on the show.
Topic:Adjusting to the Rapid Pace of Change In This Episode:[02:20] Guest Carl Guardino is introduced. [03:03] Carl talks about what is being done to stay relevant in technology and innovation. [05:45] Carl describes what leaders can do to be resilient and to continue to come up with innovative ideas. [08:05] Carl informs us if this administration’s tax reform proposal is where we need to go in response to the changing economy. [09:06] Carl shares if this administration is more responsive in terms of listening to the business community. [12:34] How has congestion impacted business in Silicon Valley, and how have you responded? [16:34] How are you addressing the housing crisis, and how is it impacting local businesses? [18:40] Carl speaks about the region’s response to the evolving workforce. [21:41] Carl shares what cities can do to retain and attract businesses. [25:10] Carl describes what current leaders should do to prepare and what types of innovation are on the horizon. [27:21] Kate shares what caught her attention during Carl’s interview. [28:28] Mike supplies what caught his attention. [29:14] Kate mentions what she noticed this week in the news. [33:15] Mike talks about what he read this week in the news. Guest and Organization:Carl Guardino, one of Silicon Valley’s most distinguished business and community leaders, is the President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a public policy trade association that represents nearly 400 of Silicon Valley’s most respected employers. In February 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Guardino to a four-year term on the California Transportation Commission, and he has been reappointed twice by Governor Jerry Brown. Known throughout the region as a consensus builder, Guardino has championed a number of successful ballot measures, especially in the areas of transportation and housing. Guardino was born and raised in San Jose and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from San Jose State University, where he is a Distinguished Alumnus. Carl is married to Leslee Guardino. In their spare time, they compete in marathons, triathlons, and duathlons. Take Away Quotes:“What we try to explain to executives constantly is, we have a choice as executives: we can be engaged, or we can be enraged. And it’s much more productive and positive to actually be engaged with policymakers making incredibly difficult decisions in their difficult processes. And we, again, try to remind executives, if you’re just going to sit on the sidelines and be frustrated and wring your hands, not only are you not going to be successful in explaining to policymakers the ramifications of a product or services, but you are probably going to end up as dinner rather than at the dinner table when those decisions are made.” “It has been since 1986 — 31 years ago — since our federal government has made major changes in federal tax law. Thirty-one years ago. eBay didn’t exist, PayPal didn’t exist, Google didn’t exist, Facebook didn’t exist…Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft — none of those companies even existed, let alone a twinkling in our eye of the technologies that they would be creating, and the tax laws haven’t changed in a major way in this nation for three decades.” “In the Silicon Valley and Bay Area, when we ask individuals about the concerns they talk about in their living rooms, or we’re asking CEOs and senior officers about the concerns that they face as companies here in the region in their boardrooms, the common themes are the same, and they’re the flip side of the same coin: housing and traffic.” “When it comes to education, we always try to remember in Silicon Valley, it’s cradle through career; from the moment we’re born to the moment we retire, we have to focus on education.” Resources:http://svlg.org/ (Silicon Valley Leadership Group) http://svcip.com/ (Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project)...
This article marks the start of a new series in Professionally Speaking. For the past three years I've published a monthly Pro-Track Profile interview featuring members of the Pro-Track class of the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association. I've decided to start a similar series featuring freelance creatives who make their living as communications consultants, writers, editors, and more. This Freelance Focus series kicks off with an interview with the founder of the Agency which has provided me with the majority of my own freelance work for the past three years. René Shimada Siegel is a reluctant entrepreneur who founded High Tech Connect in 1997 at the persistent request of her Silicon Valley colleagues. They were frustrated by the challenge of finding qualified marketing consultants with no time to train them on a specific product or technology. So René leveraged her PR and marcom management experience—as well as a jam-packed Rolodex, caffeine-fueled lifestyle and talented friends—to create a specialized marketing services agency called High Tech Connect. Over the past 15 years, more than 500 clients have called on the High Tech Connect team for critical projects or to fill in for maternity and medical leaves. With a carefully selected nationwide network of more than 1000 freelance consultant specialists, they provide on-demand, project-based expertise in areas such as Copywriting and Editing, Corporate Communications, Event & Trade Show Management, Executive Speechwriting, Public Relations and Social Media Marketing. René has grown High Tech Connect to a leading provider of expert marketing and communications, and one of the largest women-owned businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. She’s extremely proud of the team she’s built: like-minded professionals who are equally passionate about helping clients and inspiring consultants. René is a regular contributor to Inc.com, dispensing advice and perspective for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Her innovative business model and inspiration for home-based consultants has also been documented in several books and publications like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek Japan and Daniel Pink’s Free Agent Nation. Freelance consultants High Tech Connect employ carefully selected experts to work on complex projects for more than 500 clients, including Cisco Systems, IBM, NetApp, Intel, Kaiser Permanente, Brocade, Intuit, CA Technologies, McAfee, Xilinx, VeriSign, Seagate, Silicon Valley Leadership Group and more. The freelance consultants placed through High Tech Connect average 10-20 years of professional marketing or communications experience. Consultants are paid either on a 1099 or W-2 basis, depending on the client company’s requirements. Freelance Focus I've worked as a consultant through High Tech Connect for the past three years. I visited René in her Pleasanton, California office and asked her share her insights into the world of freelance consulting, what companies are looking for today, and what issues do employees who are considering switching to freelance work need to consider. To hear what she told me, click on the podcast icon below.
A&G are on vacation this week, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sebastian Kunz fill in; Jobs and the economy; Interview with Carl Guardino, President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues You’ve no doubt heard about the November ballot measure (Proposition 23) which aims to to scupper California’s landmark climate change legislation, AB 32. In this Fresh Dialogues interview, Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, didn’t pull any punches in his response to those behind the plan. “We’re […]
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Ask Akeena Solar CEO Barry Cinnamon about the current brouhaha on repealing AB 32 and he’s likely to “get political.” Since the 1970’s, he’s been a strong advocate for solar power and is an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. I met with Barry at the […]
Richard A. Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture (in IEOR 171 Organizational Leadership & Teamwork) Speaker: Kim Polese With commentary from: Jerry Fiddler, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Executive-in-Residence and founder, Wind River Systems As CEO of SpikeSource, Kim Polese is responsible for guiding the company’s business vision: enabling businesses to harness the power of open source as a flexible, reliable and cost-effective solution for business-critical needs. Prior to SpikeSource, Kim cofounded Marimba in 1996, and as President and CEO she led the company to profitability and a successful public offering. She then served as Chairman until Marimba’s acquisition by BMC Software in April 2004. Before cofounding Marimba, Kim worked at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in March 1995. Prior to Java, Kim worked in Sun’s software division on object-oriented development environments. Previously, she worked at Intellicorp, Inc., helping Fortune 500 firms implement expert systems. Kim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. Kim serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a coalition of executives working to improve the economy, health and quality of life for all citizens of the region through advocacy on major public policy issues. Kim also serves on the board of the Global Security Institute and the University of California President’s Board on Science and Innovation. She is a Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Engineered Innovation.
Richard A. Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture (in IEOR 171 Organizational Leadership & Teamwork) Speaker: Kim Polese With commentary from: Jerry Fiddler, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Executive-in-Residence and founder, Wind River Systems As CEO of SpikeSource, Kim Polese is responsible for guiding the company’s business vision: enabling businesses to harness the power of open source as a flexible, reliable and cost-effective solution for business-critical needs. Prior to SpikeSource, Kim cofounded Marimba in 1996, and as President and CEO she led the company to profitability and a successful public offering. She then served as Chairman until Marimba’s acquisition by BMC Software in April 2004. Before cofounding Marimba, Kim worked at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in March 1995. Prior to Java, Kim worked in Sun’s software division on object-oriented development environments. Previously, she worked at Intellicorp, Inc., helping Fortune 500 firms implement expert systems. Kim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. Kim serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a coalition of executives working to improve the economy, health and quality of life for all citizens of the region through advocacy on major public policy issues. Kim also serves on the board of the Global Security Institute and the University of California President’s Board on Science and Innovation. She is a Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Engineered Innovation.
"Leading the Way to Smart Growth: Lessons from Silicon Valley" Speaker: Carl Guardino, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is a public policy organization that represents over 285 of Silicon Valley’s most respected companies. The Leadership Group is devoted to bringing together business executives and government officials to address major public policy issues affecting the economic health and quality of life in the Santa Clara Valley Region. Come learn how this collaborative high tech business group shapes regional planning policies and delivers results in innovative solutions to the toughest challenges facing Silicon Valley.
CEOs interested in preserving their workforce are motivated to impact public policy in the area of affordable housing. Carl Guardino, President of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, believes that business leaders can play a pivotal role both at the grass roots level and as well at raising funds that can support development. In this episode of the "Affordable Housing" podcast, Guardino talks about how important an available housing pool is to the business community and how various strategies are developed to help projects receive approval. He speaks, about the Housing Leadership Council and the first ever volunteer funded Housing Trust Fund, which has amassed $30 million of funds for home ownership, affordable rentals, and housing for the homeless.
CEOs interested in preserving their workforce are motivated to impact public policy in the area of affordable housing. Carl Guardino, President of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, believes that business leaders can play a pivotal role both at the grass roots level and as well at raising funds that can support development. In this episode of the "Affordable Housing" podcast, Guardino talks about how important an available housing pool is to the business community and how various strategies are developed to help projects receive approval. He speaks, about the Housing Leadership Council and the first ever volunteer funded Housing Trust Fund, which has amassed $30 million of funds for home ownership, affordable rentals, and housing for the homeless.
Audio File: Download MP3Transcript: An Interview with Kim Polese CEO, SpikeSource, Inc. Date: July 17, 2007 NCWIT Interview with Kim Polese BIO: Kim Polese is the Chairman at CrowdSmart and former CEO of SpikeSource, Inc., a software company based in Silicon Valley. The company is backed by venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and has developed an advanced automated testing technology for certifying interoperability of open source software, creating a continual "UL"-style certification for Global 2000 companies that depend on open source software applications to run their core business operations. The automation enables the delivery of low-cost, high-quality software to a mass market, resulting in more affordable and dependable software applications for business of all sizes worldwide. Prior to joining SpikeSource in August 2004, Kim co-founded Marimba, Inc., a leading provider of systems management solutions, in 1996. Marimba was acquired by BMC Software in June 2004. Kim served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of Marimba, leading the company through a successful public offering and to profitability in 2000. Before co-founding Marimba, Kim worked in software management at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in 1995. Prior to joining Sun, Kim was with IntelliCorp Inc., consulting for Fortune 500 companies in the development of expert systems. Kim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Kim serves on several boards, including the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the University of California President's Board on Science and Innovation, UC Berkeley's College of Engineering, the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, and the Global Security Institute. Lucy Sanders: Hi, this is Lucy Sanders. I'm the CEO of the National Center for Women in Information Technology. This interview is one in a series of interviews that we're doing with fabulous IT entrepreneurs. With me today are Larry Nelson and Lee Kennedy. Larry is CEO of w3w3.com, and Lee is an insulate director. Welcome, Larry and Lee. Larry Nelson: Well, thank you. That's so great being able to get together and help support this type of thing. The Heroes program is sponsored by NCWIT, wonderful. At w3w3.com we archive everything and we push it out. We have a large audience, and we're happy to be part of this. Lee Kennedy: Thanks, Lucy. I'm excited to be here and be part of the interview series. Lucy: Today we're interviewing Kim Polese. We're so excited, Kim, to have you on the call. Kim Polese: Thank you, delighted to be here. Lucy: I have to say that your career has been one that I think is just awesome. When I look back at some of the things you've been involved with for example Java. I remember when Sun released Java. Us techies at Bell Labs were pretty excited about that, because it really enabled the Internet to come alive. You could bring applications along with the static web pages. That was just tremendously thrilling. Then, when you moved over into Marimba, worked on push technology, again, we were all rather thrilled that we could have stuff come to our desktop without even asking for it. That's pretty amazing. And now you have a new company Spikesource is a couple of years old, is that right? Kim: Yes. Actually, it was founded in 2003 and I joined. It was an incubation project at Kline & Perkins, a venture firm here in Silicon Valley. I joined in the fall of 2004. Lucy: I just think you've been on the leading edge of all of these different trends in software and software development. Why don't you give the listeners a little bit of information about Spikesource? Kim: Sure. I'd be happy to. So, Spikesource, basically its mission is in a nutshell to democratize software, and do that by bringing open source software to a mass market. When I say "democratize software", I mean make software as low‑cost and as easy to maintain, to use as possible. Software's a wonderful thing; it powers all sorts of service and appliances, the world around use every day. But it's also really complicated both to develop, package, maintain and support. Open source has provided a wonderful new abundance, a new ecosystem of software applications, components and infrastructure. It is really totally changing the software industry in a variety of ways, and really accelerating innovation. Software is getting better faster. There are many more people who are banging on it and making it better every day. That's a wonderful thing. It's an exciting time to be in the software world. But there's also a challenge with abundance. Businesses that have been using open source find very quickly that they get into a lot of overhead time and cost in maintaining open source application. The applications typically consist of dozens or hundreds of different open source components, all of which need to be updated, maintained and made to work together, continually integrated and tested. That's a huge problem. So, what Spikesource is doing is really helping that problem through automation. We're automating specifically the process of maintaining that software and ensuring that the software applications continue to work, stay up and running and are free of viruses, and so forth. It's really making the process of maintaining open source software invisible to the user. We're using very interesting approaches in computer science and automating the build test patch process, and creating an automatic test framework for basically packaging up, distributing, supporting and maintaining these open source applications. We're bringing to market a variety of open source applications. Basically taking many of the best applications out there on the Internet, email, content management, business intelligence, CRM and so forth, and offering those as packaged applications to business of all sizes. There's a low‑cost subscription maintenance stream along with it. So, in this way when I said "democratizing software", again, it's really about making software much easier to buy, to use, and to have supported at a much lower cost. That's now all possible because of open source and because of the new technologies that we're working on and others are participating in as well in innovating, automating and maintaining the software. Lucy: I think that the technologies involved with software engineering are some of the most complex. No question. And so, I can only imagine that the technologies that you're using at Spikesource are pretty advanced. Kim: Yes. Lucy: For sure. And that gets me to the first question that we wanted to ask you. In addition to some of the technologies that you're using today at Spikesource, what other technologies do you see on the horizon that you find particularly cool? Kim: Well, the open source world is really where most of the most interesting innovation is happening, in my view, in software today. That's because of the power of collaboration. You take, for example, virtualization. Virtualization, or virtualization software, there's a huge amount of innovation happening there. You see a lot of not only developers all over the world who are contributing to open source virtualization technologies, but also big companies that are standardizing on open source and using it to drive greater value in their hardware platforms. So, to me in general the most exciting place to be in software today is in the open source world. In virtually every category there's tremendous innovation happening and really a new generation of software is being developed. And there are a lot of very important supporting technologies and underlying infrastructure that's also helping make this happen. A lot of the service‑oriented architecture, the web services, the easy to use now APIs that make it possible to put pieces of software together more easily, and new techniques like Agile programming and so forth to make it easier to build software faster... But so much of that, again, really does come out of the open source world. We're finding that the open source model of building software is becoming more prevalent even within companies and across companies in vertical industries such as financial services and retail. Companies are now beginning to collaborate on creating applications that they can share to make their respective businesses more efficient. Lucy: In fact, I'm on a commission looking at the R&D ecosystem for IT. We were at Harvard and we listened to a researcher not too long ago who was studying open source and the movement of companies into open source. It was pretty interesting how that platform is really emerging. How did you first get into technology, Kim? Kim: I was actually a girl geek. I grew up in Berkeley, California and I was fortunate to really be exposed to science at a very early age. I started entering science fairs as a kid in elementary school and just found that I loved the idea of creating something new and exploring, and testing the limits of what was possible. Then, I found a place called the Lords Hall of Science, which is a public science museum here in the Bay Area. I went up there, again, as a kid in elementary school and started playing on the computers. There was a program called Eliza which was an early artificial intelligence software application that was running on the computers there. It was kind of like an online psychotherapist, and I really loved playing on the computer that ran Eliza and trying to get Eliza to go into a loop or act like a computer, again, see the limits of what was possible. So, all of that sparked my curiosity, my interest in not only science but specifically computers and software. I ultimately ended up getting a degree in biophysics, but at Berkeley I started to get more and more into computer programming and software development as an undergrad. That increasingly became where my interests were directed. Lucy: That's really cool. Kim, tell us why you're an entrepreneur and what it is about entrepreneurship that really makes you tick. Kim: Well, I've always loved creating new things. I love inventing and coming up with a new idea, running with it and seeing what's possible. There's nothing more exciting than setting out with a whole team of people on a mission, climb a mountain and actually doing it together, making it happen. So, I think it's the creativity. It's the element of being able to chart your own course, come up with your own idea. It's the challenge of making that idea actually into a successful business, which is two very distinct elements to building a successful company in the technology area. One is coming up with a great technology, but the other is actually making it work in the economic sense and the sense of the market acceptance. That turned out to be a whole separate creative process. All of that is very challenging. I love a challenge. I love climbing mountains and scaling new heights, because it's just fun when you get there and it's fun along the way. So, I found that that was just something I gravitated towards. I think it's just something that's been inside me forever. Lucy: And it's a pretty good view when you get to the top. Larry: I'll say. Kim, I can't help but reflect back. Quite some time ago, did I hear that you were one of those early radicals that were pushing free and open source software? Kim: Well, I did grow up in Berkeley, it's true. And I was hanging out at Cal when Bill Joy was a grad student. So, I do have it probably in my DNA by now. But I didn't actually get to immerse myself in open source until I joined Spikesource in 2004 and really started doing it as full‑time and really wrapping my head around the whole open source world and building a business. Larry: You've done a wonderful job. Now, you mentioned Bill Joy. We interview him probably five, six, seven years ago. Along the line, did you have any particular mentor, or support person or support group that really helped along the way? Kim: Well, I was very fortunate to work at a great company for seven years, Sun Microsystems. Sun was full of very bright I'd say demanding, people where there was a bar that was set high and you had to achieve more than you thought you were capable of. I look at the management team, the founders of Sun, Scott, Scott McNealy, Bill Joy, Vinod Khosla and Andy Bechtolsheim. They really were a great inspiration to me, each of them. Also, to me, at that time in the '80s as I was developing my career, Carol Vartz, who was a senior executive at Sun at the time, I really looked up to her. Sandy Kurtzig, Heidi Roizen, these were women who were really leading the way in building companies and proving that women could achieve great things in technology and software. So, I was surrounded I guess by many inspirational leaders, and I learned what I could from each of them and then really molded that into what I decided to do next, how I developed my career. Lucy: Kim, you've been in the thick of Silicon Valley and all the changes that have taken place over the last 10, 20 years, and you've had such an exciting career. When you look back, what's the toughest thing that you've had to do in your career? Kim: Well, there are many challenges in building a company. I'd say probably the toughest thing as a manager is letting someone go. It's actually making a decision that you know is right for the company and right for ultimately that individual, but always a tough thing to do. I'd say that's probably the top of the list, and that's just one of those management challenges that everyone has to deal with at a certain point. So, that's on the not so fun part. There are also challenges just inherently in building a business. I'd say the other thing that I have faced repeatedly, but actually is kind of a fun challenge, is the need to adapt to change. When you're starting a company and you're in a new market, you've got a new idea, it's unproven, there's precedent, you can't become attached to that one plan that you're going to execute on it. There's always going to be a reason why it doesn't exactly turn out that way, another twist in the path, another unexpected obstacle, but then unexpected opportunity at the same time. And so, adapting to change and being comfortable with change on a daily basis is something that can real tough at first, but once you get used to it, it's actually exhilarating. You love the challenge of being able to rise to the occasion and adjust course, change course as needed, and still keep your eye on the ultimate goal that you're headed towards. It's just that the path along the way is different from what you thought it would be. I'd say that's a more fun, tough thing that I've faced in business. Lucy: Well, and in face you ultimately get to the place where you really enjoy change. You wouldn't want to be working in something where that wasn't part of what you did every day. It really becomes part of the challenge. I think that's wonderful advice. You can share with us, a bit more advice that you might give to young people about entrepreneurship if they were sitting in the room with you right now. Kim: Sure. Well, there is a lot to say. If I were to boil it down to some of the things that come to mind first, it really has to do what I was just talking about. You might have a great idea, but you can't forget the market that you are launching it into, and all of the other constituents that need to contribute to the success of what you are setting out to do. For example, you may be launching a product in the market; the most brilliant product that anyone has developed or thought of but it turns out that it's just too early. A good example of this is I worked in artificial intelligence, AI, software back in the 80's. We built a fantastic software system that was an expert system, but the hardware requirements were prohibitive in terms of cost and just the overall expense of delivering an expert system. You had $50000.00+ computers required, and ultimately there wasn't a mass market for that back in the 80's. The software wasn't ready for the environment around it that it needed to rely on, so for entrepreneurs I'd say don't get too enamored of your idea. Make sure that you see the full picture and that you find a way to make it palatable in the market today and then chart a path to where you ultimately believe you can go and what the ultimate end goal is. But, don't be too wrapped up with getting to the end goal right off the bat. So, that's one thing. The other thing I'd say is get comfortable with saying "no" because as an entrepreneur you want to say "yes" to every possibility and every potential customer and partner that comes along. There is a temptation to do that, especially early on. You have to have the discipline to say, "You know what? We'd love to deliver this product into both the enterprise market and the consumer market, and we know the software is capable of working for both markets, but we're just going to focus on the enterprise market". That's the first step. From there we can build a bigger company and ultimately get to the broader market. Saying "no", we had to do this at Marimba, a decision we made very early on to focus on the enterprise and not the consumer market. It turned out to be the best decision we made, but it was a very tough one at the time because I knew we could do anything. We could absolutely serve a broader market, but you have to have the discipline to know what you are capable of and take one step at a time. Lucy: That's some very sage advice. What personal characteristics do you think have given you advantages as an entrepreneur? Kim: Probably the greatest one is persistence. It's never losing sight of that goal that you are charging toward and never losing faith that you will achieve that goal and being totally flexible and able to deal with any obstacle that comes along. Whether it's an obstacle in the market, a challenge with the team, whatever it happens to be, never giving up, never ever, ever, ever giving up. If you have that, you'll find a way to get to where you are going no matter what. I think that's probably for every successful entrepreneur you will find that that is the primary characteristic that made them. Lucy: In fact, we're finding that with this series of interviews. I believe that one of the people we interviewed a few weeks ago said there is this line between persistence and pesky. And it's OK to cross over it from time to time. Kim: Yeah, that's probably true. Lucy: I want to switch a minute into this issue of balance. I know there is a lot written about work and personal balance, and so we just wanted to ask, how do you bring balance into your life? Kim: Well, that's a great question. One thing I've always made sure to do is to continue to pursue the things I love to do in the rest of my life. One thing I love is dance. I've always done that, and I still do ballet and jazz. I've done it since I was a kid and will never stop. I find that it's tremendous; it's literally all balance. It's a great counterpoint, too, to do what I do all day long. It's also requires great focus and attention, and you just can't sort of space out while you're learning a piece of choreography. So, that's one thing I love. I love also mountain biking and getting out and just charging up a mountain. So, those are the things I have always done and will continue to do. I find also that the mind‑body balance is really important. If you are physically fit your mind is much sharper and you are able to run a marathon in business as well as physically. So, that's one way. The other is just time for family and friends. I always make time for family and friends. It's not enough ever, but you have to stand back every so often and think about what's really important in life. Those connections and relationships are really more important than anything, so I try and not always succeed as well as I'd like. But, I try as much as possible to keep that at the forefront, too. Larry Nelson: Kim, I want to thank you for what you've shared so far. It's easy to see by the discussion here why you were chosen as one of the heroes, that's for sure. Now, you have already achieved a great deal, and I know you are going to take Spike Source to another level. In addition to Spike Source, what is your next thing? What are you going to do next? Kim: Well, one thing I've always done is actually not plan too far in advance. Lucy: That's a good idea. Kim: The reason is sort of tongue‑in‑cheek, but I find that serendipity is a wonderful thing. I am in the most dynamic, exciting industry and, I think, place for the area and the world. I am surrounded by brilliant, creative people, and that network is ever expanding so I know that whatever I do next it will evolve from creating something new together with a team of people and doing our best to make an impact in some positive way in the world. I personally would like to find a way to make an impact in the world that goes beyond my industry. I haven't quite figured out when and how and what that will be, but that's something that I'd like to do in my life. I'm sure that the path will appear as it always has. As long as I follow my passion and surround myself with people that I love working with and respect and appreciate, I know that life will unfold in wonderful ways. I have faith. Lucy: I think that's just really well said. I'm just sitting here thinking you are just one of the top web entrepreneurs of our age. It's wonderful. We are so thrilled to have talked to you. Kim: Thank you. I am more than honored to be part of this series. Thank you. Larry: A couple of words that stick out in my mind, too, in addition to hear all this democratized, open source and serendipity. Lucy: That's great. And see I'm a techie so what stands out for me, open source, Java. So, Kim, thank you, thank you very much. Kim: Thank you. Lucy: We appreciate your joining us. I want to remind listeners where these podcasts can be found at www.ncwit.org and also at w3w3.com. Please do pass these along to friends who might want to listen. Kim, thanks again. Kim: Thank you, my pleasure. Series: Entrepreneurial HeroesInterviewee: Kim PoleseInterview Summary: Kim Polese has technology -- and innovation -- in her blood. Ever wondered who coined the term "Java"? That was Kim. Release Date: July 17, 2007Interview Subject: Kim PoleseInterviewer(s): Lucy Sanders, Larry Nelson, Lee KennedyDuration: 20:04
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