The executive lunch program from The Devoto Group provides an excellent way to learn about new and exciting technologies, discuss current topics of interest, and meet other talented executives to network for opportunities. Since 2001 we have hosted 50+ executive lunch and breakfast seminars featuring prominent executives, venture capitalists an industry experts from the information technology field.
The Devoto Group hopes to resume our luncheons in 2023.
Dan Olsen of Olsen Solutions has presented twice and discussed his work with both early stage and established technology companies and how he helps them build and optimize their products and product teams in the highly competitive Silicon Valley tech market. Dan is a hands-on trainer and consultant that helps companies build and optimize their products and product teams
Malcolm Harkins, Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cylance Corporation, has presented 3 times. He spoke about “The Promises and Perils of Emerging Technologies for Cybersecurity” which he presented to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as well as the hot topic around computer security — hardware vulnerabilities. In addition to sharing these insights on cybersecurity, Malcolm discussed his new book around a revolutionary new concept in how to be an effective manager.
Angel Investor Dan Scheinman spoke about the high technology market and emerging technologies in security, networking, cloud, mobility and other areas. Dan began is career at Cisco as the SVP Legal Affairs where he helped to found and lead the Cisco legal department. He scaled legal department from 2 lawyers to 120 people.
Rich Mironov gave a brief talk on lean, agile and the best way to structure a product management organization to be successful. Rich provides product management leadership and coaching to large and small tech companies, with more than 150 clients since 2001.
Dan Scheinman (SVP, Corporate Development) – Cisco
Sandra Bergeron (EVP, Corporate Development) – McAfee
Malcolm Harkins (CSO) – Cylance Corporation
Constantin Delivanis (CEO) – bDNA Corporation
Marc Della Torre (CEO) – Covault Corporation
Dan Gatti (CEO) – 21st Century Selling
Dr. Peter Rothschild (CEO/President) – Radvault
Ray Villeneuve (CEO) – Monosphere
Dan Olsen (Principal) – Olsen Solutions
Rich Mironov (CEO) – Mironov Consulting
Tobias Yergin (Director) – Chasm Institute
Mark Cavender (Managing Director) – Chasm Institute
Erik Suppiger (Senior Research Analyst) – JMP Securities
Michael Piacente (Co-founder & Managing Partner) – Hitch Partners
David Buechner – Certified PeopleMap Coach
Jason Georgatos (Partner) – Partners for Growth
Jeff Karan (Managing Partner) – Woodside Capital Partners
Rosemary Remacle (Venture Partner) – Sevin Rosen Funds
Robert Winter (Partner) – Rocket Ventures
Shomit Ghose (Venture Coach) – ONSET Ventures
David Stastny (Managing Director) – Osprey Ventures
Vispi Daver (Principal) – Sierra Ventures
“Jeff and Andrea put together a great event with their Executive Lunch series. I have been very impressed with the content at the lunches I have attended, especially an event late last year that featured a senior executive out of Network Appliance. They have a very impressive group of senior executives that attend and it is a fantastic way to network with other executives. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in making great connections in the Valley and gathering valuable information on emerging technologies like storage and security!”
– Jeff Karan / Managing Partner/ Woodside Capital Partners
“Great stuff yesterday! The topic, attendees and venue were spot on. Thanks again for inviting me.”
– Tim Bardzil, Citrix