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How to build a company around your technology. Do you have a technology or perhaps even just an idea, or maybe you've even started your company to commercialize your technology, but are now unsure of the next steps? Building a successful company requires vision, skill, determination and a talented committed team. It takes something extraordinary to translate innovative technology into a profitable business. But what does that mean?
At this April 17th educational and networking luncheon, a collaborative effort amongst the University of Virginia, VaBIO, and the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC), participants will hear how Dr. Barry Johnson took Privaris from start-up to its current status. Dr. Johnson joined the U.Va. faculty in 1984 and co-founded Privaris, a biometric security company, in 1998. Privaris has now successfully raised two venture rounds of $15.6 million and $3.3 million as well as an angel round of approximately $8 million. Dr. Johnson still serves on the Privaris executive team and board, but is now Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. Come hear how this one academic researcher and entrepreneur used passion, transparency, communication, and humility to navigate the commercialization landscape to build a successful company. This event is ideally suited for U.Va.'s emerging faculty and student entrepreneurs as well as regional company executives and management. It will provide practical, nuts-and-bolts lessons to help entrepreneurs hone the skills needed to create, manage, and grow successful businesses at any stage, and to facilitate networking amongst area research entrepreneurs and industry professionals. This event is a collaborative effort of:   
Time:
Thursday, April 17, 2008
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location:
The Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Building 19 [D2 on this map]: http://www.virginia.edu/webmap/ACentralGrounds.html
A map to UVA: http://www.virginia.edu/Map/directions.html
Parking Details:
Parking is provided on a space available basis in the Central Grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, approximately one block south of the University Avenue intersection. Please bring your parking ticket to the event for validation.
Registration is required:
CBIC Members: http://tinyurl.com/39vtep
VABio Members: http://tinyurl.com/2sslxw
UVA Faculty and Students: email
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Lunch Provided to All Registered Participants
Event Sponsor:
LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation
About our keynote speaker, Barry W. Johnson: Barry Johnson is a founder of Privaris and is responsible for the overall strategic vision for the company. He is also a Professor in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia where he has spent the past 22 years creating new concepts in computer dependability and security. He has worked extensively with startup companies throughout Virginia in coordination with Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology and through his role as a director of a state-funded technology innovation center. Prior to joining the University of Virginia, he was with Harris Corporation where he designed and analyzed fault-tolerant computer systems for aerospace applications. He is the author of two books, eight book chapters, and more than 150 articles. Dr. Johnson is a past member of the IEEE Board of Directors and the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors and Executive Committee. He served as the IEEE Computer Society's President in 1997 and is an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to fault-tolerant computing. Dr. Johnson holds B.S., M.E., and Ph.D degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia.
Bio:
http://www.privaris.com/company/board.html |
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