Video interview with Scott Orn Partner Lighthouse Capital Partners. Scott is responsible for identifying information technology investment opportunities, performing due diligence, negotiating and monitoring west coast investments. Scott returned to Lighthouse in 2008 as a Senior Associate after completing his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. While at Kellogg, Scott interned in R&D Strategy at Becton Dickinson. Scott previously worked as an Associate at Lighthouse from 2002 to 2005, prior to leaving for his MBA. From 1999 to 2002, Scott was an Analyst in mergers and acquisitions at Hambrecht & Quist, (later JPMorgan H&Q). While at Lighthouse, Scott has sponsored investments in the software, internet, IT services, semiconductor and mobile industries. In addition to his MBA from Kellogg, Scott holds a BS in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Scott is also a CFA Charterholder. Scott is also a Co-founder of Ben’s Friends, a network of online patient support communities for people with rare diseases.
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Mary Hodder: Emotional Literacy Solve “Male Dominated” Tech & Business
This is a guest post by Mary Hodder originally posted on her blog napsterization
Mary Hodder is a veteran Silicon Valley technologist, most recently founding Wellness Mobile, and prior to that as VP Products at Apisiphere, a geolocation mobile company building an enterprise platform for mobile developers. While at Apisphere, she oversaw development of 12 mobile location products and the platform. Prior to that, she founded Dabble.com, a social search site for web video. Mary has worked with large and small organizations as Product Developer / information architect / interaction designer on search, web, gaming, open source software, photo sharing, blog aggregation, media distribution products. Her research includes creating a 100p survey of current new media research and development for New Media for the American Press Inst. She has been on the board of several mission-related organizations including Attention Trust and One Web Day. She blogs at Napsterization and was an original author at bIPlog (the first UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism blog, on intellectual property, security and privacy), has a Masters from School of Information at UCB, 2004 and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Prior to her masters, she was at Adobe Systems for 5 years.
Jennifer Toney: Mompreneurs & Intelligently Creative Time Management
Jennifer Toney Founder/CEO WeMakeItSafer, a company that builds web applications for consumers, manufacturers and retailers around the issues of product safety and recalls. By developing solutions that identify product hazards in homes, resale shops and online marketplaces, WeMakeItSafer is able to reduce injuries and save lives while helping companies to mitigate product liability risk, decrease product recall expense and increase sales. Prior to founding WeMakeItSafer, Jennifer was an Expert (testifying/consulting) in Commercial Damages. Most recently, she was a Principal with ERSGroup and, before that, a Senior Consultant with Navigant Consulting. As a business and litigation consultant, Jennifer worked with numerous companies in the consumer products, retail, technology, energy, telecommunications and insurance industries. Jennifer’s cases included product recall, product liability, intellectual property infringement, breach of contract, and antitrust matters. Jennifer graduated with Honors and as a Community Fellow from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business where, in addition to her MBA, she earned certificates in Entrepreneurship and in Management of Technology (MOT) – a joint curriculum program with the College of Engineering. Jennifer completed her BA early, in three years at UC Berkeley (cum laude) with degrees in Economics and Japanese. Jennifer also studied and conducted conducted research in Economics at Oxford University (UK). Jennifer lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two little boys and an adorable Lab puppy. You can find Jennifer on her blog & on Twitter @Jennifer_Toney & @WeMakeItSafer