Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
Thursday, October 22, 2009
6:30-8:30 PM
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
Moore’s Law: 40 Years Later
Presentation Information and Speaker Biographies
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Presentation Information and Speaker Biographies
For the last 40 years, Moore’s law, which states that transistor density will double every two years, has provided the framework for innovation in the semiconductor industry. But what will the next 10 years bring for this benchmark of the semiconductor industry and for the participants? And what will be the impact? What does the entrepreneur need to do to be successful in the new environment? And is there a role for government and/or venture capital in this industry? Please join us for an enlightening panel moderated by Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum Advisory Council Member Laura Oliphant, PhD, Director of Intel Capital.
Our distinguished panel includes:
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Laura Oliphant |
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Alexei Andreev |
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Gene Meieran |
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Bruce C. Rhine |
Speaker Biographies
Moderator Biography
Laura Oliphant, PhD, Director, Intel Capital
Laura joined Intel Capital in 2001. Prior to Intel Capital, Laura was one of the coordinators for Intel's transition to 300 mm fabs. Her role was to manage tool selection activities for the metrology and lab areas, in coordination with the major equipment suppliers. In 2000, Laura was the industry co-chair for the SEMATECH Metrology and Yield Management Tools Program Advisory Group. Laura joined Intel in 1991 as a Process Engineer, where she developed a lithography technology that is currently used in Intel's mobile processors. While in process engineering, she also worked in yield issues. In 2006, Laura received the Intel Achievement Award, Intel's highest award, for her investing activities. In 2008, Laura was a judge for the finals of the Berkeley Business Plan Competition. Laura is currently board observer for Crossing Automation, Xradia, and Advanced Inquiry Systems. She also invested in and managed exits for ALIS (acquired by Zeiss), Angstron Systems (acquired by Novellus), and Lotes (IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange). Laura holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Panelist Biographies
Alexei Andreev
Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Harris & Harris Group
Mr. Andreev has served as an Executive Vice President and as a Managing Director since March 2005. From 2002 to March 2005, he was an Associate with Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), a venture capital firm, where he was exclusively focused on nanotechnology and material science investment opportunities. While at DFJ, he played an integral role in sourcing and funding EoPlex, Intematix, Solicore and D-Wave Systems, for which companies he served as an active Board Director or Observer. Previously, he worked for TLcom Capital Partners, a London-based venture capital fund backed by Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he was employed by Renaissance Capital Group/Sputnik Funds, a venture capital fund in Moscow, Russia. Before he started his business career, he was a researcher at the Centre of Nanotechnology, ISAN (RAS), in Troitsk, Russia, where he was focused on optical and electrical properties of Quantum Dot heterostructures. He graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics of Moscow Steel & Alloys Institute (Ph.D.), where he was a recipient of the Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists of Russian Academia of Sciences, the Scholarship from the International Center of Fundamental Physics and Soros Scientific Foundation. He also graduated from Moscow Steel & Alloys Institute (B.S.) with honors in Engineering/Material Sciences and from Stanford Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.).
Gene Meieran, Senior Intel Fellow (retired)
Gene was a member of the Future Technology Division of Intel Labs, working on knowledge sharing and collaboration applications to help individuals and teams make better, faster and more cost-effective decisions. Along with Intel Fellow Joel Emer, Gene was co-Senior Sponsor of MIT university relations, had been a member of Intel’s Technology Council and was a member of a number of other Intel committees.
Gene joined Intel in 1973 as creator of Package Development, now Assembly-Test Development. In 1977 he joined the Quality and Reliability Department, responsible for all Intel incoming materials quality, now Materials Department, the new Materials Analysis Laboratories, and for key elements of the wafer fab and assembly SPC and reliability functions. In 1985, he was appointed Intel’s 2nd Fellow, and in 2004, Senior Intel Fellow. He has taught technical courses at Stanford and UC Berkeley, and has given seminars and invited talks to many universities throughout the world. He has been awarded three international Best Paper Awards based on technical talks and papers. Gene has been on the Scientific and Education Advisory Board for Lawrence Berkeley Labs and on the Advisory Boards for the Department of EE/CS at UC Berkeley, and is currently on the Materials Science Department for Purdue and Dean’s Board of Visitors at the University of New Mexico.
As a 36 year veteran of Intel, along with 10 years at Fairchild Semiconductor R&D, Gene is a zealous advocate for innovation and for nurturing innovative people at Intel. Gene has a B.S. degree in Metallurgy from Purdue University (1959) and a Master’s degree and a Doctor’s degree in Material Science from MIT (1961 and 1963). He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1937 and currently resides in Phoenix, AZ. He is married and has two children.
Bruce C. Rhine, Chairman of the Board, Nanometrics
Bruce Rhine has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 2007 and as a director since July 2006. From July 2006 to February 2008, Mr. Rhine served as our Chief Strategy Officer. From March 2007 to August 2007, Mr. Rhine served as our Chief Executive Officer. From August 2000 to July 2006, Mr. Rhine served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Accent Optical Technologies, Inc. and as Accent Optical Technologies, Inc.’s President from January 2003 to April 2005 and from August 2000 to September 2001. Mr. Rhine holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University.
Event and Registration Information
The program begins with a networking hour at 6:30 PM with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the Bank of America Forum at the Haas School of Business. Don't forget the opportunity to "Be a Number" and pitch your idea or company to the crowd!
Registration is required, but registration is not yet available for this session - please check back later. If you are unfamiliar with the UC Berkeley campus, check out the campus map to locate the Haas School on the east (uphill) side of campus.
