Internet of Things
Moderator: Scott Card, Partner, AGC Partners
Scott is a Partner in the Investment Banking Group and founding team member at AGC Partners, focused on Enter- prise Infrastructure sec-tors including Cloud Infrastructure, Data Analytics, Storage & Security. In his 20 plus years as an investment banker, Scott has completed more than 50 M&A and debt / equity financing transactions. Prior to joining AGC Partners, Scott was part of Deutsche Bank Alex Brown’s Technology Investment Banking Group in Boston. Pre- viously, Scott was an Associate in Global Mergers & Acquisitions at SBC Warburg and an Analyst in the Financial In- stitutions Group at Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York. Scott holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College
Panelists:
Will Franks, Chief Executive Officer, Telensa
Will Franks was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telensa, where he has led the company’s next phase of its glob- al growth strategy. Before being appointed CEO in December 2016, Will served on the board of Telensa for two years, with a track record of leading companies through the transition needed to sustain rapid international growth. Will is best known as the co-founder and CTO of Ubiquisys, the UK pioneer of miniaturized “small cell” cellular access points, which was acquired by Cisco in 2013 Before co-founding Ubiquisys, Will held senior positions at Lucent Technologies and Racal Radio. Will received his B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Manchester Metropolitan Univer- sity. Rob is a Managing Partner at the ETF Partners since early 2010. Prior to joining ETF Partners, Rob was a Managing Partner at Vertex, one of the oldest and most prestigious investment firms out of Asia, where he led its European and North American investment activities for 8 years. Before that, Rob was a Managing Director of JP Morgan (and Ham- brecht & Quist), focusing on advising high-tech growth companies globally. Earlier in his career, Rob was a manage- ment consultant for Bain & Co. in San Francisco, where he focused on the telecommunications industry. He holds an AB and MBA from Harvard University. Abdul is an Investment Director, based in London, covering Western European transactions. His investment focus areas include Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and Mobility. Before rejoining Intel Capital in 2015, Abdul served as Treasury Managing Director from 2006 where he sat on the Intel Capital investment committee and reviewed the quali- ty and structure of deals across the region. He also held the position of Intel Assistant Treasurer from 2010 until 2015, leading the team executing fixed income investing, FX trading and cash management in EMEA. Abdul first joined Intel Capital in 1999, holding various positions including Investment Director for wireless investments. Abdul’s investments include Cambridge Silicon Radio, Wirtualna Polska, DIGIA, Centrum.CZ, Epichem, MediaLario, picoChip and ip.access. He also worked on M&A transactions to acquire businesses for Intel in Denmark, Russia and Germany. Before Intel, Abdul spent 7 years with PwC Corporate Finance, was a design engineer with Plessey Semiconductors and a robotics researcher with Ikerlán in Spain. Abdul is a UK-qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an honours degree in Electronic Engineering. Markus Moor is a Partner with Emerald Technology Ventures, where he works out of the Zurich office. Since joining in 2001, Markus has helped oversee the Fund’s focus on industrial technology investments within the cleantech sector. He currently serves on the boards of Enocean, O-Flexx Technologies, and Terralux. Previously, he was also involved in investments in Pemeas, Cellex Power, Hyradix, and Evergreen Solar. Prior to joining Emerald, Markus worked for SAM Private Equity as an Investment Director. Markus received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern Switzerland and his Master in Business Administration and Technology Management from University of St. Gallen. Robert Genieser, Director, Environmental Technology Fund Abdul Guefor, Investment Director, Intel Markus Moor, Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures
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