 US Experts Tour
Announcing the
ANZA Technology Network
US Experts Tour 2005
(July 25- August 5, 2005)
Featuring Larry Marshall,
one
of Australia’s leading technology entrepreneurs in
Silicon
Valley today
ANZA Technology Network proudly announces two
outstanding Silicon Valley executives will join the US Experts
Tour at the end of July. Peter Hankin, Managing General
Partner, of Sand Hill Road Venture Fund, The Infrastructure
Fund, and Dr Richard Caro, Founder and CEO TangibleFuture,
will join the previously announced members of the tour: Larry
Marshall, Chairman Intersymbol & AOC Tech, Bob O’Brien,
General Partner, CID Equity Partners and David Cannington, CEO
ANZA Technology Network.
The theme of the US Experts Tour
presentations will be “Secrets to Growing a Successful
Technology Business in the US”. Headlining the tour will be
Larry Marshall, one of Australia’s leading technology
entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley today. Few technology
executives in Silicon Valley have the track record of having
started 6 successful technology ventures, let alone an
Australian.
With the two additional members of the tour,
the US Experts have been actively engaged in over forty
technology start-ups in the US, representing an incredibly
rich source of knowledge and experience. They will provide
insights into the key ingredients to building a successful
technology business in the US and will directly relate these
lessons to Australian and New Zealand technology companies as
they prepare to enter or enhance their US presence.
The events will involve presentations from
the US Experts with opportunities for round table feedback
sessions with the US Experts after the presentations. Limited
places are available for the round table feedback
sessions.(see dates and locations section of the US Experts
website)
The US Experts Tour is the first in a series
of events in Australia and New Zealand leading up to the ANZA
Technology Network Australian and New Zealand Technology
Showcase Conference in Silicon Valley, November 13-15, 2005.
Attendance at the US Experts Tour
events is free and open to all technology executives and
entrepreneurs who have an interest in the US
market.
Specific dates and locations can be found at
the Dates
& Locations page.
Executives must register by linking to the US
Experts Tour registration page here.
Introducing the Experts:
 Larry R. Marshall, PhD
Chairman, Intersymbol, & AOC
Tech.
One Australia’s Most Successful
Technology Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
Dr. Larry R. Marshall is a serial
entrepreneur with 6 successful startups to his credit over the
past 16 years in Biotechnology, Photonics, &
Semiconductors, with several profitable acquisitions and one
IPO. He is currently Chairman of Intersymbol, a semiconductor
processor company, and AOC Tech, a cable equipment
company.
He previously served as CEO (& founder)
of Translucent developing optical gain in Silicon for
interconnects, which was recently acquired after a successful
partnership with a large public semiconductor corporation.
Prior to Translucent, he was CEO (& founder) of Lightbit
manufacturing unique optical processors for Telecom
Regenerators and Biotechnology chips. Prior to Lightbit, Larry
was VP of Iridex, where he enabled the company’s IPO, and
co-founded spin-offs Iriderm, and Iridex OEM Group. He was CEO
(& founder) of Light Solutions where he rolled out the
first visible semiconductor lasers, and formed Iridex. Prior
to Light Solutions he ran Business Development, and formerly
Technical Programs at Fibertek, where he rolled out the first
1540nm parametric laser. Larry's primary focus is studying new
markets, and then developing appropriate technologies to
leverage new products into those markets.
Larry holds 18 patents protecting numerous
commercial products, and has over 100 publications and
presentations. He is Chairman (emm.) of Advanced
Solid State Photonics, an Advisory Board member to
Laser Focus World, and holds Board positions on
Arasor, and Photon Engineering. Larry was born in Sydney
Australia, received his BS Honors from Macquarie University
(Sydney), and PhD from the Commonwealth Center of Excellence.
To downlolad Larry's presentation slides,
please click here.
 Peter Hankin
Managing General Partner, The
Infrastructure Fund
Educated at Harvard Mr. Hankin started his
career working for the soon to be CEO of Time-Warner
Communications in New York, where he worked in the electronic
media group. During that time he focused on cable TV
operations, introduction of new media businesses and the
valuation of content.
After Time Warner, Mr.Hankin joined the
start-up company world spending first 5 years in a Bell
Laboratories spin-off making semiconductor lasers, starting an
alternative telephone access carrier in NYC and next accepting
a job turning around the subsidiary of a multinational company
making products for the communications, imaging and biomedical
device markets. Chief among that company’s accomplishments and
key to its turnaround was the co-invention (with IBM
Rochester) of what is known today to be Gigabit Ethernet and
Fibre Channel transceiver modules.
In 1991, after successfully turning around
the high tech subsidiary, Mr. Hankin moved to California
( Silicon Valley) where he joined two other colleagues in
launching RHK, a deep technology analysis and market research
firm specializing in IT technologies. In 1999 he left to
form The Infrastructure Fund, a venture capital fund
specializing in telecommunications investments. He
remains the Managing General Partner of that fund today,
located in Menlo Park, California. He resides today in Palo
Alto, California.
Peter will be joining the US Experts Tour in
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide
 Robert J. O’Brien
General
Partner, CID Equity Partners
20 years of senior executive
experience in the US high tech. industry
Bob O’Brien is a General Partner of CID
Equity Partners. He has over 20 years of senior executive
experience in the high technology industry, 15 of them in
Silicon Valley. His areas of expertise include software,
semiconductors, imaging and video display, and related
hardware technology.
Bob is currently a director at the following
companies: Exacq Technologies, a company that designs and
manufactures PC-based data acquisition boards and related
products ; Hypernex, Inc., a company that developed a
combination hardware/software technology platform for
semiconductor manufacturers; InterSymbol Communications, a
manufacturer of high-speed components for next generation
broadband networking systems; Midi, Inc., the leading provider
of high-impact ethics and compliance learning solutions to
Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies; and RedSky, the leading
provider of emergency response crisis solutions, including
E-911. He is an observer on the board of Ageia Technologies, a
developer of advanced technology to enhance interactive
digital media; and Bridge Semiconductor, a fabless,
mixed-signal semiconductor company .
Bob has previously served on the boards of
Maxim IT, a software company featuring a unique digital asset
retrieval and integration solution for engineering and
manufacturing markets; Radiate, a developer of data mining
software; Shakti Systems, a developer of integrated circuits
for power management applications; and was an observer on the
board of SportsHuddle, a website featuring daily highlights
and related information concerning sporting events in high
schools.
Bob is active in the venture community and
has served on several conference committees, participated as a
judge in many business plan competitions and selection
committees, and served as a moderator or panel member at many
venture-related events. He is also active in several
University technology transfer and technology
commercialization organizations. It is through these
activities that he serves to mentor early stage entrepreneurs
and offer them information on successfully presenting their
vision for funding and raising the capital necessary to grow
their businesses.
Prior to joining CID, Bob was a Partner in
the merchant banking firm, Union Atlantic, where he focused on
opportunities in the technology sector. Bob also served in an
executive capacity with four venture-backed start-ups: CEO of
InfoChip Systems, Senior Vice President of ULSI Systems, and
executive management for Tecmar and Softsmith Corp. He also
served as Vice President/General Manager for Western Digital
Corporation and Senior Vice President for Truevision/RasterOps
Corporation.
Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing
from the University of Findlay and is a graduate of the
Technology Executive Program at Stanford University.
Bob will be joining the US Experts Tour in
Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane
 Richard G. Caro
CEO, TangibleFuture,
Inc.
Dr. Richard G. Caro has over 20 years of
experience working at the intersection of technology and
business: as CEO of two startups, CTO of a third, occasional
angel investor, and advisor to numerous new business ventures
in fields such as life sciences, communications, alternative
energy, security, and nanotechnology. He has been responsible
for the development of a number of successful products and has
21 issued patents.
Richard is presently founder & CEO of
TangibleFuture, Inc., which provides hands-on guidance to
entrepreneurs navigating the path from idea to profitable
business. Prior roles include Managing Director at RHK, a
provider of advisory services to the communications industry;
CEO (founder) of Vital Insite, a venture-backed medical device
start-up; Engineering Program Manager at Coherent, then one of
the two largest laser manufacturers in the world; and V.P.
Technology Development (CTO & employee #5) of Summit
Technology, a pioneer in the laser refractive surgery
business. Before entering industry, he was a member of the
research staff at Stanford University.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Richard has
lived and worked in the USA since 1982. He received a B.Sc.
(Hons) degree from Melbourne University, Australia, and a
D.Phil. in experimental physics from Oxford University — where
he was a Rhodes Scholar.
*Richard will be joining the Adelaide US
Experts Tour event only.
 David
Cannington
CEO, ANZA Technology
Network
Founding CEO ANZA Technology
Network with 20 years international sales and marketing
experience
David Cannington has a 20 year background in
international sales, marketing and advertising and has held
senior account management and marketing positions in the USA,
UK and Australia.
He moved to the Bay Area in 1990 and
soon after founded a consulting business providing market
entry services to Australian and Canadian clients. In that
capacity he opened the US market for Scanagraphix, a leading
Australian digital imaging company and subsequently partnered
with Canadian companies in the imaging and printing industries
to build their US client base.
David was the founding
Chief Executive of ANZA Technology Network has been
instrumental in building ANZA Technology Network into a
successful regional technology networking organization that
connects the Australian, New Zealand and US technology
sectors. David has been actively involved in the Australian
business community in the Bay Area. He is past President of
the Australian/American Chamber of Commerce. David holds a
Bachelor of
Business (Marketing) from Monash University.
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