Roger Strauch is Chairman of The Roda Group, a seed stage venture capital group, based in Berkeley, California focused on clean technology. His firm, co-founded in 1997 with Dan Miller, provides entrepreneurs the resources, environment, and guidance to launch and grow their high technology businesses.

Vivek Sodera, co-founder of Mailvest, an authentication and analytics platform that allows businesses/apps to better understand customers through their inbox activity talks to students at UC Berkeley. Sodera was also a co-founder of Rapleaf, a data company.

Garrett is a co-founder of Alta, and was also a Partner at Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. founder of Ask.com and a co-founder of Alta Partners. He has more than two decades of experience in the fields of software development, systems engineering and corporate development. Garrett also founded Ask Jeeves, now Ask.Com, a leading Internet search engine which is now part of IAC.

Canaan Partners describes themselves as venture catalysts. Join Deepak Kamra as he talks about how he became a venture capitalist, the startups he funded, and the ones that got away. 

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean Steven Currall welcomes Kevin Johnson, mayor of Sacramento, and Michelle Rhee, CEO of StudentsFirst. Johnson strongly believes that in order to be a great city, you have to have great schools, and Rhee is former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools system. Both are committed to identifying ways to strategically drive education reform.

Most people think "green businesses" provide or support the use of alternative energy or energy efficient products. Yvon Chouinard recounts how Patagonia grew from a retail climbing equipment business operating out of the back of his van to a successful global business based on sustainability and social responsibility principles. Chouinard and Patagonia's story demonstrates how any business can be a green, sustainable and socially responsible business.

Adam Grosser discusses his time as general partner at Foundation Capital, a Silicon Valley venture firm.

Tom Reilly is the CEO of ArcSight, a company that provides protection from cyber threats to business and government.

Mike Arrington, Founder of TechCrunch, describes this group-edited blog about technology start-ups, particularly the Web 2.0 sector.

Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera, describes the business principles for starting a high-tech company using examples from the four companies he helped start. Mike has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Adam Boswort headed Google's effort to organize research on medical matters. Prior to Google, he co-founded Crossgain, a software development firm acquired by BEA in 2001 and held various senior management positions at Microsoft. He is now the CEO of Keas, an online platform that gives patients interactive software for improving their health.

Women hold just 9.5 percent of board seats and highest-paid executive positions in California's 400 largest public companies. Why? Professor and Associate Dean Michael Maher and Ph.D. candidate Amanda Kimball present findings from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management's 2010 UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders followed by UC Davis faculty sharing their perspectives on the corporate management, psychological and sociological factors that impede women's access to director and officer positions.

Kevin Cleary, President and COO of Emeryville, California based Clif Bar & Company, explores how this privately held, employee owned company is also socially responsible.

Mark Sylvester is Co-Founder & CEO of IntroNetworks and has been on the leading edge of software development for more than twenty years. As a co-founder of Wavefront Technologies, Mark and his team developed software that completely revolutionized the way the world is entertained. He co-designed Wavefront's flagship product, Advanced Visualizer, which was the first commercial 3D modeling and animation system. Working directly with major Hollywood studios, the company introduced the world to computer-generated animation and received many accolades, including an Oscar for Technical Achievement.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Matt Caspari, the co-founder of Aurora Biofuels which generates biodiesel from optimized algae in a patented production process. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Mark Rotblat is the Vice President of Business Development at TubeMogul, an online video distribution and analytics company founded in 2006 by online video buffs who met while in graduate school and won the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Nat Goldhaber an expert on energy conservation and management systems and managing director at Claremont Creek Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early stage information technology companies. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Amine Haoui who co-founded Sensys Networks, dedicated to the development of wireless vehicle detection systems for intelligent transportation systems. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a $300 million venture fund aimed at investing in new entrepreneurs, products, and companies in the technology industry. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Roger Sippl, a founding partner of Sippl Macdonald Ventures, a private venture capital partnership. Previously he was founder and CEO of Informix Software, co-founder of The Vantive Corporation and was founder and CEO of Visigenic Software. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Charles Huang, one of the founders of Red Octane, the publishers behind the critically acclaimed Guitar Hero series. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Charles Giancarlo who is a Managing Director at Silver Lake, a global private investment firm ,with approximately $13 billion in assets under management. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Maurice Gunderson who joined CMEA Capital in 2006 to focus on investments in new and innovative energy sources and technologies. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Learn how business works directly from groundbreaking entrepreneurs and business leaders. This episode features Ted Hoff who invented the computer-on-a-chip microprocessor in 1968 which came on the market as the Intel 4004 in 1971, starting the microcomputer industry. Presented by UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Explore the science, management, law, and policy of urban greening strategies in the context of climate change with Interface, Inc. founder Ray C. Anderson.

William Ury, the co-author of the best-selling "Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In," shares the strategies he has developed at the Harvard Negotiation Project for creating sustainable agreements in diplomacy and business. Ury is presented by the Institute for Peace & Justice at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego.

UCSB alum Paul Sams discusses the path he has taken since his arrival at UCSB to today as the COO of world's leading online game company. Sams also gives an inside look at Blizzard Entertainment, a world leader in the video game industry.

Berkeley professor Laura Tyson is a specialist on the global economy. She explores the challenges of leading in our rapidly changing economy.

Educational psychologist Howard Gardner discusses "Responsibility At Work.How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly.

Educational psychologist Howard Gardner discusses "Responsibility At Work.How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly.

Join Michael Mondavi in conversations with Robert Smiley of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Mondavi is a leading wine industry executive, innovator and entrepreneur who has grown Folio Fine Wine Partners since the sale of his family's winery four years ago.

Billionaire Peter G. Peterson on American profligacy.

Henry A. Schimberg, former CEO of Coca-Cola, discusses the ethical and moral responsibilities of companies and corporate culture.

Combining humor and personal experience, Nora Denzel shares what she learned as she climbed the corporate ladder at IBM and Hewlett Packard, emphasizing the 10 most common mistakes people make as they try to advance their careers-and how to avoid them.

Steve Newberry, CEO of Lam Research Corporation, gives a keynote presentation based on his model of leadership. Newberry is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He has more than 25 years of management and leadership experience in the high-tech industry.

Josh Berman, co-founder and chief operating officer of MySpace.com, on his entrepreneurial journey. 

Jeong Kim is president of Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs, overseeing a team which spans four continents and designs products and services at the forefront of communications technology. Dr. Kim's team also conducts fundamental research in a wide range of fields, including optical networking/photonics, nanotechnology, wireless/mobility, physical sciences, computing and information sciences, and network software.

Dale Carlsen, President, CEO and Founder of Sleep Train discusses entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Follow his amazing story of growth from one small, fledgling store in South Sacramento to a 224-store chain with $350 million in annual sales as the West Coast largest mattress seller.

Robert L. Lorber is president of The Lorber Kamai Consulting Group, a firm formed in 1976. The organization has implemented productivity improvement systems for companies on five continents. Lorber is an internationally recognized expert and published author on executive coaching, performance management, leadership, teamwork, culture and developing strategy.

Join us for this "sweet" opportunity to hear Robert Simpson, president and COO of Jelly Belly Candy Company, talk about the culture of innovation at the family-owned and operated company now in its fifth generation of candy makers.

Janis Heaphy is president and publisher of The Sacramento Bee, the flagship newspaper of the McClatchy Company. As the leading media company in the Sacramento region, The Sacramento Bee publishes a daily newspaper and three premier local Web sites. She explores the meaning of values-centered leadership.

Bob Beyster, the founder of Science Applications International Corporation, recalls the early days of this Fortune 300 company and recounts highlights from his new book, "The SAIC Solution." Beyster is joined by Gene Ray, a one-time SAIC employee who went on to start the rival Titan Corporation in this event presented by the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego.

Tim Albinson, Founder and CEO of Aravo Solutions, Inc. explores how to build a new venture: conceive, validate, document, found, finance, operations, administration, sales and marketing and more. Presented by the Technology Management Program at UC Santa Barbara.

Kelly Perdew explores the leadership principles he learned in the military and how he has applied those to his work for Donald Trump (as the Apprentice 2 winner) and his own companies. Presented by the Technology Management Program at UC Santa Barbara.

Entrepreneur Yulun Wang, Chairman and CEO of InTouch Health Technologies, and David LaFitte, and attorney who represents clients involved in a diverse range of businesses including high technology, medical device and healthcare services, discuss technology start ups. Presented by the Technology Management Program at UC Santa Barbara.

Meet Rick Lenny, chairman, president and CEO of Hershey Foods Corporation as he discusses his career path with Robert Lorber

Bruce Bodaken, chairman, president and CEO of Blue Shield of California discusses the Managerial Moment of Truth - a concept to improve performance and increase productivity.

Virgil Elings earned his Ph.D. in Physics from MIT and currently holds 42 patents. He was a member of the Faculty of Physics at UC Santa Barbara for 20 years. This interview with Mr. Elings is part of the Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society series titled "Picking Winners: Here's How."

Ron Werft is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cottage Health System. The 600-bed Cottage Health System is today the largest private employer in Santa Barbara County, caring for more than 20,000 inpatients each year at its three facilities. Mr. Werft is the driving force behind the five hundred million dollar construction and seismic retrofit that is in progress at this time. He talks about this project and it's impact on both Cottage Hospital and the community.

Attorney Michael Pfau discusses the three rules of private investing: people, people, people. According to Pfau, the key need of a technology start-up company is to pick the right people who have the ability to work together and the ability to understand exactly what it is that they intend to market. Prsented by the Technology Management Program at UCSB.

A legend in corporate leadership and trailblazing pioneer in high-tech innovation, John Morgridge helped build Cisco and its culture from the ground up. The Chairman of the Board of Cisco Systems looks at maintaining an ethical culture within a rapidly growing company in this presentation of the Dean's Distinguished Speaker series from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.

Biotechnology executive and entrepreneur Tina Nova, a 1982 doctoral graduate from UCR, addresses the 13th Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research. Nova is the chief executive officer of Genoptix, Inc., the fourth biotechnology firm she has co-founded in the San Diego area.

University of California Santa Barbara's Technology Management Program (TMP) was designed to meet the standards of today's business world. TMP is simultaneously redefining both business and engineering education with a comprehensive curriculum of preparation for the management and founders of tomorrow's technology venues.

University of California Santa Barbara's Technology Management Program (TMP) was designed to meet the standards of today's business world. TMP is simultaneously redefining both business and engineering education with a comprehensive curriculum of preparation for the management and founders of tomorrow's technology venues.

University of California Santa Barbara's Technology Management Program (TMP) was designed to meet the standards of today's business world. TMP is simultaneously redefining both business and engineering education with a comprehensive curriculum of preparation for the management and founders of tomorrow's technology venues.

As one of the nation's most respected communications strategists, John Davies takes on a unique role as a CEO by investing his experience daily through hands-on analysis, strategy, and messaging. He applies his lifelong study of human behavior and effective communications strategies to influence how to earn attention and gain influence in the complex information-saturated decision-making process today. As a political consultant, John Davies enjoyed a nearly 90% win ratio with more than 150 campaigns.

Franklin "Pitch" Johnson is known throughout the venture capital industry for his vision, insight, and principles. Johnson talks about the issues of democracy and entrepreneurship in terms of the three freedoms essential to a democracy: personal freedom, political freedom, and economic freedom. Entrepreneurs by bringing new products and ideas into the marketplace are an essential component of democracy.

During the last 30 years, Roland Bryan has built up and sold several high-tech companies in the fields of telecommunications networking, military computer systems and commercial equipment for network access. As CEO, one of his companies achieved the inclusion on the 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies. Mr. Bryan was also recognized in September of 1994 as one of the founders of the Internet. In this talk before engineering students in UC Santa Barbara's Technology Management Program, Mr. Bryan discusses WIFI and the issue of smart security networks and their implications.

Yvon Chouinard, legendary climber, businessman and environmentalist, is the founder and owner of one of the world's most inspiring companies, Patagonia, Inc. Mr. Chouinard talks about his personal history, how he created Patagonia, and the philosophy he uses to run the company. He discusses how he has tried to minimize Patagonia's impact on the environment, such as making fleece clothing from recycled soda bottles. He also talks about his One Percent for the Planet plan in which participating businesses contribute at least 1% of their net annual sales to groups on a list of researched and approved environmental organizations.

William P. (Bill) Sullivan is president and chief executive officer of Agilent Technologies. This presentation at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management explores recent changes in the global technology industry.

Explore the frontiers of innovation and strategy with Larry Keeley.

Dr. Herbert Kroemer, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara and Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) discusses in creativity and innovation.

Legendary venture capitalist Bill Stensrud of Enterprise Partners gives an insightful talk on the lessons he has learned in commercializing early-stage technologies in this event sponsored by the Von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at UC San Diego. 

Ichak Adizes, founder and CEO of Adizes Institute, offers provocative insights into the nature of business by applying a developmental paradigm analogous to the stages of a human being's growth and maturation to the life cycle of companies.

Steve Jurvetson, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, brings a visionary perspective to his analysis of the high tech innovation that will lead to the companies likely to thrive in the 21st century. For anyone who has wondered what, exactly "nanotechnology" is and why it is so well known in the scientific and technology communities, Jurvetson provides the answers.

Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," describes "How Local Leaders Are Changing America" in the first installment of LEADerTrends, a new speaker series sponsored by LEAD San Diego.

Robert C. Lowes, former Chairman and CEO of the Burger King Corporation, discusses trends, options, and opportunities applicable to math and statistics careers in business today, along with personal perspectives on keys to success and ways to get there. Presented as part of the Voices series at UCSB.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates describes what he sees as the "Digital Decade" where by 2010, computing technology will become so inexpensive, powerful and ubiquitous that it will beseamlessly woven into the fabric of society. He follows his comments with a lively Q&A with students and faculty on the UCSD campus.

Computer manufacturer Michael Dell shares his experience in building his company and speculates on the future of the information technology industry in this conversation with Dean Frieder Seible of the Jacobs School of Engineering, Dean Robert Sullivan of the School of Management and Ray Smilor of the Beyster Institute.