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 Wednesday, August 16 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Track IV: Venture Funding and Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband The VC and Investment community has always led the way in recognizing the newest opportunities in the technology and entertainment space. There are even signs of post-bubble investment and an IPO reversal on the horizon. VC funds are always available for the right idea and in this session, we will focus on the four sectors leading the entertainment and technology space today, broadband, wireless, the DTV/SVOD content and the digital home and technology and games opportunities. Broadband has been the Holy Grail for the entertainment industry for years, but what it represents today, is the reality of locking in millions of users. Wireless represents the explosive technology of the moment, DTV/SVOD represents the next explosive area of growth in the entertainment business - bringing new content to millions of consumers and games represent the next threshold of entertainment. David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank Mike Buckley, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation Stefan Abbruzzese, Senior Managing Director, GE Commercial Finance, Global Media & Communications (GM&C) Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West Tim Chang, Principal, Gabriel Venture Partners Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, TD Securities Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator Tim Chang joined Gabriel in 2001 as a partner-track associate and was promoted to  Principal in 2002. He brings to Gabriel a background combining operational, technical, and international business experience across Asia in three languages (Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and English). Tim leads Gabriel's wireless sector and also focuses on emerging opportunities in digrd, Tim joined Gabriel Venture Partners in 2001, where he has led Gabriel's investment and sital media as well as business development initiatives in Asia-Pacific. Tim began working in venture capital during his time at Stanford Business School , as part of the founding team of CTR Ventures K.K. in 1999, a venture accelerator in Tokyo focused on seed and early-stage mobile applications and technologies startups for the Japan market. Upon graduating with his MBA from Stanfoerved as a director on the boards of Iridigm Display Corporation (which was acquired by Qualcomm in 2004), Sequoia Communications, and Kajeet. Tim built Gabriel's Wireless sector practice, and is responsible for much of Gabriel's reputation and thought-leadership in handset technologies, as well as in next-generation wireless applications and services. Tim has led or been actively involved in all of Gabriel's wireless investments, and has also helped to establish Gabriel's business development capabilities through strong strategic relationships across the wireless value-chain, and particularly in Asia-Pacific. Tim previously contributed to the boards of Placeware (acquired by Microsoft) and Arula Systems (acquired by Raritan).Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, TD Securities, based in N  ew York, NY. At TD Securities, Sun has responsibility for the Digital Media investment banking practice. As part of the Media and Communications Group, she also covers a variety of cable, entertainment and media companies as well as financial sponsors. She joined TD Securities in August 2005 from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., where she was a senior banker in the Media & Telecom Investment Banking Group. Sun’s experience of over thirteen years in investment banking also includes corporate finance coverage of Internet and software companies as well as equity research at Lehman Brothers. Prior to Lehman Brothers, she spent two years at TCSI in Berkeley, CA in Business Development and Finance. Sun graduated from Columbia Business School in 1988 with an MBA in Finance and a B.A. in Economics and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN in 1984.David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investm  ent Bank: David joined UBS from Prudential Volpe Technology Group where he was head of the Interactive Media and eBusiness Groups. During his career, Dave has raised over $6 billion for his clients and advised on over $2.5 billion in M&A and restructuring transactions. Prior to investment banking, Dave was a securities attorney at Thelen Reid & Priest, a national law firm based in San Francisco. During his time at Thelen, Dave was involved in numerous equity and debt offerings and M&A transactions for emerging growth companies. Dave has a bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (where he was part of the Business Scholars Program) and a Law Degree from the University of Virginia.Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West: Mr. Stevens represents  companies (ranging from newly formed startup teams to mature public companies), venture capitalists and investment banks involved in the information technology industries, with particular focus on complex transactions. As a lawyer and a business principal, Mr. Stevens has lead teams handling merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions with total announced value in excess of $20 billion. He has directed over 25 initial public offerings of technology companies and hundreds of strategic alliance transactions, ranging from technology and distribution partnerships to multinational joint venture transactions. The following are among the clients Mr. Stevens has represented: Electronic Arts Inc., Excite@Home, Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Morgan Stanley, O'Reilly Associates: Education - Northestern University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, Order of the Coif; Santa Clara University, B.S. in mathematics magna cum laude.Stefan Abbruzzese, Senior Managing Director, GE Commercial Finance – Global Media & Communications (GM&C): Mr. Abbruzzese is responsible for leading all strategic growth initiatives for GM&C in areas including Sports & Entertainment, Gaming and Intellectual Property. Mr. Abbruzzese brings to this role significant experience in building new financing franchises with particular focus on markets where expertise in innovative and new technologies is a critical success factor. Most recently, Mr. Abbruzzese developed and built GE Commercial Finance’s Water finance business group, which was recently transitioned into GE Infrastructure. Mr. Abbruzzese joined GE over eight years ago and has held numerous leadership positions in the company, including several years at GE Equity, where he led the Advanced Technology private equity practice. Prior to that, Mr. Abbruzzese helped launch GE Commercial Finance's eBusiness group where he was responsible for driving digital strategies throughout the organization. Before joining GE, Mr. Abbruzzese served in the strategic consulting, wireless communications and venture capital arenas including several years with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Abbruzzese graduated cum laude with a BA in Physics from the College of the Holy Cross and received his MSA/MBA from Northeastern University. Mike Buckley, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation:  Mr. Buckley is a Director of Strategic Investments for Intel Capital. His responsibilities include equity investing in early stage companies that are strategic to Intel’s Digital Home, consumer electronics, digital media and service related efforts. Mr. Buckley also contributes to the development of Intel’s strategies and acquisitions in these areas. Mr. Buckley has been a member of Intel Capital since 1999. Prior to his current investment focus on the digital home, Mr. Buckley also invested in communications components, systems and service companies and directed Intel Capital’s efforts related to Internet infrastructure and services. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Mr. Buckley was a Partner and Vice President at Orca Capital Corporation, a Pacific Northwest-based investment banking firm. At Orca, he led the communications and software practices. Mr. Buckley was also an Associate at Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly LaSalle Partners) where he worked as a real estate investment banker and asset manager. Mike received a B.A. in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University.Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S., Inc.: Joey Tamer is a widely-acclaimed strategic co |
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