The flagship WFS Tech Conference for CEOs, founders, and investors of software and IT companies, covering Tech M&A: investment, growth, strategy, buyouts, sales, and mergers. Insights from: private equity, VC, angels, strategic buyers, M&A advisors, and CEOs who’ve had a successful exit.
2020 Top Ten Disruptive Tech Trends
Investors Panel: Will your strategy get funded?
Tech Valuation Metrics: What are you worth?
Buyers Panel: Do you have what they want?
Sellers Panel: Advice from CEOs who've sold.
Succession Planning: Selling during troubled times
Seattle 2020 Virtual
Apr 28, 2020
Agenda
11:30 – 12:00
Login Grace Period
12:00
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Director of WFS: Matt Rung
Conference Chair: Joel Espelien, Corum Group (Platinum Sponsor)
12:20 – 12:45
2020 Top Ten Disruptive Technology Trends: Will they put you out of business?
Tim Goddard, Corum Group
12:50 – 1:50
Investors Panel: Will your strategy get funded?
James Newell, Partner, Voyager Capital
Tim Porter, Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Vani Rao, Senior Director, Lighter Capital
Vladimir Besprozvany, Managing Director, Greater Sum Ventures
Stacy Tatem, Accelerator Adviser, Women in Cloud
Gillian Muessig, CEO, Outlines Venture Group
Moderator: Joel Espelien, Corum Group
1:55 – 2:20
Tech Valuations: What is your company worth?
Joel Espelien, Corum Group
2:20 – 2:30
Short Break
2:35 – 3:35
Buyers Panel: Do you have what they want?
Kunju Mehta, Director: Growth Strategy & Execution, Azure, Microsoft
David Dandel, Partner, Pike Street Capital
Brett Simon, Director of Corporate Development, F5 Networks
Ryan Sudeck, Director of New Ventures, Redfin
Peter Coffee, VP for Strategic Research, Salesforce
Moderator: Tim Goddard, Corum Group
3:40 – 4:40
Sellers Panel: Advice from CEOs who’ve sold & how to prepare for an exit
Xuchen Yao, CEO, KITT.AI
Kerri McConnell, CEO, Datalight
Joel Abramson, CSO, Fully Managed
Rob MacNaughton, CEO, NurseGrid
Kahly Berg, CEO, Rational
Moderator: Dan Bernstein, Corum Group
4:40 – 5:00
Succession Planning: Selling During Troubled Times
Dan Bernstein, Corum Group
Speakers
Redfin
Ryan Sudeck
Director of New Ventures
Greater Sum Ventures
Vladimir Besprozvany
Managing Director
Women in Cloud
Stacy Tatem
Accelerator Adviser
Pike Street Capital
David Dandel
Partner
Microsoft (Azure)
Kunju Mehta
Dir. Growth Str. & Exe.
F5 Networks
Brett Simon
Director, Corp Dev
NurseGrid
Rob MacNaughton
CEO
Salesforce
Peter Coffee
VP for Strategic Research
Outlines Venture Group
Gillian Muessig
CEO
EdgeVenture Group
Vani Rao
Managing Partner
Madrona Venture Group
Tim Porter
Managing Director
Corum Group
Timothy Goddard
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategies
KITT.AI
Xuchen Yao
CEO
Corum Group
Daniel Bernstein
Executive Vice President and Director
Voyager Capital
James Newell
Partner
Rational
Kahly Berg
CEO
Fully Managed
Joel Abramson
CSO
Corum Group
Joel Espelien
Executive Director - Client Services
Datalight
Kerri McConnell
CEO
Sponsors
