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    Tuesday 12/7, 5pm 9pm

    Peter Su DCMAs an associate, Peter Su is responsible for analyzing investment opportunities, assisting on financingsfor new and existing portfolio companies and helping portfolio companies on M&A and strategicmatters. Prior to joining DCM, Peter worked at Goldman Sachs in their TMT Investment Banking Divisionin San Francisco. At Goldman Sachs, Peter worked on a variety of strategic advisory assignments, M&Atransactions and equity and debt financings. His clients included leading public and private technologycompanies in the Internet, software, communications and semiconductor verticals. Prior to his time atGoldman Sachs, Peter held financial positions at BlackRock Asset Management and Wells FargoFinancial.

    Pete Moran DCMPete Moran anchors DCM s investments into a diverse array of Enabling Technology companies. Fromnovel energy storage solutions, to LEDs, to next gen semiconductors, this portfolio focuses on improvingenergy efficiency and altering consumer experience. As well, Pete was an early investor into the onlineinteractive gaming sector and continues to be active in evolving digital entertainment/education. Petehas spent almost three decades working in several facets of the Electronics and EntertainmentIndustries, from front line roles focused on IC fabrication at KLA Instruments and Hewlett-Packard/Agilent, through Management Consulting with McKinsey & Co., to managing a business unit atArrow Electronics. Born in the Philippines, Pete lived the nomadic childhood of a military son thoughhis early years were spent in the Mojave Desert, England and Singapore, Pete will tell you New Orleans,where he attended high school, is where he is from.

    Yasi Baiani Vantage Point Venture PartnersYasi joined VantagePoint in 2008 as a member of the Information Technology Group. Prior to joiningVantagePoint, she was a Financial Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking group at CitigroupGlobal Markets where she was responsible for valuation, financial analysis, and execution in a broadrange of transactions. Yasi is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BS).

    Salman Ullah Merus CapitalSalman co-founded Merus Capital in November 2007. Previously he was Vice President of CorporateDevelopment at Google, where he spent three years managing a worldwide team responsible for all of Google s acquisitions and investments. Prior to Google, he spent over seven years at Microsoft in severalroles including General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Managing Director of CorporateDevelopment. He holds an undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D.in theoretical physics from Stanford University.

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    Shanda Bahles Eldorado VenturesShanda Bahles has served as a Director of InsideTrack since 2004, contributing significant experience asan investor and veteran of several successful early-stage companies. Currently she is a General Partnerwith El Dorado Ventures, where she has been focusing on investments in software, service, andcommunications companies since 1987. Prior to joining El Dorado, Shanda was a co-founder and/orearly employee of several key start-ups, including Fortune Systems, Infotek, Magnuson ComputerSystems, and Millennium Systems. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and in 2002 wasnamed to Forbes' annual "Midas List" of top-performing venture capitalists. Shanda received a bachelor'sdegree in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

    Hello Jack,

    I had great experience working on Haas venture and I appreciate your guidance and help during thisclass.

    I would like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

    Regards,

    Siddharth.