The CEO Strategy Forum is a membership only community of CEOs from technology and life sciences companies. The group hosts an extraordinarily successful CEO each month in a private setting. The group share successes, challenges, confidential business strategies and management techniques to overcome obstacles and accelerate growth. Members are typically CEOs that have raised initial funding, acquired customers and built a core staff team or VCs focused on growth stage companies.
"The CEO Strategy Forum is one of the best things going on right now in San Diego."
November 2009 Event
Cam Garner
Chairman
Cadence, Elevation, Evoke,
Meritage
and Zogenix Pharmaceuticals
Perspectives from a Seasoned Executive:
Successfully growing and exiting new ventures
November 19, 2009
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October 2009 Event
Garry Ridge
President & CEO
WD-40 Company
Effective Leadership Strategies:
Inspiring People to Greatness
October 29, 2009
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September 2009 Event
S. Douglas (“Doug”) Hutcheson
President & CEO
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
The Role of the CEO
September 24, 2009
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July 2009 Event
Andy Laats
Co-founder & President
Nixon Inc.
Commitment to Brand
July 23, 2009
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April 2009 Event
Gene Ray
Managing Director
GMT Ventures
Making the Most of a Bad Economy
Finding Opportunities in Trying Times
April 30, 2009
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March 2009 Event
Debra Reed
President & CEO
SDG&E and SoCalGas
Avoid Surprises!
\And other key tactics to successfully managing your board of directors
March 26, 2009 |
March 2009 Event
Ron Judy
Co-founder, Nintendo of America
Founder & former President, NES International, Inc.
"The Art of Market Domination"
How Nintendo became the largest manufacturer of home video game systems in the world.
March 13, 2009 |
February 2009 Event
Bill Strauss
CEO
Provide-Commerce
"The Personal Touch
Strategies for Customer Acquisition, Retention and Loyalty
February 27, 2009 |
December 2008 Event
James M. Sweeney
Founder & Former CEO
CardioNet, Inc.
“Navigating the Perfect Storm: Surviving the convergence of the credit crisis, severe recession, and a stalled venture capital model”
December 18, 2008 |
November
2008 Event
Jay Flatley
President & CEO
Illumina, Inc.
"Weathering A Turbulent Economy"
November 21, 2008 |
September 2008 Event
James Brailean, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & CEO
PacketVideo
"Through the Valley of Death"
August 21, 2008 |
August 2008 Event
Douglas C. Wride
President
Websense, Inc.
"The CEO Dashboard: Operational and Financial Control for Emerging Companies"
August 21, 2008 |
July 2008 Event
Peter Farrell, PhD, DSc, AM
Executive Chairman of the Board
ResMed
"Growth Strategies: Organically and via Acquisition"
July 18 , 2008 |
June 2008 Event
Jim Stroesser
CEO
Dirtbag Music & Apparel
"Sell What U Got"
June 27, 2008 |
May 2008 Event
Larry Stambaugh, Principal, Apercu Consulting
Ken Ptoashner, Chairman of the Board, Newport Technologies
Jonathan Huberman, CEO, Iomega Corporation
"Business Transformation: How to Save a Distressed Company"
May 30, 2008 |
April 2008 Event
Patrick Henry
Chairman & CEO
Entropic Communications
"Going Public: Strategies for a Successful IPO"
April 25 , 2008 |
March 2008 Event
Ludo Boinnard, CEO, One Industries
Lance Fried, Founder & Chairman, Freestyle Audio
Michael Orlando, Attorney, Sheppard Mullin
Isabelle "Izzy" Tihanyi, Founder & CEO, Surf Diva, Inc.
"Trials and Tribulations of Taking a Product to Market"
Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
February 2008 Event
Paul Stannard, Founder and CEO, SmartDraw
John Dobak, CEO, Lipothera, Inc.
Michael Robertson, CEO, Gizmo5
"Tales from the Venture Trail: Perspectives on Raising Capital"
February 29, 2008 |
February 2008 Event
Mitch Thrower
New Media Officer, Strategist
& Senior Correspondent
Competitor Group, Inc., (CGI)
"Surfing Chaos as a CEO, In Two Short Chapters"
February 1 , 2008 |
December 2007 Event
Howard "Ted" Greene
Co-Founder and Director, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
"Leading Technology-Driven Companies:
The Philosophies Driving the Successes of Hybritech and Amylin"
December 13 , 2007 |
 November 2007 Event
Ernest Rady
"Matters of Course: Finding your Focus and Knowing When to Alter it"
November 30, 2007 |
November 2007 Event
Dennis Mudd
CEO and Co-Founder
Slacker Inc.
"Delivering Exceptional Products"
November 2, 2007 |
September 2007 Event
Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, QUALCOMM
Ted Alexander, Managing Partner, Mission Ventures
M. Wainwright Fishburn, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
"Tales from the Table: Understanding the Dynamics of Your Board"
September 28, 2007 |
July 2007 Event
Ted Waitt
Founder and former CEO
Gateway, Inc.
"Tales from the Table: Understanding the Dynamics of Your Board"
July 20, 2007 |
August 2007 Event
Tina Nova
President and CEO, Genoptix, Inc.
"Matters of Course: Finding your Focus and
Knowing
When to Alter It"
August 29, 2007 |
June 2007 Event
Dr. Jay M. Short
Founder, Diversa Corporation
"Building Enterprises in an
Ever-Changing Environment"
June 22, 2007 |
May 2007 event
Greg Kostello, CEO & Founder, VMIX Media, Inc. presents:
"Business Models 2.0"
May 25, 2007 |
March 2007 event
Rick Valencia, Chairman, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of ProfitLine, presents:
"From Concept to Profit: How to Develop an Enterprise Organically"
March 22, 2007 |
June 2006 event
Regis McKenna, presents:
"The New Realities of Marketing:
Go to Market & Time to Acceptance Strategies."
Presented via webinar
June 6, 2006 |
March 2006 event
Chris Trimble presents:
"Building Breakthrough Businesses Within Established Organizations."
March 31, 2006 |
December 2005 event
Ken Kalb presents:
"Strategies for growth in an unpredictable business environment."
December 6, 2005 |
September 2005 event
Gary Sutton presents:
"I Believed. And Was Wrong: How @Backup dissipated $70 million of investor money."
September 14, 2005 |
April 2005 event
Software Equity Group's Ken Bender presents:
"Eyes Wide Open: Understanding How Today's Operating Decisions Impact Tomorrow's Exit Valuation"
April 19, 2005 |
February 2005 event
W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne, INSEAD professors and authors of Blue Ocean Strategy, present:
"A Look at Blue Ocean Strategy."
Presented via Harvard Business Online Webinar
February 17, 2005 |
