WELCOME REMARKS I ACT LOCALLY, THINK GLOBALLY- BIT
DANIEL YANNUZZI
Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP
Daniel Yannuzzi is a partner and former co-chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. He has extensive experience advising high-technology companies and their stakeholders on complex, business-critical IP matters. Previously, Daniel was a partner and co-manager of the electrical patent practice group at a prestigious Washington D.C. firm. Prior to entering the legal profession, he was with Allied Signal Aerospace where he was an engineering manager involved with various NASA programs. Daniel has a J.D. from the University of Maryland [with honorsl. a M.S. from John Hopkins University and a B.S. from the University of Delaware.
DAVID STELTER
Vice President Business Development, BIT MedTech
David Stelter is Vice President, Business Development at BIT MedTech. David has over 25 years of experience in business development & product development in the medical, life Science, industrial and consumer industries. David holds an MBA [Finance &
Marketing] and a BS and AS in Engineering.
TAX BENEFITS OF NEARSOURCING
ALAN BROWN
Principal, Tax Services, Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP Alan Brown is a Tax Principal at Squar Milner. Alan has over 15 years· experience in taxation and accounting, including extensive experience with multi-national, multi-state companies. His main focus is on corporate taxation. including planning, accounting for income taxes, and compliance. Prior to joining Squar Milner, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 10 years. Alan is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from California State University San Marcos and a Master of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University.
DORON BASS
Principal, Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP
Doran Bass is a Tax Principal-in-Charge of the Research and Development [R&D] Tax Credit Practice at Squar Milner. Prior to joining Squar Milner, Doran served as a Senior Tax Manager with one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms, and with one of the nation·s 10 largest Accounting Firms, performing R&D services for these national practices for various entities ranging in size from start-up companies to multi-billion dollar high profile international corporations. Doran has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley [Magna Cum Laude] and he is an Enrolled Agent.
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Welcome Remarks
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Act Locally, Think Globally-BIT+Daniel Yannuzzi, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP + David Stelter, Vice President Business Development, BIT MedTech
Tax Benefits of Nearsourcing
+Alan Brown, Principal, Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson LLP +Doran Bass, Principal, Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson LLP
What's in San Diego?
+Jo Marie Diamond, CEO and President, East County Economic Development Council
+Ruprecht van Buttlar, Vice President Business Creation & Development, CONNECT
Nearsourcing Panel Discussion MODERATOR:
Daniel Yannuzzi, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
PANELISTS:
+ David Stelter, Vice President Business Development, BIT MedTech + Robert Dees, Director of Engineering, lchor Medical Systems, Inc. +Michael Manko, Sr. Vice President Genetic Analysis, Sequenom, Inc.
+ Dr. Xing Yang, Vice President, BioNano Genomics
Q&A
Networking Reception and Exhibits
WHAT'S IN SAN DIEGO?
JO MARIE DIAMOND
CEO and President; East County Economic Development Council
As President and CEO of the East County Economic Development Council, Jo Marie Diamond oversees ECEDC's flagship project, the Connectory.com Network that she shepherded from concept formation through current U.S. expansion. Prior to joining the ECEDC, Jo Marie was principal with Business Change Catalysts IBC2). a technology assessment and systems analysis consulting firm. She also spent 10 years at B-K Dynamics, a DoD contractor specializing in technology and mission area assessments. Jo Marie received a BA in Biochemistry, with high honors, from the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC.
RUPRECHT VON BUTTLAR
Vice President Business Creation and Development, CONNECT
Ruprecht von Buttlar is the Vice President, Business Creation & Development at CONNECT. He directs the execution and development of the Springboard program and the Nearsourcing Roundtable program and serves on the executive boards of CCAT [Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technologies]. San Diego Advanced Defense Technology cluster and the Biomimicry BRIDGE. Prior to CONNECT, Ruprecht held global chief executive, general management and business development positions in the Internet and communications industries with companies including Motorola, DSC Communications [Alcatell. Nortel Networks, Scientific Atlanta and Aegis Broadband. Ruprecht has a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hamburg and a MBA from Loyola College in Maryland.
NEARSOURCING PANEL DISCUSSION
MODERATOR:
DANIEL YANNUZZI
Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP
PANELISTS:
DAVID STELTER
Vice President Business Development, BIT MedTech
ROBERT DEES
Director of Engineering, lchor Medical Systems, Inc.
Robert Dees is Director of Engineering at lchor Medical Systems. He holds a BSME from San Jose State University and has worked in the semiconductor, biotech and medical device markets making capital equipment and end user products since 1993.
His expertise is in the design and manufacturing of complex automated instrumentation and low cost disposables. He has held various positions over the years including Manufacturing Engineer at KLA instruments, Mechanical Engineer at KLA-Tencor, Sr. Engineer at Arcturus Biosciences, Senior Systems Engineer at Genoptix, Principal Systems Engineer at lnvitrogen and Sr. Engineering Manager at Life Technologies.
MICHAEL MONKO
Sr. Vice President Genetic Analysis, Sequenom, Inc.
Michael Manko joined Sequenom in 2006 and serves as Senior Vice President. Michael has 20 years of life science sales and marketing experience. He served as vice president of sales for Upstate/Chemicon with global sales and management responsibility for more than 100 sales, service and support employees. Previously, he served 19 years at lnvitrogen Corporation with a progressive and accomplished career in sales, beginning as a representative and culminating as senior director, sales force effectiveness.
Michael earned an MBA from Babson College and BS in biochemistry from University of New Hampshire.
DR. XING YANG
Vice President, BioNano Genomics
Dr. Xing Yang currently serves as Vice President, System Development at BioNano Genomics. In his more than a decade of experience in the biotechnology industry, he was involved in several successful startup companies. Dr. Yang was Vice President of Technology and a co-founder of Epic Sciences, a cancer diagnostics company focusing on capture and characterization of circulating tumor cells. He was also Vice President of Research at Helixis, a real-time PCR instrumentation company acquired by lllumina. Before that, he was Senior Director of Development at BO Diagnostics- GeneOhm. Dr. Yang received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.