America's Venture Capitol.
Conference - July 2019

Disruption,

Deal Flow,

Impact!

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JULY 18

WASHINGTON D.C.

The Speakers

FEATURED INDUSTRY EXPERTS

(Mostly in Order of Acceptance)

Venture Capital & Startup Expert. Bringing Silicon Valley to Washington D.C.

John D. Villarreal, JD MBA/MA in Communications Candidate at Johns Hopkins University

Founder and CEO

America's Venture Capitol

0-to-IPO venture capital/high-growth/high-technology company expert. John has been a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley/SF with the former CEO of Apple, Inc. Mr. Villarreal worked in venture capital on both the West and East Coast. Mr. Villarreal also worked as a lawyer for the legendary Silicon Valley-based law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) in their Palo Alto headquarters for the legendary Mario Rosati. A proven leader in picking winners and adding value to high-growth companies globally. He consistently improved business models and added major revenues, profits, customer satisfaction, and media/public relations to organizations. He motivated/built teams and combined multi-disciplinary networks/service providers to rapidly add synergistic value to organizations. Mr. Villarreal has deep connections in high-value areas, is a major change agent within organizations, and rapidly moves the needle towards new levels of success.

Speakers

JIM KYUNG-SOO LIEW, PH.D.

Co-Founder of SoKat.co and Assistant Professor in Finance at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and revels in pushing the boundaries of financial knowledge and product development both as an academic and FinTech Entrepreneur. He has published pioneering research in the intersection of social media big data, crypto-currencies, and financial markets. He currently teaches "Big Data Machine Learning AI," "Blockchain,” “Advanced Hedge Fund Strategies," and "Leading Entrepreneurship and Innovation" at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory and has received the Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence 2015-2018.

Blockchain, Venture Capital, & Hedge Fund Expert

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist & Startup Expert.

Bruce Cleveland

Founding Partner Wildcat Venture Partners

Bruce Cleveland is a Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners where he focuses on early stage software startups that enable digital transformation across business, government, and education markets.

Bruce enjoys working with companies that use technology and data to increase revenue and decrease costs. Bruce enjoys the challenge of creating new companies and navigating new markets. He is interested in growing entrepreneurial hubs outside of Silicon Valley. Bruce also is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience through the Traction Gap Framework®, which helps entrepreneurs navigate the critical go-to-market period between initial product release (IPR) and reaching minimal viable traction (MVT).

Bruce held senior executive roles in engineering, product management and product marketing with companies, such as Apple, AT&T, Oracle and Siebel Systems. Bruce’s last operational role was as a member of the founding executive team of Siebel Systems, where he served as senior vice president and general manager of Marketing and Products. In this role, Forbes and IDC credited him with creating the most effective B2B alliance program in the software industry. Bruce began his venture capital career at InterWest Partners, where he was the first investor and a former board member of Marketo, which held an IPO in 2013 and was acquired by Adobe in 2018 for $4.75 billion.

Bruce is also the author of the best seller, Traversing the Traction Gap and lectures on the Traction Gap Framework at various universities and industry events.

Jose Arrieta

Chief Information Officer

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Jose Arrieta joined the HHS team in January 2018 and brings over 14 years expertise in policy, procurement and technology solutions to HHS. He has deep experience in all phases of the acquisition lifecycle and has served in a broad range of roles including contracting officer, budget manager, financial manager, small business executive, and program manager. He is a respected leader in applying emerging technologies, especially blockchain, artificial intelligence, and robotic process automation, to Federal acquisition challenges. Jose has published several articles on the importance of communicating with the industrial base to ensure successful procurement outcomes. He is actively engaged in the academic community and currently serves at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University as an Adjunct Professor focused on Blockchain and Public Procurement. He is also an advisor to the Dean of the Kogod Business School and provides guidance on the creation of a data science lab that is exploring the use of blockchain. He has pushed for a broader policy view of blockchain technology and created government-wide communities (e.g. ACT IAC Blockchain Working Group) focused on identifying blockchain use cases and best practices.

Blockchain and Building the Government of the Future

Agenda

JULY 18

8:30

Meet & Greet/Registration/Networking

Room 1

Room 2

9:00

Bringing Silicon Valley to Washington D.C. & across America

How to Apply Blockchain Successfully: Dos and Don'ts

John Villarreal

Jim Liew

9:20

Zero to IPO- Guidebook for a Hot Startup

Leadership Styles During Company Growth Stages: From $0 to $200+ Millions in Revenues

Moderator: John Villarreal

Speakers: Sumner Webster, Steve Meltzer, Antoine Grant, Bion Ludwig, Cody Anderson, Rose Paz, John Steuart (late after room 2)