Written on April 24, 2009 by worldeshipday
WED Santa Barbara, CA Story: Creation of “The Tomorrow Makers” Series
From Bill Grant, Program Manager of the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara:
“World Entrepreneurship Day was a perfect way for us to highlight our many strands of Entrepreneurial DNA on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. We created a new annual lecture series around it called “The Tomorrow Makers” which includes the story of our UCSB serial entrepreneurs and international guests.”
Guest keynotes included the following distinguished technology entrepreneurs:
Michael Crandell
CEO & Founder, RightScale Inc.
Kara Swisher
Co-Executive Editor, Wall Street Journal
Co-Producer & Co-Host, D: All Things Digital,
A major high-tech and media conference
Robert Siegel (Panel Moderator)
General Partner at X/Seed Capital Management
Stephen J. Golden, Ph.D.
Chief Technical Officer, Co-Founder, Director
Alison Perry
Vice President of Finance/CFO
Inogen, Inc.
Davis Brimer
Co-Founder & CEO
Active Life Technologies
Rodney A. Ferguson, J.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Managing Director,
Panorama Capital (2001-pres)
Alexander Manu
Chief Imaginator
InnoSpa International Partners
panorama service
Great compilation. Thanks.
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Travis Zhen Tian
I am just completing my Masters in Economics at UCSB coupled with
a Graduate Program in Management Practice certificate from the
Technology Management Program (TMP), UCSB. My undergraduate
studies were at Renmin University of China.
The experiential learning from business mentors and innovators at TMP UCSB
has been the most important study/learning experience of my life to date.
They are indeed “Tomorrow Makers”, thank you WED for being a catalyst , thank
you TMP, UCSB for fabulous program execution!”
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Jenna Kyle
“The Tomorrow Makers & Young Entrepreneurs”
I am graduating next month with a Bachelors degree in Communication and a
Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate from the Technology Management
Program (TMP), UCSB.
The mentoring and experiential learning from technology entrepreneurs and
innovators at TMP UCSB has given me a tremendous sense of confidence in
the future.
WED and TMP, UCSB really connect with students! Thanks.
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