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The 2009 TUNE Entrepreneurs Breakfast was such a success (Thanks to Cliff Zintgraff and Ross Wheeler, pictured below) - that we have been invited back to do another Networking Breakfast during the 2010 Alumni Weekend!

Our 2009 Breakfast speakers were Ross Wheeler (Trinity class of 83') and Cliff Zintgraff (Trinity class of 85')! Speaker Bio's below ....

Ross Wheeler (Trinity class of 83') is 25-year startup company veteran and serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and Southern California. Ross will talk about startup companies, the challenges involved in getting them funded and most importantly making them successful. He is currently founder/CEO of Paravirtual Corporation, serves on several high tech advisory boards including the Software Development Conference and is on several board of directors including A10 Networks and Paravirtual. Prior to this, he did pioneering work on the first PC networks, DSL, and founded RouterWare which was sold in 1999 to Wind River Systems (now a division of Intel). Mr. Wheeler holds several patents in the software virtualization area and has been awarded Cisco System's Pioneer award.

Cliff Zintgraff (Trinity class of 85') is CEO of DaVinci Minds, a regional economic development company in San Antonio, TX. Operating at the intersection of technology commercialization, workforce development, economic development, and P16 education, the company creates innovative programs that help transform regional economies.

Current work includes efforts with the University of Texas at Austin IC2 Institute to enhance technology transfer, create U.S. market access, and create wealth for the Government of Portugal. Mr. Zintgraff is managing UTEN’s Portuguese technology portfolio, customizing the review and analysis process, and leading business development efforts that connect Portuguese entrepreneurs and firms with U.S. investors, partners and markets. The analysis effort includes use of the RapidScreen Early Commercialization Analysis Tool, developed to rapidly analyze technology portfolios based on feedback from relevant markets. His company is also commercializing technology in the education and workforce development spaces, and is creating programs for secondary schools, colleges, and major metropolitan regions in the United States.

Mr. Zintgraff’s work in technology transfer is based on research performed at the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas of Austin, where he was named Outstanding Student of his 2006 cohort in the Masters of Technology Commercialization program. Mr. Zintgraff graduated from that program in May of 2006. In 2002, he co-founded the Information Technology and Security Academy in San Antonio, a dual-credit program for high school juniors and seniors. He graduated with honors with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Trinity University in 1985. He has twenty years experience in high technology ventures in fields including medical imaging, information security and telecommunications.

Alumni Weekend Alumni Weekend 2010 is October 22-24
Alumni Weekend 2011 is October 21-23 - so mark your calendars now!