Gist Entrepreneurship Journey Brochure

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Seventeen emerging entrepreneurs are making a journey across America from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. They have been competitively selected to visit entrepreneurship and innovation hubs all over the U.S., including Silicon Valley, New York, Boston and Washington D.C. to share high-tech inventions that will help address challenges in medicine, the environment, mobile phone technology and more. Known as GIST Transformers, these entrepreneurs are winners of rigorous competitions under the Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) initiative, a program designed to accelerate technology commercialization and entrepreneurship through global networking, entrepreneurship skill-building, mentorship and strategic funding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AGENDA // SAN FRANCISCO 3 AGENDA // NEW YORK 6 AGENDA // BOSTON 8 AGENDA // WASHINGTON D.C 10 TRANSFORMERS BIOS 14 SPEAKERS & HOSTS 19 GIST ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS 26 CRDF GLOBAL GIST TEAM 27 U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT GIST TEAM 28
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 29 GIST IN THE NEWS 32 FEATURED EVENTS 34 RESOURCES 35 GIST MENTOR HIGHLIGHT 36 GIST PARTNERS 37
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San Francisco // November 5-7, 2012
Monday - November 5, 2012
GIST Training, Mentorship & Pitching at Orrick In an intensive day of training, the GIST transformers will hone their business skills, specifically learning how to do business in the U.S. and how to pitch to venture capitalists. They will participate in mentorship and pitching sessions in the afternoon. 8:30-9:00 9:00-9:15 Breakfast Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health in the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Dr. Jaleh Daie, Managing Partner, Aurora Equity, CRDF Global Board Director; Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CRDF Global Establishing a venture in a dynamic & complex environment: Dr. Harry G. Harris, President, HealthCare California
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10:00-11:00 Expanding and doing business in the U.S.: Augie Rakow, Corporate Attorney in Orricks Emerging Companies Group; Israel Cidon, Co-Founder of Sookasa; Steve Koskie, Managing Partner, LM250 Digital 11:00-12:00 Raising Capital and Pitching to VCs in the U.S.: Lowell Ness, Partner and Founding Member of Orricks Emerging Companies Group; Ravi Belani, Managing Partner at the Alchemist Accelerator; Scott Hartley, Venture Capitalist, Mohr Davidow Ventures 1:00-3:00 3:00-5:00 Mentorship Pitching
Tuesday - November 6, 2012

GIST Company Visits
for Entrepreneurs
8:30-9:15 9:30-10:15 11:00-1:00 oDesk: Establishing a company across borders. Michael Levinson, Vice President of Product Strategy, oDesk Omidyar Network Catalyzing economic & social change: Breakout sessions with Raj Gollamudi, Director; Rafa de la Guia, Investment Associate; Lisa Kolenda, Executive Recruiter & Alex Bakir, Investment Associate Google: Sparking innovation: Mary Grove, Head of Global Entrepreneurship Outreach, Google GIST at Stanford Stanford University is one of the key drivers of Silicon Valley, producing both innovative minds and disruptive technologies. This visit with the Graduate School of Business, Design School, and research community will connect the GIST Transformers with the pieces of the Stanford ecosystem. The group will be welcomed by the GSB who will share the work it does to promote entrepreneurship both in the U.S. and around the world. The Innovation Community Visits session at Stanford University matches GIST entrepreneurs with Stanford the innovation community on campus that shares their area of technical expertise. Later in the day, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, including their Middle East and North Africa Leaders and Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) clubs will be hosting a panel discussion and informal networking event after a visit to the Stanford Design Lab and other departments.
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1:45-2:30 2:45-3:45 4:00-5:00 5:15-6:30
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Welcome to Stanford: The role of universities in the entrepreneurship ecosystem; Sheryl OLoughlin, Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford University Stanford Design School (d.School) Visit Innovation Community Visits MENA Leaders & BASES Clubs Panel Discussion: Introductory Remarks: Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space and Health in the Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs & Natalia Pipia, Associate Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CRDF Global Panelists: Dr. Harry G. Harris, President, HealthCare California Moderator: Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager Transformers: Taner Yildirim, CEO, Gonnasphere; Rafik Guindi, CEO, SilGenix Informal networking 3
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San Francisco // November 5-7, 2012

Wednesday - November 7, 2012
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GIST Company Visits TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. Ustream is the worlds fastest-growing and largest live streaming platform with over 50 million unique monthly viewers. 9:30-10:30 10:30-11:15 TechCrunch: Editors meet with the GIST Transformers. Ustream: Tools for connectivity. GIST-Commonwealth Club of California Panel Discussion The Commonwealth Club of California is the nations oldest and largest public affairs forum, creating over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy to 16,000 members. The mission of The Commonwealth Club of California is to be the leading national forum open to all for the impartial discussion of public issues important to the membership, community and nation. It is in this light that the GIST Transformers are welcomed by the Commonwealth Club to share their stories of entrepreneurship with the community. 12:00-12:15 12:15-1:00 Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Gloria Duffy, CEO of Commonwealth Club of California; Cathleen A. Campbell, President and CEO, CRDF Global Panel Discussion: Moderator: Quentin Hardy, Deputy Technology Editor, The New York Times GIST Transformers: Moustapha Kane, Founder of Amarante; Meriem Chiri, Co-Founder of SmellNat; Nasma Bouchelkia, Co-Founder of SmellNat; Dr. Khairul Baharin, CEO of MyDerm; Hasanul Qader Mirza, Director of Operations, Greenovation Technologies GIST-TechWadi & NestGSV Demo, Panel and Reception The GIST Initiative is co-hosting this event with TechWadi & NestGSV. TechWadi is a non-profit organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the Arab world through events, mentorship, workshop and networking. NestGSV describes itself as an Ecobater, offering services to tech entrepreneurs ranging from IT Support, real estate, and funding.
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New York New York
Building Bridges for Entrepreneurship
3:30-4:30 4:30-4:45
Demo: Entrepreneurs pitch about their ventures & provide materials Welcoming remarks: Cathleen A. Campbell, President and CEO, CRDF Global Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space and Health in the Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Dr. Ossama Hassanein, Chairman of the Board at TechWadi.org Panel Discussion: Panelists: Dr. Harry G. Harris, President, HealthCare California; Dr. Ossama Hassanein, Chairman of the Board at TechWadi.org Moderator: Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager GIST Transformers: Perihan Abou-Zeid, Communications Director of Qabila Media Productions; Ziad Sankari, CEO of CardioDiagnostics; Hind Hobeika, CEO & Lead Engineer of Butterfleye Reception
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New York // November 8-9, 2012
Thursday - November 8, 2012
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GIST at New York Entrepreneur Week Event GIST Transformers will attend an afternoon of events as a part of Entrepreneur Week in New York City. 12:30-1:15 1:15-1:45 1:45-3:00 3:00-3:10 3:10-4:00 Lunch Networking Round Robin Stop Whining: Triumph over Adversity Break Flash of Genius: Uncovering a Miracle The Jason McElwain Story GIST - ABANA Panel and Reception In Partnership with Arab Bankers Association of North America this event will be held at and sponsored by King & Spalding. This will include a panel comprised of four GIST Transformers
Boston
5:45-6:00 6:00-6:10 6:10-7:20
Registration Welcoming Remarks: ABANA, King & Spalding, GIST Initiative. Panel Discussion: GIST Transformers: Taner Yildirim, CEO, Gonnasphere, Perihan Abou-Zeid, Communications Director of Qabila Media Productions; Nasma Bouchelkia, Co-Founder of SmellNat; Ziad Sankari, CEO of CardioDiagnostics Reception
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Friday - November 9, 2012

GIST - General Assembly: Entrepreneur Exchange The GIST Initiative in partnership with the General Assembly and in collaboration with Empact, host an event where GIST Transformers will be paired with successful Entrepreneurs in the New York Area. 12:00-12:30 Registration 12:30-1:00 1:00-2:00 Keynote Speaker; Kathryn Minshew, Founder, Daily Muse Lunch and Exchange with local entrepreneurs and Transformers Meeting with Endeavor Endeavors mission is to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring and accelerating high-impact entrepreneurs 2:30-4:00 Endeavor Meeting GIST Networking event This New York City networking event will be at the terrace of Old City Investment Partners hosted by Peter Novak, Director of Operations, with entrepreneurs and investors from the New York area and GIST Transformers. 5:00-7:00 GIST Networking Event
Boston
BOSTON
GIST Implementing partner in Boston is Cambridge Advisors LLC.
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Boston // November 12-13, 2012
Monday - November 12, 2012
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GIST Visits to MIT The GIST Transformers will spend the day at one of the worlds most prestigious institutions for higher learning: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Beginning at MIT, they will tour the campus to see the stateof-the-art facilities and centers the school has to offer and afterwards the entrepreneurs will participate in a number of sessions with business experts and mentors. 10:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-3:00 3:00-4:00 Tour of Campus MIT Centers hosted by Joost Bonsen of MIT Media Lab Lunch Sales Training: Mark Roberge, SVP of Sales and Services, HubSpot Effective Business Models for Markets in the Developing World: Dr. Patricia Dinneen, GIST Advisory Board Member & Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company Mentorship Session with MIT Venture Mentoring Service Visits to Cambridge Innovation Center Cambridge Innovation Center is a flexible office facility designed to house startup companies. 4:30-6:00 Cambridge Innovation center
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Tuesday - November 13, 2012

GIST - Fish & Richardson Training Fish & Richardson is a top Intellectual property (IP) litigation firm with many specialties including technology. Attorneys will be paired with the GIST Transformers to talk about their needs and options. IP protection is an important component to every entrepreneurs business model as they expand, and this visit will prove informational for the GIST Transformers. 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:30 Topic in Focus: Intellectual Property Protection presented by Tonya Drake, Principal, Fish & Richardson Lunch with Fish & Richardson Lawyers David Feigenbaum, Frank Gerratana, Ian Lodovice, Timothy French, Yina Mo, Jeffrey Weber, Jeffrey Barclay, Janis Fraser, Michael Hamlin, Rex Huang, Tiffany Reiter, Chuck Hieken, Sean Daley Visits to Mass Challenge Mass Challenge is an annual $1M global startup competition and accelerator that catalyzes the launch and success of high-growth, high-impact new ventures. 1:30-2:30 Mass Challenge Tour and Meeting with Mass Challenge entrepreneurs GIST-Harvard Kenedy School Panel Discussion In the evening, the group will have the opportunity to visit the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard where 4 Transformers will be part of a panel and share their experience. 3:00-3:10 3:10-4:10 Opening Remarks: David Ellwood, Dean & Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School Harvard Kennedy School Panel Discussion Moderator: Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager GIST Transformers: Nurana Indah Paramita, Founder of T-Files Indonesia; Moustapha Kane, Founder and CEO of Amarante; James Khoo Chen Shiang, Founder & CEO of SecQ.me; Meriem Chiri, Co-Founder of SmellNat GIST-MITEF Reception In partnership with MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF), GIST will hold an entrepreneurship & innovation networking event starting with a presentation about the initiatives and ventures spearheaded by MIT in n the U.S. and abroad and followed by a reception. MITEF members, HKS faculty, students and alumni will be invited to this event as well as investors and entrepreneurs in the Boston area. 5:00-6:00 6:00-6:15 6:15-6:50 6:50-8:00 8
Presentations of various initiatives and ventures at MIT that focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. Welcoming remarks by Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager; MITEF and MIT Sloan 60 second pitching session Networking event 9
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Washington D.C. // November 14-16, 2012
Thursday - November 15, 2012
GIST Capitol Hill Event CRDF Global will host a Congressional Briefing in partnership with the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, highlighting the role that global entrepreneurship plays in promoting economic competiveness and U.S. foreign policy. The event entitled Igniting Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Global Prosperity, will take place on Thursday, November 15th from 9:00-10:00am in 428A Russell Senate Office Building. The event includes a welcome by CRDF Globals President and CEO Cathleen Campbell and featured remarks by Mr. Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder of Priceline and Member of the GIST Initiative Advisory Group; and one or two representatives from the GIST Transformers. 8:30-9:00 9:00-9:10 9:10-10:00 Registration Welcoming Remarks by Cathleen A. Campbell, President and CEO, CRDF Global and Natalia Pipia, Associate Program Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CRDF Global Panel Discussion: Panelists: Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder & Former CEO, Priceline.com, Founder, ColorJar, and GIST Advisory Group Member; Scott Hartley, Venture Capitalist, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Faysal Sohail, Venture Capitalist, CMEA Capital GIST Transformer: Hind Hobeika, Founder, CEO and Lead Engineer of Butterfleye Moderator: Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager Celebrating Global Entrepreneurship - The White House The GIST Transformers have been invited to the grounds of the White House, which serves as the office of the President of the United States and the seat of the executive branch of the U.S. government. The event is a Celebration of Global Entrepreneurship, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is November 12-18, 2012. The event will build momentum for the third Global Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by the UAE government December 11-12 in Dubai. The first Summit was hosted by President Obama in 2010. GIST entrepreneurs will be highlighted during this White House-hosted gathering at the Old Executive Office Building. Panel discussions with noted public and private sector experts will focus on three key themes for the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit - Addressing the Skills Gap, Building an Enabling Policy Environment, and Strengthening Access to Capital. 1:00-4:30 5:30-7:00 Visit to White House to attend event (by invitation only) Reception at The Willard Hotel This reception hosted by the CRDF Global and GIST Initiative will celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

Wednesday - November 14, 2012
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GIST Visit to the U.S. Department of State The Department of State is the United States federal executive department responsible for the international relations of the United States. It is the equivalent of foreign ministries in other countries. This afternoon will provide an overview of U.S. government activities to promote entrepreneurship in the U.S. and around the world. In addition, the State Departments Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) staff will discuss the exchange program alumni network in which Journey participants will be enrolled. This network includes heads of state and other global leaders. 2:00-5:00 Visit to U.S. Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building YPFP event at CDC Development Solutions In collaboration with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP), the premier international networking community for young professionals involved in foreign policy, national security, and international development, GIST will be holding an event featuring a keynote speech by Dr. Jonathan Margolis from the U.S. Department of State and a panel discussion featuring two GIST Transformers. 7:00-7:15 7:15-7:30 7:30-7:45 7:45-9:00 Registration Welcoming Remarks: Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager and YPFP Keynote speaker: Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space and Health in the Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Panel Discussion: Moderator: Natalia Pipia, Associate Program Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CRDF Global GIST Transformers: Ali Raza Randhawa, Founder & CEO of PAK-Energy Solutions; Nurana Indah Paramita, Founder of T-Files Indonesia
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all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century. Barack Obama President of the United States of America Together we can build an ecosystem that allows entrepreneurs to get the support they need, the financing they need, the mentoring they need, to launch a brilliant idea into a business. Thats the importance of the GIST mission. Jeff Hoffman Co-Founder and former CEO, Priceline; GIST Advisory Group Member GIST is a great opportunity to increase participation by the academic sector in the transfer of technology into the marketplace through the development of practical knowledge and skills, as well as to heighten understanding of the value of entrepreneurship and innovation for economic growth and sustainability. Dr. Abdelali Haoudi VP of Research, Qatar Foundation Malaysia welcomes the GIST Initiative to support technology development in Muslim-majority countries to advance key innovation areas, especially innovation capacity, entrepreneurship and access to seed capital. Dato Madinah binti Mohamad Secretary General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia [GIST] was our shortcut towards better connections and visibility. Ziad Sankari Founder of CardioDiagnostics; GISTech-I Competition Winner 13

Friday - November 16, 2012
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The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative strengthens innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems through programs and partnerships focused on networking, skills development and financing. GIST empowers youth across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia to develop new technology-based products and companies that address economic and development challenges NETWORKING: Linking innovative ideas, people, and financial and human resources SKILL DEVELOPMENT: Providing business training, mentorship and resources FINANCING: Connecting innovators and their ideas with seed capital
GIST - Entrepreneur Leadership Workshop and MIT Enterprise Forum Startup Clinic The GIST Initiative along with the MIT Enterprise Forum of DC, are holding a morning of activities on business leadership and entrepreneurship hosted by InfoDev. The first session will be a series of talks and workshops on entrepreneurship and leadership. The second session will be the MIT Enterprise Forums signature event, the Startup Clinic, which is an international venture pitch competition in which several GIST Transformers will pitch their ventures and receive feedback from the audience and from a panel of esteemed judges. The day will bring together international entrepreneurs, DC based students interested in entrepreneurship, faculty members, and local entrepreneurs for networking, skill development, and pitching sessions. 9:00-9:20 9:20-9:30 Welcoming Participants & Speakers Introductory Remarks: Natalia Pipia,Associate Program Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CRDF Global; Jill Derderian, Director of the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Sciences Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, U.S. Department of State; Dennis Van Dusen, CTO, Incremensa; Legal Clerk, LawGrunts; Local Chapter Chair, MITEF Washington DC; InfoDev World Bank Representative Keynote Speaker: Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder & Former CEO, Priceline.com, Founder, ColorJar and GIST Advisory Group Member Leading is Everybodys Business Presentation: Jim Bagnola, President, The Leadership Group USA The Experience of a U.S. Female Entrepreneur: Catherine Cook, Founder of MyYearbook.com Break MIT Enterprise Forum Startup Clinic Moderator: Ovidiu Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager & MITEF DC Baltimore Vice Chairman Judges: Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder & Former CEO, Priceline.com, Founder ColorJar and GIST Advisory Group Member; Scott Hartley, Venture Capitalist, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Faysal Sohail, Venture Capitalist, CMEA Capital; Jim Bagnola, President The Leadership Group USA GIST Transformers: Hind Hobeika, CEO & Lead Engineer of Butterfleye; Moustapha Kane, Founder of Amarante; Melvin Wong Hwang Chee, CEO of FanXT; Nurana Indah Paramita, Founder of T-Files Indonesia; Perihan Abou-Zeid, Communications Director of Qabila Media Productions; Taner Yildirim, CEO, Gonnasphere Pizza Hour Networking GIST - Visit the White House Chief Technology Officer 2:00-3:00 GIST Transformers visit the White House Chief Technology Officer at the Old Executive Office GIST - Visit to Voice of America Interviews 3:30-5:00 The GIST Transformers will visit VOA and share their experience during interviews.
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GIST Programs
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Supporting High-Growth Potential Entrepreneurs
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Creating Innovation Ecosystems

Catalyzed the first angel investment network in West Africa in partnership with the World Banks infoDEV program Trained journalists in Indonesia and Malaysia Launched a global business mentorship training program with MIT faculty
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2 million youth reached globally through the Department of State Innovation Generation Facebook page 54,000 technology developers linked to business development training, tools, and mentorship
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GIST TRANSFORMERS BIOS

James Khoo Chen Shiang, Founder & CEO of SecQ.me
--GIST Tech-I Competition, 2nd Place A self-described geek with an aversion to public speaking, James never thought of himself as a businessman or entrepreneur. Yet, after a harrowing experience in which his younger sister was injured in a car accident in a remote part of Malaysia, her whereabouts unknown to her family for days, he decided that mobile technology should be able to function as a personal security device. Launching the SecQ.me app has been an adventure from the start, when he left his job at a multinational corporation during his wifes pregnancy to work full time on a startup company. The couple forms a strong team, dedicated to the success of the venture, which they see as a way to give back to the community by providing greater peaceof-mind through their mobile security application. SecQ.me is an application that enables individual security in urban centers by leveraging existing social and mobile technologies. SecQ.me alerts pre-programmed people in the event that the user is unable to verify their location at a certain time, and thus is a proactive way to keep people alerted in the case of a personal emergency. James has 18 years of extensive working experience in number multinational companies including Sun Microsystems, Experian Group and Theta Service Partner.

Melvin Wong Hwang Chee, CEO of FanXT
--GIST Startup Boot Camp Malaysia Upon realizing that a typical engineering job was not his cup of tea, Melvin struck out on his own to fill a void in the internet gaming universeinternational fantasy sports leagues. Taking inspiration from American fantasy football, he channeled his lifelong athletic interests as a competitive cyclist and football player into an online platform which has drawn over 130,000 users at present to play in fantasy Formula 1 racing and football (soccer) leagues. Starting from scratch with only a credit card and rented room, Melvin has grown the company to 20 employees in Malaysia with another working from South Korea, and most importantly has turned his father from a skeptic to an investor in his business! FanXT is an international fantasy sports application for Apple TV, smartphones and the internet. Mr. Chee has been CEO of Just Mobile since 2005. Mr. Chee graduated in 2001 with a Bachelors of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, majoring in electronics communication. For more information http://bit.ly/Rst13Y
Moustapha Kane, Founder and CEO of Amarante

--MIT-EF Turkey Business Plan Competition, 1st Place In Senegal, three big telecom providers vie for customers in their mobile networks, and consumers who rely on cell phones to stay connected in lieu of other technologies often carry two or three different phones to take advantage of deals and cheap rate offers from these firms. Moustapha, who was studying business and commerce in France, opted to leave his comfortable surroundings there to return to his hometown and build Amarante, a company that offers generalized e-commerce solutions for other companies. Right now they are focused on an SMS-based payment system that enables people to easily buy credits for all their phones and exchange them with family and friends, facilitating communication. Amarantes main product currently is a mobile web application that enables recharging and sharing prepaid phone credit. Mr. Moustapha is the Founder and CEO of Amarante. He is also the CEO of On Pred Un Caf Sngal and has previously held the position of CEO at Mobile Banking Enabler and People Input. Kane graduated with a Masters in e-Commerce from IUP MD University of Lille II and is currently working on his second Masters degree in Telecommunications Law at the University of Bambey.
Meriem Chiri, Co-Founder of SmellNat Nasma Bouchelkia, Co-Founder of SmellNat

--GIST Start-Up Boot Camp Algeria, Top Venture Meriem and Nasma met at the university where they were two of a team of five young women participating in a new program to help engineers design innovative commercial projects. Despite the male-dominated nature of the industry, the women utilized their technical skills and business savvy to complete their thesis and course requirements while simultaneously developing the SmellNat venture to sustainably extract essential oils. They relish the challenges of founding a company all on their own, and with the support of enthusiastic families, Meriem, Nasma, and their colleagues expect the endeavor to flourish and in time, aid Algeria in diversifying their economy beyond oil. SmellNat utilizes an eco-friendly method to extract essential oils from aromatic and medicinal plants. Unlike other solutions, SmellNat processes the oils without using the harsh, conventional chemical solvents. SmellNat specializes in manufacturing organic anti-oxidants which are in short supply in the global marketplace. Chiri is a recent graduate in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic School of Algiers. Her thesis focused on photovoltaic solar energy which sparked her interest in green energy. Energy from solar panels is used to extract and process the essential plant oils. Bouchelkia works with Chiri at SmellNat. Ms. Bouchelkia is a graduate in chemical engineering from the National Polytechnic School of Algiers.
Dr. Khairul Idzwan Bin Baharin, CEO of MyDerm

--GIST I Dare Business Plan Competition, 3rd Place As a practicing physician, Dr. Baharin yearned to get out and work on a larger scale medical project, something unique, with the potential to reach many more people than he saw in his office every day. He decided to branch out into the business sector, eventually founding a cosmetics company that introduced him to cell tissue technology, leading to his current project: running the MyDerm venture. His vision for the future is ambitiousto help engineer other human organs and bone for global distributionwhich will be like treating thousands of people, rather than just one patient, at a time! MyDerm is a laboratory-engineered artificial human skin used for treatment of chronic diabetic ulcers, burns and skin trauma. Prior to joining MyDerm, Dr. Baharin founded and managed several successful companies ranging from ICT to cosmetics and medical aesthetics including Cell Tissue Technology, a highly innovative start-up medical company supported by a well-known research university and a GLC in Malaysia. ---GIST Tech-I Competition, 3rd Place
Dr. Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Co-Founder of Artificial Brain Controlled Upperlimb Prosthesis
Growing up on the move, Mohsin witnessed extreme poverty and desperation in rural areas of Pakistan. After meeting a seven-year-old girl who lost her arm in the 2005 earthquake, he and his brother committed themselves to improving the lives of disabled Pakistanis by inventing and producing an affordable prosthetic device which will return hope and dignity to those who have already lost so much. The Artificial Brain Controlled Upperlimb Prosthesis provides a cost effective solution to people with limb dismemberment. In 2007, Mohsin received his B.E. degree in Mechatronics engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. Mohsin is also the Co-Founder of RealityPod.com and OzLumen. For more information http://bit.ly/QU86W5 15
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Nurana Indah Paramita, Founder of T-Files Indonesia
--GIST Startup Boot Camp Indonesia, Top Entrepreneur Mita, currently an MBA student, successfully founded her company while still in her undergraduate studies, gathering a dozen friends with technical skills and the passion to make a difference for her island country of Indonesia which suffers from insufficient energy resources and a number of political and economic woes. Starting from zero she turned their 13 thesis projects into a fully-functional venture with government backing and investment from their university, as well as interest from other countries seeking the technology. Mita was raised by a single mother in a Muslim society where taking a stable job to provide for her family was expected, but she chose instead to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams which she hopes will serve as a positive example to Indonesian youth looking for a hopeful future. T-Files Indonesia is the first Indonesian company to design and develop marine current turbines to harness the power of the ocean currents to generate clean energy. The marine current turbine is capable of operating currents flowing as slow as 0.5m/s which is more efficient than many other ocean current power turbines. Ms. Paramita is the founder and she majored in Oceanography at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia. Her company has won the Mandiri Young Technopreneur Award and in 2012 she became the youngest Chairman of Indonesian Young Entrepreneur Association Badung Chapter. For more information http://bitly.com/QU7YG7

Muhammad Rumman Hassan, Manager of E-Aid
--GIST I Dare Business Plan Competition Rumman was a favored student of Rumaisa Mohani, founder of E-Aid, when he realized that he too had a passion for sharing his knowledge with his peers and a knack for explaining complex mathematic and scientific subjects to others. After attaining his degree in mechanical engineering, he still wanted to tutor on the side, so he began hosting home lessons in science in the evening and recently joined E-Aid to tutor online through their innovative online platform. A big believer in the power of critical thinking and questioning as part of the learning process, Rumman sees a lot of potential for growth in the company in offering online courses and perhaps even marketing their product down the line to brick-and-mortar schools and universities to help students in the region obtain a quality, interactive education. E-Aid is a private educational service that provides online face-to-face tutoring lessons for a variety of subjects to high school and college students from all over the world. Mr. Hassan is the manager of E-Aid and tutors students preparing for GCSE/GCE exams. He is also a mechanical engineer. For more information http://bit.ly/V94kwj
Hasanul Qader Mirza, Head of Operations, Greennovation Technologies

--GIST I Dare Business Plan Competition, 1st Place Hasanul and his friends were studying accounting and finance in university when they decided they wanted to go into business together for the benefit of the poor in Bangladesh; by luck, they met an engineer who had invented Jutin, a cheap and eco-friendly building material. Having no entrepreneurship training or resources, Hasanul and the team partnered with the man and were able to successfully launch their venture seventeen houses have already been constructed for disadvantaged Pakistani families. Hasanul looks forward to the imminent arrival of custom factory machines to automate production which will expand his companys impact exponentially, offering dozens of jobs in manufacturing, and offering pride and hope to new Pakistani homeowners. Greennovation Technologies produces an affordable and sustainable housing material named Jutin, which is composed from jute fiber & resin. Mr. Mirza, the Head of Operations, is currently completing his MBA at the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. For more information http://bit.ly/TWPWaB
Perihan Abou-Zeid, Communications Director of Qabila Media Productions

--MIT-EF Pan Arab Business Plan Competition, 2nd Place & Best Woman Entrepreneur Award Thanks to her twin brother and a long tradition of family involvement in politics, Perihan became interested in public affairs from a young age, but she did not realize how important it was to have a voice until she studied abroad in Canada. She returned to Egypt with a sense of civic duty to offer an alternative to the official government-controlled media message, founding Qabila in 2010 with 14 of her acquaintances as a collective effort to challenge the system. Seizing the momentum of the January 25 revolution, the organization has flourished as a major source of TV programming to educate the Egyptian public about political issues and processes, which has in turn galvanized Perihan with the realization that she not only can, but is, in fact, changing the world. Qabila Media Productions is a media content creator. It uses crowd sourcing and digital media to provide clients with cost-effective content in order to reach their target audience in the most effective way. Ms. Abou-Zeid serves as Co-Founder and Communications Director. She also works with Google as an Account Strategist where she builds and optimizes online advertising strategies for clients. Perihan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. For more information http://bitly.com/TmEQ82
Ziad Sankari, CEO of CardioDiagnostics

--GIST Tech-I Competition, 1st Place After his father died suddenly from a heart attack when he was only 17, Ziad was determined to develop the technological capability to detect potential health problems before they happensparing other families from similar tragedy. A true entrepreneurial spirit, he started a biotech firm right out of college, and sold it after only a few years to pursue his dream of building a heart monitor in his home country of Lebanon. Cardio Diagnostics is a health device that monitors patients heart rate 24/7, with the purpose of detecting irregularities that can be life-saving in the event of a heart attack or other cardio abnormalities. After Mr. Sankari completed his bachelor of engineering in Computer Engineering with high distinction, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Ohio State University in the U.S. where he earned two masters degrees and gained experience with health technology. For more information http://bitly.com/TWPWaB
Dr. Rafik Guindi, CEO of SilGenix
--MIT-EF Pan Arab Business Plan Competition, 3rd Place A proponent of getting outside of ones comfort zone, Rafik believes more young people should start their own companies and work for themselves. After helping found the Nile University in Egypt with a specific entrepreneurial focus, Rafik decided to walk the talk and partnered with one of his graduate engineering students to help develop a new and improved microchip, so portable electronics can last longer and use power more efficiently. SilGenix is an Integrated Circuit (IC) design company specializing in on-chip power distribution and management. Mr. Guindi founded SilGenix and received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, in 1995. Dr. Guindi has held various research positions in electronics at Cairo University, Nortel Networks in Ottawa, Canada, the University of Toronto in Canada and most recently at Nile University in Egypt. 16
Taner Yildirim, CEO of Gonnasphere
--MIT Enterprise Forum Turkey, Business Plan Competition 2nd Place Winner Like most computer engineering students, Taner was pressured into accepting work with a big software firm in Turkeys capital Ankara, after graduation. Always a free spirit, however, he soon decided to quit his day job and found his own tech startup. Taner, who has cultivated his reputation as a talented DJ in clubs by night, knew that one social networking tool was missing: A place to share your calendar with friends to plan ahead for future adventures and figure out where the next big party would be happening. The solution he developed, called Gonnasphere, aims to organize and share what everyones gonna do on the social scene so no one can say they missed out. Gonnasphere is a web-mobile application that helps users organize their to-do lists and share the lists with friends. Mr. Yildirim is a young entrepreneur and recent computer engineering graduate of Bilken University in Turkey. His project, Gonnasphere, won second place in the 2012 MIT Enterprise Forum Turkey Business Plan Competition. Now, the company is developing iPhone and Android applications.
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Ali Raza Randhawa, Founder & CEO of PAK-Energy Solutions
--GIST I Dare Business Plan Competition, 2nd Place Ali was in the first class at his university that had the opportunity to study entrepreneurship, which he embraced wholeheartedly in his efforts to alleviate need and improve quality of life in rural Pakistan. Despite tremendous skepticism and incredulity from outsiders, Ali channeled his deep faith, his familys encouragement, and his sheer stubbornness into a successful environmental ventureturning agricultural waste into domestically consumable fuel. PAK-Energy Solution is a portable and affordable natural gas digester for domestic use. It generates clean gas for cooking, heating, lighting and generates fertilizer as a by-product. Mr. Raza is the Founder & CEO and has an electrical engineer from University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He is highly interested in renewable energy and social entrepreneurship. He has also worked with Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore for evaluating feasibility of biogas industrial units in Pakistan. For more information http://bit.ly/PKakKI
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Robert Ayan, Founder and Managing Partner, Cambridge Advisors, LLC, GIST Partner for GIST Transformers Journey, Boston Segment
Robert Ayan is Founder and Managing Partner of Cambridge Advisors, a global consultancy that specializes in developing integrated strategies to foster human, social and economic prosperity through policy, education, innovation and entrepreneurship. Robert is Board Member and President Emeritus of the MIT Arab Alumni Association and is active in several U.S. and MENA professional, technology and entrepreneurship groups as an Advisor, Executive, or Founder.
Alex Bakir, Investments Associate, Omidyar Network
Alex Bakir helps manage Omidyars for-profit investments and nonprofit grants, focusing on government transparency zworking to encourage accountability and effectiveness in government, and property rights supporting organizations that help formalize land rights and increase security of tenure for the poor. Previously, Bakir has worked for Climate Change Capital, a London-based investment management firm, the World Bank, where he helped deliver grant financing to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects globally, and a number of additional governmental and nonprofit organizations.
Ayman El Akhal, CEO of iPadian

--GIST Startup Boot Camp Algeria, Top Entrepreneur Ayman didnt want to follow his Algerian peers into traditional tech work with large firms after graduation, engineering code and developing software for someone else. Instead he pursued his idea to bring the iPad interface to those, who like him, could not find or afford the device, via a downloadable app that works on any system. He has always wanted to found his own company and be his own bossAyman notes that you always love something you made yourself, and so others are sure to love it too. Ayman El Akhal is the CEO of iPadian, a platform created to bring the iPad environment to laptops with zero setup and to make communication easier between iPad, iPhone, PC and Mac. Ayman graduated with his Masters in Software Engineering in 2009, and previously worked at SSII as a Software Engineer creating websites and software for clients based in Rabat, Morocco.
Jim Bagnola, President, The Leadership Group USA
Jim Bagnola is an international speaker, an executive coach and a corporate educator with expertise in the fields of leadership and body-mind management, focusing on how thinking patterns affect health, happiness, success, and the capacity to lead; his personal mission has been the coaching of young entrepreneurs and students on six continents for the past 20 years as chair of the board of Leaders Romania and traveling globally with AIESEC, the largest student organization in the world. Bagnola practiced numerous professions before becoming a Certified Speaking Professional in 2002.
Jeffrey Barclay, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jeffrey Barclay is a Principal in the Boston office where his practice emphasizes patent prosecution in the area of electrical engineering. Barclays prior technical experience includes work as an electrical engineer in the Submarine Electromagnetic Systems Department and Submarine Sonar Department of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and as a research assistant at the Center for Electromagnetic Research, Northeastern University
Hind Hobeika, Founder, CEO and Lead Engineer of Butterfleye

--MIT-EF Pan Arab Business Plan Competition, 1st Place Since she was a child, Hind has always been an active athlete, and she has also always been curious about her own physical health and wellnessgoing so far as to keep track of her personal fitness data in a spreadsheet. As a collegiate swimmer, she realized how difficult it could be to accurately determine ones heart-rate while in the water, so she entered a pan-Arab scientific invention contest. She ended up coming in 3rd place on a regionally televised contest, turning her heart-rate monitoring goggles from just an idea to an actual prototype. Hind started her company in Beirut to prove that scientific development and tech entrepreneurship are not antithetical to the Middle East, and hopes her company will go on to manufacture other types of health monitoring as well. With Butterfleye, Hind has had the enviable opportunity to turn her hobby of tracking personal physical fitness into her professional career! Butterfleye is a heart rate monitor which can be mounted on any type of swimming goggles to seamlessly measure a swimmers heart rate and give real-time visual feedback. Ms. Hobeika graduated from the American University of Beirut with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and founded the Quantified Self Beirut chapter. For more information http://bit.ly/Rvqpkj
Ravi Belani, Managing Partner at the Alchemist Accelerator
Ravi Belani currently manages Alchemist Accelerator, a venture-backed initiative and venture fund focused on accelerating startups whose revenues come from enterprises (not consumers); previously he spent six years at venture capital fund Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park. Ravi is also on the faculty of Stanford University where he teaches The Spirit of Entrepreneurship. Born and raised in Silicon Valley, Ravi holds degrees in engineering from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Joost Bonsen, Lecturer, MIT Media Lab; Founding Research Fellow, MIT Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship
Joost Bonsen is an innovation ecologist studying global transformations at the level of invention in research labs, action in entrepreneurial ventures, and the orchestration of innovation ecosystems generally; he has taught a course in Development Ventures at MIT since 2001. He is co-founder of the Howtoons Project which distributes educational cartoons which show kids everywhere How To build things, and prior to MIT Sloan, Bonsen ran the MIT Founders Project which quantified the economic impact of MIT-related entrepreneurs.
Cathleen A. Campbell, President and CEO, CRDF Global
Cathy Campbell joined CRDF Global in 2002 as vice president for programs, and has served as president since 2006, bringing three decades of international science and technology policy and program management experience including work and travel in Eurasia, the Middle East, East Asia and Latin America. Prior to CRDF, Campbell held a number of distinguished positions at the Department of Commerce, the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the US State Department. Campbell is a member of a number of advisory groups and boards associated with international science and technology collaboration. 19
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Israel Cidon, CEO & Co-Founder, Sookasa
Israel Cidon is the CEO of Sookasa (www.sookasa.com), a startup that provides security and management to business data across cloud storage services; he also serves as a professor and former dean of Electrical Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and as a visiting professor at Stanford. Cidon has helped found a number of other successful startups including: Actona Technologies, the source of Ciscos Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), Viola Networks, a provider of network diagnostic framework, and Micronet, a vendor of hand held computers.
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Tonya Drake, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Ms. Tonya Drake started her career as an electrical engineer. She completed her undergraduate and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively and worked in semiconductor fabrication at Intel Corporation and circuit design at Hewlett Packard. Tonya Drake provides strategic counseling and helps companies build and monetize their intellectual property portfolios. She has extensive experience building global patent portfolios, licensing client technologies and assisting with litigation matters. Her clients include Fortune 100 corporations, mid-sized companies, and early-stage and venture-backed companies.
Leland Cheung, City Councilor, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Leland Cheung is in his second term on the Cambridge City Council, where he has been a strong leader in economic development, community building, and regional cooperation; in addition to being the youngest member of the Council, Cheung is the first student to be electedhe was pursuing his MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA at MIT Sloan as well as the first Asian American. Cheung has served as the Executive Vice President of The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP), and on numerous other boards and committees at the state and national level.
Dr. Gloria Duffy, CEO of Commonwealth Club of California
Dr. Gloria Duffy oversees the organizational strategy, programming, publications, broadcast outreach, membership activities and fundraising for the nations largest and oldest public affairs forum. Dr. Duffy served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Special Coordinator for Cooperative Threat Reduction and founded and served as president and CEO of Global Outlook, an independent research institute on international security issues in Palo Alto, California.
Josh Constine, Writer, TechCrunch
Josh Constine is a technology journalist who specializes in deep analysis of social products. Prior to joining TechCrunch, he was the lead writer of Inside Facebook, where he covered Facebook product changes, privacy, the Ads API, Page management, ecommerce, virtual currency, and music technology. Constine has spoken at the South by Southwest Interactive and Music conferences, and has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, The Atlantic, BBC World Magazine, Slate and more.
Dr. Janis Fraser, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Janis Fraser is a Principal in the Boston office where she has been providing strategic patent advice since 1989 to clients ranging from startup biotech companies to multinational pharmaceutical corporations to academic institutions, assisting clients in obtaining or defending U.S. patents of inventions related to genes, recombinant proteins, antibodies, transgenic animals, pharmaceutical compounds and formulations, methods of treatment, antibody libraries, and screening methods. Dr. Fraser has received numerous honors include being named among the Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2011.
Catherine Cook, Co-Founder, MyYearbook.com
Catherine Cook graduated from Georgetown University (B11), where she majored in OPIM and marketing. Catherine has been reported on extensively by CNBC, MTV, ABC News, Fox News, CosmoGIRL, BusinessWeek, the San Francisco Chronicle and CBS. She has spoken at a number of high profile conferences, including the Foursquare conference, and spoken at events at Princeton University, Boston College, and Georgetown University.
David Feigenbaum, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
David Feigenbaum is a senior and seasoned patent Principal in the Boston office where his practice emphasizes creative, strategic intellectual property planning and implementation to produce useful outcomes in general IP counseling, patent strategies, software licensing, opinions, due diligence projects for a broad range of clients, including individuals, startups, mid-sized businesses, and large corporations. Feigenbaum was recently recognized by Best Lawyers 2013 Boston Technology Law as Lawyer of the Year.
Dr. Jaleh Daie, Managing Partner, Aurora Equity, CRDF Global Board Director
Dr. Jaleh Daies broad and distinguished career in academia, foundations, business, NGOs and government demonstrates her fierce determination to advance international science and technology development with a special emphasis on the involvement of youth and women. Since her days as a university professor she has gone on to consult for a wide variety of agencies and institutions, serving on civic and corporate boards and speaking around the world to promote the cause of scientific learning and discovery earning countless accolades, including being inducted into the Hall of Fame of Women in Technology international among many others.
Timothy French, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Timothy French is the Managing Principal of the Boston office where his practice emphasizes patent and trademark prosecution in the United States and foreign countries, over a broad range of technology, with experience in patent and trademark licensing, trademark oppositions, patent and trademark related acquisitions, and some litigation and patent interference work; he also supervises the Foreign and Trademark Departments. French worked previously as process and materials engineer for E.I. du Pont De Nemours and Company and as plant engineer and manager with Tenneco Chemicals.
Sean Daley, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Sean P. Daley is a Principal in the Boston office where his practice emphasizes general IP counseling including agreements (license, supply, joint venture), due diligence, reexamination, opinions (infringement and validity) and patent portfolio development and strategy. Daleys practice encompasses mechanical, chemical, biomedical, materials science, and physics inventions, and he also has significant additional experience in patent litigation and is the co-author of numerous peer reviewed technical journal articles.
Frank Gerratana, Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Frank Gerratana is an Associate in the Boston office where his practice focuses on helping inventors obtain patents in electrical and computer technology with an emphasis on digital systems. Previously he worked for the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law and for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission; he also has experience in software engineering for ComBrio, Inc. and in internet commerce as co-founder of DGN Enterprises.
Jill Derderian, Director, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, U.S. Department of State
Jill Derderian is a career diplomat working on a breadth of economic and political issues related to science, technology, environment and health, serving most recently as Consul General in Durban, South Africa, and before that at embassies and consulates in Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Sri Lanka, India and Hong Kong. Prior to joining the State Department, Derderian worked on international trade and economic policy issues at the Government Accountability Office and in the Department of Commerces International Trade Administration. 20
Raj Gollamudi brings more than 20 years of experience as an engineer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist to his role at Omidyar, where he oversees mobile technology investments in emerging markets. Previously, Gollamudi co-founded BlueStream Ventures, a $300 million technology venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley, leading investments across a number of technology sectors in the enterprise and consumer segments; prior to that he worked as a software research analyst at two prominent investment banks and as a software engineer at Sun Microsystems.
Raj Gollamudi, Investments Director, Omidyar Network
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Mary Grove, Head of Global Entrepreneurship Outreach, Google
Mary Grove joined Google in 2004 as part of the legal team then moved to new business development where she spent 6 years leading a range of early stage product incubation efforts and partnerships, across products including Gmail, Google Docs, Search, News, Chrome, Public Data, Social & Enterprise. She is now focused on entrepreneur and developer outreach efforts both in the US and internationally, including initiatives in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Africa; she has conducted exploratory trips and efforts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza and the West Bank.
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Ossama Hassanein, Chairman of the Board, TechWadi; Senior Managing Director, Newbury Ventures
Ossama is a serial entrepreneur, mentor and venture capitalist; Over the last 35 years, he managed over $1 billion in 14 international technology funds at Berkeley International in San Francisco, Technocom Ventures, Newbridge Networks Holding, and Newbury Ventures and the Rising Tide Fund. He spearheaded the financing of 80+ IT companies that became notable successes including Oracle, Cirrus Logic, and Atmel, led or co-founded six successful startups, currently chairs or sits on dozens of boards, and is a frequent guest lecturer on international business leadership.
Rafael de la Guia, Investments Associate, Omidyar Network
Rafael de la Guia has recently joined the investment team at Omidyar, following work as a consultant and associate with the Acumen Fund, New Ventures Mxico, and MezzVest (a division of CapVest Limited).
Charles Hieken, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Charles Hieken is a Principal in the Boston office where his practice emphasizes all aspects of patents, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, related unfair competition, and antitrust law; he has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in various fields and trademark applications, as well as prepared and negotiated numerous patent, trademark, copyright, and other license agreements and advised on numerous copyright matters. Hieken previously served as a law clerk for the firms predecessor, Fish, Richardson & Neave, and worked in private practice..
Joe Hadzima, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan of Management; Co-Founder & President, IPVision
Joe Hadzima has been involved in the start-up of more than 100 companies as a founder, investor, director, legal counsel, or employee and has advised entrepreneurs, high-growth businesses, and venture capitalists. Currently he teaches, speaks, and runs an intellectual property management, services firm, but over the course of his career, Hadzima has experience directing MITs Enterprise Forum for 25 years, practicing law for 17 years, and has for decades worked with federal and state government agencies, universities, and nonprofits on the creation and support of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Rex Huang, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Rex Huang is a Principal in the Boston office where his practice emphasizes preparation and prosecution of patent applications, client counseling from startups to large corporations, preparation of opinions on infringement and validity of patents, and re-examination, focusing on computer hardware, software, displays, analog and digital signal processing, telecommunications, optical systems and devices, semiconductors, power devices, and the internet. Previously Huang worked as a technical consultant at the intellectual property department of a multinational computer company, handling patent licensing and prosecuting patent applications.
Michael Hamlin, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Michael Hamlin is a Principal in the Boston office where his practice emphasizes patent prosecution in the areas of medical devices and mechanical engineering, and general counseling including due diligence and opinions regarding patent infringement and validity. Hamlin also has patent litigation experience.
Lisa Kolenda, Executive Recruiter, Human Capital, Omidyar Network
Lisa Kolenda, supports portfolio organizations in the areas of recruitment and talent management, not only managing executive recruiting across Africa and Europe but also coaching organizational leaders to enhance their ability to manage current talent and identify future leaders. Prior to joining Omidyar, Kolenda served as the director of recruiting at the technology startup Inflection single-handedly building their recruiting department, and before that, she spent nearly six years at QuinStreet, managing a team of recruiters as the company rapidly scaled.
Quentin Hardy, Deputy Technology Editor, The New York Times
Before joining The New York Times, Quentin Hardy worked as Silicon Valley Bureau Chief for v magazine, where he had been a senior editor for over a decade, covering the technology industry, and prior to that he spent eight years at the Wall Street Journal serving in their Tokyo bureau and San Francisco office. Hardy hosts numerous panels on technology and business at events around the US.
Steve Koskie, Managing Partner, LM250 Digital
Steve Koskie has been a serial entrepreneur and senior executive for the past 20 years, having founded, grown, and achieved meaningful exits for technology companies throughout United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, most recently Dipdive with the Black Eyed Peas band and prior to that iLoop Mobile and OceanLake Commerce. He is a sought after speaker around the world for his expertise in the mobile and entertainment industries, and he has raised over $150 million for start-up firms through his connections with leading venture capitalists.
Scott Hartley, Venture Capitalist, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Scott Hartley is passionate about global entrepreneurship, as evidenced by his career which spanned public service with the State Department, UNDP, and the National Economic Council and a fellowship with Center for Strategic and International Studies, prior to his entry into the private sector, where he has worked with Google and Facebook to promote international innovation. He shares his extensive travel and global business expertise through frequent speaking engagements and contributes regularly to publications including Foreign Policy, Boston Review, Forbes and Policy Innovations.
Michael Levinson, Vice President of Product Strategy, oDesk
Michael joined oDesk in 2006 and played an instrumental role in developing oDesks global billing and payment platform. He served as Vice President of Product from 2010-2012 before shifting focus to marketplace strategy and new opportunities. Prior to oDesk, Michael was a management consultant in technology and healthcare starting at R.B. Webber & Company.
Dr. Harry G. Harris, President, HealthCare California
Dr. Harry Harris has spent his life researching global management, health care and strategic policy issues in private and public enterprises and has lectured extensively at universities and other organizations worldwide, visiting over 110 countries. He has been widely recognized for his extensive career as a professor and government official, and since 1980, Dr. Harris has managed an investment portfolio, serving as President of Global Management Associates, a consulting group, and as President of the Harry G. Harris Foundation. 22
Valentin Livada, Senior Lecturer, Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Valentin Livada founded a global network of business and technology consultants, venture capitalists and angel investors, academics, entrepreneurs, and lawyers involved in the creation of innovation ecosystems called Weybridge Partners in 1996. Previously he has served as director at Braxton Associates, an international strategy planning consulting firm, vice president at Pugh-Roberts Associates (PRA), and as a leading practitioner at the PA Consulting Group. During his career, Livada has combined expertise in the areas of strategic planning and organizational dynamics with a detailed knowledge in the areas of innovation, product development, and research, development, and extension (RD&E) management. 23
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Ian Lodovice, Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Ian J. Lodovice is an Associate in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson. Prior to joining Fish, he was a Research Scientist with Pfizer and later provided legal counsel with various companies.
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Augie Rakow, Corporate Attorney in Orricks Emerging Companies Group
Rakow is a corporate attorney in Orricks Silicon Valley office, where his practice focuses on energy technology companies as well as venture capital firms and other investors, with a specific emphasis on businesses building the next generation of energy technology. Prior to joining Orrick, Rakow worked in intellectual property for more than 10 years before becoming a corporate specialist - first as a Japanese patents translator and patent prosecution apprentice at one of the leading Japanese patent boutiques in Tokyo, and then as an IP litigator and IP licensing attorney in Silicon Valley.
Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space and Health in the Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Dr. Tiffany Reiter, Technology Specialist, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Dr. Margolis currently oversees policies and programs in the areas of international science & technology cooperation, space & advanced technologies, and international health and biodefense at the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), the latest position of his distinguished career within the State Department working in a number of divisions including: the Bureau of International Information Programs, the Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance, and the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation. He has also conducted courses at American University and the Foreign Service Institute on environmental policy, negotiations, and international organizations.
Dr. Tiffany Reiter is a Technology Specialist in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Reiter was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Kathryn Minshew, Founder and CEO, The Daily Muse
Mark Roberge, SVP of Sales and Services at HubSpot
Kathryn Minshew runs The Daily Muse and their corresponding job search product, Company Muse. Prior to founding the company, Minshew worked in Rwanda and Malawi on vaccine introduction with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She has appeared on CNN, Fast Company, PBS, Forbes 30-Under-30 in Media and INCs 15 Women to Watch in Tech.
Mark Roberge is responsible for the entire sales and services function at HubSpot, increasing revenue over 6,000% and expanding the team from 1 to 200 employees in five years. Prior to HubSpot, Mark founded and/or held executive positions at start-ups in the social media and mobile sector. Mark started his career as a Technology Consultant with Accenture.
Dr. Yina Mo, Technology Specialist, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Faysal Sohail, Venture Capitalist, CMEA Capital
Yina Mo is a Technology Specialist in the Boston office where her practice emphasizes patent prosecution in the mechanical and electrical arts, particularly medical devices, materials science, computer hardware, and software. Prior to joining Fish, Dr. Mo served as a research assistant at Harvard University while earning a Ph.D. in physics and as a research assistant at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Faysal Sohail has over a decade of senior executive experience in engineering, marketing, business development and building startups, helping to secure venture capital funding for several key startups in both the energy and technology sectors. Before joining CMEA, Mr. Sohail helped to build three companies all of which became successful through IPO, merger or acquisition. Sohail is a member on the board of American Pakistan Foundation, an organization that engages the diaspora and the private sector and by building partnerships with key stakeholders in the U.S. and Pakistan.
Lowell Ness, Partner and Founding Member, Orricks Emerging Companies Group
Gibs Song, Managing Consultant, Mane-Aquila Consulting
Lowell Ness is a partner and a founding member of Orricks Emerging Companies Group in the Silicon Valley Office. He has considerable experience in securities law and corporate governance matters. His practice focuses on high growth emerging companies and involves venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and private placements. His clients include companies from the earliest stage of start-up to well established public companies. Mr. Ness also represents both private equity and venture capital funds.
Gibs Song has over 25 years of experience in technology development, strategic planning and executive management and venture investing around the world, most recently focusing on startup businesseshe has founded, invested and advised 8 different companies. Song has held positions including Project Manager of the Electric Vehicle Research Program at the Electrochemical Science and Technology Center at the University of Ottawa and Director of US Operations for Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, and he remains a senior consultant at Cheil Industries and executive advisor to the Palo Alto Research Center.
Peter Novak, Director of Operations, Old City Investment Partners LLC
Peter Novak participates in Old Citys principal investing, operational and marketing activities, assisting with the sourcing, evaluation and selection of high quality niche managers. Previously, Novak was involved in the early business development and fundraising activities of MyPaperlessBills, a Massachusetts based startup company and prior to that, he was a summer associate at Rudyard Partners, a specialized venture capital firm.
Dennis Van Dusen, CTO, Incremensa; Legal Clerk, LawGrunts; Local Chapter Chair, MITEF Washington DC
Dennis Van Dusen has expertise in innovation, information technology development, marketing, and analysis, and project management and is an experienced entrepreneur with over 20 years of senior level technical experience, having founded and advised many startups in executive level capacities. He holds graduate degrees in Law, Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science and has previously worked or consulted for organizations including: In-Q-It, DynCorp., Schlumberger, General Electric, Oracle, IBM, Texas Instruments, KPMG, Departments of Justice, Labor, Defense, and Energy, National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Senate.
Sheryl OLoughlin, Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Graduate School of Business at Stanford University; Co-Founder & Founding CEO Nest Collective; Former CEO Clif Bar & Company
After over 20 years starting and growing mission-based businesses, Sheryl is now dedicated to supporting our future leaders to change the way business gets done. In 2007, Sheryl co-founded the Nest Collective, a next generation healthy food company and before that, Sheryl spent ten years at Clif Bar and Company, three of them as CEO. 24
Jeffrey Weber, Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jeffrey Weber is an Associate in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson where his practice emphasizes patent litigation and prosecution. Before arriving to the firm, Weber was a solutions architect for Fast Search and Transfer, Inc., an application architect for Nervewire, Inc./Wipro, Ltd. , and a principal for CSC Consulting.
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Jeff Hoffman, Co-Founder & Former CEO, Priceline.com, Founder, ColorJar & GIST Advisory Group Member
Jeff Hoffman is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovator in the fields of Internet, e-commerce, and entertainment; since launching his first software company while still in university, Hoffman has founded, grown, and exited a series of successful startup companies throughout his career, including Enable Holdings, Black Sky Entertainment, and Priceline. Hoffman dedicates significant time to mentoring other entrepreneurs and is an accomplished professional and motivational speaker; he has presented in over 40 countries worldwide and can be seen on Fox News, CNN, NBC, and other major media outlets.
CRDF GLOBAL GIST TEAM

Natalia Pipia, Associate Program Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, CRDF Global
Natalia Pipia develops and oversees all Innovation Programs at CRDF Global, and she is responsible for developing outreach strategies to external partners and funders. She manages programs that promote strategic partnerships between technology entrepreneurs and businesses, build innovation ecosystems in countries where programs are being implemented, and facilitate U.S. market access. Pipia has 10 years of experience working in economic development and executed various initiatives in coordination with numerous associations, companies, technology transfer groups, governmental, and non-governmental organizations in Eurasia, Middle East, Africa, Central and Southeast Asia. www.linkedin.com/in/nataliapipia
H.R.H. Prince Saud Bin Khalid Al-Faisal, Deputy Governor for Investment Affairs
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal heads the Investment Affairs department, which is responsible for managing the investment environment and competitiveness agenda of Saudi Arabia; he has been the President of the National Competitiveness Center since 2010 and he is on the board of: Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), King Faisal Foundation, the Global Federation of Competitive Councils, and several other government commissions and regional investment councils. Previously he worked as a financial analyst with Saudi Aramco in the treasury, internal auditing, new business development, and related financial departments.
Ovidiu (Ovi) Bujorean, GIST Initiative Manager
Ali smail Sabanc, Chairman and Director, Pegasus Airlines
Ali . Sabanc has built his successful career in international finance, joining Esas Holding Corporation in 2004, the same year advancing to his current position at Pegasus Airlines when it was purchased by Esas; he is also on the board of Esass partner companies Izair Corporation and Air Berlin as well as being a member of TYD, TSIAD, ISO and TAIK. Since 2009, Sabanc has also been a director of Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG and Air Berlin Plc, and of AFM Uluslararasi Film Produksiyon A..
Mr. Ovidiu Bujorean manages and directs the GIST Initiative, an exciting new innovative program funded through the State Department that is building a unique entrepreneurial ecosystem in 44 countries across the Middle East, Turkey, Asia, and Africa. Mr. Bujorean and his team manages GIST by identifying, coaching, funding the most promising tech entrepreneurs through its competitions, start-up acceleration services, social media platform and interactive mentorship programs. Previously, Mr. Bujorean was the Senior Associate at Rudyard Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in consumer technologies. Mr. Bujorean serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors of AIESEC DC and as Vice Chairman of MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington DC. Mr. Bujorean founded LEADERS, an organization that impacted the lives of approximately 10000 young leaders and entrepreneurs in Romania and Southern-Eastern Europe and is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) and Harvards Kennedy School (MPA). www.linkedin.com/in/bujorean
Yuritzi Acosta, Associate Program Manager, GIST Initiative
Rashid Al Ballaa, CEO, National Net Ventures (N2V)
Rashid Al Ballaa is the founder of National Net Ventures (N2V), one of the largest internet holding companies in the MENA region which invests capital in web ventures and offers essential infrastructure services to help accelerate their growth; he is also a board member of National Technology Group (NTG), the regions largest ICT conglomerate and key provider of Financial Technology and Services. Before N2V, Al Ballaa spearheaded regional business development efforts of Mubasher, the first e-trading solution in the MENA region and founded Direct Broker for Financial Services (DBFS), the UAEs first STP e-brokerage company.
Since April 2011, Yuritzi Acosta has worked for the GIST initiative on projects that empower entrepreneurs to commercialize their innovative ideas through the coordination of skill development activities and facilitation of access to relevant information. She boasts significant experience in the fields of education and advocacy, having coordinated a number of programs funded by NeighborWorks USA, USAID, the Florida Department of Education, and the Department of State and her personal experiences living in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe give her a uniquely global vantage and adaptability. www.linkedin.com/in/yuritziacosta
Fidan Karimova, Associate Program Manager, GIST Initiative
Dr. Pat Dinneen, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company
Dr. Pat Dinneen has focused on emerging markets for most of her 36-year career with responsibilities in due diligence, selection and monitoring of funds and co-investments, performance benchmarking, research, and client advisory work. Before beginning her current position at Siguler Guff & Company in 2004, managing their $2 billion BRIC private equity investments, she worked with Cambridge Associates, British Telecommunications (BT), and Hughes Communication to expand their business ventures into emerging European and Asian markets.
Fidan Karimova joined GIST in October 2012 with her focus on media messaging and communications, but she has been on staff at CRDF Global for three years already, working on client relationship management, website development, and promotional materials. Fidan has traveled extensively including time spent living abroad in China, Italy, and Spain and working for a summer at the UN in Azerbaijan; she also brings her entrepreneurial spirit to GIST, having started her own painting business and dabbled in environmental fashion design in college. www.linkedin.com/pub/fidan-karimova/27/7a6/648
Amanda Gant, Associate Program Manager, GIST Initiative
Dr. Roger Wyse, Managing Director & General Partner, Burrill & Company
Dr. Roger Wyse has led the development of agriculture, nutraceuticals, health & wellness, and industrial biotechnology projects at Burrill & Company, a leading life sciences company managing $1 billion in venture capital. Dr. Wyse chairs or serves on the boards of 11 private companies and has over 30 years of experience as an internationally recognized scientist and dean at two major research universities; he speaks globally about biotechnology applications and policy in food, agricultural and bio-cleantech and the use of venture capital as a component of an open innovation strategy for emerging economies.
Amanda Gant joined GIST in March 2012 where she works with international partners to organize startup boot camps and virtual mentorship programs. Amanda has long had the entrepreneurship bug, selling bracelets on the beach of her hometown since middle school, and it was this experience which inspired her to study international development, hoping to empower others to realize their dreams by starting their own businesses. Amanda supports her local community by organizing the annual Glover Park Day showcasing local area businesses and non-profits; she also leads service-oriented ecotourism trips to Nicaragua to promote travel and cultural exchange. www.linkedin.com/in/amandalynngant
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Dr. Jeffrey Margolis, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Jeffrey Margolis, Science, Technology & Innovation Program Manager, U.S. Department of State In the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Jeffrey Margolis serves at the U.S. Department of States lead for a number of technology commercialization programs that promote economic development through innovation and entrepreneurship, including the GIST Initiative. Dr. Margolis is an infectious disease specialist by training earning his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and has worked at Baxter Healthcare, Pfizer, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory before joining the Department of State in 2010. As founding VP of Development, he also helped start CollegeSpring an education NGO that provides support for underserved communities in California.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
EVENT
GIST Startup Boot Camp Maghreb BPC* Entrepreneurship Workshop in UAE GIST Startup Boot Camp Turkey (jointly with MIT Global Startup Workshop) GIST Startup Boot Camp Indonesia GIST Startup Boot Camp Malaysia BPC Round III Award Ceremony GIST Startup Boot Camp West Africa GIST Startup Boot Camp Algeria GIST Tech Connect Pakistan GIST Transformers Journey
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January 15-16, 2012 March 18-19, 2012 March 28-30, 2012 April 17-19, 2012 April 23-25, 2012 June 27-28, 2012 July 10-11, 2012 July 14-15, 2012 October 2, 2012 November 4-18, 2012 December 11-13 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013
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Marrakesh, Morocco Abu Dhabi, UAE Istanbul, Turkey Jakarta, Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dubai, UAE Dakar, Senegal Algiers, Algeria Washington, DC and 27 viewing sites around Pakistan Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco Dubai Washinton DC and viewing sites throughout Middle East Online TBD Amman, Jordan TBD TBD TBD
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Kathryn Pharr, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
Kathryn Pharr works at the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) in the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation where she supports programs that use science and technology to develop solutions to global and local challenges, including the GIST initiative. Pharrs previous experience includes providing on-the-ground support to USAIDs international development efforts in Egypt, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Indonesia, and using her chemistry background to help a startup sustainable natural care company obtain a worldwide exclusive patent from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Anna Quider, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Anna Quider is currently working on the GIST Initiative in the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation through an AAAS Fellowship; her interest in the intersection of science and business emerged while she was a 2011 APS/ AAAS Congressional Fellow in the Office of Rep. Russ Carnahan where she covered issues including education, science, telecommunications, and innovation. She completed her Ph.D. in Astronomy at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
Global Entrepreneurship Summit, GIST Tech-I Award Ceremony GIST Tech Connect - Pan Arab (TBC) Start of GIST Tech I Competition 2013 (TBC) GIST Startup Boot Camp Tunisia (TBC) GIST Startup Boot Camp Jordan (TBC) GIST Startup Boot Camp Three (TBC)
Cole Donovan, STEP, U.S. Department of State
GIST Startup Boot Camp Four (TBC) GIST Tech I 2013 Award Ceremony and Global Entrepreneurship Summit (TBC)
Cole Donovan joined the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in May 2012 working in the fields of global engagement and science policy while he pursues his masters degree at St. Johns College in Annapolis. Donovan previously worked as a creative at Apple, as a press intern for Maryland Governor Martin OMalley and some of his past projects include work on the communication satellite PCSAT-1 at the U.S. Naval Academy and social science research at the University of Maryland.
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BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS BUILDING InnovationENTREPRENEURIAL and EntrepreneurshipECOSYSTEMS Programs

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs
CRDF Global is a private, nongovernmental organization committed to promoting peace and prosperity through science and technology. Its innovation and entrepreneurshipfocused programs develop technology commercialization capabilities and sustaining networks abroad. Domestically, CRDF Global helps to create more viable investment, partnership and collaborative opportunities for American businesses and scientists who gain access to top international research and expertise.
CRDF Globals Impact
CRDF GLOBALS IMPACT

Transforming Technology Transfer in Russia
CRDF Global has trained more than 300 technology transfer managers and assisted eight leading research universities with establishing technology transfer offices, which significantly contributed to the establishment of the local innovation ecosystem. The Programs include professional skills development seminars, workshops, academia and industry international conferences, and site visits to the United States for technology transfer professionals. Similar activities have strengthened the technology commercialization capabilities of more than 20 research universities of the Russian Federation.
Increasing Opportunities for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

In the search for entrepreneurs with innovative technology ideas that can address a problem affecting their country or region, the Global Innovation through Science and GIST Tech-I Technology (GIST) Initiative has implemented the GISTech-I Competition, attracting close to 200 teams from the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South East Asia. Among them was CardioDiagnostics, a Lebanese startup founded by Ziad Sankari. Ziad lost his father at the age of 17 to a heart attack, which inspired him to create a medical device that monitors cardiac patients outside the hospital around the clock. This idea earned him a top prize of the competition awarded at the Second Global Entrepreneurship Summit on December 3-5, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. CardioDiagnostics has been given a strong start for a global success with $20,000 in seed funding, hands-on training with serial entrepreneurs and business mentors, global media exposure by MSNBC and Wired Magazine, an upcoming trip to Silicon Valley and participation in the MIT Global Startup Workshop.
Core Program Beliefs

and innovation as drivers for sustainable growth.
Innovation. We believe strongly in the power of technology Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs transform innovation
into enterprises that generate value and create jobs. Our programs are designed with the individual in mind, as the nucleus and sole purpose of our mission.
Strategic partnerships. We partner with like-minded local and regional organizations and corporations to leverage our resources and capabilities to build capacity for greater impact and avoid redundancy.
Accessing U.S. Markets

Since 2005, CRDF Global has implemented more than 20 U.S. travel programs for close to 90 participants representing dozens of universities, research institutes and technology companies from Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and collaborated with such prominent U.S. organizations as MIT, Babson College, Garage Technology Ventures, Plug & Play Incubator, CleanTech Open and others. Based on the scalable and highly customizable format of the Innovation U.S. travel programs and existing cache of experience, best practices and partners, CRDF Global is able to design and implement results-oriented and cost-effective programs that perfectly fit the objectives and needs of a diverse range of partner organizations in emerging markets.
Innovation Ecosystem Development

CRDF Global believes in the bottom-up approach in building the local ecosystems and supports local entrepreneurship initiatives by identifying leaders, existing programs and the gaps in the system. Assisting with the formation of new technology commercialization offices and incubators Strategic planning Management training and educational outreach Comprehensive programs designed to enhance entrepreneurship culture Assisting with investment capital infrastructure development
Startup Support
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and the source of growth and dynamism. CRDF Global offers a comprehensive suite of programs designed to nurture these early-stage companies. Identifying promising business opportunities, funders, partners and resources Designing and executing acceleration programs Comprehensive skill development training Access to sources of funding
Building Institutional Capacity

Since 2005, CRDF Global has partnered with the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), one of the most successful IT-focused technology business incubators and consulting companies in the Caucasus region, to implement its Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP). With co-funding from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, EIF implemented more than 15 STEP activities including the Business Partnership Grant (BPG) program, Innovation Forums, cluster seminars, business trainings for scientific community, legal and accounting seminars and matchmaking events. Through its partnership with CRDF Global, EIF strengthened communication channels between science and private sectors, gained broader access to the U.S. business network and scaled up its outreach and programs to non-IT sectorsbecoming one of the focal entrepreneurshipsupport organizations in Armenia and in the region.
Technology Acceleration
CRDF Global promotes business growth by supporting students, researchers and technology developers who believe that their product or service is viable commercially. Programs guide them through the process of commercialization by honing their skills and helping them to grow and realize their market potential. Identifying intellectual property with commercial potential in universities and corporations Hands-on training in technology transfer and intellectual property rights Online technology commercialization courses Technology valuation and market assessment
Ziad Sankari, CardioDiagnostics
Providing Access to Capital

The ecoFridge, a revolutionary refrigeration system used to transport perishable products, was developed by a team of Ukrainian scientists with a U.S. business partner who participated in a CRDF Global research and development grant competition. CRDF Global provided training and mentorship to the team to prepare them to effectively pitch the ecoFridge at a venture forum in Los Angeles, CA. As a result, the team obtained $2.2 million of follow-on capital investment to develop their business, and EcoFridge is now being adopted by companies around the world who appreciate its environmental benefits and cost efficiency.
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Its Not a Small World
Next door in Turkey, Istanbul hosted MITs Global Startup Workshop, a multi-day event that brought together participants from over 40 countries. Students from MIT and Stanfords BASES organization brought perspective, and the U.S. State Departments Global Innovation in Science and Technology (GIST) program coordinated by CRDF Global sponsored international mentors to work with 30 of the top Turkish technology entrepreneurs. A consequence of President Obamas Cairo speech, GIST helps organize startup boot camps around the world to empower economic development through innovation and entrepreneurship. In Istanbul, the program was bookended by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jonathan Margolis and Managing Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, Bill Aulet. While success requires intellectual and technical talent, hunger, mentorship, and capital, the locations where this is becoming possible are ever expanding. By shining a light on local deficiencies, whether capital or human capital, energy or mentorship, we can level the playing field. Read more at tiny.cc/FORBESonGIST
GIST IN THE NEWS

Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Ideas for Indonesia and Beyond
Startup Boot Camp Indonesia is a program run by the GIST (Global Innovation through Science and Technology) Initiative. GIST was established in 2010, with funding from the U.S. Department of State, to spur economic advancement through science- and technology-based innovation in countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. The idea behind GIST is that economically empowered people (aka entrepreneurs) provide the basis for political stability and economic growth. Read more at tiny.cc/GISTinX
Young entrepreneurs from NUST have made the nation proud.
Pakistans Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani extended his congratulations to entrepreneurs from Pakistans National University of Science
Heart Attack Monitor Wins US Startup Contest for Middle East

Most Middle East entrepreneurs can only dream of a startup oasis such as Californias Silicon Valley that is filled with angel investors and venture capitalists. But a few entrepreneurs have begun receiving funding from a more unlikely source - the U.S. government. One of those entrepreneurs, Ziad Sankari, was just 17 when he lost his father to a heart attack. Today, the Lebanese engineer is building a startup based on a medical device that can monitor cardiac patients outside the hospital around the clock. His startup idea won a first place prize of $20,000 in the final rounds of the U.S.-sponsored GIST Tech-I Competition held in Istanbul last December. That funding from the U.S. State Department may help Sankari and his colleague, Najwa Sahmarani, develop a business plan for their Cardio Diagnostics startup. The competition also provided business mentoring by flying in experts from MIT and Silicon Valley. GISTech was our shortcut towards better connections and visibility and provided us, indeed, with some cash and unmatchable opportunities to visit Silicon Valley and possibly find a collaborator there, Sankari said. Read more at tiny.cc/msnGIST
and Technology. He commended the Sahara and Saltech teams for making it to the victory stand at an international business plan competition, titled Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) -- Battle of Ideas World Cup 2011. Read more at tiny.cc/NUST
Meet the Coolest Next-Generation Science Entrepreneurs in MENA
At the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul recently, we at Wamda were tremendously inspired by the contestants in the Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) Competition, who came from all over the Middle East and North Africa to showcase their carefully-honed scientific ideas that could transform our societies. Read more at tiny.cc/WAMDA
Indonesian Minister: We need four million entrepreneurs

They hosted a recent conference and business plan competition to inspire, educate and cajole young people into taking the plunge. Theres a real craving for this kind of knowledge here, according to Ovidiu Bujorean, program manager for Global Innovation through Science and Technology, the US-based agency that ran the event. Energy, drive, optimism the people Ive seen here are the ones who can take the Indonesian economy into the new global economy of knowledge, ideas and prosperity. [Disclosure: I spoke, judged and put together a panel discussion at this event, implemented by CRDF Global and funded by the US State Department.] Read more at tiny.cc/GISTinFORBES
Tech Startups in Africa

Scott Hartley describes his great experience lecturing, mentoring, and judging startups in Senegal and Algeria as a participant in two of the U.S. State Departments Global Innovation in Science and Technology (GIST)Initiative startup boot camps. Over four days, hundreds of West and North African technologists assembled, tweeted, pitched products, and exchanged LinkedIn invites, encouraging Hartley about the new emerging entrepreneurs from this regionhe hopes that the question what have you built, will become more important than where are you from? Read more at http://onforb.es/Qkcz4m
Road Trip! Founders Of YouTube, LinkedIn and Others Tackle Brain Drain in Malaysia
Malaysia has a very young population, 65% of which is under 35, as well as the need to create jobs quickly. Hwang says entrepreneurship can create alternatives to other activities. In many cases the government is responding to demand by the people, she says, like in Indonesia, where a grassroots movement began. The government recognized entrepreneurship to be a good cause to engage young talent and create alternatives to other activities.She observes that the U.S. government has been promoting entrepreneurship in Muslim-dominated countries with this goal. The GIST initiative is a partner of StartupMalaysia.org Read more at tiny.cc/BRAINDRAIN 32
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FEATURED EVENTS
GIST TECH CONNECT PAKISTAN
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
CoNX at the U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
GIST TECH-I COMPETITION FINALE - TURKEY

December 3-6, 2012
Istanbul - TURKEY
During The Global Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN
RESOURCES
Entrepreneur and Business News
Entrepreneur www.entrepreneur.com News and resources for business, finance, technology, marketing, startups, etc. Inc.com www.inc.com News resource for business, finance, technology, leadership & management, sales, start-ups, etc. Red Herring www.redherring.com Technology news resources VentureBeat www.venturebeat.com News resource for technology and finances Afriqueitnews - www.afriqueitnews.com The leading West African website for tech startup news
Entrepreneurship, Values and Development: A Global Agenda December 3-6, 2011 Istanbul / Turkey
GIST Tech-I Competition Finale The Battle of Ideas
GIST Tech-I Competition Finale The Battle of Ideas

Entrepreneurship, Values and Development: A Global Agenda December 3-6, 2011 Istanbul / Turkey
GIST Tech Connect PAKISTAN

Connecting Technology Entrepreneurs, Mentors & Investors Across Geographies Tuesday, October 2, 2012
CoNX at the U.S. Department of State, Washington DC from 9-10:30 EST / 18:00-19:30 Pakistan time
RSVP & More information: www.gistinitiative.org
http://gist.crdfglobal.org/about-gist/events/2012/08/31/gist-tech-connect-pakistan
implemented by CRDF Global
NON-GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
Entrepreneur Week - http://www.entrepreneurweek.net/ Entrepreneur Meetup - http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/ Global Community for Advancing Studies on Entrepreneurship - http://www.gcase.org/ 10,000 Women Initiative - http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000women/about-the-program/index.html Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium - http://entrepreneurship.intel.com/community/gels-community Global Entrepreneurship Week - http://www.unleashingideas.org/ Microsoft BizSpark - http://www.mitef.org/ OPEC Fund for International Development - http://www.ofid.org/ Global Student Entrepreneur Awards - http://www.gsea.org/ YoungEntrepreneur.com - http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/about-us/
GIST STARTUP BOOT CAMP & LEADERSHIP FORUM - INDONESIA

Jakarta - INDONESIA
GIST STARTUP BOOT CAMP - WEST AFRICA

July 10-11, 2012
Dakar - SENEGAL
April 17-19, 2012
GIST Startup Boot Camp & Journalism Workshop

April 17-19, 2012 Jakarta, Indonesia
GIST Startup Boot Camp - West Africa

July 10-11, 2012 Dakar - SENEGAL
REGIONAL EVENT
US GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
A New Beginning: Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation http://anewbeginning.eonetwork.org/ Youth Livelihoods Alliance - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/198490.htm TechGirls - http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/techgirls.html TechWomen - http://www.techwomen.org/ The Global Entrepreneurship Program - http://www.state.gov/e/eb/cba/entrepreneurship/gep/index.htm Partners for a New Beginning - http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/new-beginning Global Womens Mentorship Program - http://exchanges.state.gov/citizens/professionals/fortunepartnership.html Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development - http://www.ceed-global.org/web/default.aspx The Entrepreneurship Toolkit - http://egateg.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/USAID_State%20Entrepreneurship%20Toolkit_0.pdf
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Scott Hartley traveled to the GIST Boot Camps in Turkey, Senegal and Algeria
Name: Scott Hartley Company Name: Mohr Davidow Ventures Short description: Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) is an early stage technology venture capital firm based on Sand Hill Road. Founded in 1983, MDV is investing out of its ninth fund, a $700 million USD fund. We are focused on partnering with brilliant entrepreneurs pursuing disruptive innovation in web, mobile, and digital health. Hometown: Palo Alto, California Website: www.forbes.com/sites/scotthartley Favorite hobbies/past-times: Running, triathlons, soccer, reading, traveling Languages you speak: Spanish, and a bit of Italian, French, and Hindi What inspired you to become an Investor? As someone who grew up surrounded by startup companies and innovation, I wanted to be in a position where I could work closely with entrepreneurs solving the biggest problems. I saw venture capital and investing as a way to partner with some of the best entrepreneurs and problem solvers in the world, and help them create. How did you get involved with mentorship? I have always mentored startups, for friends, classmates, portfolio companies, and for GIST. After working with 70 entrepreneurs in Africa for Google.org, and subsequently with entrepreneurs in Latin America as a graduate student, I became involved in mentorship with GIST, working in Africa and the Middle East. What is the best part about being a mentor? The best part about mentoring is seeing ideas from a high level, and working hands-on with an entrepreneur. As someone in venture capital, you get to see hundreds of ideas and learn what some of the best practices are for the highest probability of success, whether in business model, roll-out, or other strategies. Being able to add this value by working with entrepreneurs is personally rewarding, and hopefully helpful to the founder. How are the entrepreneurs that you have met at the GIST events different from the entrepreneurs in the US? One of my theses, and the topic about which I write for Forbes is that they are not different. Entrepreneurship and problem solving are global, not local phenomena. There are local inputs and relevancies that matter and add nuance, but at the core entrepreneurship is not an American phenomenon, it is a globally available method of problem solving that flourishes under certain circumstances, rules, freedoms, and incentives. What lessons do you believe entrepreneurs can get from GIST Startup Boot Camps? You can be an entrepreneur. People are willing to listen to your ideas, and give you feedback. If you listen to feedback and attempt to iteratively build a product that solves a large problem, you can create value. When youre not working on your business, what do you do to enjoy your life? I love to meet new people, travel, and counter stereotypes. I like to do athletics, and love playing beach soccer. Do you have any advice for young entrepreneurs? Dont be afraid to try. Trying something is better than waiting for perfection. But be open to input, feedback, advice, and to pivoting in new directions to solve the problems that people have. If people tell you something isnt a problem, dont invent a problem to fit your solution. Adapt to solve a problem that exists. What is the best part of being an entrepreneur? You get to be creative and solve big problems that help people and are accretive to society. Thats a net positive for the world, and likely has windfalls in the form of greater connectivity, empathy, and ultimately peace.
GIST PARTNERS
Building local entrepreneurial ecosystems together REGIONAL JORDAN
TURKEY
INDONESIA
SENEGAL
MALAYSIA
BANGLADESH
PAKISTAN
EGYPT
TUNISIA
ALGERIA
NIGERIA
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Moustapha Kane, Founder and CEO of Amarante

Meriem Chiri, Co-Founder of SmellNat Nasma Bouchelkia, Co-Founder of SmellNat

Dr. Khairul Idzwan Bin Baharin, CEO of MyDerm

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Hasanul Qader Mirza, Head of Operations, Greennovation Technologies

Perihan Abou-Zeid, Communications Director of Qabila Media Productions

Ziad Sankari, CEO of CardioDiagnostics

Dr. Rafik Guindi, CEO of SilGenix

Taner Yildirim, CEO of Gonnasphere

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SPEAKERS & HOSTS

Alex Bakir, Investments Associate, Omidyar Network

Ayman El Akhal, CEO of iPadian

Jim Bagnola, President, The Leadership Group USA

Jeffrey Barclay, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.

Hind Hobeika, Founder, CEO and Lead Engineer of Butterfleye