Parand Darugar
CEO, Xpenser
Xpenser is the fastest and easiest way to record your expenses, receipts, time, and mileage, from any device, anywhere. The ease of use and mobile focus save your employees time and headaches, while the sophisticated workflow, approval, audit, and reporting engines keep you compliant and make your managers and finance team ecstatic. Founded in 2008, Xpenser has been called “so useful, and so incredible … truly something astonishing” by the LA Times, and is enjoyed by more than 50,000 clients worldwide. For more information, please visit http://xpenser.com/

MODERATORS:
Vincenzo Belpiede
Senior Manager, Smart Devices Global Portfolio Planning, Nokia
Vincenzo joined Nokia’s Corporate Strategy team in June 2007 in the headquarters in Espoo, Finland. Soon after was selected as the youngest participant in a device product management leadership program through which he relocated every 6 months around the world: started in Ulm, Germany on s40 fashion devices, then in Beijing on the first TD-SCDMA device for China Mobile, after a brief stint in Oulu, Finland finally landed in San Diego, California. From 2009 to 2011 Vincenzo worked in the Nokia AT&T team in the extremely dynamic US market, switching to a role focused on services, apps and software with search and maps as key focus areas . Since mid 2011 Vincenzo started a new role as senior manager in the global smartphone planning team working closely with Microsoft on defining the roadmap and future experiences of the Nokia Windows Phones.

Eric Otterson
SVP Business Development, Cooley LLP
Eric has served as the Senior Vice President, Business Development for the law firm Cooley LLP for the past six years.  Before joining Cooley, he held executive positions in three venture-backed technology companies in San Diego. Staying closely connected to his entrepreneurial roots is important to Eric and he accomplishes this by staying an active member in the technology and life science communities  and leveraging the Cooley network to connect entrepreneurs with executive team members, advisors, board members, investors and attorneys to help fuel their growth. He is currently an advisor to Anametrix, Embarke, and Social Positive and has served as a mentor to hundreds of San Diego entrepreneurs.  He sits on the board of the Connect Foundation and is Chairman at the San Diego French-American School.  He is an active committee member and contributor to San Diego Venture Group, EvoNexus, CommNexus, and the Founders Institute. Eric received his BA in Civil Engineering (Architecture) from UC Berkeley and an M.B. A. from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA.