M2M is the Next Technology Revolution!

The M2M SIG Presents…

The ability to remotely monitor and control machines from one end of the world to the other presents opportunities for unimaginable new applications. Beyond the popular M2M applications that we hear about today, there are other nascent applications that will drive the industry’s growth tomorrow. These breakthrough applications will either enable new products that could not exist without M2M or will disrupt existing industries. Please join us on Tuesday, April 23rd as we hear from the leaders behind some of these new applications about how their products will drive the M2M industry forward.

PANELISTS:
Ken Hosac
Vice President, Business Development, CradlePoint
At CradlePoint, Ken has served in both Business Development and Product Management. Ken has 23 years experience in marketing, sales, development and manufacturing. Prior to joining CradlePoint, Ken served as VP of Marketing for Casabyte (later acquired by JDS Uniphase), the leading provider of service validation solutions to wireless service providers. Ken also served as VP of Business Development for GoAhead Software (later acquired by Oracle), the leading provider of high availability software to communication infrastructure providers. Ken earlier spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard with cable modems & head-ends, set-top boxes and personal computers in a variety of engineering and engineering management roles. Ken holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. degree in Manufacturing Engineering, both from Stanford University.

Vijay Raghavan
Co-Founder and COO, Spot Labs

Spot Labs lets brands bring their digital experience in to their physical locations to revolutionize how they engage with brick-and-mortar customers. Vijay Raghavan manages the business operations at Spot Labs and helps ensure that the company always remains focused on delivering real value to our clients. An accomplished entrepreneur, Vijay brings Spot Labs over 10 years of experience helping businesses bring new products and services to market that exceed client expectations, grow revenue and increase profitability. He was named the youngest of PRWeek’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2008. Vijay received his MBA from the University of Oregon and a BA in Finance from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business.Mark Jones
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Remote Dash

RemoteDash is a San Diego start-up in the M2M space. RemoteDash is developing proprietary M2M protocols to better enable seamless integration of M2M devices to the Internet Cloud. Prior to RemoteDash, Mark was minority owner and CTO of Field Intelligence, an end-to-end M2M solutions provider to the agricultural industry, and CTO and VP Engineering at Quake Global, a leading M2M device manufacturer. A former nuclear officer in the U.S. Navy, Mark holds a BS in Engineering from UC Berkeley, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, and an MBA from San Diego State.

MODERATOR:

Yukon Palmer
Founder and President, FieldLogix

Yukon Palmer is the founder and President of FieldLogix, which provides the first green GPS fleet management solution in the US. He started FieldLogix in 2002 and has grown it to an installed base of thousands of vehicles throughout the U.S, Canada, and Mexico. He founded his company with a $3,500 initial investment based on a business plan he wrote in the MBA program at San Diego State University. Yukon is a co-chairman of the Machine to Machine Communications Services Special Interest Group for CommNexus and has been featured in numerous publications and he has appeared as a guest editor for Telematics Weekly. He holds both a Bachelors and MBA degree from San Diego State University. He regularly volunteers at San Diego State University as a mentor for the Lavin entrepreneurship program and participates as a judge for the Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition.

SIG CO-CHAIRS:
Evan Jones, VP, M2M System Engineering, Sierra Wireless
Daniel Obodovski, Director, Business Development, Qualcomm
Yukon Palmer, Founder, FieldLogix
Steve Pazol, VP & EIR, Qualcomm
Mark Wells, CTO & Division President, Procon Inc.
Neeraj S. Bhavani, Founder, President & CEO, TAGNOS
Magda Remillard, Director of Operations, Arynga
Steve Hudson, Chief Development Officer, Omnilink

DATE:
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013

TIME:
5:30PM Registration/Networking/Refreshments
6:00PM Program Begins
7:30PM Program Ends

LOCATION:

525 B Street
San Diego CA 92101

Downtown Office
Procopio’s Downtown office is located at 525 B Street (on the south side of B Street) between 5th and 6th Avenues in downtown San Diego.

PARKING:
PARKING Available at Building. Parking garage ramp is located to the right off 6th Street, immediately after passing B Street. Procopio Will Validate Parking.

DIRECTIONS TO PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP

From Route 163
Take Route 163 south. Pass the I-5 freeway, exit on Ash Street (Exit 1A). Take Ash Street three blocks and turn left on 6th Avenue. After you pass “B” Street stay in the right lane. Enter the 525 B Street parking garage on the west (right) side of 6th Avenue (just after B Street). Take the parking garage elevator to the main lobby of the building.

From I-5 North (i.e., traveling south)
Take I-5 south. Exit on Front Street (Exit 17 Toward Civic Center). Follow Front Street south to “A” Street. Turn left onto “A” Street. Travel five blocks east (“A” is one-way). Turn right on 6th Avenue. Go 1.5 blocks and enter the 525 B Street parking garage on the west (right) side of 6th Avenue (just after B Street). Take the parking garage elevator to the main lobby of the building.

From Route 94 (i.e., traveling west)
Take Route 94 west. Take the exit to I-5 North (exit is before Route 94 enters downtown). On I-5 North, take the 6th Avenue exit (Exit 16B toward downtown). Stay in left lane. Turn left on 6th Avenue. Cross “B” Street and enter the 525 B Street parking garage on the west (right) side of 6th Avenue (just after B Street). Take the parking garage elevator to the main lobby of the building.

From I-5 South (i.e., traveling north)
Take I-5 north. Take the 6th Avenue exit (Exit 16B toward downtown). Stay in left lane. Turn left on 6th Avenue. Cross “B” Street and enter the 525 B Street parking garage on the west (right) side of 6th Avenue (just after B Street). Take the parking garage elevator to the main lobby of the building.

From I-8 (traveling from the east)
Take I-8 west to Route 163. Take Route 163 south. Pass the I-5 freeway, exit on Ash Street (Exit 1A). Take Ash Street three blocks and turn left on 6th Avenue. After you pass “B” Street stay in the right lane. Enter the 525 B Street parking garage on the west (right) side of 6th Avenue (just after B Street). Take the parking garage elevator to the main lobby of the building. We validate parking.

From the Airport
Take downtown (I-5) towards Airport Exit/Harbor Island/Point Loma/Commuter Terminal and Turn Left on North Harbor Drive. Left on West Broadway, left on 3rd, right on A, right on 6th, go 1.5 blocks and stay in the right lane. Enter the 525 B Street parking garage on the west (right) side of 6th Avenue (just after B Street). Take the parking garage elevator to the main lobby of the building.

COST:
Pre-Registration: (Please pre-register by noon on 4/22/13)
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