Wednesday July 28, 2021

11:30
Introductions

11:40 - 11:55
Pete Rodriguez - M&A Advice

11:55 - 1pm
Panel Session discussion, with Q&A from attendees

Silicon Catalyst and Harvest Management Partners, a leading global investment banking firm providing unique M&A services for technology companies, are pleased to invite you to our joint webinar, “Maximizing Exit Valuations for Technology Companies”.

The webinar will kick-off with a short presentation by Pete Rodriquez, CEO of Silicon Catalyst, detailing his deep experience with mergers and acquisitions, from both sides of the table. Pete’s presentation will be followed by a panel session discussion with CEO’s reviewing their exit stories, and will be joined on the panel by investment professionals.

Moderator

Pete Rodriguez, CEO Silicon Catalyst

Pete Rodriguez has over 35 years of experience in the Semiconductor industry. Pete is currently CEO of Silicon Catalyst www.siliconcatalyst.com and on the board of Hysai, advisory board of Harvest Management Partners and an observer on the boards of Mentium Technologies, Espre Technologies and Owl AI. Pete was formerly VP & GM of Interface and Power at NXP Semiconductors. Prior to NXP Pete was CEO of Exar Corporation, CEO of Xpedion Design Systems, Chief Marketing Officer at Virage Logic, Major Account Manager at LSI Logic and Program Manager at Aerojet Electronic Systems. He spent twelve years as an entrepreneur with three different startups and has raised over $30 Million in venture capital. He retired from the US Naval Reserves with the rank of Commander. Pete has served on public, private, advisory and non-profit boards of directors. He is a graduate in strategy and policy of the Naval War College. Pete has an MBA from Pepperdine University, an MSEE from Cal Poly Pomona, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Alain Labat

Managing Director, Harvest Management Partners

Alain Labat is Managing Director of Harvest Management Partners (HMP), www.harvestmp.com a global boutique technology investment bank that he co-founded 11 years ago. He has focused HMP on M&A transactions and advisory for the semiconductor ecosystem in the private technology sector, selling some of his clients to industry giants such as Ansys, Cadence, Intel, Synopsys and Siemens to name a few. He has also worked on the advisory side with Fiat Chrysler Automotive, TE Connectivity and SirusXM.

Prior to HMP, Alain was President and CEO of VaST Systems Technology, which was acquired by Synopsys (SNPS) in February of 2010. His other important roles leading up to VaST include; Co-founder, President and CEO of Sequence Designs, which is now a part of ANSYS (ANSS) and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Synopsys. Aside from his management roles, Alain has also been an Entrepreneurial Partner at Menlo Ventures for their Semiconductor/EDA practice. Alain has a diploma from INSEEC, France and an MBA in international management and marketing from Thunderbird, The School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.

Warren Lazarow

Partner, O'Melveny

Warren Lazarow, Firmwide Co-Chairman of O’Melveny’s Corporate Department, is nationally and internationally recognized as one of the market’s leading advisors to technology-focused companies and investors. Warren primarily focuses his practice on the corporate representation of public and private technology companies, venture capital and private equity firms, and investment banks. He is a boardroom-level advisor who frequently serves as outside general counsel, helping management teams, boards of directors, and investors shape and execute their business strategies, and providing experienced counsel on legal issues ranging from day-to-day corporate and regulatory matters to high-stakes strategic matters. Over the course of his career, Warren has handled more than 200 M&A transactions ranging from US$1 million to US$10 billion; more than 100 public offerings of equity, debt, and convertible securities, raising more than US$2.6 billion; and more than 1,000 private financings spanning initial seed financings, venture capital financings, growth capital financings, private equity financings, and recapitalizations.

Warren has been chosen four times for inclusion on Forbes Magazine’s prestigious “Midas List” of the technology industry’s Top 100 Dealmakers Worldwide.

Yvonne Lutsch

Investment Principal Robert Bosch Venture Capital

Yvonne Lutsch is an Investment Principal at Robert Bosch Venture Capital’s (RBVC) affiliate office located in Sunnyvale, responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing investments for RBVC in the USA and Canada in deep tech fields like Artificial Intelligence, Industrial IoT, Mobility, Quantum Computing, or Sensors. Prior to this position, Yvonne was Director of Technology Scouting and Business Development for Bosch Automotive Electronics in North America. Her team’s focus was to identify startups, disruptive technologies, or business opportunities with the potential to create significant value to Bosch. Prior to that, Yvonne held different leadership positions in Quality Management, Operations, and Engineering in Automotive and Consumer Electronics within Bosch Germany. Yvonne received a diploma in Experimental Physics from the University of Siegen, Germany, and holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Tuebingen, Germany.

James Pond

ex-CEO of Lumerical, acquired by Ansys

James Pond was a co-founder and CTO of Lumerical and was a driving force behind the company’s core software algorithms, technology, and advanced photonic modeling capabilities. He has two decades of experience in optical and photonic simulation, and is the author of numerous papers, patents and conference presentations. Currently he is Principal Product Manager at Ansys where he works on integrating Lumerical technology into the Ansys portfolio. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a DEA and Magistère in Physics from l’Université Paris-Sud (Orsay) and l'Ecole Normale Supérieure in France.