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Mike Crowley

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David Thomson – Best Selling Author

BNC 2006-09-05 Taking your business global Part II

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The three speakers discuss the opportunities for Australian companies to build global businesses, including market research, business planning, finding local partners and advisors, and financing offshore growth.

BNC 2006-09-05 Taking your business global Part I

  Part I – click to listen or download here ( right click and save as)

The three speakers discuss the opportunities for Australian companies to build global businesses, including market research, business planning, finding local partners and advisors, and financing offshore growth.

Greg Horowitt
Director, Global CONNECT

Based in San Diego, Global CONNECT is a “network of networks” focused on the commercialisation of emerging technology companies into world markets.
Greg has been integral in the formation of the CONNECT network; he is also actively involved in a number of investment groups.

Greg moved to San Diego from the Bay Area in 2001, where he served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of a venture backed e-business software company, and has a 20-year history with a Berkshire Hathaway company. Greg sits on the boards of a number of technology companies and is also a principal at the consulting and sales management services firm Gregory Scott Associates.

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Paul Butler
COO, USCOM Ltd

USCOM is a medical device company specialising in non-invasive cardiac output monitors. Paul Butler joined USCOM in 2001, and was heavily involved in the companies’ float on the ASX in 2003. His role included the development of the USCOM 1A cardiac output monitor and the development of global distribution channels. Paul has a wide range of experience in electronics and manufacturing management, having held Operations and/or Logistics roles at SCITEC, NCR and Australian Electronics Manufacturing Services.

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Joining for the Panel discussion

David Buckley
Manager, Austrade

David Buckley is Austrade's manager responsible for Business Generation and Events. Based in Sydney he has oversight of all domestic events, inward visits from customers and overseas staff, the National Export Awards program and Austrade's contact centre. Prior to taking up this position David was the Senior Trade Commissioner in Canada. Based in Toronto he assisted Australian exporters in a wide range of sectors to make sales in this market. In a distinguished career with the organisation David has served in a variety of domestic roles and has had other overseas postings in Bangkok, Manila and Milan.

SIP 2006-05-02: US Market Access for Australian Companies

At the 2006 NBIA Conference held in St Louis Missouri, ATP Innovations was awarded the status as an accredited NBIA Soft Landing for foreign companies wishing to either access Australian Markets or Australian Companies wishing to  access US and other global markets.  In this short discussion held during a reception at the NBIA reception at the St Louis Botanic Gardens on the 2nd May, we discuss with two unique organisations the services they would offer under such a program. The discussion particpants are Bob Vander Woude CEO of US Access Markets, Les Neumann, Managing director of the Hudson Valley Centre for Innovation and Charles Lindop, Director of Business Programs at ATP Innovations.

 

KCA 2005-11-11 Collaborative Communities - Industry Clusters

The ‘Collaborative Communities” session was held at the 2005 annual Knowledge Commercialise Australasia Conference held in Adelaide, South Australia.  These themes covered difference perspectives on creating knowledge based communities. This presentation is by Mr Angus Robinson CEO of AEEMA the peak industry body representing the electronics industries in Australia

Mike Skalsky - Going global for a new start-up

DR. MIKE SKALKSY

CEO, Lighthouse Technologies Pty Ltd

 

Dr Skalsky has over 25 years of product development and commercialisation experience of implantable medical devices in Australian and international markets. Dr Skalsky is the CEO of Lighthouse Technologies, a Macquarie University spin-out company set up to commercialise the Magic Wand Yellow Laser, a solid-state laser operating in the yellow spectrum that can treat a variety of blood vessel disorders such as removal of unwanted leg veins and facial capillaries.

 

Michael Gooch - Going global, SEEDA

MICHAEL GOOCH, OBE

International Business Director, SEEDA

 

Michael Gooch is the International Business Director of Regional Development Agency for the South East of England (SEEDA). With a distinguished career spanning over 40 years in key UK Government positions, Mike was awarded the OBE for services to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1995. He has been involved with hundreds of companies that have set up businesses in the UK, ranging from relatively small investments to well over $1bn.